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Gawler Barossa Jockey Club Wedding – Kellie & Matt

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    Gawler Barossa Jockey Club Wedding

    Gawler & Barossa Jockey Club Wedding Photo

The Gawler Barossa Jockey Club, located just outside Gawler, and near the Evanston train station was the venue for Kellie and Matt’s wedding on a sunny, but a bit windy day in March. I was lucky enough to be asked to be their wedding photographer for the entire day, and also hosted a photobooth at their reception, that also took place at the Jockey Club.

Preparation

I started the day at Matt’s parents house where his groomsmen and himself were getting ready. As a gift to each of the members of the marty, Matt had given each groomsman a watch and in return the jovial nature of the guys together made for a lovely laid-back morning 🙂

Groom getting ready
Buttoning up
Smiling groom
Mum helping out
Groom under a tree
Groomsmen suits
Groom and groomsmen
Getting ready
Groom’s watch
Best Man doing up tie

After around an hour with the boys, I headed over to where Kellie was getting ready, only to be greeted with something I had never seen on a wedding day, a full mannequin, proudly displaying her beautiful dress in a back room. The story goes that it was a dress handed down from another family member, and with Kellie’s mother being a dressmaker, she had done the altering herself. Much as with the boys, the atmosphere was laidback with all the ladies running about, but having a good time together.

Smiling Mum
Bride getting ready
Smiling bride
Bride in her dress
Mirrored dress
Dress
Dad looking proud
Wedding rings
About to leave
Smiles
Girls together

Gawler Barossa Jockey Club Wedding Ceremony

The Gawler Barossa Jockey Club is a race course located just outside the city of Gawler. The grounds are set up for small functions with an outdoor bar and awning covering a large area, and a pretty little rotunda where Kellie and Matt were married.

The weather was super sunny, but just a little windy which caused a few problems with Kellie’s train, but nothing major. The whole ceremony was full of emotion and joy, and was just beautiful to be a part of!

Walking with Dad
Exchanging wedding rings
Rotunda
Gawler Barossa Jockey Club Rotunda
Page Boy
Singing the registry
First Kiss
Car arriving
Smiling Groom
Smiling Bride
Under the Rotunda
Laughing Bride
Teary Groom
Arriving in the car

Glamour Photos

After the family photos and whipping out the drone for some aerial group shots, we made use of the small amount of trees on site, and the hilly grass behind the rotunda first to get some nice glamour shots, then made our way down the race course itself. There was a huge flock of birds flying about on the day that feature prominently in quite a few of the photos, making for something a little different.

Drone love heart
Bride in front of barrels
Gawler Barossa Jockey Club Wedding Photo
Hugs on the path
Gawler Barossa Jockey Club wedding on racecourse
Bride by a nose!
Together near the barrels
Together near the barrels
Walking together
Together near the barrels

Gawler Barossa Jockey Club Wedding Reception

The reception hall the Jockey Club has on site, is a reasonable sized venue, which was halved off for Kellie and Matt’s reception party. The whole hall could easily fit 200-300 guests if the whole area was used. The dance floor was surrounded by customised little standing tables while the wedding favours were home-grown little succulents in pots, which I thought were very cute 🙂

MC
Wedding favours
Cheers!
Best Man
First dance
Hugs
First dance
Wedding Cake
Dancing
Laughing

Thanks so much to Kellie and Matt for having me at their wedding to capture their wedding photography!

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Serafinos Wedding – Jessica & Jack

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    Serafinos Wedding

    Smiles together

Jessica and Jack’s wedding at the Serafinos Winery in Mclaran Vale was an incredible day to photograph – filled with insanely photogenic locations and people it made the entire day incredibly easy to photograph! I was asked to cover their wedding as their wedding photographer from start to finish, and I’m so glad they did as some of the photographs I took on their day just turned out incredibly.

Preparation

The day started in Mt Barker, where Jack and his entourage were being prepared at his parents house that happened to be on a farm. It was a wonderfully furnished house, complete with an amazing driveway which we utilised for some group shots. The atmosphere was fairly laid back with Jack’s boys keeping the whole morning as light hearted as possible.

