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Wedding preview, Wedding

Al-Ru Wedding – Emma & Nickolai

Bride and groom headbutt in ivy
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1. Preparation
2. Al-Ru Wedding Ceremony
3. Glamour Photos
4. Al-Ru Wedding Reception

Emma and Nickolai certainly chose the perfect time of year to hold their Al-Ru wedding – just at the end of Autumn so that they had all the amazing colours that such a stunningly curated garden like Al-Ru Farm can provide!

I would have expected nothing less from Nickolai – landscape extraordinaire – who was sure to give me a thorough botanic lesson on some of the trees we were using as backdrops during their photo shoot!

Emma and Nickolai’s day was beaiutifully laid back, and family-oriented which made for a lovely atmosphere and an over-all amazing day!

Preparation

Nickolai was being prepared nearby in a friend’s house in Gawler. The homebrew beers and some exceptional liquor was handy and paired nicely with the Dominos pizza they had sourced for lunch.

While Nickolai was being prepared alongside a number of friends, both Nickolai and Emma did not have any bridal party, and instead just wanted to be prepared along side friends and family without having to burden anyone with the rigour of official bridal party business.

One rather neat addition to the whole preparation was Nickolai’s gift to his father in the way of a tie adorned with sunflowers – which represented their Ukranian heritage and I thought was rather touching. I was half expecting some other Ukranian customs to be held later too!

Brown Groom shoes
Brown Groom shoes
Wedding bands on brown table top
Wedding bands on brown table top
Groom and doggo
Groom and doggo
Helping with groom's tie
Helping with groom’s tie
Guys helping out getting groom dressed
Guys helping out getting groom dressed
Groom looking in bathroom mirror
Groom looking in bathroom mirror
Smiling groom with Dad
Smiling groom with Dad
dad helping groom with tie
dad helping groom with tie
Groom holding dog inbetween cacti
Groom holding dog inbetween cacti
Groom with friends
Groom with friends
Groom and Dad
Groom and Dad

Emma and her friends were being prepared at the cutre little cottage on site at Al-Ru Farm. This cottage, I feel is the best spot to be prepared for a wedding in all of Adelaide due to it’s cute aesthetic and huge sweeping windows that suit as a backdrop to almost anything wedding related!

The atmosphere here was fun and laid back, with the proceedings punctuated by a touching first look by Emma’s Dad who came in and made everyone tear up as he spun around and saw his daugher all dressed up as a bride for the first time 🙂

Wedding dress hanging at Al-Ru Wedding
Wedding dress hanging at Al-Ru Wedding
Ring perched in red flower
Ring perched in red flower
Wedding shoes boots
Wedding shoes boots
Al-Ru Wedding wedding dress
Al-Ru Wedding wedding dress
Guests having fun holding one another
Guests having fun holding one another
Bridal makeup through window
Bridal makeup through window
Ladybug jewellery
Ladybug jewellery
Flower girls hugging
Flower girls hugging
Bride firends reacting
Bride firends reacting
Bridal hugs
Bridal hugs
Bride talking to flower girls
Bride talking to flower girls
Dad's first look at Al-Ru Wedding
Dad’s first look at Al-Ru Wedding
Daddy daughter hug
Daddy daughter hug
Bride smiling as she places Dad's flower
Bride smiling as she places Dad’s flower
Al-Ru Wedding bride
Al-Ru Wedding bride
Al-Ru Wedding bride looking out window
Al-Ru Wedding bride looking out window
Bride friends surprise
Bride friends surprise

Al-Ru Wedding Ceremony

Emma and Nickolai’s Al-Ru Wedding ceremony took place at the foot of the pond and roman columns set amongst the greenery of the gardens. This meant that Emma approached her ceremony from behind Nickolai and did not walk through her waiting guests to beghin their ceremony.

An Auslan interpreter was on site all day for those who needed it, while the ceremony itself was lovely and simple with some heartfelt vows and readings throughout.

After the cermeony, we staged a bit of a bride and groom exit up on the homestead’s main lawn where the guests lined a corridor to throw petals over the newly wedded couple.

