And from the rawness & splendour of a tea ceremony to something just as traditional – a church ceremony at St Augustines of Coolangatta & a rather magnificent reception at the stunning ( & on this day, sweltering ) little other world that is Mavises Kitchen …… wow !

In many ways we felt as though we had spent a couple of life times with this group of people, not the bridal parties as such as this was a slightly less structured day in that sense but Choy & her two beautiful Dads & Mike with the Tanujaya clan from Indonesia who spoke very little english but were present in every moment as anybody could be at any wedding, anywhere.

It would be hard to overstate the amount of feeling that was here this day …. good guy marries great girl – everyone wins & everybody is here & in the moment. A wedding is never just a simple thing –  you always hope you get to shoot the ideal wedding no matter form it comes in ….. this is our ideal. Love, family, respect & a little bit of indulgence……

It’s a good day when you marry a man like Mike and your identical twin sister presents a slideshow of your life to this point & sings ” I have a dream ” by ABBA and then reveals she took singing lessons just so she could nail it ……. where do you go from there ???

Baby Choy & MT3 – thank you, thank you, thank you we love you all.

See you soon ! Ben, Jodie, Elsie & Maudie xoxoxo