How they met
Maria and Joel met in Gippsland, where most things worth keeping tend to start quietly. By the time they got engaged, the idea of getting married anywhere else felt wrong.
The day
Parnassus in Drouin is the kind of venue that does a lot of the work for you: rolling grounds, a homestead that photographs well from every angle, and enough space that a full day of coverage never runs out of something worth shooting.
The ceremony was mid-afternoon, the Gippsland light doing what it does in May: low, warm, directional. Maria arrived and Joel, to his credit, held it together for about eight seconds before his best man quietly put a hand on his shoulder.
Eight hours of photography and videography gave the day room to breathe. Speeches went long in the best way. The dancing went longer.
This wedding was featured in I Do Gippsland magazine, a recognition that felt right for a day that was very much of that part of the world.
A moment from the day
“Parnassus is magic in autumn light. We knew we wanted to get married there. Yas understood that before we even explained it.” – Maria
