amy & pete

It would be easy to talk about the red dress, the cars, the tattoos, the quiffs.

But what I really took away from Amy & Pete’s wedding day was laughter, and music. Kids being kids. Adults being kids. Everyone having fun.

And the best spit roast I have eaten at a wedding. Everyone should have their receptions at the pub.

Lynsey T - Amazing story-telling of an awesome wedding. Great work!

benj haisch - what a rad couple. super jealous.

Tyler - so many good images. love the processing and telling of the day. job well done!

Kellee Walsh - Awesome Darin! Such a unique wedding. Love the dress!

sally watts - Just…wow! I don’t even know where to begin. What incredible images of a clearly awesome couple’s wedding. I love the getting ready shot in front of the mirror so much. I was actually looking around the frame, taking it all in, saying to myself that all the competing elements actually added so much to the image, rather than detracting, when I was like, “Who! Dude drinking orange juice!” Totally didn’t see that at first. :)
So cool.

megan noonan - Damn, I love this wedding! The bride and groom are a perfect fit, the style of the wedding is spot on, the portraits are amazing, and your photojournalism tops it all off. Well done.

Jason Burns - I love the unique style of this wedding and you did amazing capturing it.

Bryan C - Wow! Incredible work

Boda en Ipad - Superb compositions and framing, lot of emotions captured. Great work.

Shari - You have sooo many good photo journalistic images in this set. The image with the little girl running to the bridal party is a really stellar image though! So well seen and timed.

rahul - one word. amazing! brilliant set!!

Eduardo Suastegui - You did a very nice job capturing this very hip and happening wedding.

Veronica Varos - I love these. :)
The shot through the glass is uh-mazing.

jonny - Love the dress, and the couple looks like a lot of fun!

julianne markow - Wow, awesome dress, awesome couple, beautiful coverage, love it!

Mercedes - Darin these are just gorgeous! I really love those shots of her after she’s done getting ready and the group shot in front of that wall.

Bec - gorgeous!! what a great wedding to be a part of! I love how different it was, and your portraits are fantastic!

stacy squires - these are great!!! nice work!!!

Louis Blythe - Great Shots! Very Stylish! Love the reds!

bek - Bloody awesome Darin!!!!!

kirsten & tom. a preview

I know two things about Melbourne’s weather.

It is fickle.

But in April, when it’s perfect – it is perfect.

And Kirsten and Tom deserved every glorious moment.

Derek Martinez - Gorgeous wedding and your portraits are stunning!

Jakub - Fantastic work once again mr. Collison!

Bek - So soft and dreamy! God you’re good!! What a stunning bride!

Anton Chia - Great romantic softness these photos are! Bride has the most beautiful eyes!

Ryan Brenizer - She is so beautiful, and part of that is how well her personality comes through even in subtle images. Love it.

Albert Palmer - Incredible use of light from start to finish.

Matt Stanton - Love the shots in the vines. Stunning throughout.

Sam Gibson - That group shot with the vineyards behind is gorgeous. A really lovely looking wedding and great images.

ed peers - Clean and superb compositions… Great work.

Heather Burks - That first shot is AMAZING!

Eduardo Suastegui - If I had one word to describe your wedding photography, it is “delicate.” I love the delicate touch you display in these photos.

Kelsie Taylor - Beautiful wedding! I love the softness of your photos. :)

Paul Nguyen - Great photos! Great use of tones and colours!

Angi - Love the composition of the B&W image with the bridal party amongst the vines…. Awesome shadows!

sunset

I’m pretty obsessive compulsive about editing. I spend way too long tweaking. Fixing. Adjusting colour, contrast, curves – getting the image to look just how it does in my head.

This shot is SOOC – straight out of camera.

It was an epic sunset tonight.sunset portrait, yarra valley wedding

Boda fotografia - Indeed, is a great photography, a great framing and colors.

marieke - Stunning image Darin!

happiness is a leaf

Long time blog readers will know that my family got bigger a while ago. Quite a while ago.

Almost a year, even.

James turns one in a few days. He has grown into a hell of a handful. A beautiful, scruffy, adorable, gung ho, loving, fun, happy amazing boy.

I just picked him up from childcare. It is a perfect autumn afternoon.

And sometimes, I have to remind myself to take photos of these things just because they are so fleeting. And so beautiful.