Matilda bay Restaurant with Bertie Does

MATILDA BAY RESTAURANT WEDDING IN CRAWLEY, PERTH.

Should you hire a wedding planner? Well if you continue to scroll I think the answer will quickly become apparent! Bertie does planned and styled Julius and Abbey’s beautiful event at Matilda bay restaurant, one of my favourite Perth wedding venues. I mean, look at that sunset right on the river! And then pair it with Natural Art flowers by Rebecca Grace and you literally cannot go wrong with your wedding or event.

Every inch of the place was covered by either beautiful flowers by Natural Art flowers, signage by Paper fusion or perfectly complimenting furniture by Event artillery and Perth’s Matilda bay at sunset couldn’t have been a more wonderful back drop.

Photography: Amelia Claire Photography

Florist: Natural art Flowers

Planning and Styling: Bertie Does

Furniture: Event Artillery

Paper signage and menus: Paper Fusion

Venue: Matilda bay Restaurant, Perth

E+M- Fremantle wedding on Film and Digital

I have been photographing film at weddings in Perth and worldwide for about 5 years now and every time that email with the film scans hits my inbox I still get butterflies!

If you have wanted to try photography using film here’s a few little tips:

1- Start on an automatic film camera.

My favourite 35 mm camera is the Manolta Mac-tele. This camera is a beast, I recently dropped mine at a wedding and completely smashed it (it was such a sad moment) but the camera still works, incredible! If you have been shooting film for a while and your up for more or a challenge then the Pentax k-1000 is my favourite manual camera. They have inbuilt light metres inside so you wont need to carry around a light metre as long as it is working.

2- Don’t worry about buying expensive film.

When shooting 35mm film I usually shoot on Kodak portra 400 or Fuji 400h (which is now discontinued so I won’t be for long) but I have recently found that Kodak Ultra max is just as beautiful and is half the price. You can get this from Big W so you wont need to worry about getting slogged with massive shipping costs.

3- Send your film to the right lab!

The lab who scans your images makes 1000% of the difference to the look of the images. I love PhotoVision in the US but in Australia a few favourite’s are Lazarus lab or Atkins pro lab.

4- Think about your image before you take it. Composition, lighting and the subject.

Whether you’re using an iPhone, camera or film camera you can take a really great image if you consider these three things. Film works best with lots of light or if its dark you’ll need a flash. Take your time, sometimes counting down before taking the image can help with less eyes closed as every image costs money.

For Marco and Emmelie’s wedding at their home in Fremantle, Perth I photographed using 120mm film, 35mm film and digital. Every wedding I photograph I use both film and digital to capture the day. I use 120mm film because its professional grade and is high quality but I shoot 35mm for filler shots or for every day photos of my little one at home as its cheaper, you get more photos from the roll and you can use an auto film camera so you can take photos without thinking too hard.

Em and Marco’s day was so perfect, here’s Ems sweet words after receiving her full gallery- “Hi lovely Amelia, Wow wow wow, thank you so much for your beautiful photos. We have just shared them with our families and we are all absolutely in awe! You captured the day and the happiness so perfectly! So special to have the filmies too, thank you. We have been recommending you to friends - so glad we chose you.”

R+S- Winthrop Hall Wedding reception

WINTHROP HALL WEDDING AT UWA, PERTH

This Winthrop hall wedding reception at UWA in Perth absolutely blew me away. Located on the grass with the Tropical grove behind them and Winthrop hall in perfect view, it was the perfect unique perth venue for a night I will never forget. Perth wedding planners; Confetti co events did a spectacular job co-ordinating and planning Rach and Scott’s wedding day which was dripping head to toe with florals from Signature floral design. If you have the ability I 100% recommend Confetti and co events to help plan your day.

Rachel and Scott’s wedding day was a perfectly warm summers day so the night couldn’t have had a better vibe. One way to add the good vibes at your ceremony or reception is live music. Which is exactly what Proof the band did. Proof the band played live acoustic at their ceremony located at Bishop’s Road reserve and then the full band played at their reception at Winthrop hall in UWA.

I photographed Rach and Scott’s day using a combination of medium format film (the film stock I used was fuji 400h) and also digital photography, something I do for all weddings. My team and I also captured Rachel and Scott’s wedding videography. I love capturing both video and photography, the positive to having both is the wedding film (video) looks similar to the photos.

Rach wore two wedding gowns, the first was her mums made by her late grandma and the second was a Galia Lahav wedding gown from Perth bridal store Dion for Brides. I love it when my couples incorporate sentimental or heirloom pieces into their day, what a special way to remember her grandma.

