Kate + Josh, 2 April 2011, Frankland {wedding}

I felt right at home.

Like Kate, I also married a "Frankland Boy" so there were many familiar faces at this true country wedding.  I loved every minute, including that half-an-hour I spent travelling gravel roads with my co-navigator / assistant, Claire, trying to find where the Groom & his lads were camping out. (No we weren't lost but the Bride's brother nearly was!)

Kate  - you were a beautiful, glowing bride!   You carried with you an aura of calm and serenity that flowed onto everyone around you. You certainly had Josh spellbound!

Thank you to Claire Camins - you're a supreme co-pilot.

This very special moment was captured by Claire - I love it!

My second assistant!

Watch the slideshow for more from Kate + Josh's wedding.

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Connection {wedding}

I'm supposed to be editing but as I'm working away, I'm smiling because these photos are smiling at me.

There is such a beautiful connection between Mother + Daughter here.  They  truly didn't stop laughing + smiling the whole day!   So I thought I'd share the love. I hope you can feel it too.

Sweet Baby James...

 "Never work with kids and dogs"  WC Fields

Apparently W.C. Fields hated working with kids and animals in movies because they always upstaged him.  Well, I can see exactly how that happened if the kids & animals he worked with were  even half as adorable as James & his two fur-brothers.

I was blown away by how good-natured James was after travelling from Frankland (dogs in the back) for this shoot that morning but he was up for anything.  And such a cute cute age!

The two farm dogs (one of whom was worth more than my car after several serious life-saving operations) were hilarious - set free in "the big smoke", albeit tucked away in the bush!  This shoot was a lot of laughs!