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 🙂

Looking in mirror

Looking out window

pensive

Groomsmen lounging about

Looking out window

getting ready

Wedding rings

Smiling bride

Pensive

Smiles

Wedding sign

Dad’s first look

In front of window

Smiling groom

getting ready

Mum helping

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.

First kiss

Blushing bride

Smiles

Bridal exit

St Francis Winery Wedding

Smiles

Wedding ceremony

Exchanging rings

At the altar

Smiles

St Francis Winery Wedding setup

Flower girls

Signing registry

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.

Smiling girls

Standing together

Standing together

Under the sun

hehe

Under a weeping willow

Next to the cart

Smiles together

Bouquet

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.

Cutting the cake

Under the weeping willow at night

Lolly bar

First dance

Dancing boy

St Francis Winery Wedding Reception

Smiling bride

Shots

First dance

Talking

Under the weeping willow at night

Children’s activity book

Wedding cake

Decorations

Smiling groom

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