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Olivia and Ivan eloped from chilli Tasmania to be married beachfront at tropical Palm Cove.

When they arrived the day before it was bucketing with rain! The afternoon of their wedding the sun came out and we had lovely blue skies! Phew!

Olivia’s sister Jenny, came up from Townsville to witness the marriage. She also read a lovely poem at the ceremony, which was performed by Vivian Reid.

After the ceremony we went for a walk along the palm tree lined Esplanade in front of Angsana Resort, taking photos as we went. From there, we headed down to the jetty at the Northern end of Palm Cove beach.

We walked along the beach and explored around the rocky outcrop. Once Olivia and Ivan had worked up sufficient sweat climbing up and down and over the rocks, it was time to TRASH the dress! Olivia wanted to do this from the start and it was fun! The 15 knot breeze washed up some nice big waves to crash over them as I had them rolling around on the beach at the low tide mark! Before long they were both soaked through, covered in sand and enjoying the cool water!

I headed off shortly after, leaving them to put their sopping wet wedding clothes into a garbage bag and don some fresh attire for their evening dinner of celebration in town.

Thank you for being brave enough to “TRASH” , Olivia and Ivan! It was fun! It was also my pleasure to photograph your wedding and Trash session, so thank you for asking me! Below are a few of my favorites from the day. Check out their on-line album to see the rest of Olivia and Ivan’s photos from their wedding day.

The day after their wedding I drove back to Port Douglas and picked up Alena and Berto from the Sheraton at 9.30am. They had donned their wedding clothes again ready to be “trashed”! Alena had her make-up done for the shoot and her gorgeous long hair was left out.

We drove to a lovely rainforest creek north of Port Douglas for the photo shoot. We found a lush green cane paddock to do some warm up shots, then we headed over to the creek. The water was crystal clear and flowing nicely. Not too cold, although by the end of the session everyone was a little shivery! (including me!)

Once again Alena and Berto were a pleasure to photograph and we had lots of fun! The location is just stunning and they both fitted in well! Alena was quite game and did everything I asked of her! Standing a top a tree stump high above the river and laying along a fallen tree across the river were both a bit of a challenge in a wedding dress! Which, by the way, seemed to fair quite well after a dunking in the creek!

I love the photos of Alena standing on the log with her veil moving in the breeze! and my favorite is number 4 below. the water reflecting back up makes the light on their faces just right!

Thank you for having me along for a “Trash” session Alena and Berto, it was my pleasure!

Here are a few shots from the day. You can see some more at their on-line album.

Hayley and Justin were married at Palm Cove in September last year. When they booked their wedding photography they took advantage of our special offer to include Trash the Dress.

We had the best time doing photos at their wedding, so I knew that a Trash session with these guys would be heaps of fun! Since the wedding Hayley and Justin have moved away from Cairns. They chose last weekend to come back for their Trash session. They could not have had better timing! The weather was just perfect with big blue skies and not much wind.

We met at 9am, then traveled in convoy via a very bumpy dirt road to our waterfall location.

My friend Dee came along for the walk and to shoot some video. So standby for the video a bit later!

A 20 minute hike up to the water fall lookout got us all hot and sweaty! Hayley and Justin changed into their wedding clothes in the alfresco change room and off we went!

Hayley and Justin were game for anything which made my job heaps easier! We explored around the waterfall, creek and forest using different back drops. I love the texture of the huge basalt rocks we used for back grounds! Finally, we ended up at the second pool below the waterfall. By the time I had worked Hayley and Justin up into a sweat climbing over, up and down rocks, they were so ready to jump into the cool, crystal clear water!

The water flows over a rock ledge to the bottom pool giving the appearance of a natural wet edge pool. Hayley and Justin swam over to the edge and stood on top of it. My favorite photo is of Hayley standing on her own on the edge of the pool.

Once the photo shoot was over we all jumped in to cool off and enjoy the scenery surrounding us.

Below are a few of my favs from the day, you can see more of Trash the Dress with Hayley and Justin at their on-line album.

I received this lovely thank you from Sarah and Brenton just before Christmas….

