Wendy and Brendon wanted their wedding to be fun. They have a very close relationship that allows for silliness, and laughing, and whispering jokes to eachother, and they wanted the wedding they planned to reflect all of that, and also be quite different, and dramatic.
The date wasn't a surprise, luckily, just the venue. The guests were to convene at the railway station at 2.30pm and wait for instructions. Brendon arrived to meet them there in his suit, and like a well groomed version of the pied piper, he led them in a random fashion through town to the Rialto Cinema. Each guest then received a box of popcorn, before being seated in one of the old fashioned cinema theatres to watch a funny slideshow of Wendy and Brendon growing up (and then meeting - by speed dating!! Isn't that cool? I don't know anyone who has actually met doing that, and they were BOTH there as wingmen to support a friend too!)
Once the slideshow finished, Wendy was escorted down the aisle by her brother to meet a very smiley Brendon infront of the big screen. They had a very sweet ceremony, with personally written vows, and then a huge onscreen fireworks display to coincide with the kiss.
Pretty cool ey? It was also all lovely and dark and romantic (ISO 5000 people!) and so cool to be part of something a little different.
NOTE: Titanic steamed up car-hands - not my idea. Brendon's idea!!!
Another wedding blog on it's way, as well as photographs of Elmer, asleep.
Sarah saw this zombie idea online and came to me with it. I was like, Are You Serious???!!!??
She was. We had SO much fun making this....
Thank you SO much to Andy for zombying for us (what an amazing guy - he totally volunteered his services for this), to Liz the bridesmaid for doing the VERY effective makeup and to both Liz and Emma for showing up the day after the Hens night and being really patient with me. Also thanks to the people in the Botanic Gardens who politely avoided us.
Would love to know what you think!!
that was brilliant!! I can't believe I didn't get to come on that shoot, what a hoot!! seriously like quite random but that is what made that so cool...awesome idea Sarah and James and awesome capturing of it Sinead!! That Andy was very good and Liz and Emma had the best ahhhhhhh expressions
(11.14.11 @ 10:36 PM)Wow, very impressive! I'm, speechless. Watch out Steven Spielberg! M x
(11.15.11 @ 12:41 AM)Hi Sinead, That's absolutely brilliant. What a game couple. Well done them and well done you. You must now be the 'go-to' photographer for all zombie weddings in New Zealand. You must have cornered the market. And deservedly so.
(11.15.11 @ 05:42 AM)This is fantastic! Well done x
(11.15.11 @ 06:13 AM)wow! that's brilliant! really funny. you definitely need to do more of this sort of thing, whether you are asked to or not!
(11.15.11 @ 08:22 AM)Fab fab fab !! Uber cool couple and perfect music by the way! Seriously made me laugh! Well done Sinead
LOL. At the beginning I was like... errr..... who's the zombie meant to represent? Man it was gory! LOL. Do you two like watching horror movies together? A nice change from the typical though, good job :D
(12.05.11 @ 02:33 AM)It wasn't meant to snow. It was meant to be a nice warm spring day. The wedding would be outside, infront of the huge green hills surrounding Woodstock, and Natasha would arrive by helicopter, before walking across the lawn to meet Clem.
That didn't happen. The helicopter was called off, and after the snow, it rained heavily all day. Those were just a couple of the things that didn't go to plan on the day, but Clem and Natasha genuinely didn't care. All that mattered to them was that they were married. That their friends and family were there with them, they ate good food, danced, and had an incredible time.
These guys are very down to earth, happy, caring and forgiving people. They are also completely in love with eachother and I think they're great.
Oh and my shoes.... are not waterproof.
Lovely sweet image combo of Natasha's mum taken by Liana:
Oh and a little fact I've learned. You have to be from the South Half of the South Island... of New Zealand.. to make standing in the freezing cold, pouring rain look THAT good.. and enjoy it too. Hats off to you Clem and Natasha! xxxx
Love these photos, and yeah we all know the strong women are bred from down here and can handle a bit of snow! xx
(11.11.11 @ 10:37 AM)Hay nice work Sinead, love the colour photo on the rocks, passion right there.
(11.11.11 @ 11:41 AM)We love our photos! You are a very talented photographer, capturing the day as we will remember it!! Plus to take these gorgeous photos in the cold and continual rain- takes some southern hardiness :) Can't wait to see the rest. Luv Clem & Natasha
(11.13.11 @ 11:02 AM)
ahh still cracking me up..I can watch this over and over
(11.07.11 @ 01:28 PM)
LOVE!!! Love the red balloons, vintagey dress and the pic with the big tree trunk!
(11.01.11 @ 09:25 PM)
Argh!!!! What a super-ORIGINAL wedding idea! Love it! And love your photos Sinead...ahem, what's new.
(11.16.11 @ 06:32 PM)Oh wow! How cool sinead! I know wendy-& this wedding is soo her! Your photography again is amazing : )
(11.16.11 @ 07:46 PM)What great imaginative clients you seem to atract Sinead! This is so original. Liked the photos too! M x
(11.18.11 @ 10:20 AM)