Photographing a wedding in Melbourne, Australia
I was in Australia for the past two weeks, enjoying a rare vacation and time off. My wife and I spent a week in Sydney, and then a week in Melbourne. But the real motive in coming to Melbourne specifically, was Peiwen and Eric’s wedding. I am hugely honored that Eric and Peiwen would have me fly in to photograph their wedding here. A lovely couple in every way, they were so easy to photograph and work with. It was just a pleasure. In fact, the whole experience here in Australia has been great. I am so excited by what we shot, that I had to get a few teaser images up. Here are a few of the portraits from the wedding day.
For more, check out the slideshow: a wedding in Melbourne, Australia
Oh, and yes, clearly I will travel to photograph your wedding.
More photographs & related links
- Peiwen & Eric – a wedding in Melbourne, Australia
- Peiwen & Eric – wedding in Melbourne, Australia – slideshow
- Slideshow: my favorite images of a wedding in Melbourne, Australia (Tangents)
- Bounce flash: adjusting the black foamie thing as a snoot
- Exposure metering: under-exposure / over-exposure vs exposing correctly
Once again! Nice images! Hope you and your wife had a nice break in Australia Neil! You deserve it mate ;-)
Wow Neil, beautiful work as always!
Total fan of the sunset shots, great balance on the exposures. How do you do it?!
Glad you and your wife enjoyed the visit here in Australia Neil.
Even the seagulls loved the couple. :)
Great collection of the day’s events.
Neil, you are one of a handful of photographers in the country who would be worth flying all the way to Australia to capture a wedding. Congratulations!!
Was great to meet you in Sydney Neil. These shots are nothing short of brilliant – your mojo must have been working overtime – these are simply devine! You’re the best!!
Love that last one especially – the way the backlight softly wraps over her shoulders and around her arms, almost like liquid.
Neil, can you talk about that last shot? Is she in front of a large window? I am guessing a lower shutter to allow the light to blow out the background?
I’ve just discovered the tangents blog, excellent work thanks for sharing your enthusiasm with the photography community
Breath taking and simple… great combination!!!
Great meeting you! Hope you enjoyed your time here.
Beautiful work. Lighting, exposure, posing and post work were perfect. Just one question, in the beach shot with all the seagulls in the background, the horizon is tilted to the right. Was this intentional to have the couple vertically level? Please comment. Thanks and again great work!
I tend not to over-think compositions, but rather want to respond intuitively to the subject and scene. So the tilt wasn’t intentional at the time. However, if you want to analyze it afterwards – tilted compositions.
Neil, I think the reason they flew you to Australia is that your photos probably place you as one of the best wedding photographers in the world. Your photos are simply stunning, and thank you so much for the wealth of knowledge you share.