What is the perfect wedding?

So often, the people I meet ask me about the weddings I photograph. Where they were, the kinds of people and what made them such special weddings. I often hear things about brands, nice locations and celebrity designers.

That’s usually when I start changing their mind of what a “perfect wedding” is.

I’ll normally talk about what my couple did in the morning. How they went for a surf together on the beach, or how they made breakfast for each other or helped one another get into their wedding outfits. I know, lots of my couples appreciate the finer brands and so do I, but I don’t particularly take note of those things, when there are so many other moments that mean so much more to me, personally.

I say that as someone watching from the side lines.

As someone, almost a complete stranger at a wedding.

That my stories of the most perfect weddings, are the ones where my couples get to spend the entire day together. And that’s it.

When Mills first called me, I hardly heard the word wedding. Instead, I heard party.

Mills and Mike, in Port Douglas.

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