Margaret River
wedding photographer

Tall eucalypts, lakes, open paddock and the bay, roughly three hours’ drive south of Perth. We travel down for weddings across the Margaret River region and the wider South West, and these are the places we already know.

We photographed Danja & Andre at Eight Willows Retreat in Metricup in July, and Steph & Brad at Meelup Farmhouse, in the bush between Dunsborough and Eagle Bay. Two very different days: a lakeside property on 75 acres of bushland, and a hobby farm in a regional park built for sixty guests.

Couples worry about winter down here, and it is worth not writing it off. On a clear day the winter sun stays low all afternoon, which is exactly what portraits want, and the bush is at its greenest. The catch is that the good light comes early, so portraits go before the reception, not after it.

The country changes from venue to venue. Around Meelup the bush is low and open, and the light stays soft and even through the afternoon. Further inland, tall eucalypts break the light into patches that need a photographer who knows where to stand you. We plan for whichever one your venue has.

A South West wedding is a weekend rather than a day trip — for your guests and for us. That is good for the photographs: when everyone is staying nearby, nobody is watching the clock for the drive home and the evening gets to run. Travel for South West weddings is confirmed on enquiry rather than assumed.