Daniel & Julia – Lakes Lodge Okataina Wedding

Daniel and Julia are both from a farming background with a love for hunting, fishing, good food and wine. So naturally the the native bush and lake setting that Lakes Lodge Okataina provides appealed to them.

Fiona Hastie put together their ceremony beautifully. Daniel and Julia chose the lake edge spot for their ceremony with the strikingly blue Lake Okataina in the background. They shared loads of laughs and banter with their bridal party of 8. Their two children were very much a big part of their day as well.

It was clear that Daniel and Julia put a lot of thought and planning into there day. Their NZ nature theme was evident in the personal touches and items provided by their wedding vendors. Julia’s gorgeous wedding earrings were from Zoe and Morgan. Wedding signs by Younique Collective. Julia’s wedding dress is by Grace Loves Lace and Lets not forget the amazingly delicious wedding cake made of cheese! yum!

The venue provides plenty of photo locations so there was no need to travel off site. We used the bush glade area as well as the lake edge as the backdrop for the photos. I snuck out with the bride and groom during the wedding reception for a few quick photos at sunset also.

All in all it was a fun and chilled out day. It was great to share the wedding day with a such a down to earth fun loving group of people. It was such a pleasure to be their wedding photographer .