In my busy busyness of late, it was brought to my attention my lack of blogging. Its funny you know, in the last five years I have never worked so damn hard and blogging is a chance to show off what I do but its always something that gets pushed to the side when I am up to my neck in work. So thank you to that lovely person today who suggested that I might be hiding away in workload land a little too long. Welcome back to regular Friday blogs.

And what a wedding to come back on…This fine lady is my very special Angela, OUR studio coordinator extraordinaire and as my postman likes to call her, My Girl Friday. When I say “our”  I say this with purpose as Angela not only helps me out but also the extremely talented Juanita from Broderick Photography. So the best present we could possibly give for Angela’s and Liam’s big day was both of us fine ladies capturing their wedding day. Go Team Broderick + Yates!

We started our day with Angela and her little ladies in waiting at the Treasury in Brisbane. Ange is a wonderful designer and when she told me she had designed her own gown I couldnt wait to see the results. Absolutley beautiful and perfect for this art deco inspired wedding.

A little old school glamour with the most glorious lace with a hint of cheek. Can this dress describe her any better? Angela you are the most sophisticated, graceful and elegant bride.

And here is the man its all about. Hello Liam.

After having a bit of fun in the back alleys of Teneriffe with Liam we headed down to the ceremony inside the Rotunda at New Farm Park.

Here she comes.

Ange and her beautiful Mama and Dad.

A simple, beautiful ceremony. There could have been no one else watching these two as their eyes were fixated on each other.

Liam kissed Angela’s finger before he put on her ring, I had never seen this before and he gave us all another reason to sigh and cry!

Hi Aunt Bag!

Now it was time for a little stroll through the Powerhouse and time for Broderick + Yates to work their magic.

Incredible to photograph – Juanita and I were ooohhhing and arrrrhhing when we would sneak a peak at each others cameras.

Nice one JB.

We eventually dragged ourselves back to celebrate at The Salon in Teneriffe. An amazing venue, this is my second time here for a wedding and the food is just incredible with a matching atmosphere. Truffle infused popcorn – does it get any better?

Angela, you make our lives a more pleasant place to be by your insane organisation skills, and most of all endless style and inspiration. Everyday you come into our studios you bring us an incredible gift. This is ours to you. To you and Liam, all of our love and well wishes for many years of happiness, fortunes, fine wine, fabulous food and of course LOVE.

x Team Broderick+Yates (collaborating photographers who road trip, shoot pears and tomatoes and kick ass for beautiful brides)

I am pretty picky when I do weddings. I’m no churn and burn photographer, taking on only 20 wonderful couples per year. The reason I do this is because I love to work with people I gel with.  I want to feel what the Bride feels, I want my heart to melt when the Groom sees his girl as she walks that long aisle to marry him. But most of all I want to be surprised and challenged. Enter Morgan and Luke, they tick all of the above, this is their blog and possibly my finest work to date.

Just a little bit of background, Morgan I think picked me on the basis that we had a mutual love of Florence and the Machine and Nick Cave.  After many emails, seeing Morgan’s collection of inspirations and location scouting, we crafted a vision for the pictures you see here. We started with the ladies on the day who all looked fab in their own unique colours and dresses.

Morgan and Mumma.

I truly would love to spend a week with Morgan and just photograph her constantly. Amazing, amazing dress by the one and only Brad from Darb Couture.

And purple flats for the sensible and discerning bride.

So we tore ourselves away from the girls, to meet the lovely Luke and lads at the ever imposing St Johns Cathedral in Brisbane. Luke’s future looks bright so he’s gotta wear shades.

Work it boys.

The ceremony, always the main event of the day held an even higher importance today as Luke was being married to this fine lady under the guidance of his father.

How cool is that!

Loving my light in the cathedral.

Morgan and Luke’s Mummas.

The cutest little niece and nephew.

So I shall explain the tittle of the blog here. We headed off to the best club in Brisbane Laruche for our location spot. We had the whole place to ourselves and the staff where just incredible, cheers guys for letting us do this. We felt it looked a little Madmen inspired coupled with the outfits of the day etc. so we figured we would roll with this for photographic inspiration. (For those of you in the dark, Madmen is a fantastic show on SBS)

I want to take this lounge home.

Especially the shot below. Very Madmen.

And what’s a wedding without me trying to sneak into an alley way. Complete with balloons (foil balloons for those of you who know me well, know of my phobia of balloons)

Sirromet Winery our reception and party desitination.

Aren’t they cute.

We had a full moon, always a good omen and a stunning evening to celebrate.

Every table was named after a quote in a movie that Morgan and Luke identify with. My favorite is above. Thank you, what an amazing eventful, gorgeous day for two “hopelessly devoted” people. There, there is my corny line, plenty more where that came from. A dream wedding, a dream shoot, kick ass people.

x love Denise (photographer who carried her camera instead of a watermelon but could possibly do both.)

