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.

Cufflinks

Marks up

Walking together

Suave

Tying ties

Wedding shoes

Putting on tie

Smiling groom

The boys

Wedding rings

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 🙂

rings

Flowers

Wedding Dress

Looking in mirror

Selfie

Smiling bride

OH ME GERD!

Engagement ring

Putting in veil

Scrap book

Looking in mirror

Bridal squad

Doing up dress

Flower girl

Dad’s first look

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

Standing out front

Holding hands

Groom in his crows gear

Beach Huts wedding

Holding hands

Groom’s reaction

together

First kiss

Smiling bride

Celebrant

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 🙂

Sunset

Amongst the grass

Middleton Beach Walkabout

Bridal party walking about the Middleton Beach Huts

Wedding rings

Under a big gum tree

Group photo

Standing about

Amongst the grass

Walking in the meadows

Middleton Beach Walkabout

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! 🙂

Wedding Cake

Guest having fun

Entrance

First dance

Laughing groom

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

November 19, 2018/by Steven Duncan

Engagement

Crozier Street & Grange Engagement shoot – Costa & Suzie

COSTA & SUZIE
Crozier street & Grange Engagement shoot

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

Under Grange Jetty

Smiles

Walking along the shoreline

Dancing on Grange Jetty

Walking amongst the dunes

Under Grange Jetty

Crozier Street

In front of an elevated door

On the wall

Black and white money shot

In front of an elevated door

Engagement ring

Holding hands

Walking together

Crozier Street money shot

Holding one another

Nice woolshed door

Walking together

Nice woolshed door

November 14, 2018/by Steven Duncan

Wedding preview, Wedding

Glenelg Golf Course Wedding – Angela & Don

ANGELA & DON
Glenelg Golf Course Wedding

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.

Looking suave

Walking off

Pointing

In a doorway

In the alley

On the foreshore

Helping bro

Wedding rings

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 dress

Laughing Mum

Heading out door

Dancing about

Playing games

Kisses for Grandad

Putting on flower

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 🙂

Talking celebrant

Holding hands

Getting out of car

Flowers everywhere!

Looking on

Wedding sign

Exit

Smiling bride

Happy groom

First kiss

Looking out window

Holding hands

Smiling Groom

Bride arrival

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

Under the Jetty

Bubble at the Glenelg Golf Course

Under the Jetty

With the Wedding Car

Walking along the beach

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

Entrance

Speech

First dance

Speech

First dance

Kids dancing

Exit

Dancing

Glenelg Golf Course Reception

Dancing

Let it goooo!

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! 😀

November 9, 2018/by Steven Duncan

Wedding preview, Wedding

Sferas Convention Center Wedding – Michelle & Matt

I was happy to be a part of Michelle and Matt’s wedding at the Sferas Convention Center as their wedding photographer on a beautiful early October day! I was asked to cover their wedding for 4 hours, while staying the night manning the SvenStudos photobooth, which got a good workout throughout the night!

Sferas Convention Center Wedding Ceremony

The Sferas chapel in behind the Convention center complex was the location of their wedding ceremony. It’s a long, thin room designed to be fairly intimate and cozy, with a grand piano and floral decor at it’s head. The ceremony was a short and sweet affair, highlighted by Michelle and Matt’s adorable little daughter who was smiling the entire way through, along with an entertaining episode where the best man almost dropped the rings 🙂

Flower girl

Sferas Convention Center

Vodka

Holding Hands

Bride arriving

Ready to leave

At the altar

Laughing

Waiting for Bride

Exchanging rings

First Kiss

Happy Dad

Waiting for Bride

Vows

Leaving

Kisses

Glamour Photos

After the group photos which were taken on the grassy area directly beside the Convention Center, we used the rest of Civic Park for a few glamour photos before heading over the road to make use of the more rustic backdrops of weeping willows and long, unkempt grass. We also returned to the hanging lights in Civic Park later in the night for some nighttime shots.

In a tree

In front of a weeping willow

Together near a tree

Walking in the grass

Bridal Party

In front of the Sferas Convention Center at night

In front of a weeping willow

Wedding Rings

Under the trees

Closeup

Walking in the grass

In front of the Sferas Convention Center at night

In the glow of the sun

Together in a tree

Together near a tree

Sferas Convention Center Wedding Reception

The Sferas Convention Center boasts multiple, large function rooms, and as it happened, they were using at least 3 of them on the same night as Michelle and Matt’s wedding reception. The room in which Michelle and Matt chose to hold their reception was my favourite room of the lot – the Studio. While it isn’t the largest, I like it a lot for the lovely curved windows overlooking the nearby park.