Rockabilly Farm Wedding

I had the privilege of being asked to be a part of several very cool themed weddings last year. This is from one – that of Ross & Magenta. It was a Rockabilly Style theme in red, black and white.

Ross & Magenta got ready in 2 rooms at opposite ends in a little hotel/motel with it’s own pub literally in the middle of nowhere – making it a very relaxed and fun affair. I got to bounce from one room with the boys to the other with the girls and it was a great atmosphere!

They had the ceremony and reception at the Kooroomba Lavender Farm and Vineyard, which was an absolutely stunning backdrop of rolling purple lavender fields and vineyards, not to mention the barn style restaurant. Although the weather was particularly crazy resulting in the ceremony having to be moved inside at the last minute due to it being very windy, that didn’t stop us braving the weather the getting some amazing shots! While outside amongst vines with the storm clouds rolling in over the mountains we all stopped and looked at each other and yelled “run!!” – and bolted through the rows of lavender to pile through the doors, high heels in hands, just as it came pouring down – to the cheers of the onlooking guests. Just as quickly as it had arrived it then disappeared leaving a stunning backdrop of a spectacular sunset through rain drenched windows and a beautiful rainbow cascading over the lavender.

The inside of the restaurant was dressed by Styled Events from West End, providing amazing candelabras and sweet cherry covered chairs for the bridal party. The absolute piece de resistance though was the fabulous topsy turvy wedding cake with its brilliant personalised cake topper, which had the bride and groom sporting all of their usual tattoos and piercings, making it unmistakably them.

Ross & Magenta – Thank you so much for letting me be a part of your uber amazing wedding!

To see more images from this wedding go to the gallery Ross & Magenta

Best Wedding Photos of 2011

Hi All,

Happy New Year!

The end of 2011 saw me swamped with weddings, which was fantastic! I had the pleasure of being a part of some beautiful, creative weddings. Ranging from Rock n’ Roll Rockabilly, through to Vintage Handmade, and everything in between!

As I’m still working on most of these for my lovely couples, I have not had a chance to blog about lots of fun stuff that’s been going on – but just to keep you all interested here is a sneaky look at some of the best weddings of 2012.

Keep an eye on our Facebook page for a more up to date look at what’s going on, or go to our Weddings gallery on the website for more wedding photography.

Our Wedding price list will be getting an overhaul in the very near future, so if your looking at booking for this year get in quick to secure at 2011 prices!

Wishing you all the best for 2012 – and can’t wait to meet and shoot a whole lot more super interesting people this year……

Leoni

Nat & Darcy Calendar 2012

For those of you waiting for the 2012 Calendar from Nat & Darcy – Here’s a sneak peek from behind the scenes.
Big thank you to all of my beautiful models (and their very patient owners)!! Your images will soon be up on the website and we will keep you posted on the progression of the calendar. To be continued….

Craig & Kristy’s Wedding

It was one of those days on the Gold Coast – Perfect one minute, pouring the next! Luckily for Kristy and Craig though by the time they got their kit on and were ready to walk out of the door and get married, the clouds parted and the sun came beaming through! Both parties got picked up in classic old vintage buses, in red for the girls and of course blue for boys. They were married in the Botanical Gardens on the Gold Coast and it was magnificent!

Congratulations Craig & Kristy! It turned into an absolutely wonderful day and I’m so glad to have been a part of it with you!! x

Engagement Photography Session

Engagement Shoot Bridal Expo Winners!!

Kristy & Tim were some of our recent lucky winners to win an Engagement Shoot at Leoni Bolt Photography. This cute as young couple wanted to get some sunset shots and although it was still quite early in the day we were able to get some great shots that played with what the sun had to offer.

Congratulations Kristy & Tim! You guys are so cute together. Best of luck with your wedding next year!!

Save the Date cards can now be added to your Engagement Photo Shoot Packages to make sure no-one double books your Wedding Day!!

To Book your Engagement or Couple Shoot email: mail@leoniboltphotography.com and be sure to include your contact number!

Down the Rabbit Hole…

This week we took a whimsical trip to Wonderland, inspired by the truly famous book by Lewis Carroll – Alice in Wonderland. With a boot full of props, Sam and I headed out to the pine forest in search of somewhere for our adventure to take place. It was a beautiful sunny afternoon, with just enough wind to make it a bit of fun!

If you have an inspirational idea you would like to shoot, let’s see if we can make it happen!!

Here’s a sneak peak of our trip down the rabbit hole…..

Pin-up Girls!

Here’s a peek at a recent shoot with Lauren Amy Rose.

We managed to get access to wrecker yard which was an awesome location for our pin-up shoot! Lauren brought along her friend and personal make-up artist Krissi. Both girls work at Dark Magik Tattoo & Body Piercing.

See more in the gallery Pin-up 2

Don’t forget to come & visit us at Greazefest on Sun Aug 7th!

Wedding Mania!

