Nicole and Elliot, affectionately known as Nic and El, married each other in an intimate heart-string tugging wedding ceremony overlooking their beloved local, Moffat Beach (Caloundra, Sunshine Coast).
The bride and groom prepped and preened themselves in gorgeous Caloundra beach shacks super close to their impending wedding ceremony. El had loads of his family and friends fly over from the UK to join him while Nic was joined by all of her beloveds from Victoria, Australia. They all became one big family on this highly emotional wedding day.
Nic arrived at the ceremony car park in her super cute little mini van with her bouquet out the window! One second she was laughing and the next crying - the emotions were running high seeing all of her friends and family and of course her one and only, El. Finally this awesome bride and groom were together and ready to say their vows and become husband and wife. The first kiss was gorgeous and topped off this wedding ceremony so perfectly.
Everyone made their way across the Caloundra Gem, Moffat Beach after the wedding. Some guests even opted to carry a pram⦠across the beach. Complete troopers innit. We took a few candid photos of the wedding guests and the bride and groom as they journeyed across the epic beach location.
Nic and El met everyone at The Pocket Espresso Bar which is one of the Sunshine Coastβs absolute gems. The newly married couple hugged, kissed and high fived their guests for a while until we took them out for a few more special wedding photos at the point. Our trusty drone made an appearance and took some spectacular photographs of the bride and groom. Nic and El jumped up just in time from lying down on the rocks before a wave washed right over where they had been lying. Phewww!
The night kicked on at the reception with some stellar speeches, ridiculously delicious food, brilliant live tunes followed by the entire crowd of friends and family singing and dancing to said brilliant live tunes.
What an epic wedding!!!
We wish you all the love, happiness and laughter in the world Nic and El!
Big love,
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 βFrom Aboveβ category of (this oneβs 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 weβre 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 canβt wait to meet loads more of you newly engaged couples in the upcoming months. We do love talking ceremonies, receptions, drones, sunset times (yep weβre 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 βFrom Aboveβ 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
Gabbinbar Homestead, Toowoomba Wedding - Sunshine Coast Photographers - Kirsten & Matt
Kirsten and Mattβs wedding at the award winning Gabbinbar Homestead was a dream come true to say the least. This bride and groom share a love that is magnetic, honest, joyful and generous.
From the moment we met the super happy couple in a cafe on the Sunshine Coast, we knew their wedding would be something very special. And it truly was!
The groom Matt got ready with his groomsmen and groomslady in an awesome hotel in downtown Toowoomba. While Kirsten and her bridesmaidβs got their hair and makeup perfected in the brideβs retreat at Gabbinbar Homestead. This is one very opulent room with an oversized mirror and historical furniture and wallpaper.
Matt and his βgroomspersonsβ arrived and positioned themselves for the brideβs impending arrival under a very spectacular tree on the Gabbinbar grounds. Kirstenβs entrance was emotional and nothing short of epic and she looked absolutely stunning on her long walk to her soon-to-be husband.
There were tears sliding down cheeks all through the crowd when the bride and groom read their personalised vows to each other. They were oh so beautiful, laced with pure and loving promises. An epic kiss soon followed the coupleβs gorgeous words.
The coupleβs Mumβs both signed the marriage certificate which was a wonderful homage paid to these amazing women.
After the wedding ceremony we took some family and friend portrait photos with the new husband and wife team, followed by some fun shots with the bridal party. Then we ventured off around the immaculate Gabbinbar Homestead grounds taking some couple portraits with the bride and groom.
The wedding reception was absolutely stunning and styled perfectly!
During the reception all the wedding guests walked outside to the pavillion to give the bride and groom a sparkler entry to their first dance which was EPIC!
After this, we took the bride and groom out for some night photos at their request where we had some fun with smoke sticks, sparklers and smoke spray. Thankfully they were good at holding their breath.
Seriously, this wedding was utterly beautiful, so well planned and styled, full of gorgeous guests and all centred around two very special people who are completely in love.
We wish you all the love and happiness in the world Kirsten and Matt!
Big Love,
Jesse & Mikala X
Gabbinbar Homestead, Queensland, Australian
Destination Wedding Photographers
Sunshine Coast Wedding Photography
Ballilogue, County Killkenny, Irish Wedding - Sunshine Coast, Australian Photographers - Nicola & Chad
Nicola and Chad, a Sunshine Coast based couple, decided to get married in the brideβs native country of Ireland. Weβre so happy they decided this and also that they wanted us to photograph their gorgeous destination wedding there.
The beautiful, rustic, country venue Ballilogue in county Kilkenny was the chosen place for this bride and groom to say βI do.β From the old stone buildings to the rustic wood floors to the butterflies dancing around the gardens, Balllilogue is a venue with so much to fall in love with.
Nicola and Chad are two very relaxed people, so it comes as no surprise that their day reflected this quality in them both. In fact the bride was choosing which spot she would like to hold the ceremony, around the wedding grounds and gardens, just a few hours before the start time.
The bride and groom were surrounded by some of their immediate family and a few close friends from Australia throughout this very intimate wedding day. The ceremony even stopped mid-way through so she could feed her baby boy, Oisin. For the majority of the wedding ceremony Nicola and Chadβs little family of four were altogether in front of their friends and family.
After the ceremony we took a few family photos before exploring some of the gorgeous gardens and buildings on the property. The afternoon light was pure magic which was perfect for the couple to have a few moments to themselves.
Tears and laughter, food and wine, music and dancing were enjoyed by all the guests who attended this wedding. A local folk duo came along to so sing some old Irish tunes which everyone loved. The kids particularly were up and dancing at the sound of the first notes played. The musicians told hilarious anecdotes in between songs that only the Irish people laughed at, purely because the Australians couldnβt understand a word they were saying!
This was a very special, family-oriented wedding day with ups and downs but most importantly, a tonne of love and laughter.
We wish you solar systems of love and happiness Nicola and Chad, just as you deserve!
Big Love,
Jesse & Mikala