Matthew + Emily Engagement Portrait
Getting engaged is one of the BEST THINGS EVER! You are just giddy with excitement, looking forward to your life together, making plans and just basking in that I-just-got-engaged glow. It can also be over in a second – everyone asking you when are you getting married, where and how, when are you going to have kids, where and how many! I remember when we got engaged it was almost in the same breathe as ‘congratulations’ people were asking me what I was going to name my children!!! Seriously people – slow down – I JUST got engaged!!! I guess that is why Jason and I think engagement portraits are so special. Before the madness of a wedding, a honeymoon, a mortgage, and, deep, deep, breathe, children – it was just the two of you. And we want to capture that for you so you can look back at that exact moment and remember when you were just beginning. These pictures of Matthew and Emily give us just that – the moment in time before the madness of life carries them away!
Shane + Samantha
I’m usually not one for making new year’s resolutions. I find they put way too much pressure on me so that when I fail (and most of the time I do) it can take the better part of the new year to recover. But this year, 2012, it is going to be different. I have been making a really concerted effort to make these resolutions stick, and stick HARD. The first one is to drink more water. I have always been, prior to 2012 that is, the human equivalent to a camel. It is not uncommon for me at the end of the day to realise that I have not had a single glass of water. Lack of water contributes to the amount of headaches I get (which is quite a few) as well as the lethargy and tiredness I feel most of the time. However, since the new year started and I have been drinking more water, I have been feeling so much better. Now when I feel a little tired I grab a glass of water rather than a gooey chocolate brownie or a cup of coffee and, so far so good, it seems to be working! Yay for me! My second resolution has been to eat more vegetables. I am a vegetarian who actually eats very few vegetables. Embarrassing but true. I have been the butt of many a joke because of this but no more I say. I have been making sure I get some kind of vegetable (other than potatoes) every day – the more colourful my plate the better. I can’t really say that it has made that much of a difference (not like the water which was pretty much instantaneous) but I have been feeling very smug and angelic with my plate of vegies. (Like I can see the heaven’s open up every time I sit down to eat releasing a flock of white doves and to a beautiful chorus “Oooommmaahhhh!”) I guess time will tell on this one – no overnight health sensations – but, you know, it just has to be good for you! The third resolution has been to stop complaining how busy we are – especially, especially, on the blog! I can almost see a collective roll of the eyes from you guys every time I say it – like, there you are, all nodding your heads in unison looking at each other and saying “We know, Sal, but can you just get on with it!” So on with it I’ll get – and I won’t say how long ago Jason shot this wedding because that would be saying that we have been incredibly busy and I don’t say that anymore, not in 2012 I don’t! I give you Shane and Samantha’s wedding – romantic, refined, elegant and stylish. 
Samantha, you look simply stunning!
Beautiful Brisbane night.
Twenty 11 Twenty 12 Top 12
It is that time of year again (and you didn’t even have to ask for it!) when we pull together our list of the best images of last year. Putting together a list like this is a great way to see how your photography has grown and to take stock of where you are going for the new year ahead. I won’t say there’s been tears but we have been having lively, heated, strong debate about what should be in and what should be out. I love pulling this list together (even though I dread it as well) – it simply reminds me of all the great clients we have had and how lucky we are to do what we do. So here is the list – in no order – let me know what you think?
From the beautiful, contemporary wedding of Thomas and Emily…
To a chic city wedding for Josh and Jemma…
To the wide open spaces in Cameron and Claire’s country wedding…
To the ever hip and stylish wedding of Steve and Erin (and let’s not forget Bosco!)…
To classic romance of Adam and Allison’s wedding…
To the wedding of Troy and Fiona – full to the brim of vintage charm and glamour…
To Liam and Kim’s super fun and relaxed wedding…
To the simple, casual elegance of the wedding of Damien and Alison…
To the blue skies and happy faces of Reece and Maria’s beachside wedding…
To classic and gorgeous Jason and Felicity and their hinterland escape wedding…
To Kell and Melissa’s cheeky yet tradition full wedding…
And lastly, Kelso and Sepi’s lovely and love filled wedding. Each and every one of these weddings is different and unique like each of these wonderful couples. Thank you all for sharing in 2011 and for letting us capture your wedding day. Bring on 2012!
Cameron + Kelly
Yesterday Jason’s sister Kelly married the love of her life, Cameron. And here is a sneak preview. Congratulations Cameron and Kelly – we know your life will be filled with love, laughter and happiness. Forever.
