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Sferas Convention Center Wedding – Michelle & Matt

I was happy to be a part of Michelle and Matt’s wedding at the Sferas Convention Center as their wedding photographer on a beautiful early October day! I was asked to cover their wedding for 4 hours, while staying the night manning the SvenStudos photobooth, which got a good workout throughout the night!

Sferas Convention Center Wedding Ceremony

The Sferas chapel in behind the Convention center complex was the location of their wedding ceremony. It’s a long, thin room designed to be fairly intimate and cozy, with a grand piano and floral decor at it’s head. The ceremony was a short and sweet affair, highlighted by Michelle and Matt’s adorable little daughter who was smiling the entire way through, along with an entertaining episode where the best man almost dropped the rings 🙂

Bride arriving
Exchanging rings
Vodka
Leaving
Kisses
Happy Dad
Flower girl
Waiting for Bride
Waiting for Bride
First Kiss
Vows
At the altar
Laughing
Ready to leave
Holding Hands
Sferas Convention Center

Glamour Photos

After the group photos which were taken on the grassy area directly beside the Convention Center, we used the rest of Civic Park for a few glamour photos before heading over the road to make use of the more rustic backdrops of weeping willows and long, unkempt grass. We also returned to the hanging lights in Civic Park later in the night for some nighttime shots.

In the glow of the sun
Wedding Rings
Under the trees
Together in a tree
In front of the Sferas Convention Center at night
Walking in the grass
Together near a tree
Closeup
In front of the Sferas Convention Center at night
In front of a weeping willow
Bridal Party
In front of a weeping willow
Walking in the grass
Together near a tree
In a tree

Sferas Convention Center Wedding Reception

The Sferas Convention Center boasts multiple, large function rooms, and as it happened, they were using at least 3 of them on the same night as Michelle and Matt’s wedding reception. The room in which Michelle and Matt chose to hold their reception was my favourite room of the lot – the Studio. While it isn’t the largest, I like it a lot for the lovely curved windows overlooking the nearby park.

First dance
Water
Speech
First dance
Guest Book
Cutting the cake
Sferas Convention Center
Wedding Cake
Bomboniere
First dance
Cheers
Bridal Entrance

Thanks so much Michelle and Matt for having me as your wedding photographer, I had a bunch of fun, and I hope you enjoy your photos! 😀

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St Francis Winery Wedding – Molly & Ian

St Francis Winery Wedding – Molly & Ian

I had been looking forward to covering Molly and Ian’s wedding at the St Francis Winery ever since shooting their engagement photos in the city about a year prior. I was also asked to build them an RSVP website, which was a good way to keep in contact all throughout the wedding planning in between. The day was a super sunny, bright, beautiful day which translated into a love-filled celebration of the wedding of Molly and Ian 🙂

Preparation

One of the great things about most of the weddings I’ve covered at the St Francis Winery is that both the bride and groom are staying on site and are prepared in separate rooms, so I’m able to flit in between rooms to take photos of them both being prepared at the same time. Both Molly and Ian were fairly laiud back in their preparation, with fun events like Molly’s small gift to ian being an exploding card, and of course running after the less than co-operative kidlets 🙂

Mum helping
Looking out window
Wedding sign
getting ready
Wedding rings
Smiles
Looking in mirror
getting ready
Groomsmen lounging about
Smiling bride
Pensive
Looking out window
Smiling groom
In front of window
Hustle and bustle
Dad’s first look
pensive

St Francis Winery Wedding Ceremony

Molly and Ian wisely opted to move the location of their wedding ceremony into a small – shaded area closer to the buildings of the winery as standing out in the sun for the duration of their ceremony would not have been fun. The ceremony was short and sweet, and culminated in a barrage of confetti thrown by the guests.

Smiles
St Francis Winery Wedding setup
Smiles
Exchanging rings
Bridal exit
St Francis Winery Wedding
Flower girls
Blushing bride
Signing registry
Wedding ceremony
Smiles
First kiss
At the altar

Glamour Photos

As I usually do, I made use of the incredible weeping willow trees surrounding the duck lake within the winery’s grounds, and as the sun was beating down, tried to make the most of it’s rays shing through the foliage.

Standing together
Next to the cart
Bouquet
Smiles together
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Smiling girls
Under a weeping willow
Standing together
Under the sun

St Francis Winery Reception

To finish up the day, Molly and Ian’s wedding reception took place on site within the St Francis Winery reception hall, with the end section used as the dancefloor. The end section is great for the first dance dry ice as the walled off area allows for a lovely carpet of mist – makes it quite beautiful.

Children’s activity book
Dancing boy
Under the weeping willow at night
First dance
Decorations
Wedding cake
Shots
Lolly bar
Under the weeping willow at night
Smiling bride
Talking
First dance
Smiling groom
St Francis Winery Wedding Reception
Cutting the cake

Thanks so much to Molly and Ian for having me as their wedding photographer and I hope you enjoy your photos! 🙂

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Boss the Bull Mastiff Photoshoot

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    On top of the hill

Boss the Bull Mastiff Photoshoot

Recently I ran a little contest on instagram in order to celebrate reaching 10,000 followers on the platform. The idea being that people who would like to enter were to select their favourite image I had put up on my feed. Well Boss the Bull Mastiff (@bossthebullmastiff) was the winner and as a result we went out to the Grange beach for a bit of a run about and photoshoot! Was a fairly simple little shoot, we started by walking along the dunes, and then had Boss run up and down the beach for a bit before striking a pose under the famed Grange Jetty. Boss was fairly easy to work with, very well trained and was kept on a leachsh for the whole time – just had to photoshop it out for the photos!

Kisses
Running about
Boss the Bull Mastiff
On top of the hill
On the beach
Smiles
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