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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.

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

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! 🙂

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

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!

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

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.

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

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 🙂

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

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

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 🙂

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

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! 🙂

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

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

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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

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

Crozier Street

Crozier Street money shot
Holding hands
Nice woolshed door
In front of an elevated door
Walking together
Black and white money shot
Nice woolshed door
Engagement ring
Walking together
On the wall
Holding one another
In front of an elevated door
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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
Looking suave
On the foreshore
In a doorway
In the alley
Pointing
Wedding rings
Helping bro

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

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 🙂

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

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.

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

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.

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

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! 😀

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