Melbourne Photographer specialising in portraits of newborns, babies, engagements and weddings
He was quite keen to have his photograph taken. She wasn’t so sure. But she trusted him. And that’s what this photo speaks to me about.
Thanks guys. x
And, yes, this means I am still going for a while. Until I decide otherwise. It’s kind of a strange addiction really.
Narrelle x
Next time I blog about this couple it will be subtitled FOREVER. Having corresponded for a couple of months, I finally got to meet them last week, and am now excitedly looking forward to photographing their wedding in just over 8 weeks time. 8 weeks. I bet it will be here before they know it.
It was absolutely wonderful to catch up with Robyn and Alex. There are any number of gorgeous words I could use to describe them – though none of them would do them justice. But they are the sort of couple that you wished lived next door, or that make you feel as though you’ve known them forever. And they are so completely and obviously meant to be together. The kind of couple that make me coo (I wish I could say discreetly) as I shoot away. I can’t wait to see how beautiful and totally them their wedding day is going to be.
They have chosen the most gorgeous location to pledge themselves to one another, and I’m grateful that we got to have a little mini session when we met up recently to check the place out. Their I Do’s are going to be magical in all senses of the word. Did I mention I’m really looking forward to it.
Here’s just a little sneakity peek.
I hope the next few weeks go smoothly for you guys, and I’ll keep my fingers, and toes, crossed for the most divine weather outer Melbourne has to offer. 
Narrelle x
I didn’t expect finding a couple to photograph for my Shooting Strangers project to be so hard. There just weren’t any couples around. And those that were seemed to be in a hurry to get somewhere. It’s confronting enough interupting one person’s routine to take a random portrait of them, add another person to the mix and you double the scaredy-cat factor.
But I was patient, with a fair bit of stubborness thrown in, and it paid off.
He’s from Adelaide, she’s from Columbia. They met somewhere in the middle, and not long after they wandered across my path.
In three short minutes they made my day.
I found it that much harder this time around that I’m going to force myself to do it again. Ten more times. Next months’s challenge will be to shoot ten couples, and I’m excited and scared at the same time. Pretty much what I was feeling like this time last month. But I made it through, and enjoyed every minute of it. And didn’t get a single no. Let’s see what this month brings.
And just to save you looking back, and as a visual reward for myself, here are the nine other wonderful people that shared with me a few minutes of their lives. I’m super grateful to each of them. Like really really grateful.
Narrelle x
I remember what it’s like to count down sleeps. In fact I still do it. Incessantly. If there’s anything I’m good at it’s anticipation – I’ll find anything to count down to. I’m guessing I was incredibly annoying whilst pregnant, declaring each and every day how many I had left until the big B-Day. And I know I drove my workmates mad once we’d settled on a date for our wedding. They stood no chance of ever forgetting when it was. Right now I’m counting down how many sleeps until Melina and Andrew get married. It’s 10, in case you’re wondering. Tomorrow’s the big day that it drops down to the single-digit countdown, and I’m so excited for them.
I guess I’m more excited for Melina, because I’ve known her longer. And because, as a woman, I know that every single one of us dreams of this day from the moment we can say ‘wedding’, whether we like to admit it or not. It’s a big deal. And when it’s *this* close to transitioning from a dream to reality it almost becomes unreal. Even now I can feel my heart beating double-time, somewhere just beneath my throat, as I think back and remember just how it felt. The excitement, the nerves, the pressure of getting everything done on time, the anxiousness, and the promise of a lifetime shared with the boy that stole your heart. Melina will probably be feeling these things too, though you’d never know, coz she’s cool as a cucumber. She has the unwavering knowledge that Andrew is the man for her, that this day is meant to be, and that it will be blessed. And I’m sure it will be also, along with their new lives together as man and wife. I can’t speak for how Andrew feels, as men are unfathomable creatures, but I believe he’s probably counting down the sleeps too. I mean, he’s marrying Melina. The girl that stole his heart.
I can’t wait to shoot their wedding – their blessed and very special day. And if I know Melina at all it’s going to be a tonne of fun, just like we had at their recent engagement session.
And if they look this gorgeous on just an ordinary day, how out of this world beautiful are they going to look in 10 days time.
And because they’re such a crazy good looking couple, I’m now going to bombard you with some of the photographs from their engagement session. I took lots. And then some more. My camera just adores them, and is very much looking forward to capturing the sweet and wonderful moments of their wedding.
Ten short days. An eternity together. 
See you on the big day, guys. Enjoy the aniticipation. I know I will.
Narrelle x
{ Engagement Photography Melbourne }
Love is… all kinds of things.
It’s closing your eyes and knowing the other person will always be there.
I can’t wait to share more of this beautiful couple, and their recent engagement session.
In a few short weeks they will be married, and will no longer have to close their eyes and dream of the day they no longer have to say goodnight and go their separate ways.
To be together forever.
Not long now guys.
Narrelle x
{ Engagement Photography Melbourne }
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