ALL IN

Amy and Blair originally got in touch with me via some friends of theirs, whose wedding I shot a couple of years ago (referrals always make my day!), but it turns out we had a few more friends in common. Amy and her family spent quite a bit of time living in Papua New Guinea, in the same area that I spent a lot of my 18 months there. We weren’t there at the same time (dare I admit that Amy would have only been a few years old ?!) but you know how it goes with friends of friends, and people and places that never seem to change. Spending the day with Amy, and her family, felt so….. comfortable. Like I was amongst my own family, and it was hard not to feel the warmth and the love that surrounded them as they prepared for the big day, and then jumped feet first in to it.
It was also pretty hard not to be caught up in Blair’s excitement as he watched her walk towards and then stand before him, as they pledged and committed themselves to one another with such eager enthusiasm. Actually, excitement is probably an understatement. Very much an understatement.  One of my favourite parts of the day is observing the groom, and watching him watch his bride. For the most part that’s where everyone else’s eyes are on the day, so I guess the groom assumes not many people are taking notice of him, and the way he is quietly adoring his woman and drinking her in. And they’re amongst my favourite moments to capture – those candid, unassuming glances. But Blair was having none of that. He made it very clear, and very obvious. Everyone at Blair and Amy’s wedding, and possibly within a ten mile radius, could see just how much he adores her. If there was a notion of jumping into this wedding feet first, Blair was going for the bomb. He was all in.
And I know I say it all the time, and I always mean it, but it was such an honour to share their day with them, and with their family and their friends.  I mean, any wedding where a burger van turns up for dinner can only be a pretty rad one.  Add a fun and honest couple, and the people that helped shape them this way, and it’s bound to be a celebration to remember.  And I will, with the largest of smiles on my face.

Narrelle x