Nisha and Dave

Nisha and Dave were married recently at Gracehill Vineyard in Kumeu. It was a lovely late autumn afternoon and the colours were glorious. Dave, his bestman and groomsmen arrived on Harley Davidson Motorbikes - which was very cool! We loved the "Bat out of Hell" music :) (it certainly brought back a few memories!) The weather was good - in spite of the weather reports threatening rain all week. Nisha and Dave exchanged moving vows in the gazebo by the lake in front of many family and friends. The beautiful cake was by Anita and was one of the loveliest we have photographed. The mens suits were by Frank Casey Suit hire.

Congratulations to such a great fun couple and enjoy your honeymoon :) we will catch up when you return.

Donna and Chris

Another lovely wedding held at Castaways Karioitahi recently. Donna and Chris were a great couple and lots of fun. Donna's gorgeous black dress was sourced north of Auckland at Orewa from - Chocolates for Breakfast (just the name encourages me to visit!) A surprise for Chris, (although he had suspected the dress would be different:) ) when they met prior to their wedding for a fun photo session at the beach. Donna loves animal prints and the setting at the wedding reception at Castaways was gold, black with a splash of animal print - including the cake - from Celebration Cakes in Manukau City. Donna's flowers were another totally original design from Scent "World famous in South Auckland" for the stunningly different floral designs they produce.

It was a very breezy day on the sunset coast- and I was quite relieved that Greer Dyson - (Donna and Chris's celebrant) had not worn one of her famous hats... I think it would have ended up way down the cliff in the surf and eventually made its way to the Australian Gold Coast ! Also - it was not a great day for "short" flowy dresses.... if you had a handbag in one hand and a glass in the other :)

A ring "warming" was carried out while Chris and Donna said their vows and the ladies present at the wedding were all given a beautiful red rose..

It was good to catch up with Donna and Chris the following day, with their beautiful daughters and take some family photos with Dick at Papakura.

This is a preview of a few images - A private viewing gallery has been uploaded and access is via a password from Donna and Chris.