Adelaide beach wedding photography

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Having been an Adelaide wedding photographer for the past 4 years, the most popular destination for glamour wedding photography would have to be Adelaide’s amazing beaches. Adelaide beach wedding photography really is an obvious choice for Adelaide couples as the choice of beaches and their differing moods and scenery provide unique opportunities for unique, memorable wedding images. It’s one thing Adelaide doesn’t get much fame for, but beaches around Adelaide really are some of the best beaches in Australia, if not the world. Not just for the pristine sand and water, but also for the fact that they are hardly ever so busy that you don’t want to be there, and if they are you can simply drive down the coast for a bit. Adelaide beach wedding photography is something I’m asked to do quite often and I felt it important to share with you some of my more favourite places to capture some nice shots.

When considering a location for your Adelaide beach wedding photography, you need to think about a few things. First of all what time will you be heading out to your beach? will you have a sunset backdrop, will there be hundreds of people there? Another is the weather, will it be windy on the beach? Maybe there’s an ugly amount of seaweed on your particular beach, which would require a relocation for wedding photos.

Adelaide beach wedding photography locations

Semaphore Beach

I’ve been to semaphore beach as a venue a number of times for Adelaide beach wedding photography. The good thing about Semaphore beach is that it’s central and nearby if travelling from the Adelaide CBD after a ceremony or heading towards a reception venue. The beach boasts a picturesque jetty and wonderful grassy sand dunes perfect for a sunset shot or faux ‘alone’ photography. The majority of the following photographs were taken at Deb & Ben’s wedding that took place at the nearby Royal Australian Yacht Squadron.

Semaphore Beach Wedding
Semaphore Beach Wedding Photos
Semaphore Beach Wedding Photos
Semaphore Beach Wedding Photos
Semaphore Beach Wedding Photos

The Grange

Nearby to Semaphore Beach is the Grange, another beach with lovely rolling grassy sand dunes lining an easily accessible jetty. Sophie & Stephen’s wedding took place just above the beach on the grassy walkway in between the buildings and the beach proper, and then used the beach and surrounds for their glamour photography.

Walking along Grange Beach
Bride and Groom under Grange Jetty
Grange Jetty Wedding
Bride and Groom Walking along Grange Beach
Bride and Groom Walking along Grange Beach

Southport

Heading further south is Southport beach Tahnee and Trav had their wedding  right on the beach on a super hot 42 degree day. The location they chose was just down the steps of Southport beach, to the left where there’s a natural conclave of rocky cliffs shielding their ceremony from all the other beach goers that were there on such a hot day. Thankfully their wedding wasn’t unbearable due to heat as during the ceremony it was quite overcast.

Southport beach wedding ceremony
Southport beach wedding ceremony
Wedding dress at Southport beach

Port Willunga

Heading further South still, with the same wedding is Port Willunga beach, which is apparently the most photographed beach in South Australia. The appeal is the remains of an old jetty that once stood on the beach. All that remains are some lovely poles that stick out of the water at high tide, and provide some great rocks to stand on at low tide.

At Port Willunga
Bridal Party at Port Willunga
Bridal party in the pylons of Port Willunga Jetty

Second Valley

Finally, as far south as this article is going to go, is Second Valley beach. I will be the wedding photographer at a wedding in Victor Harbour later in the year, but for now Rebecca and Martin’s wedding in Second Valley will be it. The Second Valley beach again has a great little jetty to walk out on, a small rocky area with sand too, but what makes this place great are the climbable cliffs and beautifully textured rocks that surround the place.

The grooms men in rocks at Second Valley
Second Valley Beach Wedding
Second Valley Beach Wedding
Second Valley Beach Wedding
Girls at Second Valley

As you can see you can get quite a range of scenes when on an outing for Adelaide beach wedding photography so when you’re considering heading to a beach for your Adelaide wedding photography consider what you might find at your particular beach. Often during the wedding season it;s quite warm, so many people may need to be photoshopped out of your images, perhaps you like jetties, or rocks? Hopefully this short article will help you with your Adelaide beach wedding photography location. Feel free to contact me to ask me more questions. I’ve been an Adelaide wedding photographer for over 4 years now so I’ve seen and shot at quite a few beaches around Adelaide.

