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St Francis Winery Wedding – Jess & Chris

October 27, 2019/in Wedding preview, Wedding
  • Jess & Chris

    St Francis Winery Wedding

    veil flowing amongst the trees

Jess and Chris held their lovely St Francis Winery wedding on a lovely day in early October. While the sun wasn’t out, the temperature was warm and everyone had a wonderful time. I was asked to be Jess and Chris’ wedding photographer after having covered Kate and Callan’s wedding at Peacock Farm a few years prior. Callan happened to be one of the groom’s men for Chris 🙂 It’s always nice to be recommended by previous bridal couples, makes me feel that I’m doing something right! haha

Preparation

I started the day at Jess and Chris’ house, south of Adelaide which was where Chris and his groomsmen were getting ready. I arrived just as an incredible breakfast was being served to each of the boys, a full stack of wonderful looking pancakes that make me want to sit down and join them! They looked pretty good… Callan then got onto the ironing, as was tradition, and the boys got dressed. It was nice that Chris’ mother came to join them just before I was to leave to visit Jess and her girls getting ready at St Francis winery.

groom shoes
wedding rings
walking out door
putting on tie
putting on tie
groom getting ready
groom ironing
groom ironing
groom almost ready
groom almost ready
putting on flower
putting on flower
getting ready
getting ready

The girls were getting ready in the usual room that is generally reserved for brides getting ready on wedding days at St Francis winery. The room is usually used as it has some nice natural light and large windows available for some nice shots. The girsl were fairly laid back while they were being prepared, and they even had enough time to wander through the reception area and view the ceremony spot on the St Francis winery lawn before putting on the wedding dress and heading out.

bride looking out window
putting on dress
putting on dress
bride getting ready
bride getting ready
smiling bride
bride and bridesmaids
pretty bride
pretty bride
bride looking in mirror
bride looking in mirror
engagement ring
bride looking at bouquet
bride looking at bouquet
wedding dresses
bridal shoes

St Francis Winery Wedding Ceremony

St Francis winery has several different spots where a wedding ceremony can be set up. The majority of ceremonies I’ve covered here have overlooked the pond, however Jess was concerned with the possibility of it being a sunny day and the sun shing in their eyes while they stood there, she also diddn’t like the idea of having the nearby supermarket in the background of her photos. So to avoid these issues, Jess set up her ceremony facing the St Francis Winery buildings, which allowed for the lovely foliage from the trees and interesting architecture from the buildings to be in the backdrop. As the day was fairly overcast, the guests were pretty comfortable out on the grassy area and the ceremony worked out quite well.

st francis winery wedding ceremony
st francis winery wedding ceremony
best man
best man
wedding sign
wedding sign
st francis winery wedding ceremony
st francis winery wedding ceremony
exchanging wedding rings
smiling groom
smiling groom
waiting groom
waiting groom
proud mumma
proud mumma
first kiss
st francis winery wedding ceremony
st francis winery wedding ceremony
together
together
grooms first look
grooms first look
bridal exit at st francis winery
bridal exit at st francis winery
bride waiting
bride waiting

Glamour photos

After the ceremony, I got out the drone and had a big group photo done on the grassy area in front of the lake, and had smaller group photos done in front of the weeping willows and love sign. Jess, Chris and their bridal party then went for a little walk around the St Francis winery lake to make use of the broken down carts, and wonderful weeping willow trees for photos. We then had a little break to grab a drink before going for a short drive to the nearby bike track which I knew had some awesome arching trees that I could use as a backdrop. The lack of sun really worked to my advantage, limiting the amount of harsh shadows and made for some awesome shots!

flowing veil
flowing veil
under the veil
kisses
kisses
happy couple
happy couple
floating veil
floating veil
bridal party near cart
bridal party near cart
near the cart
st francis winery wedding photo
passion
passion
veil flowing amongst the trees
veil flowing amongst the trees
bridal party amongst trees
bridal party amongst trees
under the st francis trees

St Francis Winery Wedding Reception

Jess and Chris’ reception was a fun little party, punctuated by heading out for some photos under the lit up willow trees at night, and in front of the lit love sign which I believe Jess had won in a competition leading up to her big day. They had the reception hall decked out really nicely with floral arrangements and a beautiful abckdrop behind the bridal table, and their first dance was complete with smoke machine. It was all pretty neat!

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first dance
first dance
st francis winery wedding reception
st francis winery wedding reception
entrance
entrance
cutting wedding cake
cutting wedding cake
under the st francis winery trees at night
under the st francis winery trees at night
guests having fun
guests having fun
wedding cake
wedding cake
dancing guests
dancing guests
looking at rings
looking at rings
dancing guests
dancing guests
st francis winery decor
st francis winery decor
dancing in front of love sign
dancing in front of love sign
pretty at night
pretty at night
first dance at st francis winery
first dance at st francis winery
hugs
hugs

Thanks so much to Jess and Chris for having me as your wedding photographer! I had a great time and I hope you enjoy your photos!

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CONTENTS show
1 Preparation
2 St Francis Winery Wedding Ceremony
3 Glamour photos
4 St Francis Winery Wedding Reception

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