Katherine and Andrew choose the Holy Name of Mary church in Hunters Hill to get married in and then moved to the equally awesome Dolton House for the reception. This couple have style.

I haven't posted a shoe shot for a while so I thought I would start with Katherine's Alan Pinkus wedding shoes on an awesome chair that Katherine's mum & dad have in their house.

Wind is not good. I don't like it. But it does give us some nice natural veil action :)

I'm wondering if you can get a better view from your reception centre?

The inside of Dolton house is very, very stylish.

A.

Jess and Steve are getting married next week... I can't wait. 

This is why.

Even though this is nothing like what I thought the image would look like (long story), I like this one even more!!!

Love. Love. Love. Love. Love this one.

A.

Now I love my blog, I really do. It is one of the best parts of running this business. But this year has shaped up to be one of our busiest ever. We already have almost 40 weddings booked for this year, countless family sessions and also a lot of other exciting stuff going on (which I will be sharing throughout the year). I don't want to be one of those photographers who rarely update their blogs and I still want to give ALL my bride and grooms the exposure they deserve! So I will be continuing to blog every wedding we shoot however the blog posts will be a little shorter this year with only a select number of images. Hope this is ok ;)

Anyway, we were only back to reality for two days when we shot the wedding of Annette & Steven. I couldn't have asked for a better wedding to come back to, it truly was a lot of fun. Here are a few of my favourite images from the day.

Hehe... so cute :)

We headed out to La Peruse for some quick photos between the ceremony & reception. It really was wedding central out there, I think we counted about 7 other wedding parties!

It really is SO much easier to take off your heels and walk over a wooden bridge barefoot, at least, so I'm told!

Thanks Annette & Steven for letting me share your day.

A.

Ok, I know it's been done before. But hey, it is still something you just have to do :)

Just a quick blog update to let everyone know that Sarah and I will be in Vietnam until the end of February. Sarah and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary in January so this was our present to each other, pretty cool hey! Vietnam is somewhere we have wanted to visit for a long time. Living in London and Canada when we were younger was fun but we really wanted to travel somewhere which was so totally different to our own country. Whilst Vietnam is rapidly progressing, hopefully it is still a long way away from what we know. Plus how good will the food be :) 

We will be back in the studio on the 01 March 2010 returning all phone calls and answering non urgent emails.

If you are a new bride and groom looking for your wedding photographer please still send through your enquiry using the contact us page as we will be checking our emails whilst away and will still be setting up new appointments for March.

If you are a current bride and groom and have a question about your wedding or just need some advice please send me an email and I will reply when we are checking emails every couple of days.

So to finish off here are a few of my favourite images of the awesome wedding we shot yesterday of Sian & Johnny. Sarah and I were really looking forward to this wedding up in the mountains. Yes, it was the wettest wedding we have ever shot. Yes, it did not stop raining AT ALL. Yes, there was SO much fog I could hardly see anyone. No, we didn't let it stop us having fun.

For brides that have to get married on a rainy day, this is how you do it. You buy funky gum boots, you don't worry about getting wet and you have a lot of fun!

Did I mention the fog?

8:00pm, main road of Katoomba, heavy fog, crouching in the middle of the road... I was sure the cars would not see me!!!

Bye - See you all in 3 weeks! 

A.

Luckily for us Sandra & Mina didn't let it faze them. There is nothing you can about the weather.

Now, I always thought it was just the girls that needed ALL their posse to help them get dressed. Obviously not :)

Sandra's dress was stunning. I love detailed shots of the dress.

I always take way too many shots of cute little flower girls. Abby was no exception.

Sandra looking stunning and all that :)

Love this next shot of Mina meeting Sandra and her dad at the front of the church.

I am sure Mina will blame the smoke for the tears. Yeah right.

Thanks Sarah for grabbing this next shot. Love it.

It was actually pouring down so hard at this stage. Thanks to the groomsmen for holding umbrellas over me.

A quick break in the rain allowed me to grab this shot out the car window. Cool shot of the Deblanco wedding cars heading over the Anzac Bridge.

A.

I promise all my hijack posts won't be focussed around our kids, but I had to share with you the latest 2 day family adventure we've had.  With Australia Day yesterday and Andrew's birthday today (yah happy birthday babe) we decided to make a mini-holiday out of the 2 days and stay the night in a hotel in the city.  

Yesterday morning we caught the rivercat into town (huge props to Sydney Ferries for not charging any one, how Australian!).  The day was spent hanging out in the city, soaking up the Aussie day festivities around Darling Harbour and watching the fireworks.  Although we nearly melted in the heat yesterday the kids had a BALL!

Here are my favs..... 

This building / walkway has about 4 escalators in it. The kids went up and down ALL of them at least 3 times!

To Karl & Bec - remember that copying is the ultimate form of flattery ;) 

Hmmm, nothing like a marshmallow chocolate fondue to keep the energy levels up. Yes, it was originally meant to come with fruit but we opted for more sugar.

