The proud Scot and English woman!

As you can see Steve is a Scot and Joanne an English woman, they've lived in Sydney for over 12 years and their wedding was a great excuse for all their family and friends to travel out to Sydney. Joanne has 4 brothers and Steve 4 sisters, so there was a large crowd, and the first time either family has been all together for a very long time. So the day was filled with much love and happiness.... Plus many of the visitors were a little red and hot from the Australian summer!

We met Steve at the Eucalypt Lawns, the Royal Botanic Gardens to photograph him just prior to all the guests arriving on a coach. He was a organising, excited, nervous and just a little hot in his full woollen Scottish National kilt and the 90% humidity Sydney had put on. Then Joanne arrived with her girls looking serene, I'm still not sure how as they had walked across the Gardens from their hotel! We captured a few lovely moments, with photographs, of the bride with her Dad and flower girls. Then the ceremony began with the beautiful Sydney Opera House and Harbour as the backdrop. Suzanne Stirling was the celebrant and she conducted a beautiful ceremony, even with a little competition from the cockatoos in the trees.

After the ceremony we arranged numerous family and group photographs, as this was such a special occasion having all the families together. Then we took Joanne and Steve for a walk through the gardens which gave them a chance to relax and forget about us with the cameras. Before heading down to The Rocks for some photographs with the stunning Sydney Opera House, and Sydney Harbour Bridge. Then we went on to Wolfies Grill and met up with the rest for the guests for the reception where lots of fun was had (and photographed) by all.