Lani & Steve – Le Kiosk Shelly Beach

Lani & Steve’s was a very local wedding for me and I started the day with Lani’s preparations just around the corner from our studio at the Manly Pacific Hotel. I loved the “Dont’s For Wives” book – good for a laugh but definitely not for modern relationships!

The ceremony & reception was held at Le Kiosk – nearby at Shelly Beach and one of my favourite venues. It has great food, there’s an intimate indoor space, and it has an outside courtyard area as well. Lani & Steve held the ceremony at the back of the courtyard area and it had a lovely feel of a tropical garden setting. The ceremony itself was beautiful with all the family involved and plenty of smiles and laughter!

We did some family photos near a big tree on Shelly Beach. The kids were fantastic and we got some great shots of them together in the trees… and later mucking around being kids playing races for sticks! We did some location photos with Lani & Steve on Shelly and then ventured out to the rocks on the point at Fairy Bower.

The reception was very relaxed with cracker speeches from everyone. Congrats guys!


Nicola & John – Westin Hotel – The Loft Doltone House

Nicola & John had a fantastic day with friends and family from overseas being treated to an outdoor wedding at Doltone House in Pyrmont. I have been to a number of wedding receptions here but this was my first afternoon ceremony. It looked fantastic outside with the cityscape & buildings behind….although the gaps in the wooden deck did provide the best man with some nervous moments when handing over the rings!!

I started the day with Nicola at the Westin Hotel. A side story to the day was that Nicola is probably the bravest bride I have ever met – she was ‘attacked’ by her dress (it fell off the hanger when moving it) the night before the wedding and it ripped her fingernail clean off!! OUCH is an understatement. We just made sure the bandaged hand didn’t feature too prominently in the photos!

For location photos we didnt want to take on Sydney’s peak hour traffic so we kept everything within walking distance around Doltone House and the park area at Pyrmont. Jones Bay Wharf has some great spots and we got some really nice shots of everyone. The reception in the Loft was hilarious with some cracker speeches and a sweep on how long the best man would talk for.

Congrats guys…. and see you around Manly! Make up was by Christina Cleary and cars were from Variety Wedding Cars.

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Carlie & David – Forresters Beach – Reef Restaurant Terrigal

I had a trip away from Sydney for Carlie & David’s wedding to Terrigal and Forresters Beach on the Central Coast – and what a great day it was! I started with Carlie’s preparations at the Crowne Plaza in Terrigal before heading to the ceremony that was held at a house right on Forresters Beach. It was a spectacular spot and the ceremony had plenty of smiles and laughs.

We took some photos on Forresters Beach with the bridal party and also some on the rocks near the Skillion (a local landmark). David loves mini’s a la the Italian Job and they looked very cool in the photos!

The reception was at Reef Restaurant – a great spot and I was here at a wedding a year or two ago. The night went very well and Carlie & David’s first dance was brilliant! Congratulations guys!