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Adelaide Botanical Gardens Wedding – Kat & Monty

  • KAT & MONTY

    Adelaide Botanical Gardens Wedding

    Together with brial party

Kat and Monty’s Adelaide Botanical Gardens wedding was supposed to take place at the Mt Lofty Botanic Gardens, only to have them forced to change venue the night before due to a catastrophic fire danger alert put out in the Mt Lofty ranges. We had even walked about the Mt Lofty Gardens and sorted out everything we were going to do before hand – only to have it change to the city! It all worked out well though, as thankfully there was my favourite spot in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens free for their ceremony, and despite the whole thing being stressful for the bride and groom, the whole day worked out fantastically 🙂

Adelaide Botanical Gardens Wedding Ceremony

I was asked to be Kat and Monty’s wedding photographer for 3 hours on their day, which allowed me to cover their ceremony at the large tree at the northern end of the Adelaide Botanical Gardens, and then around an hour or so walking about the gardens itself for some glamour shots. As the fire danger had been declared, you could probably imagine the sort of weather we had for the day – super sunny and getting up there in temperature – which was pretty lucky considering that the week leading up to their day the weather hadn’t been great.

Kat and Monty’s ceremony took place without a hitch, and included their two boys, symbolising the coming together of their new family unit. It’s always nice to include any children involved, as it recognises them as also making a commitment as a newly formed family. Was lovely 🙂

Exchanging wedding rings
Smiling Groom
Bride getting out of car
First Kiss
Walking off together
Groom and celebrant
Exchanging wedding rings
Under the tree
Smiling bride
Together
Bride’s arrival
Walking down the aisle
Groom’s first look
Signing the certificate
Whole Family together
Bride’s family

Adelaide Botanical Gardens Glamour Photos

After the usual family photos, the bridal party and I went for a bit of a lap of the gardens to take some glamour shots, starting out with the magnificent money-shot of the gardens – the elm walkway. Love those trees that bend over the path to create a magical canopy. I knew it was Kat’s goal to make use of this space for the best images possible as it was one of the saving graces she had from her original choice of holding her wedding ceremony at the Mt Lofty Botanic Gardens. The sunny day made this task super awesome 😀 Another request was replicating a shot I took at Ciara and Max’s wedding almost a year earlier of a black and white detail shot of a large tree at the southern end of the gardens. It’s always nice to hear what other’s favourite shots are from my weddings 🙂

Autumnal Colours
Together with bridal party
Together under a big tree
Artsy
Adelaide Botanical Gardens Wedding
Together in the Botanic Gardens
Bridal Party under the trees
Mum with kids
Kisses
Together under a tree
Under the bamboo

Thanks so much to Kat and Monty for having me capture their wedding photography! Sorry that your first choice of the Mt Lofty Botanical Park wasnt available for you, but I’m sure you enjoyed your day nonetheless!

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Gawler Barossa Jockey Club Wedding – Kellie & Matt

  • Kellie & Matt

    Gawler Barossa Jockey Club Wedding

    Gawler & Barossa Jockey Club Wedding Photo

The Gawler Barossa Jockey Club, located just outside Gawler, and near the Evanston train station was the venue for Kellie and Matt’s wedding on a sunny, but a bit windy day in March. I was lucky enough to be asked to be their wedding photographer for the entire day, and also hosted a photobooth at their reception, that also took place at the Jockey Club.

Preparation

I started the day at Matt’s parents house where his groomsmen and himself were getting ready. As a gift to each of the members of the marty, Matt had given each groomsman a watch and in return the jovial nature of the guys together made for a lovely laid-back morning 🙂

Groom and groomsmen
Best Man doing up tie
Mum helping out
Getting ready
Groomsmen suits
Smiling groom
Groom’s watch
Buttoning up
Groom under a tree
Groom getting ready

After around an hour with the boys, I headed over to where Kellie was getting ready, only to be greeted with something I had never seen on a wedding day, a full mannequin, proudly displaying her beautiful dress in a back room. The story goes that it was a dress handed down from another family member, and with Kellie’s mother being a dressmaker, she had done the altering herself. Much as with the boys, the atmosphere was laidback with all the ladies running about, but having a good time together.

