The Wedding Network | Sky High Glamour Styled Shoot | Aloft Perth Rooftop | 8 August 2017 {Perth Wedding & Event Photographer}

I really should have blogged this beautiful shoot long ago, but you know how it is, work and life get busy, and before you know it, another year has passed (I know, I know!).  But with my wedding season kicking off again next weekend, and the anniversary of this shoot falling right about now, I thought today would be as good as any to share it with you!

Held on the rooftop at Aloft Perth, one of the cities newest hotels, and overlooking the Swan River, we had the perfect venue for a stylish and sophisticated urban shoot, to showcase the work of a number of Perth's top wedding vendors for The Wedding Network.  Although being August, and being on the rooftop of a hotel, it was pretty damn windy - but it's amazing what you can do with a wad of blu-tac and a number of hands to hold things down between shots! 

And that light, we really couldn't have been blessed with more beautiful Winter light.  It reflected the soft pink tones of the styling, and picked up the eastern sky at dusk beautifully.  All cred to the amazing creatives who took part, for both their vision and the hard work that went into pulling such a beautiful styled shoot together on the day. 

It was a pleasure to be able to record it for you, and I think the results speak for themselves. 

The Wedding Network (co-ordination), Lace Petals and Hearts (stylist), Aloft Perth (venue), Event Artillery (furniture), A La Table (tableware), Synapse Event Lighting (lighting), Floral State (flowers), Bridal Select Cakes (cake), Hair For All Occasions (hair styling), Renata Jonev Makeup Artistry (makeup artist), Squiddly Ink (place cards), Creative Edge Weddings (crystals and geod rocks), Through The White Door (gowns), Linneys (jewellery), Chiara Fragomeni (model) 

Darren + Jess | WA Ballet Centre & Oakover Grounds | 21 May 2016 {Perth Wedding Photographer}

Earlier this year, Darren and Jess tied the knot with a beautiful ceremony at the incredible WA Ballet Centre in Maylands, Perth. This stunning art deco building, with its porticos, piers and defined plinth features, is a relatively unknown and little used wedding venue in Perth.

But I'm betting that's set to change, because its high ceilings, rustic wooden floors, exposed brick walls and wide, spacious rooms, make it absolutely perfect for weddings, especially if you're after an industrial or classical feel on your special day. 

And what a perfect venue for a wet weather day too!  And we should know, because on the 21st May, the wind blew sideways all day, broken only by intermittent, sleeting rain, and the odd burst of hail.  So we shot almost entirely indoors, from the bridal prep, to the ceremony, family photos and bridal party photos, using a mix of wide open apertures, high ISO's and on-camera flash - something we don't often need to do here in WA, where we are blessed with bright sunny days more often than not. 

 Then it was on to the reception at the rustic Oakover Grounds in the Swan Valley, where we did manage to grab a few outdoors shots, when the skies cleared for all of five minutes!  But despite the weather, and its best efforts against us, it was a fabulous day, and I'm just super glad that Darren and Jess chose me to be a part of it with them...