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ABOUT SAMM BLAKE

I am available in Perth, throughout Australia and internationally for commissions.

I have been working as a professional photographer for over six
years and I am a member of the Australian Institute of Professional
Photography (AIPP) and an award winning member of the Wedding
Photojournalist Association (WPJA).

I have a Bachelor of Communciations with a double major in
Photomedia and Journalism. Being both qualified as a photographer and journalist, I believe this is what makes my photography unique, as I have spent many years learning the principals of taking beautiful photographs and learning the importance of storytelling.

Aside from my wedding and portraiture photography, I have a big
passion for  documentary and fine art photography. I have had
exhibitions across Australia and my work has appeared in international
publications including Revue Magazine in France. I was also recently commissioned by Absolut Vodka to produce a series of photographs for an artist project called Absolut Cut.

When I am not taking photos, I enjoy traveling. I particularly enjoy doing both at the same time.

Photography is my life, passion and obsession. I live and
breath it every day. I enjoy experimenting with all different types of
photography and enjoy breaking the boundaries and so called rules.

jody and michael. wedding

Jody and Michael were married down in Denmark, on the south coast of Western Australia. The ceremony and reception were held at Forest Hill Winery, such a beautiful part of the world :)

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mei + troy {wedding}

I absolutely adore this wedding. Mei and Troy are originally from Perth, but now live in New York. They came back to Perth to tie the knot and celebrate with family and friends. As Mei and Troy were having a 11am ceremony and lunch reception, we started the photo session at 8am. I picked up Troy from his hotel and then went to Mei’s mothers house to get Mei before heading off for the location shoot. I remember Troy telling me in the car about how somebody questioned them why they were getting married on the 13th, thirteen being an unlucky number and all, Troy response was that was the only day their photographer had available. how cool is that? :)  Their ceremony was held in Victoria Gardens in East Perth, as Mei walked down the aisle with her father, two guitarists followed close behind her, oh my, it was nice :)  After the ceremony, Mei + Troy and all their guests walked over the bridge to Lamonts to feast on yummy vegan food. Mei and Troy planned their wedding to be vegan and as organic as possible. Even their wedding cake was vegan :) We had some fun setting up a photo booth for their guests to be silly in!

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Mei and Troy, you two are absolutely lovely souls and your wedding was absolutely lovely too  :)

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Glory and Avery {portraiture}

In April, I flew over to Sydney to photograph the beautiful Glory and Avery, who had flown in from Hong Kong for the portrait session :) We had the best time traveling around Sydney for this session, we started at the Rocks, headed out to the Gap near Bondi Beach and then back into the Luna Park area. We had so much fun while we were there, hope we get to head back soon! :) Here are just a few of my favorites…

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mei + troy {wedding}

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Mei and Troy are lovely. Their wedding was lovely too, really lovely. I loved every single thing about it and absolutely love all their photos. It will possibly be the biggest blog post ever, it will make an appearance on here soon :)

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sarah + callum {portrait session}

While I was down in Denmark for Jody and Michaels wedding in March, I also caught up with Sarah and Callum who live in Albany and are getting married out at the Porongurups in June. I have shot several weddings in Albany but never had the chance to do a engagement session, I was very excited! The coastline in the Great Southern is so different then anywhere else in Western Australia, I knew I wanted to capture this in the photos so I decided to do the shoot out at the Gap and Natural Bridge. Like I mentioned in a previous post, I grew up in Albany, so this place holds a very tender spot in my heart :)  I can’t wait for their wedding in June!

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emma + murray {wedding}

Emma and Murray were married on a beautiful March afternoon at Subiaco Common and celebrated with friends and family late into the evening at Chez Pierre in Nedlands.

I love a bride that has cool shoes ;)

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Pedro is Emma and Murray’s gorgeous dog. He watched on as his mum and dad got married :)

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Lots of familiar faces at this wedding :) Past wedding clients, Catie and Lindsay + an old university friend, Ben.

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emma + murray {wedding}

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some of my favourites from emma and murrays wedding.

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natalie + shane {wedding}

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a few favorites from Natalie and Shanes wedding :)

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jody + michael {wedding}

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Another favourite from Jody and Michael’s Denmark wedding.

If you are wondering if it is a good idea to have your dog apart of your ceremony or not, just do it. I love when furbabies are included in the wedding party :)

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jody + michael {wedding}

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A favourite from Jody and Michael’s wedding at Forrest Hill in Denmark, Western Australia.

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