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St Francis Winery Wedding - Chelsea & Nathan

St Francis Winery Wedding – Chelsea & Nathan

September 28, 2019/in Wedding preview, Wedding
  • Chelsea & Nathan

    St Francis Winery Wedding

    under the weeping willow

It was a stunning day in amongst some rather ordinary weather for Chelsea and Nathan’s St Francis Winery Wedding at the beginning of September. It’s rather exciting to head to weddings like ths as I knew form the outset that Chelsea and Nathan were excellent dancers so I knew their reception was going to be a blast! I was lucky enough to be asked to be their wedding photographer all day and we managed to make most use of the time without the day seeming too rushed.

Preparation Photos

I was asked to begin the day with Chelsea’s preparation photos at the St Francis Winery room where she was being prepared, but I felt as though Nathan was missing out a bit so I head around to the nearby house he was getting ready at for about 10 minutes also – just to grab a shot of the rings and other small things lying about the place.

Through the makeup light
Through the makeup light
Wedding rings
Wedding rings
Getting ready
Getting ready
Getting ready
Getting ready
Getting ready
Getting ready
Wedding shoes
Engagement ring
Engagement ring
Wedding dress
Wedding dress

First Look

The preparation phtos wasn’t a huge deal to Chelsea and Nathan, but what was exciting was they opted to have their main ‘glamour’ photo shoot done before their wedding ceremony in what’s known as a ‘first look’ where the groom and bride meet each other before the ceremony away from prying eyes and the nerves that would otherwise accompany the usual tradtional ‘first look’ as the bride walks down the aisle.

One of the Nathan’s groomsmen was a good sport here as Chelsea had secretly dressed him up in a stunning dress to play a bit of a prank on Nathan before she arrived for the real first look! 🙂

Groom walking about
Groom walking about
Groom and groomsmen
Groom and groomsmen
The beautiful bride approaches
The beautiful bride approaches
Surprise
Surprise
Hugs
Hugs
The actual bride approaches
The actual bride approaches
The actual bride approaches
The actual bride approaches
Hugs
Hugs

Glamour Photos

After the first look we had a good amount of time to use the St Francis Winery grounds and surrounds for some glamour photos. This time of year the weeping willows surrounding the pond on the grounds was just starting to turn green again which always makes for a lovely backdrop – particularly on sunny days where the sun flares through the foliage. We also head out for a bit to the nearby bike track which I knew – having lived in the area for quite a while – made for a lovely backdrop wth it’s arching tall trees either side. This made for a little diversity in their photos.

Chilling on the cart
Chilling on the cart
On the bike path
On the bike path
Holding bouquet
Holding bouquet
under the weeping willow
under the weeping willow
under the weeping willow
under the weeping willow
Walking amongst the forest
Walking amongst the forest
Standing together
Standing together
inside
inside
Walking amongst the forest
Walking amongst the forest
On the bike path
On the bike path
inside the St Francis winery wedding reception area
inside the St Francis winery wedding reception area
Walking together
Walking together
inside the St Francis winery wedding reception area
inside the St Francis winery wedding reception area
Wedding rings
Wedding rings
Bridal party
Bridal party
Under the trees
Under the trees
In front of the cellar doors
In front of the cellar doors
Smiles under the trees
Smiles under the trees
walking together
walking together
Near the cart
Near the cart
Under a tree
Under a tree
Together in front of the flowers
Together in front of the flowers
Under a tree
Under a tree

St Francis Winery Wedding Ceremony

Chelsea and Nathan’s actual wedding ceremony was a lovely simple affair which, after the music had been fixed at the begining went off quite well 🙂 Unfortunately their music had been set up with the bridal party walking down together holding flash cards as a bit of an inside joke, but diddnt work out so well 😛 Diddnt put a dampener on anyone’s mood though!

wedding sign
wedding sign
Groom waiting patiently
Groom waiting patiently
Bridal approach
Bridal approach
Bridal approach
Bridal approach
Smiling groom
Smiling groom
Smiling father of bride
Smiling father of bride
St Francis winery wedding ceremony
St Francis winery wedding ceremony
Smiling bride
Smiling bride
St Francis winery wedding ceremony
St Francis winery wedding ceremony
together out the front
together out the front
Nerves
Nerves
Vows
Vows
Listening
Listening
Smiles
Smiles
Celebrant
Celebrant
Exchanging wedding rings
Exchanging wedding rings
Exchanging wedding rings
Exchanging wedding rings
First kiss
First kiss
Celebrate!
Celebrate!
Checking out ring
Checking out ring
Congregation
Congregation

St Francis Winery Wedding Reception

As I mentioned before I knew Chalsea ad Nathan were pretty good dancers as their circle of friends happened to be the same as a wedding I covered several years ago where the bride and groom attended the same dance club. I also knew that many of the same dance club would be there than night, so the dance floor was always in action this night, and not just with people swaying and bopping, actual proper dancing! It was great to witness 🙂

First dance
First dance
First dance
First dance
First dance
First dance
First dance
First dance
Daddy daughter dance
Daddy daughter dance
under the trees at night
under the trees at night
bonbonerie
bonbonerie
talking
talking
Main
Main
Speech
Speech
reaction
reaction
reaction
reaction
Dancing
Dancing
Dancing
Dancing
Dancing
Dancing

Thanks so much to Chelsea and Nathan for having me as your wedding photographer on your big day!

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1 Preparation Photos
2 First Look
3 Glamour Photos
4 St Francis Winery Wedding Ceremony
5 St Francis Winery Wedding Reception

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