You may remember the earlier blog post about author and fisher, Sarah Drummond featuring images I'd taken of her and her dog Selkie at their remote hideaway in early autumn. I had driven home thinking about Sarah, completely at home in the elements...in her element, content in the isolation that others might consider to be desolation.

Like parents, wedding photographers probably shouldn’t have favourites. Having said that, this wedding will always be one of my favourites for many reasons. The main reason though is Ellen, our beautiful bride. Ellen shines - her beauty starts on the inside and weaves its way out. On her wedding day I witnessed, again and again, Ellen wearing her open-heart on her sleeve, and as ready as she was to cry openly, she was equally ready to launch into a big belly laugh; her relationship with all those who surround her is heartwarming, whether it’s as a daughter, a friend, or now as Maciej’s wife.

What a perfect way to start the new wedding season. It was an early start to get to Mark and Michelle's farm in time to take their engagement photographs before they went to work, but totally worth getting out of bed at 4.30am.

Lisa and Dan's pre-wedding photo session had turned into a pregnancy portrait session with Lisa by then 6 months pregnant, so it was completely lovely to meet baby Layla for the first time on their wedding day in Denmark, WA recently, and to witness how adored she is by all her extended family.