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Largs Bay Jetty wedding photo

Surprise Backyard Wedding in Woodville – Natasha & Jono

February 21, 2020/in Wedding preview, Wedding
  • Natasha & Jono

    Surprise Backyard Wedding

    Bride and groom celebrating their wedding on Semaphore Beach

Natasha and Jono held their wedding in their backyard on what turned out to be a lovely day surrounded by intimate family and friends who had mostly travelled to Adelaide for their engagement party. Natasha and Jono decided, considering everyone had travelled to attend their party, they’ll turn their engagement party into their Surprise Backyard wedding instead. An alternative was going to be holding their wedding on a beach in New Zealand, but they figured it’d be easier for everyone if they held it here, in their backyard. 🙂

Preparation

Natasha and her bridal party were geting ready with a small selection of family and friends in a house nearby. I took photos of the girls getting ready, and together in their custom kimonos, before heading over to the boys before Natasha had put on her dress – as I was going to get that shot ust before the ceremony when she changes again.

Wedding shoes on bed
Wedding shoes on bed
Chatting in the garage
Chatting in the garage
Bridesmaids helping out
Bridesmaids helping out
Laughing in mirror
Laughing in mirror
Gran looking on
Gran looking on
Girls together
Girls together
Doing the hair
Doing the hair
Putting on makeup
Putting on makeup
Hanging wedding dress
Hanging wedding dress

Jono and his groomsmen were getting ready on site at the couple’s home in Woodville. In between putting on their shirts, and trying on their new fedoras, they were also running about putting some finishing touches on small parts of the wedding reception setup in the backyard.

Groom wearing a hat
Groom wearing a hat
Putting on shirt
Putting on shirt
Groom walking the hallways
Groom walking the hallways
Groom finishing up
Groom finishing up
Putting on groomsman tie
Putting on groomsman tie
Groom's flowers
Groom’s flowers
Smiling groomsman
Smiling groomsman
Smiles all round
Smiles all round
Smiling groomsman
Smiling groomsman
Wedding rings with bowtie
Wedding rings with bowtie

Glamour photos

As their engagement party ruse was set up as an evening affair, with a marquee set up on the back lawn and food and drink available for dinner; Natasha and Jono decided to have their glamour photos done prior to their wedding ceremony. We head down to the Semaphore Beach to make use of the pristine sand and dunes available there for family photos, before heading just up the road a bit for the more photo friendly Largs Bay jetty.

bride and groom with their dog
bride and groom with their dog
Bride and groom on the beach together
Bride and groom on the beach together
bride and groom walking along the beach
bride and groom walking along the beach
Bridal party on the beach
Bridal party on the beach
bride and groom on Semaphore beach
bride and groom on Semaphore beach
Bride and Groom next to Semaphore Jetty
Bride and Groom next to Semaphore Jetty
Bridal party on top of Semaphore Jetty
Bridal party on top of Semaphore Jetty
Bride and groom celebrating their wedding on Semaphore Beach
Bride and groom celebrating their wedding on Semaphore Beach
Semaphore Beach wedding photo
Semaphore Beach wedding photo
Bride and groom under the Largs Bay Jetty
Bride and groom under the Largs Bay Jetty
Largs Bay Jetty wedding photo
Largs Bay Jetty wedding photo

To add a little bit of variety to the photos, and also because the sky was looking a little grey, I suggested heading through Port Adelaide and using the famed Crozier Street for a bit of an industrial slant to Natasha and Jono’s photos.

 

Bride and groom on crozier st
Bride and groom on crozier st
Black and White Crozier street
Black and White Crozier street
Bride standing in front of doorway
Bride standing in front of doorway
Bridal party chilling in Port Adelaide
Bridal party chilling in Port Adelaide
Bride and her bridesmaids together in a doorway
Bride and her bridesmaids together in a doorway
Crozier street wedding photo
Crozier street wedding photo
Bride and groom having fun in a doorway
Bride and groom having fun in a doorway
Bridal Party playing rugby on Crozier st
Bridal Party playing rugby on Crozier st

Surprise Backyard Wedding Ceremony

Many of Natasha and Jono’s guests had travelled from around Australia and New Zealand in order to attend their engagement party that was set up in their backyard, and they continued this ruse riught up until the beginning of the wedding ceremony where Jono’s groomsmen carried out the arbour that was hidden in their shed. Natasha snuck off during a time where guests were mingling and settling in for a fun night of celebration to change into her wedding dress again before reemerging.

Talking to guests
Talking to guests
Bride out waiting for guests to arrive
Bride out waiting for guests to arrive
Kids having fun the the marquee
Kids having fun the the marquee
Bride playing with kids
Bride playing with kids
Waiting for the Surprise Backyard wedding to start
Waiting for the Surprise Backyard wedding to start
Welcome to country
Welcome to country
Bride and groom listening to the Welcome to country
Bride and groom listening to the Welcome to country
Bride peeking out window
Bride peeking out window
Smiling bride
Smiling bride

Many of their guests were quite surprised about attending their wedding there and then, whichwas great to see! It’s often the case that the surprise is ruined well before by something, but their surprise wedding was quite successful! The ceremony itself was a nice affair with Aboriginal and Maori traditions coming together, complete with a ‘Welcome to country‘, Maori songs, and even a didgeridoo procession. It was lovely to be a part of!

Groom waiting out the front
Groom waiting out the front
Groom waiting patiently
Groom waiting patiently
Bridal approach
Bridal approach
Groom seeing bride at the wedding ceremony
Groom seeing bride at the wedding ceremony
Start of the wedding ceremony
Start of the wedding ceremony
Surprise Backyard wedding ceremony
Surprise Backyard wedding ceremony
Maori song
Maori song
Groom looking at his bride
Groom looking at his bride
Holding hands during the ceremony
Holding hands during the ceremony
Bride looking at her groom
Bride looking at her groom
Backyard wedding ceremony
Backyard wedding ceremony
Exchanging wedding bands
Exchanging wedding bands
Surprise wedding ceremony setup
Surprise wedding ceremony setup
First kiss under the arbour
First kiss under the arbour
Excited bride and groom
Excited bride and groom
Digeridoo in the wedding ceremony
Digeridoo in the wedding ceremony
Smiles all round
Smiles all round
Bride and groom exit
Bride and groom exit

Surprise Backyard Wedding Reception

All the food was set up on a long table within their shed out the back, which guests were asked to serve themselves from, and drnks wer self served from a pretty neat rental bar with several different drinks on tap. During the night I took Natasha and Jono to a nearby spot to make use of the incredible sunset that had set in, and also made sure to get some of the spaklers within the photos during their first dance. It was a great night!

Surprise Backyard wedding under the marquee
Surprise Backyard wedding under the marquee
Sunset
Sunset
Lolly bar
Lolly bar
Sunset on the oval
Sunset on the oval
Having fun during the first dance
Having fun during the first dance
MC doing her thing
MC doing her thing
Smiling bride during the first dance
Smiling bride during the first dance
Bridal speech
Bridal speech
First dance in the Surprise Backyard wedding
First dance in the Surprise Backyard wedding
The food
The food
Speech
Speech
New Zealnad Themed wedding cake
New Zealnad Themed wedding cake
Cutting the cake together
Cutting the cake together
First dance with sparklers
First dance with sparklers

I’d like to thank Natasha and Jono for havingme be a part of their Surprise Backyard wedding, and I hope they enjoy their photos! 🙂

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CONTENTS show
1 Preparation
2 Glamour photos
3 Surprise Backyard Wedding Ceremony
4 Surprise Backyard Wedding Reception

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