What a time to be alive, and choosing to get hitched in the middle of a Pandemic is exactly what these two crazy cats have decided to do!

Gem and Justine met through the magic of the interwebs and little did they know that the wonderful ‘World Wide Web’ will also be there to connect them to their loved ones on their wedding day. Our lovers had always wanted to get married (YASSS marriage equality!), and with friends and family scattered all over the world they thought that this would be as good of a time as any to do it with the help of the internet and a little thing called ZOOM. Let’s get with the times! Livestream ZOOM weddings are a real ‘THING’ in this age of COVID19 and Lockdown restrictions. In order to accommodate all the various International time zones, we were set to rendezvous for Gem and Justine’s ceremony at sunrise on a Sunday, 7am Melbourne Eastern Standard Time. We were very fortunate to also have the help of our lovely photographer/videographer couple, Jay and Mash from WedTilDeath as technical support, ensuring that the ceremony is perfectly captured.

Our bride Gemma is a meteorologist who had always wanted to get married outdoors and ironically the weather forecast was not looking favourable. But as luck would have it by the time I had arrived to set up at the amphitheatre at Footscray Community Arts Centre the early morning drizzle had ceased with clearer skies emerging with the day break.

And so it was against all odds that we see these two lovers unite in marriage with their 4 witnesses present and over 100 guests tuning in from all over the world. Three days later metro Melbourne went back under Stage 3 Lockdown, so we had made it just in time!

Marriage Celebrant: Celebrant Jam
Photographer: Wed Til Death
Ceremony: Footscray Community Arts Centre