Katie and Dan’s wedding… what a great wedding day!

They live in Palmerston North but chose to marry in the Rose Garden’s at Hamilton Gardens.  As many of their guests and bridal party were not from Hamilton, they were absolutely astounded at the Hamilton Gardens, something we Hamiltonians take very much for granted.

Although there were some cliché shots, for Katie and Dan, these were very different, which was great.  As for the bridal party, Katie’s bridesmaids Melissa and Meredith were stalking me with their cameras.  I have never seen so many pics captured by a pair of bridesmaids, almost more than me, lol.

I was hired all day and night again, cheers for dinner guys, and it was well worth the wait for some very funny gags at the end on the dance floor, thanks to Scott from  Soundz Good Entertainment, he did an awesome job.

Steve

The wonderful Suzie doing Katie’s make-up

The boys propping the bar up at The Ibis just before they left for Hamilton Gardens

Now… there was some weird photography going on at this wedding and it was not what one2one photography was doing! Katie’s sister Meredith was quite the amateur photographer but she comes from a family of professional wedding photographers, so this was just how it was to be!

Love this shot, great angle, great light and captured  just before Katie left for the ceremony

I’ve never seen this before, the father of the bride asking for a written receipt for his daughter, haha

Dan’s son Leighton did a great job with the rings

Some things just get lost in translation. All I said was to walk naturally towards me and Katie must have heard push Dan into the hedge, lol

Awww, the three girls, Meredith, Katie and Melissa

Pose it up Leighton

Scott the DJ did some great interactive things with the guests before the bridal party arrival

Interesting shot, the amount of things that came out from under the dress haha, you needed to be there

On Saturday I had a great day with Hayley and Aaron photographing their wedding at Willow Glen.

Hayley is probably one of my most organised of Brides, booking us over 19 months ago, that’s forward thinking! Their day was well planned, well organised and I had a great day. I stayed through to the first dance and as such, experienced one of the best Groom speeches I have heard in quite sometime.  I always tell my Grooms, its your job to make your wife cry with your speech, Aaron did a wonderful job and made lots of people cry.

Here are a few of my favourite shots from their wedding day.

Steve

Hayley with her Mum and Dad just before she left for Willow Glen

Sometimes you capture an image that has a story behind what you thought you were capturing, nice moment with her Dad just before entering the ceremony

Again, a beautiful moment during the ceremony, Hayley could not hold back her emotions

Sometimes you have to live dangerously to get ‘the shot’. This one was captured on SH1B, we took a very rare chance of no cars, but we soon had to all run off the road!

Never photograph and drive at the same time!

A quick game of Boules before their wedding reception, Aaron won both times!

What a great speech Aaron gave to his new Bride, a true gent

On Friday last week, we photographed Natalie and Jarrod’s wedding at Mystery Creek here in Hamilton.

What a great day for light, nice and flat, something we all appreciated. Nearly 80% of our weddings this season have asked us to photograph up to the first dance and beyond.  Natalie and Jarrod had an amazing choreographed first dance that very few of their guests new about, it was quite something.

Here are a few of my favourite shots from their wedding day.

Steve

How about this, Natalie did some baking on her wedding morning for the guys, Jarrod’s favourite cookies, delivered by us!

Just how many guys does it take to do a cuff link?

I just love these moments when Dad see’s his daughter for the first time.

Everyone was enjoying the emotion, especially Natalie.

The wonderful Pam Bayes was their celebrant and this was a great moment of laughter during the ceremony.

Down by the jetty at Mystery Creek

Jarrod with Mike and Graham

What sweet wedding cars, beautifully restored and maintained

Well… Nicole and Toni, what a hoot you two were!

Love this impromptu shot

The old key return joke, works every time!

And their first dance – awesome