Adelaide City Engagement – Kristy & Toby

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Kristy and Toby chose me as their wedding photographer at their wedding down at the Beach Huts at Middleton later in the year and they opted to take advantage of my engagement shoot add on. For their engagement shoot, Kristy and Toby wanted to visit the beach huts but were told they weren’t able to due to prior bookings, as a result we headed to the center of Adelaide to take advantage of a more urban scene.

Adelaide City Engagement Photos

We started out behind the Adelaide University, used the footbridge over the Torrens and the super popular pillared walkway as part of the University. I say popular as while I was waiting for Kristy and Toby to arrive, I saw no less than 5 weddings arrive to use the pillars in their own wedding photos. The Adelaide University has been a feature of the Adelaide landscape since 1874 and as such offer some lovely rustic architecture, alongside some more modern scenes.

Adelaide University engagement
Next to the torrens bridge
Engagement ring
Adelaide University engagement
Adelaide University engagement

We then headed over to the old Adelaide Police barracks, located behind and is now part of the Adelaide Museum. The site is such a lovely place, used often for weddings. Toby made a comment about wandering about the city and finding such hidden gems of places, and he couldnt be more truthful in the fact that Adelaide city has so many wonderful hidden places freely open to the public that not many people know about.

Adelaide Museum engagement
Adelaide Museum engagement
Adelaide Museum engagement
Adelaide Museum engagement
Adelaide Museum engagement

The light was fading fast as this time of day, and as such rushed to our next destination which was supposed to be Adelaide Arcade but unfortunately the upper level was locked off, so we instead made use of the darkness with a bit of light painting in the middle of Grenfell st and the intersection of Rundle and Pulteney streets, and of course the symbol of Adelaide, the Mall’s Balls

Malls Balls engagement
Adelaide City engagement photos
Lit background kiss
Malls Balls engagement
Adelaide City engagement photos

Finally on the way back we made use of the beautiful night and electric lights along the side of the Torrens river.

engagement photos
engagement photos

I’d like to thank Kristy and Toby for choosing me as their wedding photographer for their Beach Huts wedding in December, and I hope they enjoy their engagement photos while they wait 🙂

Belair Country Club Wedding – Bonita & Mike

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I was incredibly lucky to be Bonita and Mike’s wedding photographer at their Belair Country Club wedding as the day turned out to be utterly perfect. Great weather, people and the Belair Country Club is such a beautiful venue! With rolling grass areas fringed by lush trees and a creek, it’s really beautiful. Aside from this, the Belair National Park is right next door where we went after the ceremony for some photos along with the old Belair train station.

Groomsmen Preparation

Mike and his two grooms men got ready at Glenelg in a hotel suite which they forgot they had to check out of by 10am! lucky the staff of the Oaks Plaza Pier Hotel allowed us to stay that little bit longer to take a few preparation photos. It helps when it’s your wedding day!

groomsmen preparation glenelg
groomsmen preparation glenelg
groomsmen preparation glenelg
groomsmen preparation glenelg
groomsmen preparation glenelg

Bridal Party Preparation

Bonita (or Bonnie) got ready at their house in O’Halloran Hill. I arrived just before the make up artist was finishing up and as their motorcade was arriving. Quite a laid back couple there was little to no stress and laughter all around. The whole preparation process was a delight to witness.

Bridal preparation
Bridal preparation
Bridal preparation
Bridal preparation
Wedding dress hanging
Bridal preparation
Bridal preparation

Belair Country Club Wedding Ceremony

The Country Club is a venue just down the road from the Belair National Park entrance and is absolutely breathtaking as a wedding venue. Of all the Adelaide garden wedding venues, this Country Club has got to rank amongst my favourite for wedding photography.  The venue is nestled amongst magnificent gum trees, full of kangaroos, emus, Koalas and bird life as you would expect from a place surrounded by a national park.

After First kiss
Walk down the aisle
Belair Country Club wedding
Wedding in the garden
First kiss
Groom
Bridal party entrance
Wedding cars
View from behind bride
Wedding chalkboard
Exchanging wedding rings
Happy bride

Glamour Photos

For Bonita and Mike’s glamour photos we started out in the grounds of the Country Club, but then headed out to the old Belair train station and then took a short walk through the Belair National Park. All three locations were absolutely breathtaking and it made my role as their wedding photographer much easier.

