craig and janelle 19th april 2008

hunky handsome craig swept gorgeous stunning janelle clear off her feet when they decided to be married...lucky for us, they decided to bring pixel magix along for the roller coaster ride on their super charged wedding day...



we arrived in busso to be met and blasted for 2 loud hours by none other than mr poser-love-himself robbie williams...who rocked the girls all arvo (and by the end me too!)...and who forced dad jeff upstairs with the footy and mike to seriously wonder if this guy was actually for real...until the dancing chicky babes came on stage...hhhmmm





a sweet little snap shot of the sisters, janelle and chelsea...

a most elegant gown...

sassy shoes...

dazzling shiny items...

found this little scrapbook of janelles...so sweet...

down to the very last saved few drops of a fav fragrance...

extremely pretty bouquets...

with an even prettier bride...make-up and hair by the lovely talented linda at streaks ahead in Busselton...love your work linda...

jeff and shirleys home contained so many beautiful possies for images...this is one of my absolute favs...janelle...you are purely stunning young lady...

a little audrey hepburn...dont you think?

love this moody image of mikes...all shadows and angles..

off to st josephs church...caught beautiful shirley arriving...this was one happy mum...thanks shirley for allowing us to rearrange your lovely home!

hunky craig and his fellow spunksters...craig was busy pacing pacing to calm his nerves...

a little laughter to ease the nerves...this way craig - look this way...i tell better jokes than the guy behind you!

veil over image for janelle...

by this time janelle was literally jumping in her skin to race down that aisle and marry her man!...after i sourced some adhd meds from the crowd, i caught this little kiss between a very proud dad and his gorgeous girl...

mike and i were clearly instructed by the charming, but assertive, priest where and when to take photos...which of course we clearly disobeyed and said lots of prayers afterwards...

love this image of craigs mum norma...

a few portraits at a little (we hope) unused blue house...

janelles girls were so lovely and so willing to undertake our zany ideas...thanks chelsea, janene and tori - you are forgiven for your lame music appreciation...

another fav...guess what - one of mine...wonders will never cease...

after a glass/stubby or two...nothing like alcohol to warm you up on a chilly afternoon...a suhwweet group image...

california dreaming anyone...

we asked the fellows to hold the bouquets while the girls borrowed their jackets (it was seriously freezing) and mike caught this image...nice work guys...

off into sexy cars again to the original st josephs church...nice...

see what i mean...spunky hey?...you are one lucky lady janelle...

racing against time and diminishing light...this alleyway has been in the corner of my eye for some time...janelle and craig...you two rock!...these images are freakin amazing...and yes, they are mikes...

down to the jetty we go - along with seventeen other photogs and bridal parties...lol...talk about take a number...managed a quick hug from clever clare day and her fiance/assistant/all round mr nice guy john and chatted with new friend russell ord (who along with his cool assistant looked more like rock stars than wedding photogs) from ocean images...offered the tub chair to all, and then rocked these perfect images on the jetty...

here is one of mine, mine, mine, mine...sound like the annoying seagulls from finding nemo...but fair call on a damn fine image...if i say so myself...

travelling on, we arrive at the port geographe marina tavern and restaurant for a sumptious reception...but not before we sneak into the marina (thank you mr fisherman for letting us in!) for a few cool, onelight, moody shots...a tad scary with low lighting, skinny jetty, deep dark cold water and expensive equipment - but mike handled it all in his stride...whereas this little black duck (water/dark/height phobia sooky la-la) was shitting herself...

then clear out of the blue, a mysterious, charming and unassuming stranger offers his extremely expensive huge launch for a night shoot...how lucky can you get? he also offered everyone drinks and posed for photo...but as he was on the run from a. the tax man, b. his ex wife or c. all of the above we are unable to publish his identity...thanks for your generosity kind stranger...we hope you continue to enjoy your secretive lifestyle...and oh my goodness - check out this shot!!!!

inside the tides tavern - awesome yummy food and very friendly efficient staff - we find this marvellous wedding cake, that nanna made! astounding work nanna! nanna informs me this is the best corner and i must try to light up the little pearls as they glow...how did i do nanna?

hush now, says nanna, it was nothing - really...

then we came across this little sucker...and a joint idea between mike and the fellows was discussed and attempted but it took a girl, yes, this girl...to execute (and win) the image of the day...scroll down

i was informed it had better be goood, real goood...

dance time, party time...craig and janelle and their remarkable friends and family sure know how to party...groovy groovy dance music (apologies to my teenagers for such lame words)...and loads of dancing...mike had to keep giving me 'the look' to get off the dance floor...a few romantic images to begin...aawwww

love this one of janelle...she was seriously this happy - all day - just delightful...

and love this one of craig...seriously this cool, all day...

we then spotted this uber sassy guest...who was working it to the max...with none other than...

janelles mum shirley!...kudos to you young man...laughed long and hard and had to sit due to stomach cramps...

had to include this image of janelle bopping with the girls...love it...

it was now very late in the night, my shoes were off, the battery on the light was dead...but my magnificent mike was a little peeved about the cigar shot and the fact that i may actually win a 'shot of the day'...so in the spirit of competition...off we trek into the night, send craig and janelle onto a jetty and under a lamp post for these rockin freakin (dadgummit) shots of the day...

well...thats that then...unless you fine peoples think differently...send us some love and tell which one...theres a lot riding on this one...

craig and janelle...you two strikingly good-looking and incredibly nice people...mixed fun, class and style to perfection to produce one fantabulous wedding day...huge thanks for allowing us to join you on the ride...we loved every minute...and super huge thanks for being so willing to undertake every zany idea - they sure paid off...we hope you relaxed in vanuatu, and you enjoyed my largest blog post ever!...shhh...dont tell mike - he limits me to 25 images...wishing you all of lifes blessings and happy moments...x

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