These are a few photos from our wedding day in Melbourne. We had a great day which we celebrated with our close friends who travelled far and wide to make this occasion with us. The wedding had a jazz age theme, including our ceremony and wedding venue which was an old art deco theatre. The highlight for us was the wedding procession which involved Dave and I entering behind a band of brass instrument wielding family and friends belting out a rendition of a cat empire favourite, a surprise for our guests. We have many fond memories from the day and were happy we were able to share it with our family and friends.
Archive for October, 2009
Our Wedding Anniversary
Saturday, October 31st, 2009Before the Ceremony | Wedding Photographer Japan
Thursday, October 29th, 2009I am so excited to post the first of what will be a few blog posts from this beautiful Japanese wedding. This blog post includes images of Yoshie and Andy before the ceremony. Yoshie was a picture of calm, and looked amazing in her kimono. She took my breath away. Andy also took everything in his stride, as he calmly practiced the lengthy speech he was to deliver in Japanese during the ceremony.
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私は最近日本を訪問し、アンディーさんと淑恵さんの結婚式を撮影してきました。それは私にとって素晴らしい経験でした。新郎のアンディーさんはオーストラリア人で、愛知県岡崎市(日本)にある国立研究所に勤務していた時に美しい新婦、淑恵さんに出会いました。その当日、式は綿密に計画され、また入念に準備されていました。列席者全員が異なる文化、言葉の壁を超えて共に時を過ごすことができるように新郎新婦は長い時間をかけて準備をしてきたのです。
私はこの美しい日本の結婚式についてこのブログでお話しすることができとても嬉しいです。その様子をこれから数回に分けて紹介したいと思います。まず今回は挙式前の淑恵さんとアンディーさんの様子を撮影した映像をご覧いただきます。撮影中ずっと淑恵さんはとても落ち着いた面持ちでした。私は彼女の美しい着物姿を初めて目にした時思わず息をのみました。アンディーさんも落ち着いていて、神前式で述べる長い誓詞口上の練習をしていました。
私はオーストラリア、メルボルンを拠点に活動するフォトグラファーですが旅行をすることが大好きです。世界中どこにでもあなたを撮影しに行くことができますよ、多分。

Portrait Photography | Images from Japan
Monday, October 26th, 2009These are some photographs I took of a cafe in Kyoto, Japan of the owner Takaaki Matsumoto and his cafe Ichigo Ichie. It is tucked away in the inner suburban sprawl of Kyoto and is a welcoming front of colour in a sprawling mass of 3 storey apartment buildings.

B & I’s Wedding Album and Video
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009From recent posts you might have seen some of Bill and Irene’s wedding photography. Bill and Irene’s wedding was a beautiful celebration full of music, laughter, family and Greek tradition. Irene and Bill are a super fun couple who are not necessarily the most conventional but their respect for one another and their culture is absolutely inspiring.
Yesterday I spent three hours with Bill and Irene finalising their wedding Album. I love putting an Album together as this is where you really see the story unfold.
Below are a few pages…
On the day, we had a great team to work with, including Marcus and his assistant Joel from Couch media and my amazing assistant Ryo. They were married at the North Balwyn Greek Orthodox Church and had the reception at Leonda by the Yarra.
Marcus put this amazing highlight video together from the day. I think it captures the feeling of the day beautifully.
Irene + Bill – Wedding Highlights from Marcus Seeger @ Couch Media on Vimeo.
Wedding in Japan | Wedding Photographer Japan
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009These images were taken when Andy first saw Yoshie in her Kimono when he snuck in for a look while she was being dressed. He was pretty awestruck… for obvious reasons! Andy and Yoshie arrived at the shrine together, and took part in a procession in their honour to enter the temple. It was very very cool.
More photos to follow soon….
E-session at the Melbourne Botanic Gardens
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009In Transit | Images from Japan
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
Back on Australian Soil | Images from Japan
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009I’m back in Melbourne after an absolutely amazing time in Japan. It was a bit whirlwind but we got to visit some amazing places and have some great unique experiences including staying in a Buddhist monastery with 6am morning prayer, dodgem car bicycle riding on the city pavements, relaxing in outdoor natural hot spring baths with views overlooking the Japanese alps, cute port side villages which feel like time forgot them, a beautifully spiritual Shinto wedding and of course amazingly quirky city life.
Japan definitely brought back some fond memories for me and gave me the opportunity to once again reconnect with some great old friends.
I am really looking forward to posting some more photos especially of the wedding we attended and I photographed of a dear friend in Okazaki, Japan.
These first photographs are taken at Koya San at a Buddhist temple which we stayed in. I first visited Koya San for my 21st Birthday (quite a few years ago now) and I thought it’d be excellent to take Dave back there as I had such fond memories of the experience. Koya San is on top of a beautiful mountain plateau not far from Osaka. It is a beautiful train trip as the train snakes it’s way around the mountain giving you a great view of rural Japan, it ends with the craziest steepest, driver-less cable tram for the final leg. Koya San has over 100 temples and is surrounded in a beautiful wooded forest.
All the images in this post are taken at the temple we stayed in, except the last one which was taken at a local restaurant.







