When I woke up this morning to the sound of heavy rain on my tin roof, my heart sunk for Michael and Nadia. A peek out the window didn’t help as I saw the thick grey cloud had settled in and there was not a glimpse of sunshine to be seen. They were such troopers though..just dealing with it and smiling the whole time. The weather didn’t matter. It just mattered that they were getting married surrounded by their very close family and friends. It continued to rain throughout the day so we had to be a little creative with locations where they would’t get soaked. The bulli train station was a great spot, then onto bulli pub and back to the pavillion at Woonona pool before the rain got so heavy we decided to head to City beach and dry off. Michael and Nadia, I cannot tell you how honoured I was to capture your love and your wedding day. Thank you for being so open and easygoing.. and for making it so much fun. I hope you enjoy this quick little sneak peek of some of my favourites before you head off to hopefully sunny skies and warm weather in Thailand. Have a drink in the poor bar for me. Much love, xxx jk
Michael + Nadia | St Francis and City Beach | wollongong wedding photographer
February 8, 2010 - 5:06 pm - hey these shots are amazing... love the swoosh train one, and the first one and the blurry beach one, and the wet rings!! You guys look awesome, great dresses... Janine... if I can be so bold, could I suggest you add some umbrellas to your kit?
February 8, 2010 - 4:31 am - WOW! These are truly some of the most beautiful photos I have ever seen. The locations are perfect (spot on selection from you) and they are a gorgeous couple too but the pics themsleves are wonderful. That lead in shot is a stunner. Alison XXX
February 6, 2010 - 4:16 pm - WOW Janine! They are absolutely beautiful!!
Joanne & Darren + family | Wollongong family photography
Joanne and Darren are getting married in Fiji and she loves my photos but had already secured the services of a local fiji photographer as she didn’t know I would travel.. so I should say it out loud..I do travel..I love going to destinations outside of Wollongong to capture the emotions and connections of a wedding day. Just contact me for rates etc.. So we organised to get together to capture some images around their local haunts together and with their families as an extended engagement session. I had such a great time with all of them and wish them the very best for their wedding planning. I cannot wait to hear about their plans and see their photos. xxxx jk
Janine, you are beautiful!
February 7, 2010 - 6:47 pm - WOW - they are amazing! Can't wait to see the full collection :) What a beautiful picture of Mum and Dad - its the best photo they have ever taken!!
February 4, 2010 - 11:04 pm - What a shame, I can totally see you in Fiji!
Alicia + Daniel | 2 part pre-wedding session
I remember back in may when I first heard Alicia’s voice over the other end of the phone. I called her workplace to ask if they knew who owned the lease to the empty building 2 doors down that became my studio on the 1st july last year. She was so sweet, friendly and very helpful.. It was a lovely surprise to discover she was engaged and I was thrilled when she chose me to be their wedding photographer. She is a really genuine person with a generous heart..she puts my bins out when I am not here to do it..so I owe her big time! Daniel is such a sweetheart too..and together they are fabulous! constant sweet tormenting, mixed with lots of laughter ! For part 1 of their pre-wedding session we met up at the back of the steelworks before heading over to the jetty at lake illawarra. Both these spots are becoming favourites of mine for the lovely light and interesting textures. 
for part 2 , Alicia mentioned Daniel and her had been meaning to get tattoos and I literally jumped for joy at the idea of incorporating it into their session and guestbook design. We met up at an amazing tattoo place out in Corrimal. It was a visual feast for me and lots of fun since I wasn’t getting jabbed with anything! It was the cleanest, most hygenic looking tattoo parlour I have ever been in..not that I frequent that many..and as an added bonus, the guys there were friendly, welcoming and very funny!
February 8, 2010 - 3:42 am - Great photos Janine!! Love the colours in the tattoo pics!
February 2, 2010 - 6:37 am - I second the ouch! Love the photo's though...
