Laura & Matthew

So it turns out Laura’s shared enthusiasm with me for photography is a dangerous combination. We spoke on email and what started as simple location ideas conveniently close to town quickly escalated into what turned out to be a death defying hike into the remote Scottish Highlands.

I’ve shot in my fair share of cool places, but there was something particularly magical about how this epic location aligned with the moody elements courtesy of mother nature. We were gifted with the light I dream about at a location so breathtaking that looking back it’s hard to believe it’s even a real place. I assure you it is.

It was muddy, cold, windy, rainy – you name it. Consequently Laura nearly got hypothermia. We got lost. There were injuries. At one point we huddled in a survival tent and rationed our Tunnock’s Tea Cakes and Irn-Bru. All in the name of photography. And thank god we did.

#truestory #aintnothang #worthit

 

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Matisse & Goldy

It’s an absolute pleasure that I bring you Matisse & Goldy’s wedding. It all went down in St Kilda, Melbourne at the Prince Hotel.

Shooting weddings I’m always fascinated by various cultures, religions, traditions etc that I encounter. This was a Jewish wedding and like many other Jewish couples I’ve photographed, Matisse & Goldy wanted to stay true to their traditions while personalising the wedding and bring it into the new school. After you have a bit of a scroll I think you’ll agree they did just that. Much the delight of my eyeballs there was lots of plants. It was modern, elegant and stylish with a twist of Mad Men vibes. But enough about how it looked. This is a story about a two people in love.

It’s not always the case, but often the couples I work with are creative themselves. Matisse is a rock star nail artist at Miss Meow Nails (seriously take a look HERE). Andrew aka Goldy is a crazy talented film director (check out his truly amazing work HERE). When the couple are creative they tend to have plenty of personality, up for anything (including laying on carpark rooftops) and trust me entirely. Regardless of if you’re a creative couple or not though, in my opinion trust is a very important ingredient to making great pictures. Matisse and Goldy gave me that by the bucketload and the end result is one of my favorite Melbourne weddings to date. I hope you enjoy checking out their awesome day…

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