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Tea Tree Gully Golf Course Wedding – Lorena & Ashraf

It was a bit of a different wedding day for Lorena and Ashraf, incorporating a bunch of traditional Lebanese sweets, dancing and family fun! It so great to get to be a part of these weddings where there’s always something going on, and the energy of everyone involved is on show for all to see! Started the day with a glamour shoot, while the real fun started at Ashraf’s house where his entire family had congregated for some fun Lebanese dancing then headed over to the Tea Tree Gully Golf Course for their lunch time reception.

Glamour Photos

We started early on the day with a glamour shoot around Inglewood and the park nearby the Sferas Convention Center where we made use of the awesome trees and rustic ruins scattered about.

Laughing together
Bride
Wedding dress
Holding one another
Together under the sun
Engagement ring
Under a weeping willow
Under a tree
Inglewood house
First meeting
Wedding rings
Closeup of wedding bands
Under a weeping willow
Sitting
Walking between trees
Walking together
Forest grove
In the park

Lebanese Wedding Dancing

When Ashraf was warning me of the kind of different experience I was in for when we met to talk about their wedding photography on their wedding day, I wasn’t overly expecting him to start dancing about like a hooligan in the middle of their street! It was great fun to witness all his friends and family join in with the drumming, making as much noise as possible and dance moves bordering on dangerous! 🙂

Smiles
Groom beginning to dance
Dancing bride
Waving
Lorena looking on
Banging the drum
Celebrations!
The drummers have arrived
Smiling guest
At Lorena’s house
Outside with everyone!
Dad

Tea Tree Gully Golf Course Reception

The dancing continued all throughout their lunch time reception at the Tea Tree Gully Golf Course reception hall. They used up the entire large area with hundreds of guests, all keen on squeezing on the dancefloor and bop to the amazingly loud drumming and singing!

Violinist
Dancing guests
Drummer
Laughing and shouting
Dancing guests
First dance
Wedding cake
Dancing guest
Dancing bride
Guests
Dancing together
Speech
Chair
Bridal entry at the Tea Tree Gully Golf COurse
Guests
Bride and groom
Guests
Wedding sign
Drummer
Kidlet
Speech
Dancing together
First dance
Clapping
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Middleton Beach Huts Wedding – Lauren & Marty

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    Middleton Beach Huts Wedding

    Amongst the grass

I always love heading down to the Middleton Beach Huts for a wedding, as the nearby scenery and awesome setting that the beach huts provide always make for stunning wedding photography! So when Lauren and Marty asked me to be their wedding photographer for the day, I was very excited to be a part of their day! Another neat part of their day was the fact that their DJ had suggested using his private land up in the hills for photos instead of the usual heading down to the beach, so we got to use some awesome gumtrees as a backdrop instead.

Preparation

After having set up my photo booth in preparation for Lauren and Marty’s reception, I sauntered over to the Beach Huts that Lauren and Marty were getting ready in. They were using two separate huts adjacent to one another, so it was easy enough to flit in between places of preparation which was great.

Smiling groom
Marks up
Tying ties
Wedding rings
Wedding shoes
Cufflinks
The boys
Putting on tie
Walking together
Suave

The air surrounding Lauren and Marty was very laid back, and easy going, with little to ruffle feathers and only the slightest showing of nerves from Marty, the groom 🙂 As soon as he donned his crows scarf though, and mentions of his hero, Taylor Walker, it soon vanished 🙂

Bridal squad
Flower girl
Wedding Dress
OH ME GERD!
rings
Selfie
Dad’s first look
Engagement ring
Flowers
Putting in veil
Scrap book
Looking in mirror
Doing up dress
Smiling bride
Looking in mirror

Middleton Beach Huts Wedding Ceremony

It was a super sunny day, and unfortunately there’s little shade for the congregation on the grassy area of the Middleton Beach Huts, so it made it tricky to mitigate the harsh shadows and highlights when taking photos, but it was certainly a love filled ceremony and the weather was really nothing to complain about!

Smiling bride
Standing out front
Groom in his crows gear
Holding hands
Holding hands
Groom’s reaction
Celebrant
Bride arriving
Beach Huts wedding
First kiss
Holding hands
together

Glamour Photos

After the group photos, we began our glamour photos session by walking around the grounds together with the bridal party, making use of the curated gardens and unique vibe the venue provides. We then hopped in the car for a bit of a drive to the aforementioned private property of their DJ. It happened to be an old winery estate, filled with rolling hills and stunning gum trees, which I loved taking photos of! On the way back we stopped off at the beach for a few shots using the sunset 🙂

Middleton Beach Walkabout
Standing about
Under a big gum tree
Amongst the grass
Walking in the meadows
Amongst the grass
Under a big gum tree
Group photo
Wedding rings
Amongst the grass
Middleton Beach Walkabout
Bridal party walking about the Middleton Beach Huts
Sunset
Under a big gum tree

Middleton Beach Huts Wedding Reception

Finally, with the wedding reception on site, all the guests were already packed into the restaurant when we arrived back, leaving little room to move! It was a great atmosphere, with guests spilling out into the outside areas, making use of the balmy weather. The dance floor was packed all night, and I had a blast! 🙂

First dance
Entrance
Wedding Cake
Guest having fun
Laughing groom
First dance

Thanks so much to Lauren and Marty for having me as your wedding photographer! Hope you love your photos.

