Hand grenade of joy

About 5 years ago my parents moved from my home town of Warrnambool in South-West Victoria to the East cost of Tasmania. I don’t get over there as much as I’d like, but since their move, Tassie has turned into my second home where I can have some quality time with the folks, as well enjoying exploring all of the awesomeness that Tassie crams into it’s little hand grenade of joy.

These photos were taken by both Katie and I. We had a bunch of fun exploring and photographing the incredible landscape as well as snapping each other (hence the embarrassing photos of me getting my model on) while road tripping around the place in Dad’s car singing along to classic 90’s R&B tunes such as Fantasy by Mariah Carey. For the record that was Katie’s choice, not mine, although strangely I knew a lot of the words.

Rochelle & Wally

When I am photographing, the fact that a wedding is happening takes a back seat to what is really going on. What is going on you ask? Life – that’s what is going on. Everything is going on; the wind blowing in the trees, rain drops tapping on a window, a mother hugging her daughter, a child running along the beach. The more we immerse ourselves in life, the more we feel, and the more we see. For me, photographing a wedding day is no different.

Rochelle and Wally are a special pair. They seem to be at home when they are together. They are happy, caring and fun loving people. For these guys life is all about friends, family, wine and pug dogs. I think we can all learn a lot from that, don’t you think?

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