“Williamstown Destination Prewedding”
“I love you wildly, madly and without reason. I love you softly with tender hands and softened spirit. I love you patiently, but outlined in an urgency I cannot define. I love you and you can take your time discovering all the hows, I love you and you will never doubt the why.”
Tyler Knott Gregson
Photographer: Andre
From flatmates we became bestfriends. From bestfriends we became family. That’s what Quinn and Bao to us.
Although now distance separates us physically, we somehow become closer and our friendship amazingly growing stronger. The fact that we live in two different countries makes every time we meet again become that much more meaningful.
Especially in August last year, when we finally got to meet their little boy, Minh Dan. We couldn’t contain our excitement to meet him in person. He just turned one that time. He looked so cute with his tiny body and his serious-looking face.
It was a rare sunny day in winter, Bao had a day off so they decided to have a nice day out with Dan. We did a casual session at home before we went out for brunch at one of their favorite cafes in Brighton. After that we naturally paid a visit to Brighton beach to show Dan the colorful beach houses.
It’s amazing to witness their blissful life, in their beautiful home, with an adorable boy who melts our hearts. And there’s no better way than to freeze all of those wonderful things into a set of photographs so one day they all can look back and see how much they have grown as a family.
My wife and I are always excited when exploring new places. Especially when people take us to beautiful places we’ve not known about or never been to before.
When deciding the location for the shoot, we asked Su Lynne and Grant to bring us around their neighborhood in Mornington Peninsula. During the drive, Su Lynne would also tell us stories about her childhood memories there. She showed us some places like where she used to walk few kms everyday to school and the area where her parents live. Grant who is a local there as well, took us to 2 different beaches to see. They were beautiful, but as soon as Grant showed me some pictures of this other place called The Pillars, I knew that we had to go do the shoot there.
We had a quick drive and reached the place just in time before the sunset. I told them to be as comfortable as they like and they decided to change their shoes to flip flops so it’s easier to walk on the rocks. The place looks amazing! Grant told us that in the early years he used to go there with friends to spend summer break. They would have fun doing cliff jump and stuff. We saw some people fishing or just chilling with beers there to enjoy sunset. People also camp there sometimes.
The sunset that day was perfect, and thanks to Grant’s warm and humorous personality he made the shoot so fun. He would tease Sushi (that’s what he called Su Lynne) and made her laugh with his witty comments. More than anything, we’re really thankful to this adorable couple for bringing us to see such wonderful place. Victoria is indeed the place to be.
