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Tattoo my Love

February 11, 2010 | 8 comments

“Noel Mason is the man behind award winning Ink Tattoo Studio in Palmerston North, New Zealand and Denise Candy is the woman behind the man behind award winning Ink Tattoo Studio” Photographer Stephen told me.

“I first met Noel a couple of years back when I paid him to put holes in my body. Those holes have long since closed up, but Noel has become a good friend and is the guy responsible for the pretty drawings (kick-ass tattoos) that I wear proudly on my skin.”

“When Noel introduced me to Denise, it was pretty clear he thought he’d won the jackpot. Together, they make a wonderful, crazy couple, and I was honoured when Noel asked me to shoot his missus (with my camera, of course!) on their wedding day.”

“The night before the big day we all scooted over to Levin to see Dave Stevens at Electric Ink Studio for the tattooing of Noel n’ Denise’s wedding rings. Dave tattooed Noel. Noel tattooed Denise, and I winced like a little girl at the sight of the tattoo gun making its mark on their fingers. But the photos were uber cool, and there was definite anticipation in the air for the day to come.”

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A Halloween-esque Steam Train of Epicness

December 21, 2009 | 4 comments

Kim & Alex’s wedding hit me like a steam train of epicness when I laid eyes on it. I’m pretty sure my incessant ramblings can’t bring it justice so I think it’s only fair I hand over to Kim with all the fantastic details. As usual, I’ll be back with the eye candy.

“Originally our theme was “Halloween Town” from Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas”, but as time went on, our theme evolved beyond Tim Burton to include other geeky things we love as a couple such as zombies, toys, film and… well… Halloween!

We were mostly inspired by films (predominantly Tim Burton and Zombie flicks) and our own Halloween experiences. We just looked at the little things we loved most and used that to make our wedding our own.”

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Hollywood Rock

December 18, 2009 | 2 comments

Megan & Marcelo met at a punk rock bar in Hollywood… so naturally their wedding would have elements of rock too. The day took place at the ube cool Marvimon in LA with the beautiful flowers being put together by Holly Flora. The bride wore a short hip wedding dress by Amsale and shoes by Gwen Stafani’s label, L.A.M.B. The groom looked similarly hot to rock in his skull themed accessories. All the music was hand picked and complimented by the couple’s favourite videos projected all night behind the dance floor. It felt like The Rolling Stones, Bowie, Devo, Love and Rockets and Nick Cave all attended the bash as well! The guests kept saying was that this wedding was just soooo Megan & Marcelo…and that is one the best compliments a couple can get.

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Old Hollywood, Mexican Punk Rock!

November 30, 2009 | 5 comments

Summer & Christopher’s wedding took place in July in a cemetery/mausoleum where the bride’s mother works at their beautiful 1920’s era chapel – certainly made for some awesome shots huh!? Summer told me:
“It didn’t bother us that the chapel had a mausoleum inside of it. It’s not that we were being purposely macabre, but we both have an understanding of the cycle of life, and felt that it would be beautiful, appropriate, and romantic, to have our wedding in a place which encompassed beauty and history. It was also a nice tribute to my mom, who brought me up with the understanding that death is just another part of life”

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Til Death Do Us Part

November 26, 2009 | 3 comments

This British groom and his Texan bride may have met at a Chicago Cubs game but flew back to Texas to get married. Both parties brought some of themselves into their day – most notably in the cakes! Matt must certainly be a football (soccer) fan. I loving Holly’s Justina McCaffrey dress from Belle Vie Bridal Couture in downtown Chicago, the Rock n Roll graffiti portraits (’til death do us part’ how perfect is that!?) and the masquerade ball-esque masks.

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Rock n Roll Edge

October 6, 2009 | 6 comments

Veronica sure is one sexy lady – from sweet and innocent to full on vamp, don’t you love how these images paint two completely different pictures of her? Seriously gorgeous with an awesome rock and roll edge. perfection!

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Through and Through

September 16, 2009 | 1 comment

A bride in a black dress, fluevog shoes and black birdcage veil. A groom wearing aviators, a tribly hat and a belt with skulls on it. I think you’ll agree that Sean & Chantal are Rock n Roll through and through!

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Awesome Locations

August 25, 2009 | 1 comment

Chad & Erin of Fuller Edge always choose the most awesome locations for their shoots. With Angel & Craig, who rocked their wedding with skull cufflinks, converse trainers, a pink wedding dress and adorable pink and green details (clicky here for the full set), Chad & Erin took them to a junkyard for these fab shots. I am loving the use of water and the texture in every single image. Wonderful!

Thanks to Chad & Erin for sending these to me. I always adore their work!

Credit: Fuller Edge Photography

McMarried

July 17, 2009 | No comments

Do you remember Jen & Grant’s McEngagements? Well the couple went and got married and there was no Mcdonalds in sight.

Jen & Grant cleverly integrated the color blue as a tribute to grant’s favorite team duke as well as tying in a playstation theme (see cufflinks below), and left plenty of room for her obsession with skulls. the hampshire house wedding venue was transformed for jen and grant’s dream wedding. for the ceremony, grant’s best man served as the officiant by becoming a JP for a day, by getting his one-day marriage designation in the state of massachusetts. they had one of the coolest sets of bridesmaids and groomsmen i’ve worked with. after the ceremony, the newlyweds allocated a bit of extra time beyond traditional formal photographs to allow for some creative portraits walking around downtown boston in the boston public garden and an MBTA subway station. at the reception, DJ addam bomb provided music that had everyone on the dancefloor, including jen’s 86 year old grandfather rocking out to billy idol’s “white wedding.” if you are having a boston wedding and are looking for a DJ that can throw down great alternative music, yet still has a tasteful demeanor, this is your guy.

Thanks to photographer, Heather Parker for sharing this cool blue wedding!

ps if you are following me on Twitter or you are a fan on Facebook, you would have already been treated to a couple of sneak peaks of my photo shoot with Chanelle & Craig Segerius-Bruce. I can not wait to share the rest with you but for now, why no go have a little nosey?

Credit: Heather Parker Photography

Chameleon Bride!

April 7, 2009 | 3 comments

I am loving this chameleon-esque Bride! This cutie couple were lucky enough to get an array of talented photographers to take photographs of them! I really wanted to share both their bridal shoot, taken by Brian Bastinelli (the photos with the red hair) and their fabulous wedding photographs, taken by the genius that is John Michael Cooper with you right now.

Staysi sent me a fantastic description of their day..hey, she sounds just like me!
Our wedding and ceremony were located at the Las Vegas Art Museum. my black and white dress is Watters and the short white dress is Betsey Johnson. Dave is wearing Armani with custom chuck taylors with our wedding date embroidered on them. I think our wedding was rock n roll because we didn’t try to be anything we weren’t. Dave wanted to wear chucks, I wanted pink hair, and I did not want a white dress! Growing up in Vegas and going to a million weddings, I knew I did not want the typical Vegas wedding at a casino banquet hall where you could take a picture and basically change out the heads on the bride and groom and you wouldn’t know whos wedding it was. I wanted a wedding that no one else has ever seen or been to. We also skipped a lot of the traditional wedding things that didn’t mean anything to us and added things we thought our guests would love. Basically we just wanted a big party, and from what everyone still says about it, we succeeded.

As always, I am loving all my wonderful readers right now, thanks so much for sending these my way Staysi!