12/22/13 12/22/13

L + D

FOREVER&EVER, FAMILY & FUDGE, are the three words I would use to describe this wonderful wedding.Liz & Dale are parents to four gorgeous kids, so I can only imagine what a mission it was planning their destination wedding... But they pulled it off, beautiful weather and all...ABOVE: lets be honest, its a miracle the cake made it to the boat with four kids... only two little nibbles missing.. lol.Hair by the amazing Laurel Stratford & Make-up by Lynette WatsonEarly afternoon we all hopped aboard the Ipipiri at Opua for a cruise around the Bay of Islands, before anchoring Waewaetorea Island for a beautiful beach wedding.Dale had a busy morning, organising the guests & getting his boys ready for the ceremony - he pulled off the below in under a minute - well impressed!And then he was gone...BELOW: The dolphins put on a little show just for Liz.Absolutely stunning bride..A few formal portraits before we hopped aboard the tender out to Waewaetorea Island.CEREMONY... yes there was one! and I have almost finished editing it, but wanted to get this blog post up for you guys before xmas :)

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9/19/13 9/19/13

K + M

This day took longer than most to come around... I met Michael in hospital I think... I was a day or so old... Our relationship has been an interesting one, pre-school together, primary school where he went out with my best friend, then intermediate where I had a turn, the relationship soon ended after Michael rudely questioned my cricket skills. A few years later Kelly came on the scene, I was drawn to this quietly spoken, creative & super smart girl from Christchurch, we soon became great friends....Then Michael came a long and stole her from me. I was sad for a while, how could she do this to me, I'm not even that bad at cricket... Anyways after about a million years Michael proposed, Kelly said yes & Michael won.HAHAHA, that might not be entirely true.Anyways.. Kelly + Michael, I LOVED photographing your wedding, I also loved being your bridesmaid, you two both mean a lot to me and it was beautiful to see you both so happy & in love.BIG HUGE MASSIVE thanks to Paula Brown Photography for second shooting. Paula is super talented, based in Invercargill but is available for Dunedin weddings... check out her website & facebook. kerikeri-photographer-008 Group shot below is by the super awesome Paula Brown Photography AND just to make this wedding even more special, I somehow managed to win two awards at the IRIS AWARDS 2013 - New Zealands Institute of Professional Photography Annual Awards... EXCITING! bay-of-islands-weddings-101 bay-of-islands-weddings-102