Munja Gardens Wedding – Kerry and Ryan

Kerry and Ryan held their wedding ceremony at Munja Gardens which is situated in Karnup (just before Mandurah when you’re traveling from Perth.

Although we had a light shower once the wedding ceremony finished, literally, the wedding ceremony finished and it started to rain, (very lucky), the day and wedding photos were amazing. As a special ceremony, Kerry and Ryan had a butterfly release ceremony as well, where the butterflied behaved very well and we got some pretty cool photos of them.  I love it when the weather turns and creates an amazing setting. We had usage of an umbrella and I asked Kerry and Ryan to sit on the bench while it rained. They were more than happy to do it, and we put down a towel to ensure that Kerry’s wedding dress didn’t get dirty or wet.

Here is the Munja Gardens Wedding Photo while it was raining and the bridal couple sitting on the bench, naturally I’ve applied my artistic view on the scene:

The jungle/bush feel at Munja Gardens is fabulous to set some nice emotion on the day, in turn making your wedding album very special.

The bamboo is also a great feature at Munja Gardens.  Some couples have decided to engrave their names in the bamboo too.

Once the wedding ceremony concluded and the official family formals finished, we headed over to the beach for some more wedding photos.  Their wedding cars were supplied by OLD 55 Limos, you must admit the Chevy Limos look great in photos. We did a quick pit stop to take this shot.

Here are some more of their wedding photos:

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Wedding Photographer (Perth): Peter

Wedding Cars: Old 55 Limos – John 08 9453 6922

Wedding Celebrant: Brooke Tonev from Chic Celebrants – 0402 857 881

Wedding Ceremony: Munja Gardens

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Bunker Bay Wedding – Lecia & Pat

Lecia and Pat had their wedding in perfect weather at Bunker Bay on Shelly Cove.  We literally could not have asked for a better day, it was not hot, or cold, wind was minimal, sun was perfect, we all had a ball. A bridal party of 4 girls and 4 boys made it all a fun day, all the bridal party were (and still are) great mates, so this made their wedding day loads of fun.

Lecia got ready at Bunker Bay Resort, which is always a superb place to get ready as the backdrop and surrounds are great.  The limo (golf buggy) was great as the girls and dad got a quick ride. We did a quick photo shoot in the Bunker Bay Resort Restaurant and foyer.

Pat on the other hand got ready with the boys at a house in Dunsborough and we had a photo shoot at the beach nearby.

Lecia had 3 flower girls dressed in pink, needless to say the 3 girls were beautiful and complemented the bridal party extremely well. During the ceremony, the flower girls had a rug to sit on which was a nice thing to do, as normally young flower girls get a bit edgy and don’t want to stand for half an hour.

Their wedding ceremony was conducted by a local Dunsborough wedding celebrant Jennifer Etherington very professionally and without a hitch.

We did a photo shoot on Shelly Cove (Bunker Bay) as there are some awesome rocks and limestone wall to shoot against, not to mention the scenic bay. Following this, we went to do a shoot on Bunker Bay – the beach itself, the sun was low, light was awesome, little waves with no wind.  Pat did want to throw Lecia into the water, but didn’t in the end, which was nice of him. I guess this is the first sign that we may do a “Trash the Dress” session some time soon. Who knows, we’re down there over Xmas at the same time, so it may just happen.

The wedding reception was a massive party, Lecia and Pat really know their friends and family as I think there was a moment where the dance floor was not full. What was really cool on the night is we did a signing book with photos that I took on the night. I brought down a photo printer with me and took photos of their guests and then printed them, so it was like a mobile photobooth style of a result, but the benefit was that their wedding guest would stick the photo into their guest book and write around it.

Here are some of the wedding photos from their wedding day at Bunker Bay.

Wedding Suppliers in Margaret River Region

Wedding Flowers: Kylie Clifford – The Secret Life of Flowers – 0409 507 749
Bridal Make-up: Deanna Tait – 0417 987 704
Bridal Hair: Laura Hand, based in Busselton (0415 510 528)
Wedding Celebrant: Jennifer Etherington – http://www.celebrantdunsborough.com
Wedding Photographer in Margaret River: Peter Dancewicz
Wedding Ceremony: Shelly Cove – Bunker Bay
Wedding Reception: Bunker’s Beach Cafe

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Wedding Limo Reflection of bridal couple

When I covered Amber and Jason’s wedding at Caversham House, I saw their reflection in one of the panels of the car, this gave me the idea to go one step further and ended up polishing up the light at on car. It was already clean but not 100% to give me the reflection that I wanted.

With a bit of technical application I got this pretty cool photo.  I have done some more work to the image in Photoshop, but I had to.

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Camera gear on a wedding shoot

I get asked all the time what I use when I shoot a wedding.  Well I’ve got a lot of gear, but I also have my favorites to use. I guess if I had to, I could shoot a wedding with 1 camera and 1 lens, but why should I when there is so much available to make the job easier.

On every wedding shoot I’ll bring at least 3 full sized bodies (Canon 1D and 1Ds), at least 3 flashes, 5 lenses, heaps of memory cards (90Gbs +) and loads of batteries.  I’ve learned the hard way to always be prepared for any situation, so I am. I have never lost a photo that I took, yes never.

Why I chose Canon over Nikon? No great reason, except when I started we had a Canon film camera and it made sense, as I had some lenses, so it was a good way to start.  Since then I’ve superseded the original base lens and have moved into “L” series lenses.  You just can’t get the quality from a standard lens, you need to have top level professional equipment when shooting a wedding.  I don’t use film any more, why? there are no benefits in doing so, digital at 21Mega Pixel is far more than what anyone would want for a wedding.  Top level advertising and model photographers use what I use or lesser.

I do like Canon though, but I’ve only had minimal contact with a Nikon so can’t really comment. I’ve seen and worked on pictures taken with Nikon cameras and they are also fantastic. So it’s more a matter of which camera feels better, has the better menu that you can use and you can afford. But the most important thing is to have a professional camera with good lenses.

Here is a shot of me with a bride and groom on the job, I think I need a porter to run around behind me to carry my stuff. It gets heavy after a while, but of course I don’t carry this gear all the time on my shoulders, I have a wheelie bag that I tow with me – Lowpro Roller 200.

The gear you can see in this wedding photo is:

• Canon 1 Ds mrk III with a 50mm f1.2 lens
• Canon 1D mrk III with a 24-70mm f2.8 lens
• Canon 1D mrk III with a 70-200mm f.2 IS lens

And here is the final image from this particular “structured candid moment”.

Also, I thought i should include the original photo, which didn’t have any work done to it in Photoshop. What I did to the above image is removed lose hand that was behind the groom, contrast and colour adjustments, some blur, added film grain and vignetting. I could have straightened or created more angle on the photo, but didn’t as I liked it the way it was shot. I generally shoot the way I like the photo to be rather than turn it in Photoshop later, I guess it’s the old school way, to get it right in the camera, rather than depend on software later.

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