Zoe and Vince had a lovely wedding day a couple of Saturday’s ago. While it was a long day for us, it was lots and lots of fun. Both Zoe’s and Vince’s family were so hospitable and looked after us all day. There are LOTS of photos from this wedding, I just had too many favourites. I am looking forward to sharing the rest with Zoe and Vince soon.

Lauren x

Another gorgeous E-Session… yay!

It’s looking like I am going to have some awesome weddings this season if the couples I have shot so far have been anything to go by. Melinda and Jason are a perfect example.. look at Melinda’s eyes! I promise, no photoshop at all, it’s all her. LOVE.

Lauren x

Last Friday I met Belinda and Shaun for a lovely portrait session out in the sun. They have been married for a couple of years but were after some relaxed informal shots, they even brought their two dogs along! The dogs were loving running about in the field and especially munching on the long green grass. Here are just a few from their session.

Oh, and a little plug for Belinda. She runs her own business called “The Crystal Chandelier” making beautiful wedding invitations. Have a look!

Lauren x

Tim & Kate were my first cab off the rank for the new wedding season, and it was a lovely relaxing way to start.

Tim had been in a previous bridal party, the wedding of Kat & Matt, so he had been the subject of many of my photos before. The rain held of long enough for some lovely shots down by Matilda Bay.

Hope you are having a great honeymoon guys and see you when you get back!

Lauren x

Naw…. these are so cute. Bek and Mike brought the very smiley Kayden along to the E-Session. We were worried how he would go (grumbles, crying.. usually the reaction kids have to me.. ) but honestly, he could not have been better! He loved the camera so much and worked it very well.

Bek was a bridesmaid in Renee & Gerard’s gorgeous wedding last January. Renee is going to be in the bridal party this time around too. I have said before, I love when this happens as not only is it a great compliment to be back again, it’s also great to catch up with people.

Bek also runs a fanatstic little business called “My Friend Matilda” selling all sorts of gorgeous things. You need to check it out.

Enjoy these images and more to come from their wedding in Caversham in October

Lauren x

More E-Session goodness! These two met me out in the Swan Valley for a lovely little shoot on Sunday afternoon. Their wedding is only in a couple of weeks so we just managed to squeeze this session in. Emma is a beautician so she has some insider knowledge on how to look your best (and she sure did), I particularly LOVE her long eyelashes! So girls, they aren’t just for weddings…

Andrew is great value, I remember our first meeting, we chatted on for ages! I think I have finally found someone who could perhaps out talk me.. well at least keep up anyway!

Here is their E-Session and if this is anything to go by, the wedding is going to be awesome.

Lauren x

It’s time for E-Sessions! I love them, they are relaxed, casual and a great way for all of us to get comfortable with each other.

Rebecca and Craig met me up at King’s Park last Saturday afternoon for what was the first of three sessions this weekend. They brought along a special guest too, Rebecca’s son. E-Sessions don’t just have to be for the bride and groom, extras are allowed too!

We had a lovely afternoon at the park and here are some of my favourites. Rebecca & Craig’s wedding is in November out in the Swan Valley and it should be beautiful.

Lauren x

Well, I am back from holiday… much to my disappointment! No, I really LOVE New Zealand and could be tempted to move there one day, but happy to be home and back in to things. Nothing like your own bed after a long holiday, especially when you have been sleeping in a campervan for almost a month!

The WAPP awards are held annually and you can enter into many different categories. I entered wedding only this year as I was trying to ease myself into it. You submit three prints which form your ‘folio’. Based on this folio, the judges decide who is the winner of the category and then select what they deem to be your best print out of the three. This is the print that gets judged in front of everyone.

The day after I got back from New Zealand, it was the print judging for the WAPP awards. This is the first year I had entered so I was very nervous. I had a knot in my stomach the whole day, even through categories I hadn’t even entered! After sitting there for nearly 9 hours, the wedding category came up and I really started feeling sick.

Part of the nervousness is that you don’t know which print they are going to bring up.. I kept peeping around the corner to see if I was next, finally my print came up. The print they chose was a bridal portrait of Jee that I just love. I was glad they picked that one. I got a score of 84 which is really good. I was one point off a distinction award which was kind of a bummer, but 84 is a great score, especially for my first entry.

It was a great experience and I have had some advice on the print and how it could score higher so I will be tweaking a few things and entering it into the Australia wide competition next year.

Here are the three prints I entered, let me know what you think!

Lauren x