Ryan + Hayley
Things have been flying at us so thick and fast that I can’t believe it is almost the end of January! Seriously where did it go???? Are you guys feeling the same? I promise (cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die or even pinky-swear) to start posting regularly again in the next week or so when things (hopefully) start slowing down. Please don’t hate me! As a little token to help you get through your wedding withdrawal I give you a brief snapshot from Ryan and Hayley’s beautiful wedding. Simple, elegant, timeless…my favourite kind of wedding.
Father Rabbit
I don’t know about you, but there are things in this world that I am constantly searching for. The best cup of coffee, the most rustic loaf of bread, the softest sheets, and lately, the perfect, white towel. Trust me, my pursuit for perfection, my unrelenting standards if you will, makes for some mighty interesting shopping expeditions. (Seriously, just ask my friend Cath.) For the last couple of years, I have been looking and looking for the perfect, white towel. It has been a long, sad and frustrating (not too mention expensive) search – they are all too thick so they don’t dry quickly enough (and no one likes a wet towel!!!) or the woven band sits too far down the towel and causes it to bunch over time making them not hang straight and they must be 100% cotton so they can be bleached to maintain their crisp whiteness, time and time again. In my search I have tried them all – Sheridan, Country Road, Peri, you name it – they are all ok, some good, but none, great. So I was trawling through the web one day, bouncing from website to website (as you do) and I came across a New Zealand online shop called, Father Rabbit. I stopped and had a look around. The site, had me at hello, if you know what I mean. There is some seriously nice thing on the site and then, lo and behold, I came across their towels. Now I know what you are thinking, it is brave for someone like me with such unrelenting standards to even contemplate buying anything online, (and I have failed so many times that I am giving up on internet shopping for good, mark my words) but the photos made me stop and ask myself – could this be it?
These towels were perfect – white, thin but not too thin, soft and plump looking but not too dense, and they had a straight selvedge edge so no bunching just a nice clean line. So before I knew it – they were in the cart and on their way to me. They arrived a while ago and we have been using them enough to say that they are the, and I don’t use this term lightly, holy grail of towels, people! They are absolutely 100% PURR-fect. I would change ABSOLUTELY nothing. I mean how many things in your life can you say that about???? 5 star gold standard. Thank you Father Rabbit, no, no, thank you!
Happy New Year
Welcome to 2012 – this post will be short as we are still on holidays and we will be back to our regular posting schedule soon but we wanted to take this time to wish you all a Happy New Year! We have some great plans in the works for 2012 and we hope you will continue to check back here often to see what things we have been doing. We look forward to everything this new year has to offer and to staying in touch with all of you. Happy New Year! Here comes 2012!
HO HO HO
Even though they call it a season I know our holiday cheer is a little late. We had Christmas lunch at our place this year so I have been gathering and hunting for the last week or so writing my lists and checking them twice! I have also only just today managed to drag myself back from a MAJOR food coma to sit down this afternoon to write this post. I just wanted to say happy holidays everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful day and truly revelled in the wonder of the season. (Which is really just code word for eating too much and drinking too much and making way too much merriment!) We are taking a wee break from work and will be kicking back until the 16th however I will still be posting just not as regularly. Thank you again for visiting with us and for all your lovely comments – this blog would be nothing without you all so thank you, thank you , THANK YOU!
Rainy Days
If you have been reading this blog for a while you will realise that I haven’t done an outfit post in a long while. The last one I did was a little harrowing and so, because of that I have been a bit gun shy. However recently I have been chatting to my friend Adam about how much great fashion is going on in Brisbane and I realised that I should just get over myself. I am by no means a fashionista, but I am a woman who loves clothes and loves how they can transform you, lift your spirits, make you feel safe, give you joy. So I am taking a leap of faith here and offering you my latest rainy day outfit.
I seem to be gravitating towards polka dots as a backlash to all the stripes we have been seeing and, of course, that pop of colour with my turquoise jeans.
I am amazed at how navy is making a comeback into my life. When I was younger I remember my mother telling me that I could either have black or navy as a base neutral in your wardrobe. I, of course, choose black – I mean c’mon – I grew up in the era of grunge and punk. There was no room for navy! But now, as I get older, black on its own can seem a little too, shall I say, harsh. I also love mixing navy and black – it is something that seems such a no-no which I guess is why I do it. It is great to have a new colour to play with and when I am shopping now I am so less frightened to buy a navy shirt or coat or shoes anymore. In fact – if you look at that I’m wearing – I bought all three!
