Queensland Bride Expo March 28-30th

Just finished the Queensland Bridal Expo, 2008 done, its my 6 year of doing the show, I look forward to meeting new brides and grooms, I have to say though I am exhausted, over 1500 brides walked through the door, anyway while the shows are on , I never miss a chance to go around and say hello to all my friends, networking is a powerful thing , you need to have friends in business, heres a few pics of me with them , John Reyment , Joe, Andrew Porfryri, Stephen Walker, Robyn Hardgraves, David Cope,








My great friend Stephen Walker from Grapeshots Studios



My beautiful daughter Donna Marie







My great special friend Stephen Walker !

Andrew Porfryi and his beautiful wife Anna who are expecting their third child in the next few weeks.

Ross and Donnae E- Shoot Wednesday 26th March

Ross and Donnae met up with me at the Powerhouse, this afternoon, I knew straight away it was going to be a great shoot, the weather was overcast , and there was hardly no one there, which is always great for photo's, I met this couple last year and I must say I am so excited they chose me to be their photographer on their wedding day, Donnae is going to be one beautiful Bride, its so nice to be around the couples at this time, with their wedding only 6 months away, thanks for a great afternoon guys here's a few sneak peaks for your both, can't wait to see you both on your wedding day.

New Ad for the Wedding guide magazine

The Studio

This is our studio, lots of colour and light, we get so many couples from all over Brisbane, coming here. being located on the southside , we're only about 30 minutes from the city. I think its very homely and inviting working from home has its advantages, we can offer more flexible times to meet our couples, its a very relaxed enviroment too, but still maintaining a professional and ethical forefront.

Brook & Belinda 15th March

Brook and Belinda were married on Saturday at Southbank, the day started off with a exquisite gown from Wendy Makin, the brides jwellery was sensational thanks to her sister Sara, for making it perfectly to match her gown, A big thankyou to Belinda's parents for their kind hospitality, I really enjoyed myself, here's a few pictures guys , looking forward to seeing you both when you get back. It was a awesome day.

Christie and David

Our greatest thanks goes to That's Me Photography, we saw these guys at a Wedding Expo in Toowoomba 2006. They really caught our eye, think it was their friendliness and quality that shown through their work.
As the photography and video was such a big chunk of the wedding budget we wanted to take alot of time and thought into who we would choose. That's Me were a great choice in the end we had no reservations.
Upon meeting Paula we knew we were in good company when it came to media coverage for our big day.
The big day arrived, Dave and myself were feeling the many emotions, Paula and Leigh came to us in the most polite fashion that never made us feel uncomfortable.
Their presence never in any way inhibited us. If anything it was the coments they made that made us feel more and more relaxed with the process. We must admit we are not the photo type, I hate having a photo taken (Christie) but on the day after a bit of time I was made feel like a princess and loved every second of it.
Paula and Leigh took some amazing coverage of our ceremony. Leigh's video coverage was that amazing we can watch our ceremony word for word in our living room.
As the day was quick and emotional it is so nice to look back on our DVD and listen to every word of our ceremony.
The day we got our DVD from That's Me we raced home and put it straight on, I cried. I never knew that I could possibly relive the joy of my wedding day again, but I was able to. Dave and I are so very very thankful you That's Me for giving this to us.
On a lighter note, these guys really do help make a couple feel so more at ease with the whole enormity of a wedding day.
After the wedding ceremony we all met at the Japanese Gardens for bridal party shots, it was after 4pm, no one had lunch, and we turn up at the Gardens, heres Paula and Leigh waiting for us, with Cheeseburgers! What a kind gesture! Made the afternoon so much more relaxed.
We never realised how lucky we were till this weekend when we attended a wedding who had employed photographers who ordered them around. We were bewildered by this as we had such a positive experience from our photographers/videographers.
Honestly, were pretty frank people Dave and I, and if we had a problem with our service we would have said so, but we didnt' have to, this is why Paula and Leigh have established themselves as a down to earth and professional business.
Money was certinly not wasted in employing these guys, service was outstanding, they helped to make our day very special.
Thankyou Paula and Leigh once again for helping to make us feel like a prince and princess on our special day.
Christie and David Ollier.....

Thats Me Photography slideshow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muQ_zKAKCps

E- shoot Liz and Jason

I can't wait until Liz and Jason's wedding, which not until January 09, we had so much fun, I really love this couples sense of adventure and humor, Just the way they laugh and interact together is very touching, As we were taking images I asked Jason about the first time he saw Liz, and how he felt , as you can see by the images below , his whole facial expression changed, and he started to tell me how it was love at first sight. I love moments like these, its great to see the guys showing their emotions, anyway here are a few pics for them , hope you like them
thanks guys for a great afternoon, and thanks for the laughs.