Wedding rings
Bride getting ready
Girls together
Dad looking proud
Smiling bride
Mirrored dress
Dress
Bride in her dress
About to leave
Smiling Mum
Smiles

Gawler Barossa Jockey Club Wedding Ceremony

The Gawler Barossa Jockey Club is a race course located just outside the city of Gawler. The grounds are set up for small functions with an outdoor bar and awning covering a large area, and a pretty little rotunda where Kellie and Matt were married.

The weather was super sunny, but just a little windy which caused a few problems with Kellie’s train, but nothing major. The whole ceremony was full of emotion and joy, and was just beautiful to be a part of!

Gawler Barossa Jockey Club Rotunda
Arriving in the car
Rotunda
Singing the registry
Car arriving
Laughing Bride
Walking with Dad
Smiling Bride
Smiling Groom
Under the Rotunda
Teary Groom
First Kiss
Page Boy
Exchanging wedding rings

Glamour Photos

After the family photos and whipping out the drone for some aerial group shots, we made use of the small amount of trees on site, and the hilly grass behind the rotunda first to get some nice glamour shots, then made our way down the race course itself. There was a huge flock of birds flying about on the day that feature prominently in quite a few of the photos, making for something a little different.

Bride in front of barrels
Walking together
Gawler Barossa Jockey Club wedding on racecourse
Bride by a nose!
Drone love heart
Together near the barrels
Hugs on the path
Gawler Barossa Jockey Club Wedding Photo
Together near the barrels
Together near the barrels

Gawler Barossa Jockey Club Wedding Reception

The reception hall the Jockey Club has on site, is a reasonable sized venue, which was halved off for Kellie and Matt’s reception party. The whole hall could easily fit 200-300 guests if the whole area was used. The dance floor was surrounded by customised little standing tables while the wedding favours were home-grown little succulents in pots, which I thought were very cute 🙂

MC
First dance
Laughing
Wedding favours
First dance
Cheers!
Best Man
Wedding Cake
Dancing
Hugs

Thanks so much to Kellie and Matt for having me at their wedding to capture their wedding photography!

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Serafinos Wedding – Jessica & Jack

  • JESSICA & JACK

    Serafinos Wedding

    Smiles together

Jessica and Jack’s wedding at the Serafinos Winery in Mclaran Vale was an incredible day to photograph – filled with insanely photogenic locations and people it made the entire day incredibly easy to photograph! I was asked to cover their wedding as their wedding photographer from start to finish, and I’m so glad they did as some of the photographs I took on their day just turned out incredibly.

Preparation

The day started in Mt Barker, where Jack and his entourage were being prepared at his parents house that happened to be on a farm. It was a wonderfully furnished house, complete with an amazing driveway which we utilised for some group shots. The atmosphere was fairly laid back with Jack’s boys keeping the whole morning as light hearted as possible.

Checking the time
Whiskey
Putting on tie
Groom putting on tie
Getting ready
Getting ready
Boys together
Ring Box
All together

Jessica was being prepared a lot closer to Serafinos, in a stunning Aldinga bed and breakfast called Maison Blue. The setting was perfect for a bridal preparation,. it’s an amazingly beautiful house – as soon as I walked up the stairs and saw Jessica’s wedding dress hung over it’s amazing arch window, I was amazed. The girls, like the boys kept their morning quite light hearted, with the only concern coming from Jess once the unfortunate drizzle of rain began just before they were about to leave for Serafinos.

