Joel and Kerry RADFORD

Joel and Kerry were just in ordering their wedding album. Joel is the son of three times Master Photographer, Wayne Radford and I was (understandably, I think) a little apprehensive about it. Wayne sets a standard as high as anyone in the industry and this is one wedding that I had to be at my best. As It was, I need not have worried. I was given more time than usual on the wedding day to make sure that the images were spot-on! That comes from knowing how important photographs are in a family's future, and allowing enough time to capture the images. Thank you Joel and Kerry!

The following are just a few of their shots..............

A headdress with a hat always works.

Kerry's dress was a dream to photograph as you can see in this high contrast shot taken in the street.

Joel loves his Ute!!

Engagement and wedding series

Nuha and I met some years ago when I photographed her for her Yr 12 formal. She always promised that I would photograph her wedding and it has finally come to pass. The engagement portraits were photographed at a railway station in the city, followed a few months later by her wedding. This is a selection of some of them.

PALAZZO VERSACE WEDDING yesterday at the Gold Coast

These are the first few from a wedding we photographed on the Gold Coast Yesterday. Absolutely beautiful wedding, FIVE STUNNING SISTERS in the bridal party! We started at Palazzo Versace at Southport and went from there. The first is the interior of the Versace Ballroom where the florist had lit each table decoration from below. Beautiful effect.

Brookiiieeeee!

These are two shots of Kelly Munce's beautiful daughter, Brooke. Photographed at Coffs Harbour the day before we started a five day series of seminars, we bought a bridal gown and veil and headed for the beach!

LAST PAGE OF AN ALBUM.

This was a beautiful wedding with quite a few really nice shots. Much of it was photographed on a clifftop where hanggliders do their thing. It was bloody cold, too, but the bridal party put up with it like real troupers.

Mark and Maree's Rockhampton wedding

Our most recent wedding was in Rockhampton with the reception at Rosslyn Bay near Yepoon. I had photographed the bride's brother Andrew at his wedding to the beautiful Kate a few years ago. The bride, Maree has been living in the UK for a few years and has snared herself a pommy! Even so, he is not a bad bloke and he shows excellent taste in photographers.

Some of the locations in Rockhampton are spectacular. The hotels are surrounded by lacework edged verandas and the sandstone used in many of the public buildings give a glow to any portrait made in the vicinity.

EMILY & TIM'S WEDDING

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Two weekends ago I attended Em's wedding in St Stephens Cathedral. About 30 years ago, I photographed Em's parent's wedding in Armidale. It has always been one of my favourite weddings and I had to at least equal it this time. With a bride like Emily and her new husband Tim, it was not too difficult.

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One of the album pages from last week's wedding.

WET WEDDING IN BRISBANE. A RARE SIGHT!

We haven't had any real rain for over a year now, so that gives away the fact that this is more than a year old!

The Anglican cathedral in Brisbane has lovely nooks and crannies that can be used by photographers. This is not exactly a nook or a cranny but I love the lighting effect. The shot above of the bride is from the same wedding.

2 second exposure.

We had finished with all the outdoor shots by this stage and because there was a severe lack of light I had the bride stay as still as possible for about 2 seconds while I handheld the Fuji S3. I love the softness that resulted.

BEACH WEDDINGS

Beach weddings are a part of many Queensland photographers' weekend. This wedding was in the Hinterland behind Surfers Paradise and late in the afternoon we drove down to Broadbeach to take advantage of the beautiful day we had. My preference is to keep as many of my images as simple as possible as often as possible. This is one of those images.

All weddings in Noosa are great! This one especially. This couple and their attendants were so natural that all I had to do was suggest an area to photograph in and they would just occupy it. This is part of the "coffee shop" scenario.

Same wedding, same day, beautiful location to match the bride. This I call my "Sound of Music" series.

On this occasion we used the following day, Sunday, to travel to Mt Tamborine to add some variety to an already beautiful Saturday wedding in Brisbane. We waited till almost sunset and then worked like crazy to add another hundred or so new images to their collection.

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This was one of Shirlene's shots. I was off doing something else at the time.