Getting ready
Checking the time
Whiskey
All together
Groom putting on tie
Getting ready
Putting on tie
Ring Box
Boys together

Jessica was being prepared a lot closer to Serafinos, in a stunning Aldinga bed and breakfast called Maison Blue. The setting was perfect for a bridal preparation,. it’s an amazingly beautiful house – as soon as I walked up the stairs and saw Jessica’s wedding dress hung over it’s amazing arch window, I was amazed. The girls, like the boys kept their morning quite light hearted, with the only concern coming from Jess once the unfortunate drizzle of rain began just before they were about to leave for Serafinos.

Putting on the dress
Closeup of engagement ring
Reading letter
Wedding Dress
Helping
Walking down stairs
Helping put on the dress
Walking up stairs
Girls looking on
Bride looking pretty
Engagement ring!
Looking in mirror
Happy bride
Girls together
Engagement Ring

Serafinos Wedding Ceremony

The Serafinos winery is a popular wedding venue in Mclaren Vale, complete with all the charming aspects of a winery, along with an absolutely stunning ceremony location in front of a huge lake beyond a huge gum tree which served as a backdrop for  Jess and Jack’s ceremony.

The only unfortunate thing that occurred during the whole day was a bit of rain that fell at the beginning of their wedding ceremony, but other than that little mishap – which many people consider to be good luck at a wedding anyway – The ceremony went off without a hitch.

Smiling bride
Car arriving
Holding hands
Groom tearing up
Arriving Bride
Vows
Walking together back down the aisle
At the altar
At the altar
At the altar
First kiss
Walking together back down the aisle
Wedding Ceremony

Serafinos Glamour Photos

Directly after Jess and Jack’s wedding ceremony, and family photos taken nearby the tree they were married under, the bridal party, their videographer and I took a little walk about the grounds. As it was a fairly overcast day the lighting was absolutely perfect for glamour photos! I really enjoyed myself and I think their photos turned out amazingly.

Couple in front of car
Together in the vineyard
In the barrel room
Smiles in the vineyard
Together near the lake
Hugs on driveway
In the barrel room
Smiles all round
Smiles together
Together near the lake
Aerial of car

Serafinos Wedding Reception

Jess and Jack’s wedding reception took place in the wonderfully decorated reception hall on location at the Serafinos winery which allowed for a huge dance floor and seating for their entire guest list. The highlight for me was definitely their first dance. The backdrop of the barrels along the the head table and dry ice machine made for an amazing shot.

Boys dancing together
Wedding Cake
Cutting the Wedding Cake
Dancing
Serafinos Wedding Reception
Bridal Toss
Dancer
Dancing!
Selfie
Catching the garter
Shoe game
Wrapping the bride and groom up in paper
Serafinos Wedding First Dance
Dance!
Dancing lift

I’d like to thank Jess and Jack for having me do their wedding photography – I really enjoyed myself and I hope they enjoy their photos as much as I enjoyed taking them!

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Announcing X-ray Wedding Photography

X-ray Wedding Photography

Since the dawn of photography, it has always been the photographer’s goal to capture the inner soul of their subject in photographic form. Capturing the emotions of the moment and telling a story as it happens in a split second of time is the essence of the goal that many wedding photographers set out to achieve – myself included. With this mindset, it’s with great excitement that I am announcing a new service I’m providing to all my wedding photography clients; X-ray Wedding Photography.

X-Ray Wedding Photography

Photography has always had the goal of capturing pure emotion, beyond the outer appearance of the subject being photographed, so using x-rays I’m able to pierce the upper levels of your skin, allowing me to photograph your inner beauty and emotions – literally. My portable x-ray camera (pictured below) allows for seamless integration of X-ray wedding photography to your special day, and the result would be a highly unique keepsake.

In keeping with my mantra of keeping up with the cutting edge in photographic technology, I’m always keen on providing my clients with that absolute best technology has to offer. With my rollout of satellite wedding photography last year, and of course my drone and 360 Virtual Reality services, no other photographers in Australia offer this kind of service.

Portable X-Ray Machine

As with many of my new services, I like to roll out my new offerings for free to already booked wedding clients, and I’ve developed my X-ray Wedding Photography process over the last few months – with the amazing results pictured below. As this is still a fledgeling service, I will still be offering this service for free, at least for the foreseeable future – just because I believe every angle of a wedding should be captured at the best of my ability.

X-Ray Love
X-Ray couple

I anticipate the demand for this kind of service will inundate me with bookings for the next 5 years at least, much in the same way as my super popular satellite wedding photography rollout last year. So get in touch now in order to secure my services and you too can have a unique memento of the inside of your bodies from your wedding day!