Like most Port Douglas locals Varonika & Alvar are from somewhere other than Port Douglas. They’re from Astonia, which I know nothing about but from what they told me it sounds like the opposite to hot and tropical.
They came into the gallery to see me around a year and a half ago planning a small wedding on four mile beach in Port Douglas. It was to be witnessed by only a handful of close friends that they had made in their short time here. No problem, we organized an elopement package with some extra time for portraits and off they went.
The wedding was lovely. They were married on four mile beach in the late afternoon under a hand made bamboo and chiffon gazebo, both dressed in white, the light soft. Being the personalities they are, the photographs are fun and beautiful, I love them.
It was a while ago though and the package being only a very small one, I didn’t get a proper chance to go through and have a good look at what we had taken. It wasn’t until last week while organizing some wedding images and galleries for my new website ( up soon ) that I was able to fully sort through their wedding. WOW !! I also took the time to play with some subtly different color processing- What do you think ?












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Shaun Guest is a Cairns and Port Douglas based Wedding and Portrait photographer specializing in tropical beach weddings in and around Cairns, Port Douglas, Palm Cove and Mission Beach.