My best friend's wedding - Eileen and Rob

E and i have known each other since junior college, the stage of secondary education a lot of people know as senior high. We've managed to keep up a very close 11 year friendship despite being in different states/continents through most of it, and i often wonder that i scored such a great friend, confidante, and taker-of-bullsh*t, because she gets a heap of flak from me about everything, all the time, and doesn't actually seem to mind too much.

So when i asked her "have you found a photographer yet" after her boy proposed and wedding prep was underway, i was completely thrilled when she responded with "yeah, i'm assuming it will be you."



E's always been a bit of a vintage loving girl. She likes weird old things, and makes them work for her, as you'd see from her wedding finery, or her impressive collection of vintage cameras. When i happened onto Paige Elizabeth's Photographers... unbridal shoot, i just had to plagarise the theme, since she already had the equipment!



On the day, we utilised the beautiful lobby of the InterContinental Sydney, where she and Rob were staying before their honeymoon. Us girls went and monkeyed around taking photos while Rob got ready up in the room. No shots of the groom posted unfortunately, as he's a little shy!







The ceremony and lunch were held at Cafe Sydney, which was a fabulous location with a view (and what a view!), great food and wine, enhanced by the jazz band which gave rhythm to the relaxed tone of the day.



There was a short tea ceremony on the deck of the restaurant, followed by the marriage ceremony, which was classic of them both. Her vows were a poem by e. e. cummings, his were 5 chocolates...



...and three words, "yes that's it" after he'd given them to her one by one.



In keeping with his strong-silent-type exterior for the day, Rob found an outlet for his customary dry, wise-cracking self by announcing his newly married status with Scrabble:



Heh.

Congratulations guys! Here's to a lifetime of love and happiness.





Edit: E put more shots up on her flickr site. Go here to view