Belair National Park wedding
kissing under a tree
Belair train station wedding
Belair train station wedding
Standing in the garden together
Belair National Park wedding
Belair National Park wedding
Belair National Park wedding
Lovely light here
Belair National Park wedding
Belair National Park wedding
Belair train station wedding

Belair Country Club Reception

The Belair Country Club is approximately 20 years old with the main building looking very modern. The building comprises of three function rooms (The Garden Room, The Parkview Room and the Fairway View Room.) The Parkview and Fairway View Room can be opened up into one large room is desired. Bonita and Mike’s wedding took place in the Garden room. One of the owners of the Country Club is a former International Head Chef and it really showed in the food they served, was delicious.

Wedding entrance
Bride and groom cheers
Reception setup
Wedding cake
Dinner
Reception setup
First dance
Guests dancing

I’d like to thank Bonita and Mike for choosing me as their wedding photographer as I had an absolute ball taking these photos and editing them. I believe some of the photos taken at this wedding were some of my more ‘epic’ in regard to sheer aesthetic appeal. I hope you enjoy these photos as much as I enjoyed creating them!

Adelaide Church wedding photography

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Over the past few year of being a wedding photographer based in Adelaide, I’ve come across quite a few interesting tidbits relating to Adelaide’s reputation as a city of Churches. The first of course is the great diversity of Churches located in Adelaide. Having to do Church Wedding Photography around Adelaide is a simple proposition due to their great differences. Did you know that the city of Adelaide isnot known as the ‘city of churches’ due to the mere number of Churches around the city? In fact, on both the actual number of churches in Adelaide and the number of churches per 100,000 people, Adelaide is not in first or second spot when compared to other major Australian cities. It’s rather to do with the fact that when Adelaide was founded, the churches built have reflected the different architectural styles of differing parts of the world over the years and still stand today dominating the city skyline. The churches are the oldest buildings in Adelaide; among them, Holy Trinity Anglican Church on North Terrace (1838) and the Quaker Meeting House in Pennington Terrace (1840). More than anywhere else, Adelaide churches have influenced the aesthetic direction of surrounding buildings and have caused visitors to describe the city as a city of Churches.

Adelaide Church Wedding Photography

Having such a wide influence on the aesthetic direction of Churches in and around Adelaide causes a wide array of different opportunities as a wedding photographer. I have photographed weddings in Catholic, Anglican, Greek Orthodox, Chinese Traditional and a few other types of churches and each time I see something new. Occasionally Church Wedding Photography can be challenging as older churches aren’t as well lit as more modern churches, the ornate nature of Greek Orthodox churches allows for a vastly different image than say a relatively plain Anglican Church. I thought I’d put together a bit of a photo essay to illustrate my experiences with Church Wedding Photography.

Gawler Uniting Church Wedding
Gawler Uniting Church Wedding
Gawler Uniting Church Wedding
Gawler Uniting Church Wedding

The Gawler Uniting church is a huge place, surrounded on one side by the old grounds of the Church and on the other a supermarket. The insides is a fairly typical affair of wooden pews and large organ at the front. It’s quite a large church which allowed for plenty of light to filter through. I did not have much trouble exposing during Bronwyn and Robert’s wedding.

Sacred Heart Chapel

The Sacred Heart Chapel by comparison is much smaller but far more ornate in styling, you can see the lovely concrete arches and interesting religious artifacts scattered about the walls of the Chapel. It was however very dark within the church, which I alluded to earlier when I said it can be a problem when undertaking Church Wedding Photography, but this can also lead to rather moody, interesting images which worked well with Jacinda and Lee’s wedding.

St Francis of Assisi Church Wedding
St Francis of Assisi Church Wedding
St Francis of Assisi Church Wedding
St Francis of Assisi Church Wedding

The most recent outing undertaking Adelaide Church wedding photography was at the small, modern St Francis of Assisi Church on South road for Kerry and Kevin’s wedding. The great thing about modern Churches are their thoughtfulness on behalf of us wedding photographers. The St Francis of Assisi Church has ample large windows and marvelous mood-setting stained glass windows with added to the feel of the place.

Possibly my most favourite of Adelaide churches I’ve had the privilege of being a wedding photographer for was Annie and DJ’s wedding at the St Volodymyr & St. Olha Ukrainian catholic Church. Such an amazing looking place from inside and out. the Church boasts wall to wall golden murals and sacred locations all over. You could spend all day wandering about taking it all in.

