taree wedding Archives - Jo Nelson Photography

Leah and Dean’s Taree Wedding

December 19, 2018

Leah and Dean’s Taree Wedding

When I first met with Leah and Dean, they told me they wanted wedding photography that was authentic to who they are as a couple. They wanted photos that express their love and companionship in a down to earth way. They wanted to feature locations that are sentimental to them. Big smiles from me. There’s nothing more I love than photographing couples at places that mean something to them, and having them interact naturally so I can capture who they are. That’s part of why I love my job because it’s always different. I certainly don’t want a carbon copy of the last wedding I photographed. I want you to walk away with meaningful memories that are creative and beautiful, but personal. So this was perfect. Leah and Dean were married at Bowers Cafe. A Taree wedding, followed by photos with family on the grounds at the cafe. The ceremony was taken indoors because of wet weather. But they still enjoyed the beautiful country setting, as the ceremony opened up to the outdoors.

Leah and Dean chose to have photos taken in some beautiful locations both on and near their property just outside of Taree, which made it special for them. They took a walk through the most gorgeous tree plantation that I immediately fell in love with. The sun came out with perfect timing so that it could shine through the trees on queue. This made for some beautiful moments for Leah and Dean to enjoy each others company on their special day. This country setting was only made more beautiful at sunset when the clouds lit up in magical colours.

Beautiful wedding albums

July 28, 2016

I have received my new range of wedding albums to display and I’m in love with them! I’m enjoying showing my clients how beautiful their photos will look in a custom designed wedding album from my new range.

Layflat Wedding Albums

When you are looking at memories, nothing beats the experience of sitting in a comfy chair and browsing through the pages of a beautiful album. It simply can’t be replaced by digital images! There is something lovely about opening an album with a gorgeous cover, being able to touch and point to the photos on the page. Slowly turning the pages with your hands instead of clicking a button on the computer.

There has been some amazing innovations in album design over the years. This means that you have access to modern book-like albums, with pages that look more like pages from a magazine. The modern style of albums means that images that are printed to the edge of the page. Unlike albums of the past, we are no longer printing individual photos that are matted and mounted on the page.

The range of albums that I have included in my wedding packages have lay-flat pages that allow panoramic layouts to spread across both pages when it’s open. So there are no cuts in the print where the pages join. This allows for some beautiful album designs! Ahh yes I’ve seen photobooks before- you may say. But there is actually a big difference in quality between photobooks that are readily available to anyone to design and purchase online, and the professional albums that I create for my clients. You will see the difference in quality mainly in the colour of the photos on the page, and the thickness of the pages.

Flushmount wedding albums with a mini-version parent album

Flushmount album with a mini-version parent album

Wedding Albums- My range

My album range starts with Lay-flat Art Books which are printed like a book with rich and brilliant colours. They have true layflat binding and 0.5mm thick pages, so they flex just a little. Next up from this style of album are my Premium Flushmount Albums. These also have layflat panoramic pages, and are very strong rigid at 1.3mm thick. With these albums, the page designs are printed on high grade photo paper, which has a premium result.

I’m looking forward to designing many more beautiful wedding albums for my clients to curl up on the lounge with, and enjoy! Wedding photography is much more fun with albums! If you would like to arrange an appointment so that you can flip through some albums in person, please contact me! I would love to meet with you.

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Hallidays Point- starting something new!

June 16, 2016

I am really excited to re-launch my photography business Jo Nelson Photography- as a Photographer in the Forster area! Welcome to my blog! I’m now based in Hallidays Point which is near Forster, on the Mid North Coast in NSW. This is where my family and I have relocated, after traveling during 2015.

“Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue” so the saying goes.

Could we be off to a good start here? Sure, it’s a wedding saying- but I couldn’t help but notice that it fits (I suppose being in the wedding industry, you can’t help but think of wedding sayings!)…

New… After spending last year traveling around Australia with my family, it’s exciting to have settled in a new area here at Hallidays Point, 20 minutes from Forster. ready to start something new… wedding and portrait photography in a new location, with a new name.

Old… But of course it’s certainly not new all together, this photography thing that I do. I surprised myself when I realised that I have been working in photography for about ten years now! I have enjoyed the many years working in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region. So I’m actually continuing something that is an old love of mine.

Borrowed… When I was trying to picture my business here in our newly found home locale, it simply felt right that my business should borrow my name, because this is the kind of community where people get to know each others names… and so, ‘Jo Nelson Photography’ was born.

Blue… Ok, so there is blue in my logo, but I call it teal. That one is simple hey.

I’m actually not superstitious at all- but I do love weddings, and at least that helped to kick things off! So now I’ll keep explaining what’s happening here at Jo Nelson Photography.

Now that we have settled at Hallidays Point, the caravan is away…

I’m really excited to have moved to such a gorgeous coastal location, and we are also surrounded by many other beautiful locations that I’m looking forward to exploring as I photograph weddings and portraits.

I am completely spoilt in being able to experience so many amazing locations around Australia with my family last year. It was a brilliant adventure- and part of my philosophy to live life to the full. We formed so many great friendships on the road. And have so many memories etched in our minds of moments together where we felt the awe, laughter, tranquility, challenges and joy of our surroundings and time together. Relationships are so important and that’s why I love what I do- photographing people and their connection with each other, and so I’m looking forward to the future as a wedding and portrait photographer in Forster.

I’m currently working on being part of a few local upcoming bridal expo’s around Forster and Taree- so more to come on this in the near future.

I look forward to sharing with my blog followers many of the lovely people and places that I photograph. I hope that you will follow along and join me on this new adventure of mine around lovely Forster.

In the meantime- why don’t you have a look around my lovely new website! Start with my portfolio to look through some of my favourite images that I’ve put together.

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