Here’s your chance!

Today I’d like to share with you Steph & Dan’s Wedding Collection!

To see the photos, go to www.jamesday.com.au then enter the website, then enter “princess” in the client access box. That will show you a slideshow of the images. If you have really slow internet, or would just like another option, you can go to www.jamesday.com.au/shop and you can browse the gallery in a different, faster way, but not quite as fancy.

A big thank you to Steph and Dan for agreeing to have the password shared with everyone. They’re obviously proud of their photos!

JD

p.s. If you want me to do this more often, then give me some comment love and show me how much you enjoyed it!

Mophie

This is just a little tip for you..and I’ll try and do more video blogging now that I have worked out how to do it directly from my computer.

JD

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Lauren and her aunt and uncle

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The stampede begun!

A few cute shots of laurens aunt and uncle.

My family!

Tim working the sheep

Such wonderful light up there!

Hehe

Beautiful sunset.

Enjoy a few photos of my Christmas with my family..what a blessing it was!

It was made even richer by having Lauren’s aunt and uncle visit us for Christmas from Kelowna, BC, Canada!

Next post - the Jesh De Rox workshop recap!

P.S. I have something HUGE in the works and it’s going to change the direction of my photography business forever. I really am so excited for this venture and how it’s going to benefit ALL my clients beyond belief.

JD

Scott was clearly so in awe of Amber the whole day.

This ring was worn by her grandmothers flowergirl I believe, and asked for it to be worn by amber on the wedding day.

Such a great fun bridal party shot.

Sweet moment

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“You look beautiful darling” This is what Scott said as Amber approached him as they were about to be married. 

Amber & Scott’s perfect day was held at the Pavillion function centre, in Tamworth. My iphone weather app was telling me to expect a huge storm, but Amber had been praying so hard, that nothing could get in the way of Amber and Scott’s perfect wedding. 

Amber & Scott had a marvellous group of people around them to help celebrate their marriage, even the guy that liked to whip my butt with his tie every time I walked past.

It was such a joy to witness the way Amber & Scott revel in each other, and being privileged enough to be with them with a camera in hand whilst this happened.

Amber & Scott, I wish you all the best in your married life together, and can’t wait to have you in the studio for your PREMIERE of your wedding collection!

JD

The view was extraordinary!

This post has taken a while to go up..but… While Lauren and I were in Maui, Hawaii for Kristi and Richard’s Wedding, we had a day off and decided to go Parasailing. I originally wasn’t going to go, and just organised for Lauren to go because it’s on her list of things to do in this life..but then I changed my mind and fought the chicken inside me.

For those of you wondering, no, it’s not really that scary, and yes I had so much fun and yes I would do it again.

Totally awesome shot

I look at this shot and wonder where the perfume bottle should go for the ad?

Cute shoes

The bridal party cluster

Princess Steph take 2

Cut & simple.

These guys really are best buds

Rosemerin did an amazing job of the flowers.

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Steph loves the trees in her parents property. She also loves Dan.

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A quick prayer before going into the church

Steph = wow.

One of my favourite images of all time. So powerful.

“Tell her she’s pretty even if she looks like a truck”. This is something I’ll never forget. This is also something that Daniel will never need to remember.

Every wedding is special, but there was a special something about this one, perhaps it was the outwardly visible love that Stephanie and Daniel had for each other, or the loving support network they had there to celebrate their wedding with them.. or perhaps both? Whatever it was, this was a wedding I’ll never forget.

Steph looked like a princess. I don’t mean that in a way where you say it to compliment someone, I mean she LOOKED LIKE A PRINCESS! I could have quite easily been photograhing royalty. Daniel was looking quite dapper, but didn’t look like a princess :-) 

Daniel & Steph met nearly 4 years ago, when Daniel was Steph’s R.A. at college. Dan picked Steph out as his, and soon enough she fell for him.  They’ve been through alot together, and these best buds are so in love that nothing could break them apart.

Everyone has been asking me about these photos.. well here they are folks. There will be another post going up with photos from the CRAZYBOOTH! Just you wait!

Thanks Steph, Dan and both your families for having me be a part of this celebration of your new life together.

p.s. It really upsets me when people come and go without leaving a comment! Comments show me that people are enjoying the photos, and it’s a well known fact that if we get enough comments, I often do another post with more photos form that wedding! Win/Win!

Ahhh..what a moment!

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Leaving the church..

What crazy weather we had on saturday..

Riding into the reception on horseback

Sarah looked amazing!!

The catholic church makes for some great images..

Look at that dress!!

From a magazine?

WOW. I love this.

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Simple portrait.

Thanks Emily, who dropped the shoe into the shot..

Casey and Sarah organised for these special hats to be worn by everyone in the reception

My fave. Arriving at the reception!

