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Nicola + Corbin (Nusa Lembongan Island Beach Wedding)

November 28, 2018

// Island Beach Wedding at Sandy Bay Nusa Lembongan //

Photographer: Andre

Just a week before their wedding day in Nusa Lembongan Bali, Corbin and Nicola were trapped in Mount Rinjani Lombok Indonesia along with hundreds of trekkers after a powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the tourist island. I didn’t know they were in Lombok until I saw their names came up on 9News Australia. I lost contact with them & was extremely worried about them as the whole Lombok was in chaos that time. But thankfully a few days before their D day they contacted me and told me they were safe.

2 days before their wedding, another earthquake happened in Bali & a tsunami warning was issued by the local government. Corbin and Nicola were already in Lembongan but we were still in Bali. We almost couldn’t make it because of the big rising tide of the sea. Luckily the weather calmed down the next day, so we successfully sailed to Lembongan to shoot their wedding. Amazingly their wedding day was blessed with a very beautiful sunny weather! A major contrast from the weather on previous days. As if nothing happened, the wedding was going very smoothly. All those terrifying incidents they experienced before were soon forgotten as everyone was enjoying and really had fun in the party! It was a proof that even the universe was on their side! This made it the most memorable wedding we documented this year.

Venue: Sandy Bay Lembongan // Dress: Grace Loves Lace

Jasmin + Farid (Bohemian Beach Elopement)

October 31, 2018

// Bohemian Balinese Style Beach Elopement in Bali //

Jasmin and Farid met in Paris. The city of love brought them together since then until now they are living in Bali and blessed with two cute kids. They planned a unique and charming elopement to tie the knot. They have a beautiful house with a big garden which they also share with adorable deers as the additional family members. Surrounded by the nature, the mood of the getting ready session at their home was undoubtedly relaxing and easygoing.

The fun continued when they headed towards the location of the ceremony with a vintage volkswagen. They had the chance to snuggle whilst there was a slight drizzle outside on the way. Luckily the sky cleared as they arrived on site. They did their private elopement with Balinese style ceremony by the beach. The bohemian style decoration mixed with soft neutral colour palette with some hints of gold looked so effortlessly beautiful! With white as the main colour, everything looks light, simple and feminine. Their wonderful family played a big part in making their whole special day fun with much happy laughter during the shoot.

Lia + Adam (Waterfall Vow Renewal Ceremony)

September 15, 2018

// A Sweet & Extraordinary Waterfall Vow Renewal Ceremony in Bali //

// This session was FEATURED on Wandering Weddings Blog. Click here to see the featured post. //

A decade down, a lifetime to go. Lia and Adam have been married for 10 years and blessed with two beautiful daughters. To celebrate this huge milestone in their marriage, they decided to do a vow renewal ceremony in Bali. They took their renewed wedding vows in front of a magnificent waterfall, under a pretty wooden wedding arch, accompanied by acoustic live music. Their oldest daughter, Asfa, took a big role as the officiant of the ceremony for their parents. What could be more meaningful than that!

Vow renewal ceremony is something that is still uncommon thing to do for many married couples these days. But from this session, we could see how meaningful and as a matter of fact how important it is to do as a way to strengthen the bonds between husbands and wives, especially in this modern days where marriage life could get a little bit tougher. Just like what Lia herself had written up so beautifully in a paragraph, as real as it can be, as we quote below:

“When I married my husband in 2008, I was young, naive and full of fairy-tale dreams with absolutely no clue as to what real marriage and motherhood entail. Few years later I found myself as a sleep-deprived and overworked mother of two children who are beautiful yet challenging. I no longer looked at my husband as he was my prince charming that I married, and we were forced to deal with layers of lifestyle differences that complicated our lives in so many ways. Marriage no longer looked like a dream, and love became something I had to work towards, everyday especially the days we didn’t want to even see each other’s faces. Over the course of a decade, we went through a roller coaster of emotions and events that could’ve made us quit.
We spent hours talking, compromising and challenging each other’s differences. But in the end, we persevered and found ourselves at a better place as individuals, as a couple and well let just say the parenting struggle will still continue… We are not a “happily ever after couple” or “couple goals”, “we are a work in progress couple” and learning everyday to choose each other over and over again when things are not all rosy. Our 10th year anniversary was a huge accomplishment and milestone for both of us so with the blessings of our children, we took vows to work hard to improve and grow as individuals and to help each other grow in this marriage.”