Hi all!
It’s been a while…
Here at Leoni Bolt Photography we have been gearing up for Wedding Season, doing Wedding Expos and meeting with our new brides and grooms preparing for their big days!

Last weekend was the Wedding Expo at Bribie Island hotel, and we were really impressed with the turnout!
The first 200 guest received a gift bag with plenty of goodies. We gave away 4x $100 Wedding Vouchers as well as a $600 Engagement Photo Session Package!

We also ran a competition at our stall for another Engagement Package valued at $295. The winner will be drawn on Tues 12th July, so for those who have entered be sure to check your emails or keep your phone handy that day!!

We met lots of new wedding industry friends from make-up artists to function organisers and even some brilliant fire twirling crews!!
Thanks to everyone that came along and made it such a great day!!

We will also be at The Belvedere Hotel at Woody Point – Redcliffe on Sunday the 10th July if you would like to come and visit. This event is being held by 1st Class Weddings and Events and should be another awesome day! There will be another opportunity to win a $600 Engagement Photo Session Package as well as the continuation of the competition at our stall.

Following this we will be at Greazefest at Rocklea Showgrounds  on Sunday 7th August, so if you like hot cars and even hotter lads and ladies we suggest this will be a great day out.

Stay tuned for some fabbo photo sessions as we will be do another shoot with our friends from Cadillac Barbie this weekend – it’s gonna be a hoot!!!

Till next time!

Leoni

Kiddlywinks

One of my favourite parts of being a photographer, is getting an insight into people’s lives and personalities, and being able to become a part of that even if it only for a short time. Documenting people and their lives.
This piece is the result of a photo shoot I did of a couple of gorgeous little tykes, the beautiful little boys of a couple of people I’ve known for a very long time.
When I first met Thomas & Max’s parents, we were all just your regular hospitality crew, working crazy split shifts and loving our Sunday Sessions down by the river. I never would have thought back then that these two would become a couple, and then produce these cute as kids!
It’s great when you get to see the children of those you know and spend some time with them, becoming their friend as well. It’s so special to watch their little personalities which are a mixture of their parents, and you can pick out their mannerisms and idiosyncrasies.
I’m excited to see these boys grow up and watch them become little adults. Thanks for hanging out with me Thomas & Max!

Alternative Bridal Couture Fashion Shoot

I was extremely lucky to have been involved in a brilliant collaboration of local businesses recently in Brisbane. We did an Alternative Bridal shoot with some of Brisbane’s hottest models sporting plenty of ink and attitude!

I’d like to thank  Cadillac Barbie – Brisbane’s only alternative salon for getting everyone together and co-ordinating it all, especially Jay for getting everyone involved, but also the rest of the crew that gave up their Sunday to put their creative skills to work on our stunning models.

Casey, Trey Amy and of course Jaz on make-up. You Guys Rock!!
If you want to go visit them and get an awesome style, colour, up-do – whatever, they are more that capable of anything you put to them and can be found through this website: http://www.cadillacbarbie.com/

Aaron from Aaron Singfield Image Solutions also put together some video, the first of which can be seen here:

Now let me introduce our models:

Katie Richardson

Kimberley Amos

Ali Darling

Carly-Jade Haora

Sara Fabel

Ben Trainor

The team at Cadillac Barbie put in a full day with some of them starting at 9am! When I arrived there were half done models everywhere. The team were teasing, curling and hair-spraying like crazy. The place was choccas, but as usual the tunes were pumping and everyone was gearing up for the coming shoot. I’m sure the people walking by were wondering what the hell was going on, with everyone walking in & out inked up and rockin out the massive up do’s! Gotta love massive hair! Especially when it stays there!!

As you can see – Ali’s big hair managed to stay like this all day. I didn’t envy her trying to brush it out when she got home though….
The beautiful old car turned up at 3pm thanks to Adrian from Princess Luxury Classics http://www.princessluxuryclassics.com.au/

We started outside, but of course not long after we got stuck into it and got our groove on, it started to rain. We did manage to get a few good ones in though, before we grabbed the gear and dashed for cover.

This little Pizza Face was a great little helper too – feeding everyone Jelly beans and pizza, and handing out props. I think she ate more pizza than she gave out though!

The Melbourne Hotel across the road was kind enough to let us use their venue to shoot in which was great since there was so many of us! The Melbourne Hotel in general has been done up so beautifully in recent years, with the latest addition – The Lotus Room, styled in Art Deco and the perfect location for our shoot as you can see.

We even had some luscious cakes and flowers dropped in thanks to Deliberately Delicious http://www.deliberatelydelicious.com.au

and Flowers De Lush
http://www.flowersdelush.com.au

I think everyone who contributed was impressed with the collaboration of like-minded individuals and it was such a fun day! Even if it ended with cake on our face!

I hope we can get together again soon and do another fabulous shoot!! It is so great to be involved with such an awesome team!

For more photos check out the gallery: http://leonibolt.photoshelter.com/gallery/Alternative-Bride/G0000u.oprushG3g