Meet Dani & Matty... two awesome individuals, who together make a dynamite duo. They are just a couple weeks off marriage, and life couldn't be better right now! They are soon to be one very inspiring, enthusiastic, humble, sweet, and unstoppable husband and wife team.
They've actually just left our house after a final pre-wedding catch up and a tonne of lolly cake... and it's made me even moooore excited about their wedding! Plans are coming together, days are flying by quickly, and April 19th will be here any minute.
But let's not get ahead of ourselves... because I have a glorious engagement shoot to show off! This night was seriously perfection wrapped up in magnificence. Tunnel Beach put on a real show for us - with dolphins (I've never even heard of them around there before!), golden sunsets, and a totally calm, still evening. And when we added in Matty and Dani to that picture (plus a wee picnic, guitar, juice boxes and chocolate)... I was well in my happy place.
They've actually just left our house after a final pre-wedding catch up and a tonne of lolly cake... and it's made me even moooore excited about their wedding! Plans are coming together, days are flying by quickly, and April 19th will be here any minute.
But let's not get ahead of ourselves... because I have a glorious engagement shoot to show off! This night was seriously perfection wrapped up in magnificence. Tunnel Beach put on a real show for us - with dolphins (I've never even heard of them around there before!), golden sunsets, and a totally calm, still evening. And when we added in Matty and Dani to that picture (plus a wee picnic, guitar, juice boxes and chocolate)... I was well in my happy place.
Actually, to be fair, I'm always in my happy place at Tunnel Beach. Excuse my side note for a minute... but it's a place I am SO proud of. Right on our back door step, we have the most increeeedible coastlines, awe-inspiring cliffs, and soft, beautiful beaches. It's my favourite place - FULL of memories of times shared with some of my most special people. We discovered it when we set out on a sporadic overnight camping trip with friends, filling our tent with rocks so we didn't blow down the cliffs (not advisable... we were clueless when we went)!! It's where I spent my first real date with Liam, and where I sat on the beach at 5am watching and photographing a sunrise... dreaming and praying about one day becoming a photographer. A place we have swum, cartwheeled, laughed, had picnics, sung at the tops of our voices, sat and pondered, and puffed our way to the top. A truly gorgeous spot that you really have to check out if you are in Dunedin! Or maybe actually don't, I'm quite happy to keep it secret ;)
But back to Dani and Matty... how CUTE are they?! They have a somewhat playful, childlike relationship... skipping, twirling, running, jumping around the place. But at the same time, they share a very mature, sincere, and deep love. I loved capturing this so much!
When you're proposing to someone, you really want to hear that word "yes!" come back to you pretty quickly I imagine. But when Matty surprised Dani way above the Queenstown gondola by walking out of the bushes with a guitar, singing her a beautiful song and proposing to her, Dani was so surprised and shocked, all she could say first was "um, how did you get that guitar up here?!"!! Matty had carried that bad boy ALL the way up... and so doing it again to Tunnel Beach was no big issue, and Dani was beautifully serenaded again!
Dazzling. Dani, you are SO gorgeous!!!
After the gorgeous golden sun dipped down, we spent the last of the light down on the beach...
I'm pretty sure this is straight from a movie scene...
Dani and Matty, what an amazing evening... thank you SO much for sharing it with me! I loved it so much - you are so comfortable together and in front of the camera, you were a dream to photograph! Liam and I can't wait to shoot your beautiful Dunedin wedding! Sooo excited for you, hope the last couple weeks go well! xoxo
