DeRay Simcoe Photography wedding photography perth australia

Welcome to the blog of Diane DeRay and Amber Simcoe

Hi! Thanks for visiting our blog where we share photos and stories from our latest shoots and a little bit of stuff about ourselves. We are based in Perth, Western Australia. We love weddings and portraits and specialise in relaxed, natural black & white photography.

We both won GOLD awards for our entries at the 2011 Australian Professional Photography Awards.

Visit our website at www.deraysimcoe.com.au for more information or call us 9328 6911.

We also have a Facebook page at www.facebook.com/deraysimcoe

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Diane & Amber xx

Nadia & Anthony ~ state reception centre wedding perth ~

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nadia and Anthony planned a very special wedding on an exciting date, New Years Eve.  Every detail was well thought out and complimented each other beautifully.  Nadia's cousin Mandy is a bride of ours from 2007 and played a huge role in the wedding arranging the bouquets, flowers in the church and reception decorations in association with Flowers in Bloom.

Monsignor Keating conducted the service at St Columba's South Perth.  Guests enjoyed the refreshments provided after the ceremony as it was quite a humid day. 

Nadia, all the bridesmaids and even the adorable flowergirl Scarlett were dressed by Kevin Rafael from Galleria Couture.  Scarlett is Mandy's daughter, here's a link to photos we took when she was just a baby.

Their reception for 180 was held at the newly refurbished State Reception Centre above Fraser's in Kings Park.  We just love the changes with an amazing balcony opening onto the trees and view of the city.

You could tell Nadia and Anthony were enjoying every minute of their huge day which is so great to see. Thank you so much for inviting us to be a part of it!

Diane and Amber xx

Baby Oliver

Diane and I fell in love with this gorgeous little man when we visited him before Christmas when he was just a week old.  He is the new arrival for one of our wedding couples from 2010.  Rachael and Michael - Millbrook Winery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diane and Amber xx

 

Merry Christmas everyone!

We are taking a short break over Christmas and New Year so the office will be closed until Wednesday 4th January.

We have two weddings to shoot between Christmas and New Year's though so stay tuned for more lovely wedding photos in early 2012...

Thank you so much to all our lovely clients and supporters :)

Diane & Amber xx

Emma and Ben ~ UWA wedding ~

 

 

 

 

We LOVE Emma and Ben! They are a gorgeous young couple, based in London and held a beautiful wedding here in Perth.

Emma got ready at a super stylish apartment in the new Claremont Quarter before meeting up with Ben at the Sunken Gardens in UWA. It was a lovely ceremony by Gayle O'Leary Barlow and despite everyone worrying about the weather it stayed fine all day :)

We took some photos at UWA before heading up to King's Park with the bridal party. Everyone was so relaxed and happy, it made for lovely photos.

Emma's Grandad Lach was really unwell in the week leading up to the wedding so he spent the wedding day in the cardiac unit at SJOG in Subiaco. Diane went with Emma and Ben for a quick visit on the way to reception. He was so surprised and happy that Emma made it to see him, there were quite a few tears (including some from Diane). We just love the photos we managed to capture and he was so proud of Emma.

The reception was help upstairs at Matilda Bay restaurant. Emma amazing dress was by Julie Calabrese and was finished so beautifully, it was the only wedding dress we have ever seen with a hidden pocket, what a wonderful idea! The flowers were by Rebecca Grace.

We were accompanied on the day by Perth Wedding DVD ,they are really easy to work with and have a similar unobtrusive style to ours.

Thank you so much for choosing us to part of your special day Emma and Ben and also to your lovely family and friends who made us feel so welcome.

Diane & Amber xx

Lexie & Rafal ~ Royal Perth Yacht club wedding ~

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lexie and Rafal planned their wedding from Melbourne. We got to know Lexie's Mum Eva (wedding helper extraordaire) very well! It was a little bit cold and windy on their big day but that didn't stop everyone from having a wonderful time.

Lexie got ready and her parent's home in Mosman Park before meeting up with Rafal at their ceremony at the chapel at St Thomas More College opposite UWA. It was a cute little church with beautiful stained glass windows.

We took photos at Claremont Museum and King's Park before heading to the reception at the Royal Perth Yacht Club. Lexie wore a beautiful dress by Luci DiBella of Melbourne and the car was from Richmond Palace limos.

Thank you for inviting us to be part of your special day Lex and Raf, it was so lovely to see a couple surrounded by such loving and supportive family and friends.

Diane & Amber xx