Toni and Matthew’s Stylish Summer Wedding
The title of this post says it all! This was a quintessential Summer Wedding – and Waiheke was the perfect place to host it. The weather was stunning, blue sky and a hot hot sun blazing away. Toni and Matt chose to hold their ceremony on Onetangi beach by one of the big pohutakawa trees which was a great relief from the heat for their friends and family as they waited for Toni to arrive.
The summer theme was carried through the wedding by the use of a fresh yellow and white colour palette. They had an aisle of rose petals and had set up a beautiful pergola of sorts which was draped with flowing white linen. It looked just lovely – one if the nicest beach wedding beautifications I have EVER seen.
Anyway, enough talk from me! Here are some shots from the day…
I loved the hats that Matt and his groomsmen chose for the day. This is our Michael Jackson/Justin Timberlake tribute shot 
Actually, it’s not really although I did ask Matt to give me a falsetto “hee-heeee” noise so there must have a bit of that going through my head!
Toni looked gorgeous – I adored her beaded hairpiece! Hair and make up were done by Ashlee Kellett of Beautified. Toni’s bouquets were created by Vicky at Wildflower
Onetangi Beach looked exceptional…
(I know, I know, don’t be jealous but I just thought I’d mention that I L I V E H ER E ! :P )
Check out this beeee-utiful moment between mother and daughter. I LOVE it!
We headed over to Rocky Bay for some of our creative session before returning to a couple of other spots in Onetangi including my favourite end of the beach (it had suffered a minor flood which gave us some great reflections to work with).
Toni and Matt are self-declared non-photo people and I know they were a little apprehensive of the photoshoot part of the day but I distinctly overheard Matt saying “this isn’t so bad” at one point in the creative session and by the end of it he was spontaneously jumping off rocks! See, it IS fun to be photographed by me!!
Yep, they are skipping!
Gotta love big pools of water!
Back at The Dunes where Toni and Matt had their reception there were lots of lovely little touches which really made the reception look great.
Thanks Matt and Toni – it was a real pleasure being part of your big day! I hope you enjoy your ‘sneak peek’!
Gareth Robins (Auckland, New Zealand Wedding & Portrait Photographer) said,
March 3, 2010 @ 1:13 pm
Emma these are just gorgeous! Shot 2 & 3 are my favs. Love the details in the the hair. And lighting throughout is great. Nice work!!!
Emma said,
March 4, 2010 @ 3:50 pm
Thanks Gareth! It alway helps having such fun and happy clients to work with…
Lorraine Gibb said,
March 8, 2010 @ 1:11 pm
Hi Emma
Have many times tried to add a comment….now I read why!!
Have regularily gone onto your blog (I have one now too). Your photography is inspirational, can so see why you collect many top awards. Good to see hubby is still your essential piece of equipment!!
Top blog
Best Regards
Lorraine Gibb
Timaru
Emma said,
March 8, 2010 @ 7:59 pm
Thanks Lorraine! So lovely to hear from you! Yes, Lance is definitely still considered ‘essential equipment’ – LOL!! Hope you are well and having fun. How do I find your blog so I can check out your new work?
Matthew Hughes said,
March 10, 2010 @ 12:34 am
Hi Emma. I love your photos! I’m so wrapped that we had you there for our day! These photos are better than we could have ever hoped for, and we cant wait to see the rest of them. You really are fantastic and I hope your work brings you all that your looking for. Thanks so much, Matt.
Emma said,
March 10, 2010 @ 1:17 am
Thanks Matt! Lance and I loved being part of your day! The rest of the photos will be heading your way soon – will be in touch again next week….
Lorraine Gibb said,
March 14, 2010 @ 3:52 pm
Hi Emma….
Life down here is pretty hectic, our Focus Aorangi Club is absolutly thriving!!! I now belong to two other photo groups in ChCh as well….its a real passion!! Won myself a camera last week in the local “rag”. My blog certainly dosn’t compare, but if you like to take a look…………… http://www.lorrainegibb.blogspot.com
Regards to you both
Lorraine