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Gorgeous new sample album from Queensberry

We were so excited this week to get delivery of our lovely new sample album from Queensberry of New Zealand. Queensberry are one of the world's premiere album and book producers. Here's a quote from their website that sums up their approach:

We believe your photo book or wedding album should be as unique as you are. And yet if you turn the pages of most albums, they look much the same. We believe the people who will most value your new album haven’t been born yet. And yet most photo books and albums suffer from over-decoration and three months taste – a barrier between your photographs and the people who will treasure them in the future.

This sums up how we think about albums too, clean and uncluttered layouts without too many gimmicks or heavy handed photoshop.

Their albums are beautifully packaged and presented. After much deliberation we chose a silk cover with the couple's name on the front, the options are overwhelming! Here's some photos of this amazing album starring the very lovely Marie and Giovanni...

 

 

 

 

 

The photos are matted in a unique style, they appear to float in the matted page, yummy!

 

 

This is the "Duo" album, a contemporary fusion of matted, full-bleed and flushmount pages:

 

 

 

 

We also ordered the duplicate parent album with the same cover, it's adorable!

 

 

 

How often in life do you get to have a totally custom made product that is just for you?

We can't wait to start producing these albums for our clients  :)

Diane & Amber

 

Natalie & Patrick ~ state reception centre wedding perth ~

Nat & Pat were a dream to photograph! Super cute together and so much in love  :)

Their wedding ceremony was held at St Georges Cathedral in Perth, what a gorgeous venue. We went over the road to Supreme Court Gardens for the family photos where the kids had fun with a sculpture set up for the Perth Festival.

We stopped off for some photos near the Old Brewery and King St. The wind was totally insane and Nat was such a great sport putting up with her flying veil without any complaining.

We made a quick visit to the pines in Kings Park before heading to the reception at the new State Reception Centre room upstairs from Fraser's. Villa Kula provided some stunning furniture for the guests to relax while having their pre dinner drinks.

Nat's stunning gown was by Aubrey Rose and we were accompanied on the day by Launch Films.

Wei-Li and I really enjoyed this wedding... Nat and Pat's families made us feel really welcome.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diane & Wei-Li  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

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

Naomi & Rance ~ bluewater wedding ~

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A popular wedding date, I think couples may have chosen 11/11/11 for their wedding to make their anniversaries easy to remember?  Naomi and Rance held their ceremony at Bicton Quarantine Park right around 11am and included a fly over by military planes (possibly hired for a different event down the road). 

Rance and Naomi have four children between them who were included in all aspects of the day. The lunchtime reception at Bluewater Grill was well setup for the kids and their friends with kid friendly food and activities.

The centerpieces, chair covers, cake and bouquets were all supplied by Whirligig Designs.  Hair was by Ed from The Firm.

Looking forward to designing a gorgeous album with you both.

Amber and Di xx

 

 

Kristy & Steven ~ swan valley wedding sittella winery ~

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another intimate wedding at the one location, Sittella is a fabulous venue for weddings.  Did you know, Sittella often gets called Sittella's as people assume it's a family name but it's actually named after a small bird that can be found along the river nearby. 

Kristy and Steven live in Scotland and came home to Perth to tie the knot.  They hired some of our favourite classic cars from Belle Classic for the day.  Their drivers are always so courteous and helpful.

We managed the steal the couple away just before they joined their guests at the reception for some beautiful sunset shots.

Diane and Amber xx

Katrina & Aaron ~ the old brewery ~

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Katrina and Aaron held a gorgeous wedding for their family and friends with both the ceremony and reception held at The Old Brewery on the Swan River.  Pamela Eaves conducted the meaningful ceremony on the front lawn overlooking the river and city skyline.  The wedding flowers and reception decorations were by Latisha from Kiss Chasey Wedding Flowers, Katrina's dress by Bridal Obsessions, her hair and makeup by Lily Webb, cars by Belle Classic and cake by Cupid's Delight.

We really enjoy weddings at the one location, it takes a bit of running around out of the day.  There's more than enough photo locations around the Old Brewery to make it a fabulous venue for a wedding.

Diane and Amber xx