Ron and Olivia first spoke to me over a year ago talking of their beautiful wedding plans at St Stephen’s and the reception at Encore’s

With a late afternoon wedding and plans for an immediate cocktail hour, we decided to do a private bridal shoot before the wedding, something they call in America a first look. We just called it a good time! (Yeah, my branding could do with some work, I just can’t trademark every little thing we do )

With both of them getting ready at Toowoomba Cenral Plaza, we decided that the best place to have them see each other would be downstairs outside the Olive Branch Resaurant and Wine Bar.

After which, a couple of relaxing (light) drinks before (and during) a bridal shoot and then off to the ceremony! Straight after this, we walked as a group across to Encore’s for a cocktail party as the sun fell.

A few minutes were stolen with Ron and Oliva to enter the theatre and get some dramatically lit glamourous shots and then outside the reception for the finale!

Check out some of these images and then (hopefully) come back a little later to see a video of their actual album!

The ceremony was held at the beautiful St Matthew’s church up on the hill in Drayton. After an epic family photo shoot, Paula and I headed with the bridal party to a park where Paul told me he and Anne used to watch the clouds while lying in the sun. Nawwwwww

Don’t get me wrong, this wedding had glamour, but with a little unforeseen shift in timeline, and being with these guys for four days on the beautiful Daydream Island, the wedding day was a fairly relaxed affair, despite our gorgeous bride being a little late to the ceremony

But capturing all these moments, like at the reception when people are just naturally being something beautiful, in the best light that we can find or make, is something Annielyn Images has always strived to do.

Anna and I have known Mel for a long time, like twelve years. We know her brothers, we know her father and mother, and my youngest sister went to school with her.

When she first talked about Aaron (Anna and I being older and obviously wiser) we just thought he seemed to be a nice guy for Mel. But not much more than that. We hadn’t met him, and at the time living far apart, we hadn’t seen all that much of Mel.

But she kept talking about him. Whenever we ran into her she would tell us the story about how he gave her a lift home and his car left oil on the driveway, how she rung him to complain about it and how he came over and actually cleaned it up and then Aaron this and Aaron that and about a year ago there were phone calls to us about a wedding. It was on!

I’d never been to the Whitsundays – they don’t disappoint! No one was on that island except guests at the resort, which created a unique atmosphere (ie there were no daytrippers)

Mel and Aaron had their ceremony at the chapel on the other end of the island, and then had their outdoor reception on the deck on the beach at Lover’s Cove. One long banquet table at the receptions was a unique twist, and the stars over the ocean and the lights in the trees made this wedding have a very calming feel.

I have only seen something like this one other time, and that was SINCE this wedding, and you can read about that one soon

Every girl at this wedding wore something designed by Mel (seeing as she is a designer ) – she wore her own creation, as did her bridesmaids, and all the females (including Anna) had a custom hairpiece made.

And Aaron is just great, as Mel had told us But, let’s face it – these are always about the bride LOL

- Kris

PS maybe in a future post, we will show the day after shoot – it’s not your typical day after shoot though!!! :O

Tim and Lacey were married, and had their reception, at the beautiful Preston Chapel, slightly south of Toowoomba. We’ve done many weddings there, although it wasn’t until writing this post that I realised that! It kind of sneaks up on you
Lacey works as part of the press, so she knew what she wanted in photography – thankfully that was us!

Check back for their awesome album soon (it’s all designed and ready to post, but I have to milk this social blogging/networking thing!)

We wish them all the best in their lives together of course

talk soon,

Kris

Bec wanted a country wedding, and their friend’s property was perfect for our photoshoot after a beautiful ceremony at the Anglican church.

She decorated the reception venue herself, with beautiful lighting to to create the ambience.

I love Goondi, it’s a young town (as in young people) that reminds me of remote ski towns for some reason. Even though I love shooting in the city, there’s something about country towns where you know there is only one wedding within a hundred miles.
And they party hard!




This is Bec’s serious look

Both music specialists, and lovers of fine wines, cafes and wine bars (well they were or I was, I can’t remember ), Shannon and James were keen to go from the dappled sunlight of Laurel Bank Park to the trendy Olive Branch Restaurant area for some champagne.

The bridal party were a fun bunch, best friend Claire and sisters Kelly and Alyce were the perfect bridesmaids, and the groomsmen made sure James was well looked after.

Crushed, I was forced to make her pursue me until we became the power couple we are today LOL

That’s who we are. And we photograph. And we travel

There will be more about this to come.