The intention was to have a wedding blog up tonight, but it ain't ready yet. So because I gave myself the task of getting a blog up this evening I thought I would post these shots of Elmer the robot. Three film frames that actually came out perfectly exposed on my holga camera (as opposed to most of the others on the roll). I took these in December before we moved into the house.

In my head I wanted Elmer the robot in a forest, but driving to a forest with a 3 year old and a new baby purely to take 3 holga shots seemed like utter luxury! I quite like these anyway since they are of the moment, at our place.

I made myself a rule last year, that I would only photograph weddings in Dunedin when my baby was born. That was after I'd booked this beautiful Dansey's Pass wedding, and another gorgeous wedding I just shot in Clyde. Two weddings away in two weeks! As it turned out, it was so refreshing to get away, and have days shooting in some really beautiful, isolated spots.

The place Jo and Paul chose for their wedding suited them to a T. It was a warm, overcast day, and Dansey's Pass Inn is situated on a long dirt road that leads through a mountain pass, so it feels snug and closed in by the surrounding hills. The wedding was simple and earthy, with lovely elegant and stylish touches. Jo and Paul were ultra relaxed with me, and gave me full license to do my thing, which felt great.

A small ceremony was followed by drinks and canapes in the Inn, a few photos up on the mountain road, and then an intimate candlelit dinner. Lots of lovely little things to photograph along the way, including children, details, rabbits and a crafty goat.

I totally fell in love with this wedding...

Deirdre and Nick are a super sweet couple, up for anything I suggested, including wading out into the sea in Dunedin on a Sunday night in March. They are getting married next year (2014!!! doesn't that seem like ages away?) I'm really looking forward to working with them. This engagement session was loads of fun, I'm not normally a massive beach fan for portrait shots, but I may be coming around to it...

So I did mean to blog an entire engagement session tonight, but then my life got in the way, boooooo! So I will blog these just so I don't feel the inevitable guilt so badly.

That's what I call him.

I have to try hard not to show off about this baby. His natural reaction to almost everything is to give us this huge beaming smile. When he wakes up from a nap I wander in to him and he is examining his little hands, then he sees me and his face lights up, rather like this...