Sep 9th
Weddings are always special for me to photograph, however this recent wedding was even more so.
Over the 12+ years I have been photographing weddings, I have made many great friends from my clients. Some of them have let me share not just one moment, but many of the joyous moments in their lives. This is something that makes me so proud to do what I do.
The George family is one of those families who I have come to know well over many years. After photographing the first son, Lawrence’s wedding to the lovely Josephine, they invited me back two years later to photograph Steven’s wedding to Jacqueline. In between I’ve shared in a birth, a christening and a 50th wedding anniversary. A few months ago, the George’s asked me to photograph the wedding of Steven’s twin brother Dan, to the beautiful Malisa.
Every wedding of these siblings has been unique, due in part to their very different personalities and due in part to the personal touches of each of their chosen brides. Malisa’ Macedonian heritage played a large part in the day, and for the first time I got to experience some Macedonian traditions. I loved it!
The day was filled with wonderful dancing, very loud music and special ceremonial aspects. One of the traditions, which I’ve captured in a few of the snaps below, was to have the youngest and oldest females in the family bake a bread together. So Malissa’s grandmother and her niece baked the bread. When the bread went into the oven, a dance starts. All the female members of the family unite in one swift line to the loudest beat. I am sure it could be heard many streets away. The dance is so powerful, and the feeling so strong that as the music came to an end each of the ladies were hugging and crying …and then another dance! What an amazing experience! This was a true family connection right in front of me. It really was a reminder of what life is all about. Thanks Malisa for letting me be there for something so personal.
Their ceremony was at Our Lady of Victories in Bowen Hills and the reception at Customs House , Darb dressed not only the bride, but also the bridesmaids and at least 10 of the guests. You have to admit Brad knows how to dress a woman in style!
Amongst all those boys in the George family is one jewel, their sister Jennifer who also features in some of the images below. I have had the pleasure of capturing her joyous celebrative tears at each of her weddings and look forward to the day that those happy tears are at her own wedding.
Thank you Malisa and Daniel for allowing me to be part of your day and record a little part of your family history. Thank you for sharing your traditions and your special moments. This is why I love photographing weddings – because I’m invited into peoples lives and I get to experience something real, something genuine, something that forms a footnote in the hearts of these people, moments that they will remember for the rest of there lives. Malisa & Dan, I hope I did your day justice.
Wedding guests are welcome to click on the link to view Malisa & Daniel’s sneak peak slideshow.
Wedding guests are welcome to view all images on the online gallery.
(Slideshow and gallery are password protected. Please contact Malisa & Daniel for access.)
Sep 1st
What a week!
I have just spent an unbelievable time in Indonesia for work. That is, if you call attending someone’s wedding (as photographer), hanging out with some of the nicest people you could meet and taking photos of their family, snapping some cool fashion for a magazine and learning about one of the most impressive photography studios I have ever seen – “work”. Sometimes I forget how unreal my job is. My head’s still spinning so I will post more about this trip later, along with some of my favourite shots. Enough boasting, what I really wanted to write about was what was going on back here! No, I’m not talking about the election (who wants to anymore?).
One of the things I missed out on was the opportunity to have lunch with Lord Mayor Campbell Newman at the Brisbane Powerhouse. For a number of years Studio Impressions has been helping the Powerhouse with their publicity by capturing some of the cool events they have on, and letting them use these shots for their promotional material. We think the Powerhouse is an essential part of keeping Brisbane’s art community thriving, and we want to do our bit. Photographers grow if they are surrounded by talent, art, inspiration. This place and the people it brings to our city give me inspiration.
The lunch was to say Thank You to those businesses that sponsor and support the Powerhouse and to unveil their upcoming Program. Penny & Nicola went to represent Studio Impressions & they tell me lunch was great and the program of events for September – December 2010 is outstanding! Check it out for yourself – www.brisbanepowerhouse.org/events
This year the Brisbane Powerhouse turned 10. What a year it has been so far. We’ve had a great time photographing some really diverse events. Here are some of our favourites so far….
10th Birthday Celebrations – Happy Birthday Powerhouse!
The Comedy Festival
The Queer Film Festival
Powerkidz
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