Sarah and her girls arrived in style to the church. Please excuse the rough vignette.. it was prepared in 30 seconds during the reception!

love!

i was crying too..

I got trampled. Only 3 broken ribs..

Yummy...

Welcome to those of you who are finding this website after seeing this wedding featured in today’s local paper, the Armidale Express! I regularly update this part of the website with lots and lots of new shoots, with weddings making up the vast majority of the posts. 

I was expecting to have fun.. I’ve been looking forward to this wedding for a long time…Having a couple of crazy cops getting married.. how could you not have fun? I’m so intrigued by their job.. I ask so many annoying questions i’m sure… 

What I wasn’t expecting was to be so moved by emotion, unlike never before at a wedding. The father daughter dance moved me to tears behind the camera, I was so glad I was able to hide behind that HUGE camera.

I’ve also never felt so special at a wedding.. Casey and Sarah called me up during their speech and thanked me in front of everyone. It’s nice to be wanted!

Ok, so this wedding wasn’t about me.. and you didn’t come here to read about my experience with this wedding..

With their reception Marquee perched on top of a hill, Casey & Sarah rode up to their reception on horseback. It was an amazing sight, with every guest in sight holding a camera out to celebrate the event and capture this unique moment. 

Gareth Rickards was the MC for this event too… the greatest MC in history! Gareth has been the MC for a few weddings I’ve photographed, the first was for Casey’s brother Taylor, who’s wedding I photographed 2 years ago. It was so good to see Taylor and Alison, with their baby daughter at this wedding. 

I know you’ll love this wedding, it was a special one!

p.s. Thanks to Emily the work experience girl from Narrabri who came down for the week to hang out and learn some stuff. I hope you’re my competition one day!

I loved her entry to the wedding.

Beautiful dress.

Cute couple

Happy!!

I love this shot.

Casual portrait

One of my faves in ages.

Natalie & Jakes place is incredible

I loved the fountain at Aanuka

Gorgeous girls.

Old style!

The kiss!

Last saturday I had the pleasure of photographing Jake & Natalie’s Wedding at Aanuka Beach Resort in Coffs Harbour. Jake’s father is a professional photographer, so I knew the pressure was on, but I enjoyed the extra pressure. 

It was a hot, windy day, so windy in fact that the official documents blew away during the ceremony. I went for the thickest looking bit of paper and it was the marriage certificate!

I had a total blast shooting this wedding. Bring on the Coffs weddings!

JD

A relaxed shot of the bridal party

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This shot brought the house down during the slideshow at the wedding.

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My fave.

I love photographing in Blair Athol in Inverell I tell ya!

Did I tell you I did a swap on a lens for a 135mm f2.0.. which make shots like this just sing!

Leaving for the ceremony

Blair Athol is a great place to have a wedding, or to have guests go in between the ceremony and reception.

nice walk folks.

Everyones favourite wedding car makes another appearance

The stairway in Blair Athol is rather nice

Another favourite.

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Leaving for the ceremony

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Chris contacted me whilst I was in Canada, and started asking me all about my camera and my gear… I could tell he was into photography, then asked me if I was available to shoot his wedding a few months down the track. Because someone changed their wedding date, I was free on that date at such short notice!

I made the mistake of trying to shoot Chris and Karen’s engagement shoot the day I returned from Canada at the end of August. I got  half way into it and was near ready to collapse, so next time I was in Sydney, we did a bit more.. it was cool because we got such different stuff the second time around. I’ll share those engagement pics in the next week or so!

Lauren came with me to shoot this wedding, no doubt she got some amazing shots, but truth be told, I haven’t loaded her card yet onto the computer. I might do a post with just shots that she took next week also. She really is impressing me with how much she is picking up! My girlfriend is awesome

The Wedding was unique in many ways, but the memory that may stand out the most for me is that there was a blackout in Inverell during the reception, and the kitchen staff needed to borrow my video light so they could see the steaks they were trying to cook with their gas stoves.

Well folks, enjoy the photos of Chris and Karen and stay tuned for soooo much more this week.

JD

p.s. I’m getting rather tired of this blog! I can’t even get the images to load in any order and then the thumbnails jumping around below… grrr.. stick with me though folks, things will be changed! I have spoken to so many of you who just find this new blog so annoying. I hear you!

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Fun times!

Blair Athol, the location we were shooting at is such a breeze to shoot in!

I met Meegan probably almost a few years ago now when she contacted me, asking if I could help her learn more about photography. I told Meegan about my real wedding day training, and she asked if she could take me up on the offer! Meegan came along to a few weddings, and also came to Armidale for some photoshop training, then eventually asked if I would photograph her wedding! 

So, recently, I photographed her wedding and what a blast it was! I was in tears during her daughters words in the ceremony…along with everyone else in attendance.

Enjoy the photos!

JD