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Bride and groom on Maslins Beach

Woodstock Winery Wedding – Michelle & Ryan

January 25, 2020/in Wedding preview, Wedding
  • Michelle & Ryan

    Woodstock Winery Wedding

    Bride and groom on Maslins Beach

It was a stunningly sunny day for Michelle and Ryan’s Woodstock winery wedding, just out of Mclaren Vale. I was asked to be their wedding photographer from their ceremony through to their first dance at their reception, whith photos in between down at Maslin Beach and of course using the vineyards about Woodstock winery.

Woodstock Winery Wedding Ceremony

The main appeal of having a Woodstock winery wedding in my book would have to be the beautiful picturesque, but still private surrounds of the winery. There is a large, open grassy area out the back of the main restaurant, lined by gum trees, bushes and of course the Woodstock winery’s vineyards nearby. Michelle and Ryan chose to set up their wedding ceremony so that the vineyards were the backdrop to their arbour.

The sun was out in full force throughout their ceremony, causing some rather harsh light shining on poor Michelle’s face, but thankfully the ceremony wasnt overly long and it also wasn’t so hot that it got uncomfortable – but the guests quickly found some shade before and after the ceremony.

The highlight of the ceremony would have to have been the moment when the exchanging of the rings was held up by Ryan and his best man’s antics where they faked forgetting the rings, only to reveal that their little dog was waiting in the wings with the rings tied around it’s collar.

wedding sign
wedding sign
Groom waiting patiently
Groom waiting patiently
Bride hiding behind the wall
Bride hiding behind the wall
Waiting out the front
Waiting out the front
Bride walking towards ceremony
Bride walking towards ceremony
Grooms first look of bride
Grooms first look of bride
Dad giving away bride
Dad giving away bride
Together under the arbour
Together under the arbour
Wedding ceremony at Woodstock winery
Wedding ceremony at Woodstock winery
Woodstock winery wedding ceremony
Woodstock winery wedding ceremony
smiling bride during ceremony
smiling bride during ceremony
Groom reading vows
Groom reading vows
Groom losing the rings
Dog ring bearer
Dog ring bearer
Woodstock winery wedding ceremony under the gum trees
Woodstock winery wedding ceremony under the gum trees
exchanging the wedding rings
exchanging the wedding rings
first kiss under the arbour
first kiss under the arbour
Woodstock winery wedding ceremony exit
Woodstock winery wedding ceremony exit

Glamour Photos

What was a little different to most other weddings, was that directly after the Woodstock winery wedding ceremony, we immediately jumped into a bus waiting to take us down to the beach for the glamour photos – forgoing the usual family group photos that usually follow a ceremony. Michelle and Ryan had purposefully planned it this way so as to have a more relaxed, leasurely time down at the beach and to make sure they got all the photos they wanted.

I was quite excited by the copious number of flying seagulls in the air during Michelle and Ryan’s photoshoot on the beach, that it made it that much easier to have them smiling in their photos as they were laughing at my own antics being excited about the birds. Thankfully they held their distance away from us, along with another nearby wedding ceremony that was taking place a top the cliffs – nothing worse than gate crashing another wedding, but the birds made for an awesome backdrop in many of their photos!

After having photos on the beach, and posing for a Starwars themed photo, we then head back to Woodstock winery and used some lovely trees they have in their car park before being announced at the reception. During the reception, we head out for the family photos and used the dying sun for some photos amongst the nearby vineyards.

Bridal party walking to beach
Bridal party walking to beach
Bride and groom walking down to the beach
Bride and groom walking down to the beach
Being all lovey
Being all lovey
Bridal party walking the dog along the beach
Bridal party walking the dog along the beach
Bridal party on the beach
Bridal party on the beach
Wedding couple walking along the beach
Wedding couple walking along the beach
Wedding couple walking along the beach with their dog
Wedding couple walking along the beach with their dog
Bridal couple kissing on the beach
Bridal couple kissing on the beach
Flowing veil on the beach
Flowing veil on the beach
Bride and Groom on Maslin beach
Bride and Groom on Maslin beach
Star Wars Wedding Photo
Star Wars Wedding Photo
Minimal wedding photo of bride and groom on beach
Minimal wedding photo of bride and groom on beach
Bride and groom on Maslins Beach
Bride and groom on Maslins Beach
Beach shot
Beach shot
Bride and groom amongst the sanddunes
Bride and groom amongst the sanddunes
Bride and bridesmaids
Bride and bridesmaids
Groomsmen
Groomsmen
Kisses on the Beach boardwalk
Kisses on the Beach boardwalk
Bride and groom amongst the Woodstock winery trees
Bride and groom amongst the Woodstock winery trees
Bride and groom amongst gum trees
Bride and groom amongst gum trees
Sitting together in the vineyards
Sitting together in the vineyards
Holding hands
Holding hands
Walking around the Woodstock winery
Walking around the Woodstock winery
Walking through the woodstock winery vineyards
Walking through the woodstock winery vineyards
woodstock winery vineyards
woodstock winery vineyards
Woodstock winery wedding at night
Woodstock winery wedding at night

Woodstock Winery Wedding Reception

The wedding reception took place in the Woodstock winery’s beautiful two-tiered restaurant, with the head table in the center of the arc, and family tables lined up either side. There was no indoor dancefloor, so the first dance took place outside, and there was no shortage of people out there enjoying the wonderful, warm weather. Emotions were running high during the daddy daughter and monther, son dances with family members all joining in, and was lovely to see 🙂

Michelle and Ryan opted to have a cool, modern take on a wedding cake, having doughnuts piled up with a starwars themed topper, adding a little bit of quirkyness to the whole day.

Guestbook sign
Guestbook sign
Woodstock winery wine bottles
Woodstock winery wine bottles
bridal entrace at Woodstock winery wedding reception
bridal entrace at Woodstock winery wedding reception
Helping with the veil
Helping with the veil
bride sharing a drink
bride sharing a drink
Woodstock winery at dusk
Woodstock winery at dusk
Doughnut wedding cake
Doughnut wedding cake
Inspecting rings
Inspecting rings
Engagement ring amongst bouquet
Engagement ring amongst bouquet
first dance at Woodstock winery
first dance
first dance
hugs on the dance floor
hugs on the dance floor
Daddy daughter dance
Daddy daughter dance
Singing
Singing

I’d like to thank Michelle and Ryan for having me photograph their special day, and I hope they enjoy their photos!

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  1. Tarequl
    Tarequl says:
    February 19, 2020 at 11:36 pm

    Fantastically high standard, loved looking through these.

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