I love to photograph weddings where I have a bit of a connection, where the couple are completely at ease with me, know what my work is like and I get to feel really apart of the celebrations. On this beautiful May day connections were everywhere at the wedding of Stuart and Vanessa. I have photographed Ness and Stu at many of their friend’s weddings and we did a great engagement shoot with Stu’s very hot car last year, but this was the main event and I was completely excited about having them in front of my camera all day.

We commenced the day with Stu and boys at the house. A fantastic house filled with white walls everywhere, a photographer’s dream.

Stu looking serious, contemplative and very handsome all at the same time.

And our merry men (hello Myles)

The lady of the moment was waiting for me. Putting her best foot forward…

Oh Ness, you look so fantastic.

And born to be in sepia.

The ceremony held in Brisbane’s Botanic Gardens.

One happy Stu. A beautiful, simple and emotional ceremony.

Cue for me to start crying…

LOVELY!

Ness’ proud Dad.

We walked through the gardens stopping here and there for some photos as we all made our way on foot to the Tattersals Club.

My light had departed, but I LOVE to take pictures of people at night.

Our fantastic supporting cast, willing to go into any dodgy looking alley way for a photo.

This picture reminds me of the cast of Dynasty… Very dramatic.

Loving both these shots.

After a brilliant reception featuring a fantastic rendition of “You’ve lost that loving feeling” Stu and Ness honeymooned in Greece. Lucky things. An amazing day for two incredible people CLEARLY completely and UTTERLY in love.

x Denise (photographer who loves the night)

How do you express your love in the best possible way? Have two ceremonies of course and keep the celebrations going for about 20 hours!

Welcome to the Epic weddings of Huong and Matthew. We commenced our huge day at Huong’s parents house for a traditional Vietnamese Tea Ceremony. The first of our two nuptials. Huong was dazzling in her red and gold silk outfit. Topped off with her fabulous (and heavy) traditional head wear.

And a rocking pair of red heels.

The girls were cool as with loads of laughing filling the house. Huong just shines in front of the camera.

The ceremony began with Huong’s parents welcoming all of Matthew’s family into their home and they had many, many offerings for the Bride and her family.

Huong’s beautiful Mother accepting her tea.

And the Groom wore blue. I must say it was a first for me, but Matthew totally pulled it off!

The boys were hilarious and worked their “Kung Fu” moves.

After much feasting, we started to prepare for the second ceremony at Brisbane Boys Grammar Chapel. Huong helped the boys prepare.

So cute.

Huong made a quick change into her divine dress from Darb Couture. Just stunning.

Shining again.

Matthew … waiting patiently

No detail was overlooked in this day, I loved the Usher’s folder of things to do. Organised ladies are fabulous.

My absolute favorite shot of the day below.

The ceremony was conducted by Father Huong… we all had a giggle at this.

After lots of congratulating and family photos we headed off to the Botanic Gardens and The Kangaroo Point Cliffs for some photos.

Great jumping everyone.

Around 15 hours later it was time for the Bridal waltz. We were treated to amazing choregraphed number from the entire bridal party. Stamina!!

Huong and Matthew, what an amazing way to start your journey together. Everyone was so welcoming and we felt part of the family by the end of the night. The warmest of wishes to you both for a long and happy life together..

x Denise (photographer in awe of energetic weddings)

A beautiful April day was filled with anticipation for me and a groom. For me, it was just how much more gorgeous can this girl possibly look? It was probably the same for our groom Ben. I met Ben and Shari a while ago in the studio after they were recommended to have a chat to me, we talked about the wedding, how they met and their delightful fur baby “Chief”. I thought now here is just the sweetest couple and my god, how good this girl is going to look in a dress to die for.

Yes ladies, THIS is a dress, an amazing one with each little square of tulle sown on individually.

Shari, you are a dream to photograph.

One of my very favorite shots below.

Shari’s Mum Dianne was just the sweetest, making sure we had everything we needed, pressing dresses, feeding everyone all while crying at every opportunity. So proud of her stunning girl.

We headed over to the Oxley Golf Club to catch up with Ben and the lads and “Chief”. Looking every part the page boy in his little tux. He even carried the rings, clever boy.

Shari just beamed down the aisle with her proud folks.

The ceremony was looked after by celebrant Anne Campbell.

Oh we are married!! Yes!!

A shot I love with both Mum’s.

We headed off with the threat of a huge thunderstorm approaching to grab some location moments on the golf course.

So in love.

A very cool and unusual cloud.

The ladies.

Ben and Shari, thank you. An amazing day for you both and your families. Such a fun and stunning couple!

See you soon, x Denise (photographer who misses her dog)