There is such diversity in taking Church Wedding Photography around Adelaide, it makes visiting new Churches fun and interesting

St Francis of Assisi Church Wedding – Kerry & Kevin

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Kerry and Kevin’s wedding took place at the St Francis of Assisi Church, just past the South road/Cross road over ramp. It’s a pretty little church inside and provided plenty of light for me as their wedding photographer. Kerry and Kevin also opted to take advantage of my engagement shoot offer where if a couple were to book me for their wedding photography, I’m able to photograph an engagement set of images for a cheap rate. After the ceremony at the St Francis of Assisi Church, we headed back to the same park where we took their engagement shots for their bridal glamour shots. For their reception Kerry and Kevin chose Ten22, a reception hall located near the Castle Plaza shopping center.

Preparation

Both Kerry and Kevin were getting ready at their home, with one half of the house dedicated to Kevin and the boys, and the other to Kerry and her girls. With 4 children to look after the kids were everywhere when the camera was involved. All 4 children were easy to work with and loved having their photo taken. Kevin had three groomsmen and along with the two boys made a party of  five.

Groomsmen Preparation Photos
Groomsmen Preparation Photos
Groomsmen Preparation Photos
Groomsmen Preparation Photos
Groomsmen Preparation Photos
Groomsmen Preparation Photos
Groomsmen Preparation Photos
Groomsmen Preparation Photos

Kerry’s bridal party had two ladies and one Man of honour, coupled with two girls. There were prepared in the kitchen and living area of their house, where as the boys were being prepared in the front sitting room.

Bridal Party Preparation Photos
Bridal Party Preparation Photos
Bridal Party Preparation Photos
Bridal Party Preparation Photos
Bridal Party Preparation Photos
Bridal Party Preparation Photos
Bridal Party Preparation Photos
Bridal Party Preparation Photos
Bridal Party Preparation Photos
Bridal Party Preparation Photos

St Francis of Assisi Church wedding ceremony

The St Francis of Assisi Church has been operating on the site it currently is for over 80 years. The church is a fairly modern and airy affair having been built more recently than that. The church has seating for quite a large congregation despite it’s misleading size from the outside, and boasts a lovely looking organ and floor to roof stained glass windows behind the main altar.

St Francis of Assisi Church Wedding
St Francis of Assisi Church Wedding
St Francis of Assisi Church Wedding
St Francis of Assisi Church Wedding
St Francis of Assisi Church Wedding
St Francis of Assisi Church Wedding
St Francis of Assisi Church Wedding
St Francis of Assisi Church Wedding
St Francis of Assisi Church Wedding
St Francis of Assisi Church Wedding
St Francis of Assisi Church Wedding

Mitcham Reserve Glamour Photos

After the ceremony at the St Francis of Assisi Church, we had a short drive to Mitcham Reserve, where Kerry and Kevin chose to have both their engagement photos and now their wedding glamour photos taken. The park unfortunately had lost it’s lovely green foliage which was there for their engagement photos, but did have a lovely amount of water running through it’s small creek.

Mitcham Reserve Wedding
Mitcham Reserve Wedding
Mitcham Reserve Wedding
Mitcham Reserve Wedding
Mitcham Reserve Wedding
Mitcham Reserve Wedding
Mitcham Reserve Wedding
Mitcham Reserve Wedding
Mitcham Reserve Wedding
Mitcham Reserve Wedding
Mitcham Reserve Wedding

Ten22 Wedding Reception

Ten22 is a wedding reception location which takes it’s name from it’s address, at 1022 South road. It’s a styled industrial rustic warehouse boutique venue located just 15 minutes south from the CBD. It’s perfect for those who are wanting a contemporary alternative to the customary event space.

Ten22 Wedding reception
Ten22 Wedding reception
Ten22 Wedding reception
Ten22 Wedding reception
Ten22 Wedding reception
Ten22 Wedding reception
Ten22 Wedding reception
Ten22 Wedding reception
Ten22 Wedding reception

I’d like to thank Kerry and Kevin for choosing me as their wedding photographer at their St Francis of Assisi church wedding and I hope their enjoy their photos as much as I enjoyed taking them!