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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.

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

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! 🙂

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

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!

Clapping
Wedding sign
Wedding cake
Violinist
Dancing together
Bride and groom
Dancing guests
First dance
Speech
Guests
Guests
Dancing together
Speech
Kidlet
Dancing guest
Guests
First dance
Dancing guests
Drummer
Drummer
Bridal entry at the Tea Tree Gully Golf COurse
Chair
Laughing and shouting
Dancing bride
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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.

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

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

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!

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

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

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
Wedding Cake
Laughing groom
First dance
Entrance
Guest having fun

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

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

Crozier Street

In front of an elevated door
Black and white money shot
Nice woolshed door
On the wall
In front of an elevated door
Holding hands
Holding one another
Walking together
Walking together
Engagement ring
Crozier Street money shot
Nice woolshed 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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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