Elegant Auckland Wedding

Hi There,
well here are a couple of photos from Adrian's elegant & sophisticated wedding last Saturday.
They were quite a young couple, but she looked just like a 50's movie star.
The ceremony & reception were at Butterfly Creek in Auckland & then the bridal party headed off to the Botannical gardens for the portrait shoot.
The boys had a great time with the whole group & they had one of the best behaved flowergirls we've ever encountered :-)
Both of us really love this second shot ... it seems to have a Hollywood quailty about it.
All in all a great day was had by all.
Plenty more photos & the Movie Trailer to see at www.afpnz.com
The DVD has turned out absolutely superb.
Cheers for now ,
Faith.

Laidback Raglan Beach Wedding

Well this was one of the most casual weddings I ever been to.... it was all about being relaxed & enjoying time with their family & friends for these guys.

The bride was so lovely & was just so happy to be getting married that she wasn't going to let anything bother her.

They had planned on an outdoor hilltop ceemony, but the weather was a little diffident so they settled for the verandha of the surf club, which worked out just fine.

After we went down to the beach for the bridal party photos, lovely walk down the hill.... bit of a struggle on the way back with all the gear. :-)

Everyone was having a fantastic time the whole day.... which is what a wedding should be coming together with your family & friends to CELEBRATE one of the most important milestones in your life.

OK... rant over ... tomorrow will be Adrian's elegant, sophisticated wedding.

Cheers for now,

Faith.

Rock On Auckland Wedding

We had an awesome weekend with 3 weddings... they were all quite different & all fantastic.
These photos are from Fridays.
This was a great wedding with 3 of my favorite things...
1) Rock music,
2) Stunning Bride,
3) Candles.

This first photo I just love as it was a lowlight shot which I love doing & it was one of those times where you couldn't plan it better.
The second one is another of my asthetic fetishes... Brides & mirrors... what can I say ... its cool.

We have plenty more excellent pictures from the day at www.go4photos.com & video at www.afpnz.com
We all had a great day with these guys... the boys photo shoot before the wedding was an absolute riot, they were great.
Then the girls all looked so beautiful & elegant, they were all a real credit to their family.
So tomorrow there will be pics from my extremely laid back beach wedding & then Wens some of Adrian's from his sophisicated elegant wedding.
Cheers for now,
Faith

Cambridge NZ Wedding

Saturday was on of the rare occassions that we did a wedding in our hometown of Cambridge... usually we are running around all over the country.
They were a great young couple so we got some really funky photos of the 2 of them.
This first one we took on the staircase before the service, then they got married right in front of it.
In the second one we had him pick her up & twirl her ... love it when we get a groom that can lift his bride easily! :-) He spun so much he got dizzy & we had to stop it before he fell over.... An awesome day was had by all & the weather was in our favour for once.
More tomorrow,
Cheers,
Faith.

Once, Twice, Three Times a Bean

Well, they are off & racing now.
A bit of sun yesterday & a whole lot more rain :-(
But still they are getting there, proving they are not has-beans :-)
And look how much the single one has grown again in a day!!!
Just in case you think I have gone completely mad ... this is also a good learning curve as I have bean taking the photos at about the same time every day & every day the light has bean different ... which is quite fascinating. ..... Well to me anyway.
That's about all I have to say on the bean topic today.
Cheers for now,
Faith.

2 Bean or Not To Bean

Well after torrential rain all day yesterday & last night, I thought the beans may have washed away!!
However when I got out there this morning ... heaps more were up!
I got a better angle for the distance shot today & you can see how many more have sprouted.
And as for my number 1 bean ... look at him go !!! It's incredible how much it grew in one day. And now it has friends.
So I'm going to put slug & snail pellets down today so that they don't all get eaten.
It's also a much nicer day today the sun is out & it's going to be quite warm, so it will be interesting to see tomorrow's progress.
For all the regular readers, don't worry this has become a beans unlimited blog, there will be weddings aplenty from next week on.
The bean thing is just to keep my mind occupied & to share my love of vege gardens.
Cheers for now,
Faith.

Beans

Well for something completely different...
We always put in a vege garden & this year I thought I would follow the life of our Butter Beans from start to finish.
The first picture shows the first day of the first one brave enough to poke it's head out.... soooo exciting !! :-)
There was actually 2 this far through, but this one was a little bigger.
The thing is we plant heaps of veges & then we forget to eat them !!
In the second photo you can see the whole row & our spade... as you can see there is not much to see just yet.
Maybe tomorrow more will be up & the distance shot will be a little bit more exciting :-)
Your usual programming will be back next week as we have a wedding & an anniversary... actually it's all go for us from now on so there will be lots of weddings to see over the summer.
And of course probably a good 2 months of bean photos :-)
Cheers for now,
Faith.