Lana and Drew’s wedding was at the Luxurious Sunshine Coast boating venue, Pier 33 and what an amazing day it was.
This awesome bride and groom spent the getting ready part of their wedding day in the same house (Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast) but different sections of it so they didn’t see each other before the ceremony. The house was an architect and art lover’s dream featuring a light-filled loft, a magazine cover worthy pool and a beautiful piece of art by Jai Vasicek.
Drew and his groomsmen enjoyed a very cruisy pre-ceremony together with some beers and plenty of laughs.
Lana and her bridesmaids barely stopped laughing the entire time we were there documenting their getting ready events. The champagne was flowing, spirits were high and good vibes inevitable in anticipation of the impending wedding.
The bride and her tribe we transported to the wedding venue in a close friend’s boat along the Mooloolaba River to Pier 33. When the boat arrived, all the wedding guests were asked to turn the opposite way to the bride so no one saw her before walking down the isle. This was so well orchestrated by Danielle, the celebrant.
It was a beautiful moment when Lana walked down her wedding isle towards her groom looking absolutely stunning! The ceremony was so lovely and naturally for this couple, full of loads of smiles and laughter. Their love, undeniable.
Post wedding we whisked the bride and groom and their bridal party down to the docks for some shots amongst the boats. Meanwhile, I (Jesse) nearly lost my drone due to the gale force winds that suddenly appeared!
We then headed down to the beach where the wind was furious but the happiness and lightheartedness of the bride, groom and their bridal party rose well above the weather conditions. Oh and do take note of Drew, the groom, literally chopping of the top of a champagne bottle with a knife!
The bride and groom enjoyed a rapturous reception entrance into Pier 33 by their family and friends. There were speeches throughout the night that were a-laugh-a-second along with not just gourmet but SERIOUSLY gourmet food by the Pier 33 chefs. Drew also wanted a magician at his wedding so that’s what he got - Nickleby. He was such a major highlight of this wedding reception. The guests were in stiches as well as in complete disbelief at the tricks Nickleby was performing. Highly recommend him!
To round the night off there was a cutting of the cake, first dance then some dancefloor shenanigans.
What a day and what a night for these two fantastic humans!
Congratulations again Lana and Drew, we wish you all the love, laughter and happiness in the world!
Enjoy…
Jesse & Mikala X
Best of 2019 Wedding Photos - Sunshine Coast, Australian Destination Photographers
2019 was an action packed year for us and our of wedding photography business. In October we photographed 9 weddings in 3 weeks during October. One of these weddings was in country Victoria and four of them were destination weddings on Fraser Island. The rest of them were on the beautiful Sunshine Coast. It was an absolutely bonkers busy time but we loved all of the awesome brides and grooms we worked and created with. Not only that we had a blast meeting all of the bridal parties, family and friends from each and every one of these weddings. We also travelled to New Zealand earlier in the year for a gorgeous destination wedding in Russell (Bay of Islands). We do love ourselves an international destination wedding!
We managed to finish the year by winning a couple of international wedding photography awards too. The first was a Fearless Award which is beyond an honour considering there were over ten thousand photos entered into the competition. The second and most recent was a third placing in the “From Above” category of (this one’s a mouthful) the International Wedding Photographer of the Year Awards. Both of these award winning images are pictured just below this text.
Oh and just before Christmas our main Instagram account @alltheloveintheworld_photos was hijacked and has been turned into a Turkish jewellery page. We had 39.1k followers, yep nearly 40, 000. So if you hapen to know how to get a completely hijacked Instagram account (they changed the email and password associated with the account) back we would LOVE to hear from you. Even better if you know someone that works for Instagram please hook us up!
It has been a brilliant year though and we’re so thankful to all the loved up newly married couples we have had the privilege of working with - THANK YOU!!! And to all the wedding vendors we have worked with on the Sunshine Coast and beyond, thank you for your friendship and laughs throughout the year - what a great bunch you all are.
We are so looking forward to photographing all of the couples who have already booked us to photograph their weddings and we can’t wait to meet loads more of you newly engaged couples in the upcoming months. We do love talking ceremonies, receptions, drones, sunset times (yep we’re nerdy like that), cakes, flowers and of course photography, with the newly engaged folk from around the world.
Big Love and a super happy new year to you all!
Jesse & Mikala X
INTERNATIONAL WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR AWARDS - 3rd Place “From Above” category
(Photographed at Kingfisher Bay Resort, Fraser Island - 3 hours drive from The Sunshine Coast)
FEARLESS AWARD - Winner
(Photographed at Maleny Retreat, Sunshine Coast Hinterland, Queensland, Australia)
Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australian
Destination Wedding Photographer
Point Cartwright, Mooloolaba Wedding - Sunshine Coast, Australian Photographers - Ellie & Nick
Ellie and Nick’s Point Cartwright (Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast) wedding was absolutely epic! The bride and bridesmaids got their hair and makeup done in a 2 storey penthouse at the top of Point Cartwright - seriously amazing apartment. The groom and his groomsmen got ready just down the road overlooking the beautiful Mooloolaba canals.
The nerves were building as the wedding ceremony time grew closer. The bride and groom had so many of their family and friends (many hailing from Melbourne) with them, supporting them, loving them, uplifting them - what an awesome tribe!
The arbour was absolutely on point. The flowers were designed by the Sunshine Coast’s one and only Willow Bud and looked so stunning on the triangular arbour!
Ellie and Nick’s long time friend was their celebrant for the ceremony so there was a very intimate yet light-hearted vibe present. It was so great to see so many smiles not only from the bride and groom but from every family member and friend in attendance. This bunch were full of LOVE for this fantastic couple!
After the ceremony we took some family photos and a few group shots with our drone. Then we ventured off with the newly married couple and their bridal party across the rocks and beside the Point Cartwright cliffs. We snapped a few photos with the gorgeous bride and groom and Mooloolaba in the background as well as the epic cliff formations. Our trusty drone flew up into the sky again for some more aerial photography.
We then travelled over to Pier 33 in Mooloolaba (Sunshine Coast) where Ellie, Nick and their bridal party made a grand entrance on a yacht. They were so warmly welcomed by all their family and friends when introduced. They quickly moved in to speeches, gourmet food, a hilarious wedding game and an equally hilarious first dance (the photos say it all!).
Dancing ensued after this. The dancing was fuelled by a tambourine that took quite a beating but clearly loved every minute of it. This was one super fun bunch of wedding guests which was reflected perfectly on the dance floor. What a way to top off a brilliant wedding day.
We wish you all the love and happiness possible Ellie and Nick!
Big Love,
Jesse & Mikala
Point Cartwright, Mooloolaba
Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australian
Destination Wedding Photographer
Wedding Dress Bridal Inspo - Sunshine Coast Wedding Photographers
Why is your choice of wedding dress so important? As a bride you want to feel beautiful, comfortable and special on your wedding day. There are always seasonal trends coming and going throughout each wedding season but every bride is unique and so must choose THE dress that they KNOW is the one for them. The fit, the cut, the colour, the fabric, the trimmings - these all must be right for your wedding day.
In this blog we have featured some elegant dresses from the last Australian wedding season to give the Brides of tomorrow a little inspiration.
Enjoy! and let us know which dress speaks to you the most in the comments at the bottom of the post.
Jesse & Mikala X
This stunning vintage dress was made by the bride's mother and worn with the most extraordinary backdrop of the Glasshouse Mountains in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland.
Torrential rain did not stop this lovely bride enjoying her wedding day and getting the most out of her dress on beautiful Mooloolaba Beach, Sunshine Coast (Queensland).