Below is Rach and Scott’s highlight wedding film captured along side photography.

Rach and Scott chose to add colour to their day by choosing bright and vibrant florals from Perth florist Signature floral design. Feast your eyes blow on these incredible flowers.

Perth doesn’t have many ceremony locations with a water front view of the river but Bishop’s Road reserve in Dailkeith is one with the most spectacular view. Signature floral design spruced it up with the most wonderful florals. Im always a huge live music at weddings and Proof the band is a favourite.

Is this not the prettiest reception venue in Perth ever? Winthrop hall at UWA is probably one of my favourite and unique open air venues. It was the perfect night under the starts with the Tropical grove and Winthrop hall in the background, it couldn’t have been a more beautiful location made even prettier by wedding planners and stylists Confetti and co events.

Wedding vendors:

Ceremony location: Bishop’s Road Reserve

Reception venue: Winthrop Hall, UWA Perth

Photography and Videography wedding film: Amelia Claire Photography

Planners and stylists: Confetti and co event's wedding planners

Perth florist: Signature floral design

Gowns: Ceremony gown made by nan

Reception gown Galia Lahav from Perth bridal store Dion for Brides

Makeup: Gloss Plus

Hair: Hair by Gabrielle and Bonnie Louise styling

Celebrant: Megan Knox

Catering: Ultimo event catering

Reception furniture hire: Hire society event hire

Live music at ceremony and Reception: Proof the band.

Meelup farmhouse wedding

MEELUP FARMHOUSE WEDDING IN DUNSBOROUGH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA

If your looking at getting married in the South west of Western Australia then look no further than Meelup farmhouse, just 10 mins from Dunsborough, the grounds are so beautiful! Every element of this wedding was styled with an air of luxury and full of so much love. This is a day they and their kids will remember forever. Jessica looked stunning as ever in both her Pallas couture dresses, one Pallas dress for her wedding ceremony and one Pallas dress to party in. Alvyn gifted Jess a Cartier bangle and Jess gifted Alvyn a Rolex watch, both heirloom pieces to remember this special day with. Meelup farmhouse was made extra stunning with florals and styling by the team at State of Art event’s. The wonderful Confettidays, a south west celebrant did a wonderful job officiating the wedding ceremony.

Have you ever wondered what fifty kids at a wedding looks or feels like? Keep scrolling and youll find out! Fifty kids at a wedding might be chaos but with that chaos comes so much fun and love which is exactly what Jessica and Alvyns South west, Dunsborough wedding at Meelup farmhouse was all about. A wedding day filled with luxury and oozing with love.

To make any wedding day spectacular you need a group of wedding vendors that you love and trust:

Photography: Amelia Claire Photography

Wedding dress: Pallas couture

Venue: Meelup farmhouse in Dunsborough

Planner and florals: State of art events

Celebrant: Confettidays

Makeup: Jacqui Bradfield makeup

Hair: Hair by Jessie

Video: Auburn hour films

Dj: Yonjovi

Invites: Coast design studio

Cake: The cake and I

A+D Coast Port beach wedding

Alysha and David’s wedding was on the most stunning winters day, not a lick of wind, sunny and warm and located right on the beach at Coast Port in Fremantle. What more could these lovers want? They met at work on an offshore rig and now the rest is history. Alysha wore a beautiful Pronovias gown from Brides by Design and then surprised us all at the reception by changing in a lovely Rosa Clará Couture Wedding slip dress. These guys wanted a relaxed but super fun day, choosing that as your vibe is a big part of your day being relaxed and fun but also choosing vendors like that will go a long way. If your looking for a fun lively celebrant then look no further, The Tilers Wife officiated the ceremony and there were plenty of laughs!

I get asked all the time what this difference is between full video coverage and a highlight reel, this is Alysha and David’s highlight wedding film videoed along side photography. I love capturing video and photography together.

Perth wedding photographer and Highlight reel videography: Amelia Claire Photography

Ceremony and Reception venue: Coast port beach restaurant located in Fremantle, Perth.

Celebrant: The tilers wife

Gown: Pronovias stocked by Perth bridal store- Brides by Design

Reception gown: Rosa Clará Couture Wedding slip dress

Hair and Makeup: MUSE Studio

Florist: Matthew Landers

Jeweller: Stelios Jewellers

Band: Dolce Ensembles String Quartet

Hire: Pretty Willow Hire table decorations

Invitations: Cricket Printing