Girls together
Engagement ring!
Girls looking on
Looking in mirror
Reading letter
Happy bride
Helping
Bride looking pretty
Engagement Ring
Walking up stairs
Wedding Dress
Walking down stairs
Closeup of engagement ring
Helping put on the dress
Putting on the dress

Serafinos Wedding Ceremony

The Serafinos winery is a popular wedding venue in Mclaren Vale, complete with all the charming aspects of a winery, along with an absolutely stunning ceremony location in front of a huge lake beyond a huge gum tree which served as a backdrop for  Jess and Jack’s ceremony.

The only unfortunate thing that occurred during the whole day was a bit of rain that fell at the beginning of their wedding ceremony, but other than that little mishap – which many people consider to be good luck at a wedding anyway – The ceremony went off without a hitch.

Vows
Arriving Bride
Walking together back down the aisle
Holding hands
First kiss
At the altar
Smiling bride
Walking together back down the aisle
Car arriving
At the altar
Wedding Ceremony
Groom tearing up
At the altar

Serafinos Glamour Photos

Directly after Jess and Jack’s wedding ceremony, and family photos taken nearby the tree they were married under, the bridal party, their videographer and I took a little walk about the grounds. As it was a fairly overcast day the lighting was absolutely perfect for glamour photos! I really enjoyed myself and I think their photos turned out amazingly.

Smiles in the vineyard
Couple in front of car
Together in the vineyard
Smiles together
Smiles all round
Aerial of car
In the barrel room
Together near the lake
Together near the lake
Hugs on driveway
In the barrel room

Serafinos Wedding Reception

Jess and Jack’s wedding reception took place in the wonderfully decorated reception hall on location at the Serafinos winery which allowed for a huge dance floor and seating for their entire guest list. The highlight for me was definitely their first dance. The backdrop of the barrels along the the head table and dry ice machine made for an amazing shot.

Wrapping the bride and groom up in paper
Serafinos Wedding First Dance
Boys dancing together
Serafinos Wedding Reception
Dancer
Dancing lift
Selfie
Cutting the Wedding Cake
Bridal Toss
Catching the garter
Dance!
Dancing
Wedding Cake
Dancing!
Shoe game

I’d like to thank Jess and Jack for having me do their wedding photography – I really enjoyed myself and I hope they enjoy their photos as much as I enjoyed taking them!

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Announcing X-ray Wedding Photography

X-ray Wedding Photography

Since the dawn of photography, it has always been the photographer’s goal to capture the inner soul of their subject in photographic form. Capturing the emotions of the moment and telling a story as it happens in a split second of time is the essence of the goal that many wedding photographers set out to achieve – myself included. With this mindset, it’s with great excitement that I am announcing a new service I’m providing to all my wedding photography clients; X-ray Wedding Photography.

X-Ray Wedding Photography

Photography has always had the goal of capturing pure emotion, beyond the outer appearance of the subject being photographed, so using x-rays I’m able to pierce the upper levels of your skin, allowing me to photograph your inner beauty and emotions – literally. My portable x-ray camera (pictured below) allows for seamless integration of X-ray wedding photography to your special day, and the result would be a highly unique keepsake.

In keeping with my mantra of keeping up with the cutting edge in photographic technology, I’m always keen on providing my clients with that absolute best technology has to offer. With my rollout of satellite wedding photography last year, and of course my drone and 360 Virtual Reality services, no other photographers in Australia offer this kind of service.

Portable X-Ray Machine

As with many of my new services, I like to roll out my new offerings for free to already booked wedding clients, and I’ve developed my X-ray Wedding Photography process over the last few months – with the amazing results pictured below. As this is still a fledgeling service, I will still be offering this service for free, at least for the foreseeable future – just because I believe every angle of a wedding should be captured at the best of my ability.

X-Ray Love
X-Ray couple

I anticipate the demand for this kind of service will inundate me with bookings for the next 5 years at least, much in the same way as my super popular satellite wedding photography rollout last year. So get in touch now in order to secure my services and you too can have a unique memento of the inside of your bodies from your wedding day!