Crozier Street & Grange Engagement shoot – Costa & Suzie

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    Crozier street & Grange Engagement shoot

    Crozier Street money shot

Costa contacted me via my Facebook page looking to have an engagement shoot done at short notice as both himself and his fiancee will be in town at the same time. Luckily I had a day free as I actually had two weddings on the same weekend that Costa wanted to have their shoot done, but luckily they were on the Friday and Saturday, so I had the Sunday free 🙂 I asked him what time of shots he’d prefer and he suggested something industrial. Really only one place to go in Adelaide for a shoot like that, Crozier Street in Port Adelaide! It’s a super popular spot for taking photos, to the point that on Saturdays you’d often find yourself queueing up behind several other weddings just to shoot there 🙂 We started the shoot at the Grange jetty nearby though for a bit of variety in the photos.

Grange Beach

Amongst the dunes at Grange
Dancing on Grange Jetty
Walking along the shoreline
Under Grange Jetty
Under Grange Jetty
Walking amongst the dunes
Amongst the dunes at Grange
Smiles

Crozier Street

Nice woolshed door
Crozier Street money shot
Black and white money shot
On the wall
Walking together
Holding one another
Holding hands
In front of an elevated door
Walking together
Nice woolshed door
In front of an elevated door
Engagement ring
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Glenelg Golf Course Wedding – Angela & Don

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    Glenelg Golf Course Wedding

    With the Wedding Car

It was one of the first real warm days of the year on the day of Angela and Don’s wedding that took place at the Glenelg Golf Course. I was asked to be their wedding photographer from their preparation through to the end of their reception and it was an awesome day to be a part of! The weather was awesome all day, which brought some good and bad situations during the day, but it all worked out in the end! 😀

Preparation

Don and his groomsmen were being prepared in a room at the Grand on the Glenelg foreshore – it was quite a simple affair with good natured jibes being thrown at one another while getting ready in the room. After everyone was dressed we went for a bit of a walk nearby the beach for some different, scenic shots.

Walking off
In the alley
Wedding rings
On the foreshore
Pointing
Looking suave
Helping bro
In a doorway

I arrived at the bridal place of preparation to the tune of Frozen’s ‘Let it go’ anthem playing in the background as Angela and Don’s little flower girl was running about watching and singing while trying to help out with whatever she could 🙂 To keep her entertained the girls would play a bit of ‘whats the time Mr.Wolf?’ Which is always fun.

Looking out window
Putting on flower
Playing games
Wedding dress
Dancing about
Laughing Mum
Putting on dress
Heading out door
Putting on dress
Kisses for Grandad
Heading out door

Glenelg Golf Course Wedding Ceremony

The Glenelg Golf Course has a little grassy area off set from the nearby practice greens specifically allocated for holding wedding ceremonies. It’s a large enough area to hold larger sized wedding parties while having a backdrop of a few trees in front of a nearby fairway. Angela and Don’s wedding ceremony was a short, sweet affair, complete with personal readings from family members and fun shenanigans when Don went to kiss Angela while signing the registry. Some of the kids also found it fun to throw copious amounts of petals over Angela 🙂

Exit
Looking on
Smiling Groom
Getting out of car
Flowers everywhere!
Holding hands
Smiling bride
Bride arrival
Happy groom
Holding hands
First kiss
Looking out window
Talking celebrant
Wedding sign

Glamour Photos

After the group photos which we took in front of their bridal car, we used the car, and a rather powerful looking bubble machine(!) in a few photos at the Golf Course itself, before heading off towards the Grange beach and it’s Jetty. Unfortunately on the drive down there we soon realised that due to it being one of the first really warm days of the Summer, everyone in Adelaide had the same idea! The roads were packed with beach goers and we ended up heading to the closer Henley Beach Jetty. A bit of photoshop went into removing all the people in the background in some of their beach shots! What we got though I think I was happy wth and Angela and Don were keen to get away from the crowds as quickly as possible.

Walking along the beach
Under the Jetty
Under the Jetty
With the Wedding Car
Bubble at the Glenelg Golf Course
Kisses
Bubble at the Glenelg Golf Course

Glenelg Golf Course Wedding Reception

We then head back to the Glenelg Golf Course for Angela and Don’s reception in their very neat reception hall. The entire night was boisterous with the dance floor only being vacant for very short periods, while Angela and Don’s little flower girl really stole the limelight where she treated the entire party to a cute rendition of Frozen’s ‘Let it Go’. Don also made waves by borrowing the DJ’s kilt! Was a very fun night.

Wedding Cake
Kids dancing
Dancing
Dancing
First dance
Exit
Dancing
First dance
Speech
Entrance
Glenelg Golf Course Reception
Let it goooo!
Speech

Thanks so much to Angela and Don for having me as your wedding photographer, I’m so pleased I was about to cover your wedding and I hope you enjoy your wedding photos! 😀