Rebels' Guide

Britt and I decided to write our own vows for our wedding, and share them so everyone looking for example wedding vows. It’s a process I recommend everyone goes down, though of course you don’t have to. My reasoning for investing in your vows is that aside from the requirements in Australian law , your vows serve a very personal purpose in your marriage. They are the few words and phrases that will set the tone and the theme of your life together going forward. I have books and books and even more books filled with vow ideas, and there’s even more on the internet, but here’s what Britt and I did. Britt’s Vows I couldn’t be happier. I am delighted to be marring you today and vowing to love you forever 5 years ago, after you asked me to dinner and you split the bill, we became just friends and you became known as Spilt the Bill Josh. And today, as if someone has pressed fast forward on our lives, we stand here pledging our futures to each other. I ...

In this month’s edition of Marie Claire, Hillary Clinton shares her secret to marriage, which writer Ayelet Waldman calls “a partnership of equals” that “stands as both a model and a cautionary tale.”. Simply put “YOLO”: “You have to be true to yourself,” Clinton told me. “You have to be enough in touch with who you are and what you want, how you want to live and what’s important to you, to make your decisions based on that. Sometimes that’s very difficult. Sometimes it’s hard to have your own internal voice be heard … it’s hard because you’ve got society with expectations and you’ve got family, friends, and others who are expressing opinions. When you’re in the public eye, it’s like open season with the entire world. You have just one life to live. It is yours. Own it, claim it, live it, do the best you can with it.” Waldman also gives Clinton an opportunity to respond to Anne-Marie Slaughter, her former dire...

The happiest, most momentous day of my life was the day that I asked Britt to be my wife. I actually asked her to “stay with me”. Because I really liked it when she was around. Just under nine months later we were wed at the Gold Coast Botanical Gardens in Benowa and we celebrated with a very small group of friends and family at a house in Robina. I could talk forever about all of the little decisions and hiccups that we encountered on the journey, and I no doubt will over coming blog posts, but today I just wanted to take you on a photographic journey through our wedding day. Sit down, start scrolling and please comment with your thoughts, questions and ideas!!! Paul Bamford photography Paul Bamford photography Paul Bamford photography Paul Bamford photography Paul Bamford photography Paul Bamford photography ...

The happiest, most momentous day of my life was the day that I asked Britt to be my wife. I actually asked her to “stay with me”. Because I really liked it when she was around. Just under nine months later we were wed at the Gold Coast Botanical Gardens in Benowa and we celebrated with a very small group of friends and family at a house in Robina. I could talk forever about all of the little decisions and hiccups that we encountered on the journey, and I no doubt will over coming blog posts, but today I just wanted to take you on a photographic journey through our wedding day. Sit down, start scrolling and please comment with your thoughts, questions and ideas!!! Paul Bamford photography Paul Bamford photography Paul Bamford photography Paul Bamford photography Paul Bamford photography Paul Bamford photography ...

Your wedding ceremony can be as long winded, extravagant, special and ceremonial as you could ever desire. Let your mind wander, start dreaming, and that 4 hour epic adventure of wedded love can be yours! But many couples ask me what the bare minimum is. What is the shortest, simplest, easiest ceremony you can do? I don’t like to do bare minimum ceremonies, mainly because they are barely a ceremony, more of a procedure. But there are reasons for doing bare minimum ceremonies  You might be getting married overseas, or in a more casual arrangement and would like to do the “legals” separately, perhaps before you leave for your South Pacific getaway. But whatever your reason, here are the bare minimum requirements to become married in Australia. Bare minimum wedding A NOIM (Notice of Intended Marriage, or Form 13) must be completed in the presence of the people being married and a marriage celebrant, or another prescribed officer like a Police Officer or other. This form m...