I just love country weddings and I had 2 in the one week this week!
Mary ann and Paul live in Melbourne now and returned home to be married at the Ravenshoe Catholic Church. Many of their family and friends joined them from the local area and other parts of the country.
It was a magnificent day at Ravenshoe, the sun was shining and it was lovely and warm.
The ceremony was set for 1pm. Father Hillary Flynn came up from Cairns, as he is the parish priest for Ravenshoe, Father Gerry O’Connor came from the Gulf and Paul’s family bought along Father Barry from country Victoria, so the ceremony was well and truly covered! All three were lovely, did a great job of sharing the ceremony between them and couldn’t resist a joke or two while we awaited Mary ann’s arrival!
After the ceremony we took a group photo in front of the church and then friends and family photos.
Across the road from the church was a very cool old Masonic Lodge made from corrugated iron. It made the perfect backdrop for some photos of Mary ann and Paul and the bridal party.
After that we jumped in our cars and headed down to the local icon, Millaa Millaa Falls, about a 20 minute drive away. A quick stop at the local wind farm for a few shots, then back on the road. When we arrived at the falls, being a local icon, it was swarming with tourists! Now, I have excellent photo-shop skills, but you can only do so much! Janice, one of Mary ann’s bridesmaids made her way down to the waterfall and politely asked if everyone could please move out of the way so the bride and groom could have some photos! And they did! Well done Janice! and thank you!
We had to move quickly as we were racing the light. We got some great shots, then jumped back in the cars and convoyed back to Mary ann’s Mum’s farm.
The farm was a great location for photos! A walk along the access road and around the paddock, then I had everyone climb onto the hay bales for the last few photos!
The reception was on the farm, so I left them to it and headed off. What a great day!
Thank you for asking me to be your photographer Mary ann and Paul, it was fun!
Here are a couple of my fav’s from the day, please visit Mary ann and Paul’s’ on-line album to view more of their images.
