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Bright Eyes (you know, the big sunglasses shopping franchise) have a big annual conference every winter. The 2010 event was located in Port Douglas, with most events held at Rydges Sabaya where the delegates also stayed. The Gala Event, however, was held offsite at the incredible Mowbray Valley venue Flames of the Forest. I was [...]
Victoria and Tom are very much a no-fuss kind of couple. They wanted their wedding day to be as simple as possible, and their wedding photography to be as unobtrusive (ie quick and painless!) as possible. I spent two hours with them, at the lovely ceremony at St Mary’s and then a quick half hour [...]
Tracey and Ashley met and fell in love in Tokyo back when I was still living there. I remember hearing that they’d become a couple and how delighted we all were. The years rolled on and one day I received a mysterious invitation from Ashley to attend a surprise dinner for he and Tracey. I [...]
It’s very hard to take photographs while you are teary. During their vows, there wasn’t a dry eye in the tiny party of five at the elopement ceremony of Estee and Troy. So intimate, so pure and simple. Simply beautiful. This is a quick sneak peek. There will be some more to come, as soon [...]
Catrin and Philip were married on a crazy windy afternoon in October, in front of an intimate crowd of their best friends and family members. It was so very special. Exquisitely choreographed, beautifully executed, full of thoughtfully subtle details and with a heavy focus on the people most important to the couple – most of [...]
Phew, it’s been busy around here! Nice to get a chance to sit down and catch up with the blog. There is a swag of photo’s I want to share, but first…. I’ve been wanting to do a post about the increasingly popular production of Custom Made Wedding Photo Books as opposed to the traditional [...]
My supremely talented colleague and friend Lizzy Sawdon had been booked by Justin and Emily to photograph their wedding at St Mary’s by the Sea, and she asked me to come along and assist – she knows I really need to get my wedding portfolio filled up with tropical looking weddings which are so completely [...]
My supremely talented colleagues and friends Lizzy Sawdon and Ali George were booked to photograph and video Marco and Kirsty’s wedding, and Lizzy asked me if I’d come along and assist them at The Sea Temple Resort in Port Douglas a few weeks back. What a special wedding it was, so full of big Italian [...]
I have just finished working on my Port Douglas Wedding Packages PDF, it covers elopement packages as well as regular wedding packages so if you are considering keeping it super simple and eloping, then drop me a line at martinecottonphotography@gmail.com. Oh, and I’m always up for a Trash the Dress session!
In an effort to get some more “tropical” looking weddings into my portfolio, I’ve started assisting the very lovely and super-talented wedding local photojournalist Lizzy Sawdon at a bunch of weddings this season. Actually, we are also planning to do a portrait exhibition together, with other great local photographers, Ms Ali George and Nanna Soderstrom [...]
Separate to the work I did for the Port Douglas Chamber of Commerce during Port Douglas Carnivale, Events NQ employed me as the photographer for their Longest Lunch event at the Sheraton Mirage Country Club during Carnivale 2009. I can not speak more highly of Donna Anderson and the team at Events NQ – they [...]
Managing Australian Destinations is one of Australia’s leading event managers – they provide on-ground support for exclusive Special Interest Groups, Incentives, Team Building, Conferences, and other Business Events and Weddings. I was delighted by their new developmental venue just outside Port Douglas. They asked me to photograph the setting and performers at a recent industry [...]
Carnivale 2009 may be over, but you can relive the memories over at the Port Douglas Carnivale 2009 Photo Gallery. You can find galleries for the following events: Port Douglas Carnivale Street Parade Port Douglas Carnivale Beach Day Port Douglas Carnivale Miss Carnivale Crowning Ceremony Port Douglas Carnivale Longest Lunch (password eventsnq) Port Douglas Carnivale [...]
The Junk above is an icon of Port Douglas – a lovely sailing boat that takes tourists out to the reef and on sunset cruises. One of my favourite sights! Port Douglas. Love this town. I’ve been back here about 10 weeks now, done about one photo job for every week I’ve been here. Which [...]
Erochika Bamboo was the star of the November Dr Sketchy’s. The lady is a class act, a true veteran performer and charmer. Such a pleasure to photograph!
Ashley recently popped the question to Tracey and she, of course, said hell yes! These are some of their engagement photo’s. It was a delight to shoot, they are such great people and I wish them all sorts of joy and passion in their married life.
Finally catching up on the backlog! These are some of the snaps from the October Dr Sketchy’s Event at The Pink Cow in Shibuya. Violet Eva is a member of the Murasaki Babydoll (yes, no “S” – go figure) – pretty little thing, isn’t she.
Dear Blog Friends, I’m writing to invite you to my third (and perhaps my last?) photo exhibition in Tokyo, next weekend – Saturday November 22. This party/exhibition is the beginning of the end of my time here in Japan, the beginning of the sayonara process…. Oh how the next few weeks and months will fly! [...]
Jane and Daisuke got married the first time around in Melbourne a year or more ago. When they moved back to Tokyo to be closer to his widowed mother, the Japanese family suggested that a Japanese-style wedding here in Tokyo for them to attend would be a wonderful thing since they weren’t able to make [...]
This is what I’ve been working on recently. Hope you can come along: On Tuesday 30 September, over 300 Photographers and members of the Photography Industry will gather at Daikanyama Tableaux. On Tuesday 30 September, over 300 Photographers will gather at Daikanyama Tableaux for presentations, discussions and displays about all aspects of the photography industry, [...]
Dr Sketchy’s Tokyo kicked off again after a summer break with the incredibly sexy Safi and an erotic fairytale as told by Cherry Typhoon and Lady Elle. Oh how I love being the Dr Sketchy’s photographer. I’m off to shoot another wedding this weekend, this one will be very traditional, in a shrine, with full [...]
Lisa and Tomo asked me to shoot their engagement and wedding photos. I did their engagement shots on a lovely sunny day out at Showa Kinen Koen back in May, and then shot their wedding and Ni-Ji-Kai last Satarday. I was pretty nervous as the only weddings I’ve shot before were for friends, and they [...]
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