Although we have photographed many covers before, this is my favourite: i love the simplicity of the shot.

Hong Kong Shoot. JI Hee & Andrew they are so lovely real fun stuff

Hi Guys,

Great to meet and photograph you both in Sydney.

Look forward to photographing you both in Hong Kong at the end of the year.

Enjoy

D+S

The rain could not hold Monica back.

Stealing a moment in the GPO Building, Sydney.

Those asian tourists love weddings in Sydney.

Hi Guys,

Hope you had a great time on Saturday.

Enjoy your honeymoon.

Cheers

Simon Bernhardt

Sui looking fantastic.

Becoming husband and wife, Balmoral Beach, Sydney.

Enjoying the beach and not worrying about the wind and cold, Balmoral Beach, Sydney.

Sui and Eva.

Eva.

What rain? Hope you guys had a lot of fun, it shows through the shots. Thanks for a great day I enjoyed every minute. Hope the honeymoon is smooth sailing.

Enjoy these, there are plenty more.

Dejan Grujovic

Sydney Opera House sure is nice at night. See Shadi no rain!

Plenty of guys for umbrella duty, no wonder the bride was dry all day ( Botanical Gardens, Lions Lodge Sydney)

Bright Colours much better in the rain.

The Moment

Someone is happy

Nasdravlje!

Sharing umbrellas that’s cute

Dylan at Maroubra, what to do next

Nth Maroubra

Saxon carving up

Your wedding day will be a blur to you and your parents. You plan the many details for months, but your wedding day goes by so fast that you will miss a large part of it. A wedding video is like a “time machine”. It lets you relive your wedding day as often as you like, anytime you like. As a fellow videographer put it, “It let’s you attend your own wedding at your leisure without the stresses and distractions of the day.” It is also a significant and important “living” document for your families, your children, and grandchildren. Some couples don’t realize just how important their wedding video will become until they experience the loss of a loved one that attended their wedding.

Have you ever wondered why almost all Brooklyn bridal gowns are in white? If not pure white at least it’s within the shades of white like ivory, cream, ecru and eggshell. You can rarely find bridal with different colors. Even if there is, most brides still choose white Brooklyn bridal gown.

One of the popular women who first wear white bridal gown is Mary Queen of Scots in her wedding with Francois II of France. At that time, white was still not a common choice of color for the gown. It was only by the Queen’s choice that she wore white bridal gown. It was actually thought to be inauspicious because white was the official mourning color in France in her time.

The white bridal gown was influenced by Queen Victoria when she married Albert of Saxe-Coburg in 1840. The choice of white color was made because of the white laces that she owned at that time. When the picture of her with the bridal gown was published, white gowns became an immediate choice of most brides from then on in honor of the Queen. Before the influence of Queen Victoria’s white bridal gown, brides can wear any color for her wedding dress except black as color for mourning and red as related to prostitution. After the Victorian influence on white gown, that was the time when people already associate white bridal gown with purity or virginity. But it was not the original intent of why white was the official color for most brides. The white Brooklyn bridal gowns that you now see became a tradition rather than a symbol.

One of the most charming things about weddings is their link to the past. There are many wedding customs that may seem old-fashioned to modern brides, but that doesn’t mean that they are not worth including in your wedding. Take a look at some of these sweet old-fashioned wedding customs, and see if they might be right for you.

There are several traditions involving the bride and groom before the wedding. One was that they should not see each other the night before the wedding, and the other is that the groom should not see the bride in her gown before the wedding. Many couples today do not bother with these customs, perhaps finding them to be inconvenient when the couple already lives together before the wedding. Before you decide not to bother with these traditions, keep in mind the old saying that absence makes the heart grow fonder. Besides, the last night before her wedding is a very sweet time to have your best friend stay with you and help you get ready to be married the next day.

Another custom that many brides do not bother with is the blusher veil. In fact, many brides do not wear any veil at all. You might be surprised, however, at how many grooms picture their bride walking down the aisle towards them with her face covered by a veil. The veil is the part of the ensemble that takes you from a woman in a white dress with lovely handmade wedding jewelry to being a real bride. In some religions, the veil is required, but even when it is not, it can be a lovely part of your wedding.

A very cute wedding custom is having charms baked into the cake. Each little charm represents something happy for the guest who finds it. For example, a horseshoe stands for good luck. A tiny wedding band means that the person who finds it will soon be married. It is a charming homespun tradition that would be wonderful to include in a wedding or a bridal shower. Just be certain to alert your guests so that they do not swallow the charms!

In these days of over the top weddings, few brides consider having more simple weddings. The custom used to be that the bride wore her very best dress (in any color), maybe with a special piece of wedding jewelry that was handcrafted for her mother’s wedding, and got married in front of close friends and family. Now, few brides today are looking for such a low-key affair, but it is something to keep in mind as anecdote to the extravagant weddings that we see everyday on tv and in the magazines. A reasonably sized wedding can be just as meaningful as the one with the elephants and fireworks.

Oftentimes, the most special customs of all will come from within our own families. If you are not aware of any particular wedding customs in your own family, talk to your mother and grandmothers about their weddings. It may be that you could carry the same flowers in your bouquet as your grandmother or dance to the same first song as your mother and father did thirty years before you. It is these types of traditions that will make your wedding especially personal.

Many brides become so consumed with having the latest and greatest at their weddings that they make forget about some of the customs from an earlier time. Although they might be old-fashioned, some of those wedding traditions can be very sweet. You may want to include some of the older customs in your own wedding.

By Will Spiers