We were so wrapped with our photos and had so much fun with you on our wedding day and trash the dress….and we have just received the photobooks! WOW! they are amazing!! They are just the best keep sakes and bring back all the wonderful memories from our wedding day and TTD. The personal touches and readings you have included in the album are just perfect, not to mention the organisation of the photos. You are the best! We love them very much!

Sarah and Brenton

Below is Sarah & Brenton’s Trash the Dress photobook album

Three days after their wedding I met up with Sarah and Brenton again for a Trash the Dress Session. We drove to a typically beautiful North Queensland location. Surrounded by pristine rainforest, the river was flowing crystal clear and surprisingly not that cold! Yes, I did get in too! Only up to my waist though, got to keep the camera dry somehow!

We started with some “dry” trash photos, building up to the “dunking”! My favorite is Sarah lying in the leaves. Brenton had fun sprinlking the leaves over her!

Into the river for a refreshing swim in their good gear! A few horrified spectators gathered on the bank, completely gobsmacked about why a bride would want to go swimming in her wedding dress on her wedding day! We left it unexplained!

After the swim in the main pool we re-located to some big boulders. Sarah proved to be adventurous yet again, climbing to the top of the biggest boulder and executing a big bomby off the top into the water! Of course Brenton was waiting with arms out stretched to catch her!

Thanks for enjoying yourselves on the day Sarah and Brenton and entering into the spirit of it all with such gusto! It was a great day!

Check out the on-line album and below are some of my favs from the day!

A few days after their wedding I met up again with Claire and Shane for a Trash the Dress session. Claire had visited the hairdresser that morning and turned up with a funky new short haircut! So, we Trashed the Dress and the hair in the same day!

The beautiful rainforest location is a private property owned by friends. We started out with some tame photos on the grass then moved down to the creek. We climbed and clambered over and around the boulders and carefully crossed the creek to the water hole.

Finally, having worked up a sweat, Claire and Shane were ready to hit the water! By all accounts it wasn’t too freezing, but cool, crystal clear and refreshing. They swam across the water hole, quite a feat in a sopping wet wedding gown, and had a rest on the rock next to the waterfall.

I love photographing in the rainforest with all the interesting textures of the gnarly trees and the moss covered boulders.

Thanks to Claire and Shane for being brave enough to “Trash” the dress and many thanks to Mark and Lynda for sharing their beautiful part of the world with us for the morning. I had a great time and I’m sure Claire and Shane did too!

Here are a few shots from the morning. You can also view their on-line album.

Helen and Tony claim the title of the longest married “Trash” couple I have photographed! They were married in the UK 7 years ago and recently moved to Cairns. With the mould and humidity here in the Far North, Helen had been worrying about the state of her wedding dress when Tony suggested they do “something” with it.

That something turned out to be a “Trash the Dress” photoshoot with me last Friday!

It was another glorious day at Palm Cove with a bit of a breeze and warm sunshine. We started off with some tame photos of Helen and Troy and then gradually built up to a full dunking in the ocean!

The water was actually quite warm and the breeze gave us some waves.

Helen bought along some funky knee length black boots and Tony bought along the snorkel gear!

You can see the results below and check out the on-line album for some more “trashing” photos!

Thanks for Trashing your dress with me Helen and Tony…it was heaps of fun!

Jason and Paula were married on the Saturday and we met up again the following Tuesday to shoot a Trash the Dress session!

We met up early and then drove to a waterfall on the Tablelands. I helped Paula to put her dress on. It wasn’t actually in bad shape after the wedding reception!

Nothing like a bush walk in your wedding dress I always say! We took advantage of the forest surroundings and big granite boulders lining the creek for some pre-trash photos.

Then when everyone was hot and sweaty and ready to get into the creek,  Jason and Paula took the plunge! Paula was much more enthusiastic than Jason! Can’t blame him really as the water was freezing! I did get in up to my hips….I am committed to getting a great shot not matter what!

Thanks Paula and Jason it has been fun photographing the both of you!

These are a couple of my favorites. You can see some more images of the shoot at our on-line gallery.

I had a great time photographing Emily and Leon trashing the dress at a  gorgeuos rainforest river setting on the weekend.

Check out my favorite images from the shoot…

Check out the entire photo shoot at the on-line gallery