A week before her wedding, Ingrid Uebergang’s family made the heartbreaking decision to sell all the cattle from their 16,000-acre beef farm.
Explaining her reasons for returning to the farm on her special day, Ingrid told Queensland County Life: "Blackall is a pretty important place for me; I’ve grown up there my whole life. It’s such a beautiful place as well even in the middle of a drought, it really comes alive...And I was really hoping it would rain.”
And while the bride didn’t get her wish for the rain to come, the couple’s photographer, Edwina Robertson-Cuninghame, captured something truly incredible.
Taking snaps of the wedding party on the dry, dusty land, Edwina captured a happy moment amid all the doom and gloom.
However, it’s what she did with the photo that really made a difference. Posting the incredible snap on her Facebook page the photographer pledged to donate $3 for every share it received, going on to donate $15,000 to Tie Up the Black Dog, an organisation dedicated to helping those with mental health issues living in drought-ridden Australia.
Talking to The Huffington Post, Edwina went on to say: "The bride, Ingrid, was overwhelmed and humbled that so many people have taken the time to take notice and try to help this cause. She never expected her wedding photos to go viral (neither did I). She’s been in support of this the whole way!"
