2 discoveries from my optometrist trip this morning. 1. I need new glasses 2. The crotch of my bike gear isn't as waterproof as I'd like.
1Jan/120
Hargreaves Photography – looking back over 2011
We'd like to wish our clients, both current and prospective, a very happy new year!
Our wonderful couples, together with their friends and families, made 2011 a fantastic year for Hargreaves Photography, with a record number of weddings and the most amazing trip to Canada to shoot a wedding in the Rockies. We've met some genuinely fabulous people over the year and have been lucky enough to share their wedding days with them.
2012 is on target to be another great year, with wonderful weddings to look forward to and a couple of exciting new projects ready to launch early in the year.
Before our 2012 wedding photography season springs to life, I thought that I'd look back over our 2011 wedding photographs and share some of my favourite images that I've created for our clients over the last year.
No more words, just photographs. I hope you enjoy them........
7Aug/110
Chantelle & Avedis | Pyrmont Point Park
Chantelle & Avedis were married in a beautifully simple ceremony surrounded by close family and friends at the BDM Registry at Chippendale, after which we stopped in at Pymont Point Park for some wedding portraits by stunning Sydney Harbour.
Unusually for me, I hadn't met Chantelle and Avedis in person before their wedding day and we only had around an hour together to make some beautiful images to remember their day by.
We just clicked on the day, and I think we worked well together to produce some striking wedding photographs.
12Jun/110
Jury Duty
It's true, I'm behind on blogging my favourite photographs from recent weddings, but I do have a good excuse.
I've spent the last few weeks sitting on a jury at the Sydney Downing Centre, meaning that I have been working into the evenings to make sure that our clients still the same quick turnaround of their wedding images and beautiful albums that we're renowned for.
Now I'm back in the office, it's time to get on top of all those business tasks that I had to put to one side.
If you see a lot of posts over the next day or so, it's not that I've been shooting back to back weddings for the last couple of weeks, I'm just playing catch-up again!
I'm not spamming you, I promise 
27Jan/110
Teresa & Stefan | Wedding on Fairlight Beach, Artichoke Gallery Cafe Reception
I don't think I could ever tire of shooting wedding photographs on Sydney Harbour. I've been exploring the harbour for much of the 14 years that I've lived in Sydney, and just when I think that I've found all the picturesque wedding locations on Sydney Harbour, a couple tells me they have found another location for their wedding with a beautiful harbour setting.
The headland at Freshwater Beach, where Teresa and Stefan were married, provided stunning views of the harbour out to Sydney Heads, Manly Wharf and the amazing bushland views of Sydney Harbour National Park.
An early evening wedding made the most of the beautiful golden light of the setting sun and the pool at Freshwater Beach was perfect for some romantic shots of the new Mr & Mrs Mann.
Teresa & Stefan's reception was held at the very cool Artichoke Gallery Cafe in Manly.
18Jan/110
Marcela & John | Observatory Hill & Waterfront Restaurant, Sydney, NSW
It would be safe to say that I love it when there are young children at weddings. Inevitably I find myself sprawled on the ground capturing shots of the children having even more fun than the grown-ups.
At this recent wedding at Observatory Hill Sydney, Xavier shared the limelight with mum & dad, Marcela & John, but only after a sustained period of worm catching with a friend!
Marcela & John's guests had travelled from all over the globe to attend their big day and I couldn't have thought of a better way to showcase Sydney for the overseas visitors than a wedding on Observatory Hill with the Sydney Harbour Bridge as a backdrop.
Guests enjoyed a post-wedding ceremony drink at Cruise Bar, at the Overseas Passenger Terminal whilst we took advantage of the varied backdrops for some stunning wedding portraits in The Rocks.
Marcela & John's wedding reception was held at Waterfront Restaurant within the heritage-listed, 1839-built, Campbell's Stores, which overlook the Sydney Opera House and provide stunning views of Sydney Harbour and the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
