Wedding = love Part 1: Getting ready, the ceremony & arty shots

{by jel photography}

A photograph is memory in the raw.  ~Carrie Latet

 
Our photos are here, our photos are here!!!

The DVD arrived yesterday and I am so so excited bout sharing them with you all!

The very talented team of Eleanor and James at Jel Photography, were our wedding photographers and we had an absolute blast with them!  So easy going, so happy and smiley and boy can they take gorgeous photos!

So without further ado...here's our Wedding = love Album!

(All photos taken by Jel Photography unless otherwise stated)

Getting ready

The boys got ready at C's parent's place whilst the girls got prettied up at the Pullman.

Ahhhh it's good to be a girl.

It was an extremely early start for les filles.  Buffet breakfast at the crack of dawn.  Then hours worth of getting primed and painted.  A girl can get used to getting pampered, calling in room service and being fussed over.  We were in a beautiful room overlooking the University, we had our croissants and pastries, we giggled like little school girls...needless to say we were happy as larry.

{getting prettied up by talented Tatum from MAC}

{the amazing Caroline doing the bridesmaids makeup}

{my beautiful mother getting finishing touches}

{in the elevator heading to the church and not even THAT late...}

The boys on the other hand were up rather later to tuck into a hearty brekkie, thanks to C's mum.

{shoes, check.}

{rings, check.}

{ties, check}

The ceremony

Our ceremony was held at my church, St Matthews in the City.  The gorgeous stone building is over 100 years old, awe-inspiringly stunning and it was incredibly special to get to have our ceremony in such a beautiful place that means so much to me. 

{boys anxiously awaiting our fashionably late arrival}

It was also so special to have Mum walk me down the aisle.  Happy and sad, happy to be with my momma and sad coz dad couldn't be there.  But we could feel him there in spirit, all day, he was there in our hearts.

{Archdeacon Glynn Cardy officiating}

{wedding smooch!}

We had an huge spread of nibbles and goodies put on by our friends and family.  We are just so privileged to be friends with so many incredibly generous people who can bake! I was going to contribute the spinach and feta mini quiches I made, but in the rush we forgot to get them out of the freezer.  Ahh well, even the best laid plans huh?

{photo by my cousin David}

{hobnobbing outside with mum and Aunty Rosemary}

After doing the rounds we were then whisked off to our get our arty shots done in our humble Tiida, as dressed up for the occasion by C's cousins while we were sipping our bubbles.  Out of shot were the tin cans on string which clonked along behind us until they went AWOL somewhere in the CBD.

{pimp my ride meets punk'd meets bride wars}

The arty shots

James and Eleanor (Jel Photography) had some great ideas for shots down by the Britomart precinct by the wharf.  Who knew walls could be so funky looking!  We had a blast, posing it up, having a laugh and pulling out The Claw!

 

{The claw!}

{a whole bridal party claw!}

{at cornwall park}

When we were all clawed out, it was off to C's parent's place for our first Chinese Tea Ceremony of the day.

Next up: Wedding = love Part 2: The Chinese Tea Ceremonies