Mike and Amy's Blog

A few weeks back now Rachel and Stephen were married vn Golf Resort. It was such a gorgeous day.  Stephen and his groomsman Andrew at Bonville. There was only two of them which made for an easy grooms prep session! The time before the wedding always goes so fast!!

Before long it was time to head over to Rachel who was getting ready in Stephen and Rachel’s house with her Maid of honor Katie and her family. Rachel was so cheerful and happy when I arrived!! It was surprising considering how stressful her morning was. Rachel’s hairdresser forgot about her wedding even though Rachel had confirmed it with her only a couple days before. It was so stressful finding another hairdresser that could fit the girls in. Rachel im so glad you took it all in your stride and didn’t let it wreck the happiness of the day.

Rachel made for a stunning bride. She looked so beautiful and it was a real pleasure to photograph the preparation photos for her. I loved your dress Rachel too it was gorgeous and your shoes were super cute!

It was soon time to head over to the ceremony which was being held at the 1st Tee at Bonville Golf Resort! The first Tee is so beautiful… It was really awesome that Rachel’s Dad had arrange for one of his Mates to drive them to the ceremony in his Hotrode.

The ceremony was performed by Sam from “Married By Sam”. Sam does a beautiful ceremony. It always makes me so happy to hear her ceremonies for couples. She is a gorgeous lively person!

After the ceremony we did some family photos at the first Tee and then headed around the resort for some photos of our gorgeous couple and their best man and maid of honor. There are so many beautiful location around Bonville for photos! It’s always really hard to choose where to go.

The reception was held in the floodedgums restaurant. It must be one of my favorite reception rooms. The backdrop of the golf course and the gum trees is breathtaking. The dancing is done on the lawn which I think is a beautiful touch.

Rachel and Stephen had such a beautiful day despite the hiccup in the morning things ran beautifully.

Thanks for sharing your special day with us. It was so enjoyable to capture your beautiful memories.

Celebrant: Married by Sam

Cake: Cakeselicious

Recently the gorgeous Regan and Josh were married in Woolgooga. We started our day with Josh and his groomsman at their place apartment. The boys were awesome. A lot of fun to photograph!!

After photographing the boys we headed over to Regan and the girls who were getting ready at Regan’s parents home! I loved the bridesmaid dresses. The concept of having dresses in two different colours was great. Both the blue and purple were a great choice. They looked awesome on the girls. I loved too that Regan wore flats. So practical!! Girls heals look good but they are a real killer having to wear them all day!

After capturing the preparation photos it was soon time to head to the ceremony. The ceremony took about half and hour which we then did family photos at the ceremony location.

The ceremony was held in Woolgooga. Regan and Josh had planned the day well and allowed heaps of travel time to get down the busy highway into Coffs for the photos. All the photos were taken around the Jetty area. It was such a gorgeous Sunday afternoon. Perfect for photos. We had an awesome bridal party! They made for some great group photos.

Thanks guys for such a great day.

Amy x

In the month of March Samantha and Blake took the plunge and exchanged their vows at the stunning Pacific Bay Resort.

The weather was beautiful after the rain we had experience the week prior to the wedding the ground was a little wet on the betting tee but not enough to stop this gorgeous couple from having their ceremony on the tee.

I started the day with Blake and his boys in one of the Penthouses at Pacific Bay. The boys were great… So organised!! I think that Sam must have had something to do with that LOL!! Samantha and Blake’s little boy Copper got ready with Blake. He was super cute!!

It was soon time to head over to Samantha and her girls. They were organised too. Kelli T did an amazing job of the girls makeup as per usual! She has a real talent for making girls look their absolute best which certainly wasn’t hard for this group of girls!! They were not only stunning but such a great bunch to work with!!

It was soon time to head to the ceremony. It is one of my pet things to have the bride at the ceremony on time. I always say … if you wont to be late you need to plan to be late not just run late because you can!! Samantha was perfectly on time!! She looked so beautiful as two of the most important man in her life (her biological father and her step Dad) walked her down the aisle!!

The ceremony was beautiful but was so hot as the sun came out about half way through. It was really steamy… I felt really sorry for Sam during the family photos as her dress was rather sticky on the inside because of the humidity… but the joy of finally being married was far more important and didn’t stop this gorgeous couple from smiling during their family photos.

After the family photos we headed around a few locations at Pacific Bay for photos before it was time to head into the reception which was being held in the Harbour View Room at the resort.

It was such an awesome day guys. Thanks so much for sharing it with me.

Amy x

Makeup: Kelli T

Hair: Heather Anderson

Decorations: Special Occasions

Cake: Moderen Cake Creations

Flowers: Precious Petels

Another beautiful day in Coffs Harbour was the scene for the wedding of Karen and Tony. Bonville Golf Resort was the location for their getting ready, the ceremony, photo shoot and reception, there’s just so much to work with there!

After the portraits and shots of our couple getting ready it was time for a “first look” photo shoot. Tony was to walk Karen down the aisle, so before the ceremony we arranged for them to see each other for the first time and get some photos. Tony was one happy man when he turned around to see Karen in her wedding dress!

The ceremony was held on the terrace lawn overlooking the incredible golf course, it was an intimate ceremony with a group of loved family and friends, Cindy Crawford did an excellent job of looking after the formalities. After the kiss, and signing of the papers it was time for family photos and then the photo shoot.

We explored a few locations around the resort before heading back to kick of the recepiton. Here are a few images from the day.

– Mike

Early on in March we headed down to the wedding of Tahli and Paul at Merewether Beach in Newcastle. It was an early start for us as Mike and I photographed two weddings the day before and then got up early and drove down to this couples gorgeous wedding.

We started the day with Tahli, Well I did. Mike dropped me at the girls place and then he headed over to where Paul was getting ready which was about half an hour away. Tahli and her girls were so organised. It really didn’t take us long at all get work through our preparation photos. We had an extra 30-40 min before the ceremony was to start so we headed to Merewether Beach early and stopped off at the pub so that Tahli and her girls could have a drink before the ceremony. Meanwhile Mike was with the boys who were running super early too. The boys were so early that they too decided to head to the shops before the ceremony… Theirs not for a drink but to buy cufflinks. LOL so typical of boys to forget!!

Tahli and Paul’s ceremony was held on Merewether Beach. It is such a stunning location with the cliffs as a backdrop one side and the ocean pools to the other. The weather was perfect with little to no wind. The ceremony was short but very personal. After the ceremony we did family photos on the beach at Merewether and then the guests headed up to the Surf house which was only 300 metres or so aways from the ceremony location.

We decided not to travel to other location for photos but to just stay on the beach and in the dunes for photos. It is such a beautiful location just on the beach with several different backdrops within just that little area that there really wasn’t a need to head anywhere else. We spent only about 40min on photos with Tahli and Paul before heading into the reception for canapes. When the sun had set a little more Mike took Tahli and Paul back onto the beach for some more photos in the softer light.

It was a really awesome day. Thanks so much for sharing the day with us Tahli and Paul. We hope you guys are going well and loving your wedding photos.

Here are just a few from the day. We will post some more on facebook soon.

Amy & Mike xx