February 1, 2010 - 8:55 pm - OUCH! But cool :)
Kate + Clint | Camelot & Belgenny Farm | Camden Wedding photographer
When I woke up on saturday morning to see raindrops hitting my window, my heart sank for Kate and Clint as everything they had planned for their day involved outdoor locations, from the stunning ceremony site at Camelot, to the romantic farmhouse photos at Belgenny farm. On my drive to see the boys in Bargo the rain continued to softly fall and I wondered how Kate was doing. The moment I stopped my car outside Clint’s folks place the rain stopped. After a hilarious 1/2 hr with the boys and a trip to Oakdale, the clouds started to break apart and glimpses of blue poked through. When I arrived at Kate’s house, I could see that I needn’t have worried..she was radiant and calm..not a care in the world. Her smile was contagious and she looked absolutely stunning! Even when it got quite hot and humid, Kate continued to smile, pausing briefly to get nervous when she pulled up in the horse and cart at Camelot. Kate and Clint are such warm, caring people and I adored watching them celebrate their love in front of their loving family and rowdy friends. I was in photographers heaven with an abundance of amazing locations and backdrops ..and a stunning couple who were just so very happy to be married. Thank you Kate & Clint for such an amazing day..heres just a little sneak peek for you before you head off on your mini honeymoon…and it was so hard to narrow it down! with love, xxx jk
the stable was AMAZING!
the fabulously funny bridal party were keeping me in stitches all day!
Kate you are a KNOCKOUT! 
stunning camelot and a slection of the variety of modes of transport for the day..
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February 4, 2010 - 6:12 pm - Oh Janine!!!! What a gorgeous wedding! You are such a little rockstar! Your work just blows me away every time I visit your blog. What an adorable couple and you captured them so sweetly. I miss you my favorite Aussie friend!
February 3, 2010 - 12:39 am - OMG what an amazing place for a wedding. Just beautiful Janine!
February 2, 2010 - 4:51 am - Janine, these are just incredibly beautiful!! btw, I LOVE her headband, so cute.
February 1, 2010 - 7:13 am - Simply breath taking!!!
February 1, 2010 - 6:12 am - wow they are truly fantastic --- they make me want to get married all over again (well to the same guy) just for photos like that!
February 1, 2010 - 6:03 am - What an amazing location... impossible to choose just one favourite, they are all incredible shots. Awesome work Janine!
February 1, 2010 - 5:50 am - WOW! They are sensational! Every single photo is unreal. You are so talented...they are awesome!
February 1, 2010 - 5:50 am - these photos are absolutley amazing totally captured it all... so natural and so full of love... each shot is outstanding..
February 1, 2010 - 2:16 am - Wow is right. Janine you just capture everything beautiful and great about these two and the locations you have taken photos. Can't wait to see the others and as Kate's mother and Clint's mother-in-law thank once again.
February 1, 2010 - 1:25 am - They are all absoluety beautiful. They look so natural and in love. I can't wait to see the rest of the photos.
January 31, 2010 - 11:50 pm - WOW WOW WOW! Holly molly Janine, these are freaking sensational! LOVE every.single.image!!!
Michael + Nadia | pre wedding session | wollongong wedding photographer
The longer I live in Wollongong it appears the smaller my world becomes. If its 6 degrees of separation normally , then wollongong is about 4..LOL! I give all my wedding couples a getting to know you questionairre (its fun, I promise!), along with my answers so they can get to know me too. When Michael read through my answers he discovered I went to school with both his siblings in Wagga..small world! So from their answers I discovered some of their favourite places to hang out and we decided to visit those for their session. We had a terrible time with the weather trying to schedule their session on a wednesday..so we finally gave up and went for a thursday and we had beautiful sunshine for most of the session before gorgeous dark clouds rolled in making for a lovely background at the beach. We pottered around Woonona beach for a bit (including some cuddles with their very cute puppy!) and then headed to Woonona Bulli RSL for a drink and some pool. Thank you M&N …i had a blast with you guys and cannot wait for your wedding in 2 weeks! Hopefully it was worth not killing someone Michael..enjoy! xxx jk
January 25, 2010 - 9:53 am - Wow, these are spectacular Janine!!! What a beautiful couple and awesome location! I adore the beach shots so much, the colours are beauuutiful!! :)
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