Karen Buckle Wedding Photographer Sunshine Coast Noosa Maleny Photography Blog | "The photos are amazing"

Tiessa & Ryan (and the end of a huge year!)

Tiessa & Ryan are two of the loveliest people! Tiessa laugh's a lot and Ryan doesn't (more of a happy on the inside type guy) but it works! I'm so excited when couples come for an engagement portrait shoot. Makes their wedding way more relaxed and gives them some sweet "before" pictures. Thanks Ryan & Tiessa! 

On another note - I'm shooting my last wedding for this year today! This has been a massive year for me and after I finish taking care of all my 2011 brides and grooms I will be taking a break to be with my family! Thankyou so much for following my work. I appreciate you!

Steph & Luke

I'd photograph these two every day of the week if they'd let me. How cute are they!

my gold

I was asked recently to describe my style - it's really hard to do - for yourself - and like anything it's subjective and they're just labels we put on ourselves anyway. But what I can do is show you my gold - the one's i love - the one's i feel will touch the heart - maybe not immediately but in time when you  are looking for what matters and what's important and looking for the moments that created a life of happiness worth remembering some of my images might be there. I know at times I must be boring because I refuse to go dark and negative and that's because i've seen enough dark and negative in my lifetime - it's not what I want for myself or my future. That's why I love weddings i think - its one of the happiest days of your life - my kinda day! something i really want to be part of and help remember so in the dark times you might be lifted by an image like this. It's simple really...

This image is from the gorgeous Prema & Peter's Wedding at Sails Noosa 2011

Personal Work

Sometimes I spend an hour or so playing with flowers or shells or whatever inspires me and create images for me. I have the string of lights as a 40x60 canvas hanging in my living room and the green and pink one is sitting around waiting to be hung. I don't get much spare time, actually those words don't even compute in my mind. With three children and and a growing business it's a luxury to play - which is why I keep it simple. I can shoot frames and frames and only get one I really like.  I'm thinking the simplicity is what I crave. The colours are my happy colours. These have been taken over the past 3 years but I think they are becoming a collection. If you know me you know I adore flowers and I love the water. The top left was taken with my i phone at Cotton Tree last July- we go there a lot.  To the park and the cafe and Luca swings on the swings for what seems like forever. We sit in the sun - it's heaven! I love my life and I am so happy right now. I wonder where my photos will end up? Who knows? And who cares? These are for me.

weeds

are beautiful. A weed is but an unloved flower.  ~Ella Wheeler Wilcox

cos i do!

for my gorgeous husband - 17 years today xo

Team

It dawned on me just now (yes - I am a bit slow sometimes) that I have a big team of people that help me, in fact I have several teams that help me. And I appreciate that! 

First up when I show up at a wedding the bride did not not wake up looking like that! A team of hair & makeup professionals made her and her bridesmaids look that way.Then I do my thing.

Same with the venues, decorators, planners etc. I am the last to arrive and get to showcase their work in my pictures!

The Sunshine Coast in particular is blessed with hundreds of awesome wedding professionals! Just sayin!

When I leave the house for that wedding, or meeting, or networking event or conference I have the most precious team that allows me to do that, often rescheduling or sacrificing their time for me. Precious!

If I have a bad day or something irks me - another little support team who let me vent and get me through. Same team - equally helpful with advice type things and generally adding perspective. Love them!

I really could go on all day but I really just wanted to say I appreciate each and every one of you!

Thanks team!

Who's the wind beneath your wings? (lol - wrote that - cringed - then left it there)

Happy Thursday!

 

Karen

Personal

I have mixed feelings about posting personal stuff on the web. I seem to ride a wave from, ok with it, to, I'd rather not. So I usually dont. But why not? I dont have a problem posting photos of other people. Friday before I left for Hair of the Dog - my computer was being painful so I decided to run outside with Hannah for an impromtu portrait session. 54 frames later the sun was dissapearing and the midgies were attacking us so we came inside.

I really should do this more often. I love this photo. I LOVE this girl!

And Hair of the Dog was awesome - (QLD photogs) just go - it's so worth it! Amazing, inspiring talks by Matt and Katie, Jasmine Star, Dan O'Day and Sue Bryce. 

Gone to the beach...

...that was us this past weekend. It was so good just to spend time as a family. We swam and played scrabble and I finally got a photo of my 3 together and happy! Best weekend ever!

2010

2010 was amazing - so many beautiful people - so many beautiful weddings! So much fun! Thank YOU - you made 2010 truly amazing!