December 30, 2006

Matt and Belinda






Matt and Belinda had a very special wedding at Shelly Beach on Thursday. It was special for a number of reasons, Matt’s parents and sister as well as lots of friends flew out from the UK, Belinda looked gorgeous in her Colette Dinigan dress, Matt looked like Daniel Craig in his Politix gear that coincidently they bought from Rebecca and Chris whose wedding I shot last February, the weather was not to hot for this time of year and they had the perfect wedding setting at the La Kiosk restaurant. The wedding was a little different because we shot the portrait location before the ceremony and one of the special moments was when Matt saw Belinda for the first time. They came together in an embrace that lasted for few minutes he could not keep his eyes of her, it was really nice. Matt was pretty emotional through the ceremony but picked it up with a great speech later in the evening and the hylite of the evening was the Tango Bridal waltz that they performed brilliantly.

Matt and Belinda's wedding

December 16, 2006

Thank You Card from Farris and Helena



I just have to say it is great to feel appreciated. Farris and Helana's wedding is not until next March and we recently completed their pre wedding shoot. When they came to view their pictures the other night they had a gift of choclates and biscuits for me as well as a really nice thank you card. The message was lovely and made my day.

December 15, 2006

Paula and Dazza




Paula helps me out at weddings when Juanita is unavailable and it is great to have her as part of the team. We were having a great time at Kim and Anton's wedding the other day and I thought it might be fun to post a few pics of us messing around. Paula works at Tarronga Zoo as a guests photographer so she is great with people has a good eye for photography and is just fun to have around.

New Studio Pics








Everyone has been asking about our new studio and so I decided to post a few pics. We will be working from there after our holiday break and we are so looking forward to beginning a further chapter of the Taylor-Made Photography story.
We have had the concrete floor polished and the aggregate has created a textured and scattered appearance. All the walls have been painted in a dulux white so the images which will be presented under Perspex will stand out.
We are still going through the process of choosing images for display; it is a really hard task when you have so many fine images to choose from. Bit like a wedding album I think. Our chandelier is from Blue illusion at Balmain and our other funky lights from Alex Noble creations in Bondi. The lounge originally from Space furniture is from our old studio which we have had reupholstered. Stay tuned as I will be posting more pics when the display prints are up.

December 10, 2006

Alan and Janice's wedding.



We had a wonderful wedding today with Janice and Alan. They are incredibly nice people with loving parents and friends. They live in the UK and they had to organize things long distance using the internet and friends recommendations. They were introduced to us by our good friends Mona and Andrew whose wedding we shot earlier in the year, their wedding album is amazing and it was great to hear all the positive feedback from the album design and to see them again tonight.
Janice and Alan are also related to Carmen and Karlson whose wedding we shot last October and it was lovely seeing them and their family so soon again as well. Your album is in production and looking fantastic. It will be ready in the not too distant future. Janice and Alan’s wedding was celebrated at the Gazebo at Balmoral Beach and the reception was held at the Shangri La Hotel.
Juanita and I had a blast shooting your wedding and thank you for the great mention in the speeches.

Alan and Janice slideshow

December 3, 2006

Putri and Andrew's Wedding






A little ray of Sunshine: Juanita and Trudi managed to miss the rain when shooting Andrew and Putri’s wedding. The wedding started off with a very relaxed Bride at the Shangri La Hotel and then to the most popular church in Sydney St Peters Channel and then to the Imperial Peking Restaurant in the Rocks. In between Trudi took some terrific images at the Chinese Gardens in Darling Harbour. Andrew gave a very heartfelt and emotional speech during the reception. He has four sisters and was showing his femine side. AS it turns out we filmed the wedding of one of his sisters Michelle over ten years ago. They had ten courses during the reception and Trudi mentioned that she would be happy not see any more Chinese food for a while.

Putri and Andrew's slideshow

Susan and Karl's wedding






Yesterday I photographed Susan and Karl’s wedding. Karl is originally from Invercargill, a town located on the lower side of the south island of New Zealand and we were joking that he brought the cold and rainy weather with him. Susan looked stunning in her Maria Chiodo dress and Simona did a wonderful job with her make up. Chris from Moore’s floral concepts did a great job producing beautiful bouquets for Susan and Jules. They were married in the crypt of St Mary’s Cathedral which is a lovely alternative to the main church, a little bit more intimate. This part of the church is quite dark and they had arranged for guests to place a candle on the alter before the ceremony and that is something I had never seen before. The reception was held at the lovely Quay restaurant on top of the overseas passenger terminal over looking the awesome Sydney Harbour.
Even though it was raining for most of the day we managed to get some fantastic pictures and I must say the secret is that the Bride and Groom took the conditions in their stride and didn’t let it spoil their day.

Susan and Karl slideshow