4 hours sitting in the scorching sun. These bubble guns were the best $15 ever spent.

While I took Kobi and Sienna to get drinks Andrew & Jett were left to guard our spot. Jett thought that shooting people with the bubble gun was the best option. This included shooting 6 Riot Police as they walked past (Andrew didn't dare take that shot!)

Broken Princess.

This is SO typical Sienna!

Just a few people turned up to watch the fireworks. Oh, we LOVE 4000 ISO :)

Breakfast today at Cockle Bay Wharf for Andrew's B'Day.

More milkshakes. More Sugar.

Ok, well at least one of my kids listen to me when I ask them to line up. Maybe it's the sugar?

I hope everyone had a great Australia Day. Like always, make me feel special by leaving me a comment :)

Until next time.

S.

Christina & Daniel's wedding was fun. Christina was fun. Daniel was fun. The bridal party were fun and Christina's Dad was hilarious! It is always great to see the father of the bride on his daughter's wedding day. I can't wait until it is my turn. Ok, so I can.

The Boys were super relaxed in the morning which was great because it was HOT. We headed to the beach and only lasted 10 min before it was way too hot. 

Like the boys, the girls were super relaxed as well. I always laugh at how much of a mission it is too get into a wedding dress. Us boys have it so easy!

LOVE these next two shots.

The ceremony was held at St Michael's golf club. I have said it before but Peta from St Michael's golf club is a great wedding co-ordinator and everything always runs so smoothly there.

It was great to see a father of the bride happy to literally dance down the aisle with his daughter :)

Daniel is a rock climber. Even on his wedding day!

Dance. Dance like no one is watching.

Oh, I love this last shot :)

 A.

I decided it was about time I hijacked the blog. For those that don't know me, I'm the other half of follan photography. While Andrew is the frontman & head "maestro" photographer of our team, I work more in the background on the business side as well as being our second shooter. I thought 2010 was the right time to take a step up and become more visible.  I also think that with Andrew getting so busy last year (this year is shaping up to be the same!), the personal side of the blog was lost. I'm going to bring it back!

What's that saying about all work and no play?

When choosing a photography studio, especially your wedding photographers, you are choosing the person behind the camera.  So it makes sense for you to get a better picture of us personally. As some of you may know, Andrew and I have 3 wonderful (and often crazy) kids.  Any time we aren't working, and even sometimes when we are trying to work, we are hanging out with our kids. Family time is majorly important to both of us and we think we manage a pretty good balance. Most of the time. Our family time is Andrew's chance to relax and put down his camera (he then usually becomes my 4th child!), so I'm the one who takes many of our own kid's shots.

Here are some of my favourites from the last 12 months.  I've tried to include the ones that really show my kids personalities. Hope you enjoy the images.

Kobi - Age 7 (our beautiful "thinker")

Kobi & Andrew (aka my fourth child).

Even the middle of winter can't stop my kids at the beach!

Sienna - Age 5 (going on 14?)

Sienna will always be daddy's little girl. She knows it and exploits it!

Sienna with her little shadow, cousin Aimilee.

Yes, going on 14. She choose those sunnies herself.

This sums up Sienna & Jett PERFECTLY!

Jett - Age 2 (our cheeky cutie who, like every 2 year old, thinks he's boss of the house)

Jett wasn't too sure about his home haircut!

So he insisted on wearing a hat.

Our little sporting hero. We are not being biased but we have never seen a kid hit a ball like Jett can. The moment he walks into his Nan Nan's house the first thing he says is "Nan Nan, play bat ball?".

Yes. He has attitude.

After having a bucket of water thrown over him. Jett does have to put up with a lot by his older brother and sister, but he gets his own back.

Well I REALLY enjoyed writing this post. Think I will be hijacking the blog more often.

Until next time.

S.

Just a quick note to Shannon's students - Don't read my blog as apparently it is riddled with bad grammar, spelling mistakes and anything else that could go wrong in the English language. The good news though, Shannon has kindly offered to "fix" it for me :)

Anyway, onto the images. During a wedding you take certain images that just appeal to you, this is one of them. I don't know what it is. Maybe the look on Dom's face, maybe the Roger David jacket over the shoulder (it was SOOO hot that day), I'm not sure. I just love this shot, that's all.

I love capturing real moments during weddings. Love this one of Shannon's dad reading the paper whilst the girls got ready.

Hair & Makeup was done by Ervan Woo. I love this shot of Ervan admiring his handy work. If you are in need of a great stylist, checkout Ervan's web page - Ervan Woo then give him a call.

Sydney University is an amazing place to shoot. We didn't have a lot of time so we stuck with the one area however I think I could have shot there all day :)

Reception was held at the National Maritime Museum. The ANMM was such a stunning reception venue I will be doing a separate post on the details soon.

Another one of those real moments :)

A.