It was one of those perfect Canberra days for an outdoor wedding/reception, which hasn’t been a given during this ‘La Nina’ summer. As with most weddings, the time I had with the wedding party seemed to fly by, but in a good, ‘wish we could do this longer’ kind of way. We started photos pre-ceremony at Hotel Realm, then headed to the National Library where all the action was happening later, and over to the National Portrait Gallery. You really don’t have to wander too far around that area to get a nice change of backdrop. Emma & Brendan’s unique, playful personalities were on full display, and came out as well in their choice of The Owl and the Pussy-cat poem for a reading.

For some fun, the wedding party decided to give me their version of the ‘jump’. It was impressive the girls got any air at all in heels on the grass.

This peacock likes to hang around the library, but he didn’t stick around to watch the ceremony…

The day started out beautifully at Jess’ family home in the countryside for the preparations, before we headed to Gold Creek Chapel for the ceremony. Half way through the family portraits, the weather took a turn for the wet and we had to scurry into the chapel for cover. It was still bucketing rain in town during our location shoot, so we headed to the National Portrait Gallery after which the gang relaxed at Hotel Realm with some drinks. The girls had lots of fun making pouty lips for the camera, a pose they seem to have perfected. Jess & Nick had a fabulous honeymoon in Fiji, which I am now looking forward to myself in a few months!