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 🙂

Wedding sign

Dad’s first look

Looking out window

Looking out window

Smiling groom

Pensive

In front of window

Mum helping

getting ready

pensive

Smiles

Smiling bride

Looking in mirror

Groomsmen lounging about

getting ready

Wedding rings

Hustle and bustle

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

Smiles

At the altar

Exchanging rings

Smiles

Flower girls

Blushing bride

Wedding ceremony

First kiss

Signing registry

Bridal exit

St Francis Winery Wedding setup

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.

Under a weeping willow

Bouquet

Under the sun

hehe

Smiling girls

Standing together

Next to the cart

Smiles together

Standing together

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.

Under the weeping willow at night

Smiling groom

Wedding cake

Dancing boy

Children’s activity book

Cutting the cake

First dance

Talking

Smiling bride

St Francis Winery Wedding Reception

Lolly bar

Decorations

Under the weeping willow at night

Shots

First dance

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