Pat & Kat
National Wine Center Wedding

Pat and Kat held a stunning National Wine Center wedding early in April surrounded by delightful family and friends who all made sure that Pat and Kat had an absolute blast on their big day!

The sun was shining, the Adelaide Botanic Gardens looked amazing and the National Wine Center Wedding staff were top notch! They even helped me find a park right outside – which is often very tricky around the Botanic Gardens!

Preparation

I started out the day at Patrick’s place of preparation with his groomsmen and his parents. They were all in good spirits, with Patrick’s parents super happy to be as helpful as possible!

Wedding rings on grooms tie

Cufflinks lined up

Smiling groom staring at camera

Groomsmen getting ready on couch

Through the doorway at groom getting ready

Mum looking on proudly

Groom staring out window

Dad helping son put on tie

Mum helping son get ready

Smiling Mum as she helps with tie

groomsmen ready to roll

Groom looking great in the ally

It was a treat to head to Katerina’s place of preparation – what a stunning house almost on the waterfront at Semaphore! I was super lucky to get a park as the entire area is always swarming with beach goers, but I lucked out right outside the house!

Inside there was a hive of activity, from the bridesmaids fussing about trying to fix broken earrings to little babies being fed by grandparents, and of course the bride herself getting herself ready with makeup, and hair.

The house afforded quite a few nice vantage points to take some lovely photos – and we simply ran out of time using them all!

Wedding dress reflected in mirror

Wedding dress hanging at end of hall

Bride walking towards her wedding dress

Perfume

Hugs with bridesmaid

bride having her makeup done

bride having her makeup done smiling

bridesmaids helping with earrings

bridesmaids having fun in gown

OMG an engagement ring

Bridesmaids seeing bride in dress

bridesmaids helping sort out wedding dress

bridal party together

bride standing in front of front door in wedding gown

Finishing touches on brides hair

Bride looking in mirror as Dad looks on

National Wine Center Wedding Ceremony

Pat and Kat’s National Wine Center wedding ceremony took place on the grassy area just beyond the main bulding, while it was a very sunny day, the surrounding foliage of the bushy trees provided for quite a bit of shade for the ceremony and guests and provided a lovely green backdrop for all their photos.

Groom waiting patiently under the trees

groom and groomsmen lined up at front of ceremony

Bride and father walking towards ceremony

Bride approaching ceremony at National Wine Center

grooms first look at the National Wine Center

bride and groom holding hands during ceremony

National Wine Center wedding ceremony

Bride looking at her groom during the ceremony

Bride turned towards groom

national Wine Center Wedding Ceremony under sun

Groom reading his vows

Exchanging wedding rings at the wedding ceremony

First kiss at the National Wine Center wedding

Bride and groom newly wed

Bride and groom under petals

bride and groom showing off their wedding rings

Adelaide Botanic Gardens Photo Shoot

As the National Wine Center shares a border with the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, I often like to refer to the venue as the Adelaide Botanic Garden’s unofficial 10th ceremony location where there are normally 9 within the gardens proper. As such we spent a little while walking about the Gardens for glamour photos – even venturing into the nearby Botanic Park to make use of the stunning moreton bay fig trees.

National Wine Center Wedding Photo

bride and grom under hollowed out foliage

Passionate kiss in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens

bridal party selfy

bridal party surrounding a tree

Closeup of wedding rings on hands

Sitting on a bench together under a tree

Wedding photo in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens

Bridal party together in the botanic gardens

bride and groom leaning against the gate house

Together sitting on the roots of a large fig tree

Enjoying the yellow colours of leaves in Botanic Park

Botanic Park wedding photo

Standing together near a large fig tree

bride and grrom under the veil together

Bride and groom leaning against a fig tree

Bride and groom amongst the Adelaide Botanic Gardens

bride and groom in front of a doorway

Sunset in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens

Closeup of bride and groom amongst the trees

National Wine Center Wedding Reception

Pat and Kat held their National Wine Center wedding reception in the Exhibition hall, on the second story of the wine center. The appeal of this particular function space for a wedding reception is the wide open, but segmented spaces for each part of the wedding reception. As you walk in the main doors, there is the bar and where I set up my photobooth alongside the tables for gifts, and other wedding knick knacks, then there is a central area for the dance floor, and finally the seating areas with ample room for hundreds of guests.

The walls of the exhibition hall is lined with wine bottles and iinteresting tidbits on the history of wine making in South Australia and Australia as a whole. It’s a very nice space which oozes elegance and formality.

One fun thing that Pat and Kat decided to do for their wedding that was quite unique was create a bit of a ‘couple’s logo’. They used their graphic design skills to produce a logo based on their P & K initials which they then used on pretty much everything to do with their wedding day – from invites, cufflinks, photobooth printouts, even a giant decal the National Wine Center had placed on their dance floor. I thought it was pretty awesome, and a very neat way to personalise everything in a simple, but smart way.

Towards the end of the evening we managed to duck out to the main entrance to the National Wine Center to use from smoke in a can and lights to take some after dark photos, and Pat and Kat also organised some sparklers for a sparkler send off which was pretty enat walking down that long, curving walkway!