Tina and Connon Wedding at Castaways

I love New Years weddings - especially those at Castaways. Tina and Connon had travelled from Vancouver, Canada for their wedding held at Castaways. I knew they would be a fun couple after Tina had emailed me a fun shot of them - early in our correspondence.

There was much excitement and a bit of tension before the wedding as the rain swept across the ceremony location early in the afternoon- but it cleared perfectly in time for the wedding on the cliff top.

My favourite wedding shot - that would be :: well there are far too many.

However -I did get an "accidental"shot - which is hilarious - but can't be published here:) and involves a groomsman... He will need to wait to see that one!

The gorgeous peonie flowers were from Flowers by Katrina.

The celebration carried on well into the night and we had such a great time with super couple and their friends and family.

Looking foward to seeing you again sometime when you return to NZ - Thanks for letting us be the ones to share your day, it was such a pleasure to be your photographer.

Kate and Jason - Castaways

Kate and Jason were married at Castaways on New Years Eve. Family and friends witnessed the event, in the very,very hot sunshine - on the clifftop overlooking Karioitahi Beach. Thank goodness for the sun umbrellas... A fun time was had on the beach for the photo shoot after we all piled into a four wheel drive and headed south -about 1 kilometre along the black iron sand. Amazingly we fitted everything in - with not quite the kitchen sink - but almost:) Gavin (such an awesome help rounding up the family for the photos - thank you so much :) and Becs you were fun! Kate and Jason it was so nice at your lovely wedding - you- were gorgeous, easy to photograph and made our job a pleasure. The beautiful flowers, totally different from anything I had seen before, were from Scent in Pukekohe. The tiny red and blue striped live fish, swimming amongest the flowers on the tables at the reception were great - not sure of what the live head count was the next day though ! Gallery link to more images here:)

The sunset was stunning that evening and we managed a number of great shots including some from their first dance as husband and wife. Loved the song you chose for your first dance ~ ! :) Congratulations!!