Wedding - Melissa and Justin

I walked into Mel's hotel room a few hours before her wedding with jelly legs. Mel's a good friend of mine and I was so nervous about shooting her wedding. Having spent an hour on the West Gate Bridge and subsequently being late didn't help the nerves. I was praying to the photography gods to be on my side, and not let my basic photography skills (such as being able to locate the on switch for my camera) fail me.





Mel's dress was incredible. And there was quite an art to getting her into it.





Mel and Justin's daughter Reagan checking out the birds outside with her grandmother.



The dress! Loved the dress.













And on to the ceremony. You couldn't have asked for a better location. Brighton Beach, overlooking the bay. The bay dialed it's sparkle factor up to 100, just for the wedding.



Justin's mum standing in front of the most gorgeous tree.







What do you do to get a toddler to look at your camera? You wave like a goose, that's what. Bridal party happily provided more sophisticated waves than what I was doing from behind the camera.



I was surrounded by people I knew at this wedding. Meet Bec. Her and I go WAY back. It was brilliant to see her again, smile at her, and get all giddy hearing how wonderfully well she is doing.





Being in Brighton, you can probably guess where we headed for some photos.



Us and three other weddings! It was a flurry of dresses and camera's and bouquets.







Two of my favourite moments in the world.











It really was a wonderful day. My photography skills stayed with me seeing as though I repeatedly remembered how to turn my camera on. The most wonderful part though was being there to witness Mel and Justin getting married amoungst family and friends. Just magical.



* Meaghan