Audrey and Grace

With organising the new studio and at the height of wedding season I have not had the time to shoot a lot of portraits and I had forgotten how much fun they are. I had photographed Audrey two years ago for the Kids of Sydney event and this time it was little Grace's turn. The kids were just so good to photograph, they had really playful and smiley expressions and they are just so cute. Little Audrey gave me a little cuddle after we had finished so that was special.What was a great thrill for me was to see the finished portraits of Audrey that I had taken two years ago hanging so proudly in their home.

Kate and Mark's Wedding

Yesterday we had a wonderful wedding in the Hunter Valley with Mark and Kate. It is always great to do a destination wedding away from Sydney. Weddings away have a real party feeling, I think it is because the guests and families are in holiday mode. Everyone was so friendly and loved been photographed, it was very hot though about 33 degrees but plenty of water was provided by the Bride and Groom. They both live in Brisbane and found us through the internet so that’s cool. Their church at Wollombi St Michaels was one of those cute sandstone churches that you only get in the country and their reception was at the Bimbadgen Estate winery. The highlight of the evening was the Fireworks display put on by Kate and Mark during the dancing. Aussies love fireworks and it was a rousing success with all the guests applauding and cheering. I just want to thank Stone Hurst winery for letting us use their location for photos, Bimbadgen Estate for their lovely meals and Steve our car driver for leading the way and providing refreshments.

Kate and Mark Wedding Slideshow

Taylor wins rowing race

One of the unfortunate things about being a working parent especially one that works on the weekend is that occasionally you miss out on seeing your children’s sporting achievements. I came home on Saturday night to find out that earlier in the day Taylor and her crew at the Roseville Regatta had one their first rowing race of the season. It was one of those come from behind wins where with 500 metres to go they were in sixth position and then over the last part of the race they powered through to win. The girls were so excited about winning their cheers and screams could be heard from the shoreline. Congratulations to Taylor, Erin, Justine, Issy and Kate all the hard work and early mornings is staring to show. Maria their coach and Peter Hughes the rowing master deserve special attention for developing the girls in to a great crew. All of the efforts that you guys put in are very much appreciated. I also want to mention how excited our other awesome daughter Dillon was about her big sister winning the race. Taylor your mum and I are very proud of you. Keep it up you and your crew is headed for great things. By the way all the pics from the Regatta were taken with Trudi’s camera phone.

New Studio

Just a quick post about our new studio. It is starting to come together and we will hopefully be in there soon. Every thing is working out well and we have the best tradesmen. They are all doing a fantastic job.

Helena and Farris

At the end of my hectic week and well the beginning of my hectic weekend I also photographed the engagement shoot of Helena and Farris. These guys are a lovely couple who have their first wedding planned for March next year here in Sydney and their second wedding a week later in Indonesia. Helena and Farris are so sweet; Helena brought a second pair of shoes for the shoot, one comfy pair to walk around in a second cool pair to be photographed in. We got to know them from the Bridal expo at the beginning of the year and I know you guys are avid blog viewers, so sorry it has taken me so long to post your images. It is just a crazy time here at Taylor-made with organizing the new studio and getting things ready for our grand opening.

Model Shoot

We had an exciting shoot on yesterday for good friend and make up artist Isabella Schimid. The models from Chadwick’s and Vivien’s agencies started arriving at the studio from 7:30am and we photographed right through to 6pm that evening. The day just flew by as Isabella surprised us with different looks from each of the models. Trudi couldn’t resist her new favourite look, “the flare”, she made the models look like they were watching the sunrise over Bondi beach.

Teresa and Daniel's Wedding

Trudi and Juanita photographed Teresa and Daniels wedding on Saturday and had an absolute ball. These guys are such lovely people, we know them from previous weddings and I played a season with Daniel at indoor soccer. Daniel arrived to the church as a passenger on his brothers Harley Davidson and Teresa looked stunning. They had photos at Vaucluse lighthouse and around Lady Macquarie’s chair. Their reception was at Clarence House and Trudi mentioned that the function was more like a party than a wedding. Teresa and Daniel with all their friends danced all night with everyone really participating to make the event a real success. Trudi took some amazing pictures and now we have a contest on who can create the best pictures with sun flair.

Teresa and Daniel's slide show

Kim and Anton

Kim and Anton had a fantastic wedding day yesterday. The week started off a bit shaky though as Kim’s wedding dress wasn’t ready and it was only delivered the night before at Midnight!!!. That is pretty stressful for any one. Here is a tip that may save some anxiety tell the dress designer that your wedding date is the week before you have actually scheduled the function.
Apart from that Kim and Anton had an awesome day, great weather, we took some fabulous pictures around St Mary’s where the ceremony was held as well as the ambassador room of the Sheraton on the park hotel and in the Rocks area. Their reception was held at La Montage and as always the food and service was fantastic. Kim and Anton are going to Vegas for part of their honeymoon and then to the West Indies for some relaxing.

Anton and Kim's slide show

Jamie and Johnny's Wedding

Johnny and Jamie had an awesome wedding on Saturday. It was just the best day. It started early at Johnny’s house with a bit of Lakia that is the traditional Croatian fire water and ended about 1pm at the Croatian club. Johnny and Jamie both have very loving families, Johnny’s mum had a bit of a cry but that is ok. I think it was such a good day because the whole Bridal party were all very enthusiastic and were all in to having fun which we like as well. They were all so friendly especially David who role reversed with me by taking the camera from me and he started snapping everything that moved, he got a great shot of me. One of the hi lights for me was when we were driving over the Anzac bridge to go to the reception. Juanita took some great shots especially of the happy couple in the Ferrari as we had the roof down of the convertible and at one stage we had the four hire cars spread over the four lanes of the bridge it was such a cool sight. Instead of posting pictures we are now going to show a slide show of some of the images as an appetizer. We hope you enjoy the show.

U2 Concert

Taylor and I had the best time at the U2 concert on Friday night. It was great father daughter quality time and it was an awesome show. Bono was just great and I am glad I had the opportunity to see them again. It was very special to share that with Taylor. I saw heaps of old clients and people I knew there and coincidently Lima and Ben who I photographed their wedding in 2004 were sitting two seats away. It was great to see them again unfortunately my card was full and couldn’t get a shots of them.

Eric and Belinda

Belinda and Eric booked us for their wedding at the Bridal expo at Fox studios a few weeks back and on Saturday I photographed their pre wedding engagement session. We had a funny coincidence today as both the girls that I shot with today are named Belinda. Saturday was a rainy day but we still managed to get some great pictures. Eric who is an architect had some good ideas for our new studio and what I like most about these guys is their sense of humor it is very very subtle. Their wedding is in January and I think it is going to be fantastic.