Groom standing out front of guests
Groom standing out front of guests
Bride approaching through columns
Bride approaching through columns
Bride and father approaching groom
Bride and father approaching groom
Standing together at the top of the steps
Standing together at the top of the steps
Al-Ru Wedding Ceremony
Al-Ru Wedding Ceremony
Bride smiling during ceremony at Al-Ru Farm
Bride smiling during ceremony at Al-Ru Farm
Groom looking at his bride during ceremony through leaves
Groom looking at his bride during ceremony through leaves
Guests watching Al-Ru Wedding ceremony
Guests watching Al-Ru Wedding ceremony
Guest speaker during ceremony
Guest speaker during ceremony
bride and groom listening to speaker
bride and groom listening to speaker
Bride vows
Bride vows
Bride vows during cermeony
Bride vows during cermeony
Bride laughing during Al-Ru Wedding
Bride laughing during Al-Ru Wedding
First kiss at Al-Ru Wedding
First kiss at Al-Ru Wedding
Bride and groom walking through guests after wedding
Bride and groom walking through guests after wedding

Glamour Photos

Oh boy did I have fun taking Emma and Nickolai’s photos! I mean they certainly made it simple for me by choosing an incredible time of year, they are both gorgeous looking people and the surronds you get to work with at an Al-Ru wedding is simply divine. The only thing that was a little dissapointing was the lack of any significant sunset due to cloud coverage, but it was still really pretty!

A big reason why Emma and Nickolai had me as their wedding phtographer was my tendancy to love taking photos with a bit of a landscape feel – bringing the entirety of the scenery into my photos rather than only focusing on them as portraits. There’s few better places to do this than at an Al-Ru Wedding!

We also made sure to use the famed Al-Ru greenhouse at night for a bit of night time photography, and walked around a bit int he dark with some smoke 🙂

Pink Flower girls
Pink Flower girls
Groom having fun on lawn
Groom having fun on lawn
Bride and groom together during lawn reception
Bride and groom together during lawn reception
Guests playing lawn games
Guests playing lawn games
Bride and groom kiss under tree
Bride and groom kiss under tree
Al-Ru wedding photo
Al-Ru wedding photo
Adelaide Wedding Venues - Al-Ru farm
Al-Ru farm wedding photo
Bride and grom backlit by sun under tree
Bride and groom backlit by sun under tree
Bride and groom walking on lawn in front of cottage
Bride and groom walking on lawn in front of cottage
Bride and groom headbutt in ivy
Bride and groom headbutt in ivy
Wedding photo on Al-Ru Farm driveway
Wedding photo on Al-Ru Farm driveway
Wedding photo on Al-Ru Farm driveway above
Wedding photo on Al-Ru Farm driveway above
Bride and groom at Al Ru Farm wedding
Bride and groom at Al Ru Farm wedding
Bride and groom walking under red trees
Bride and groom walking under red trees
Bride and groom embracing under red trees
Bride and groom embracing under red trees
Bride and groom walking in long grass at Al-Ru Farm wedding
Bride and groom walking in long grass at Al-Ru Farm wedding
Bride flying veil under bush
Bride flying veil under bush
Bride and groom kiss under autumnal colours
Bride and groom kiss under autumnal colours
Bride and groom in the Al Ru Wedding reception area
Bride and groom in the Al Ru Wedding reception area
Bride and groom under the moon and dying sunlight
Bride and groom under the moon and dying sunlight
Bride and groom with sheep
Bride and groom with sheep
Al-Ru wedding photo in front of greenhouse
Al-Ru wedding photo in front of greenhouse
Bride and groom under stars at Al-Ru Wedding
Bride and groom under stars at Al-Ru Wedding
Bride and groom in front of Al-Ru arms greenhouse
Bride and groom in front of Al-Ru arms greenhouse
Bride and groom in the rain in front of greenhouse
Bride and groom in the rain in front of greenhouse
Bride and groom in the Al-Ru Farm pillars at night
Bride and groom in the Al-Ru Farm pillars at night
bride and groom at night in the gardens of Al-Ru Farm
bride and groom at night in the gardens of Al-Ru Farm

Al-Ru Wedding Reception

Emma and Nickolai’s Al-Ru Wedding reception was punctuated by heartfelt speeches through Auslan and interpreters and highlighted by the personal touches they, and their friends had added to their most amazing day – including one of the most interesting wedding cakes I have seen!

The rest of their night was full of singing, dancing and just having a great time. The whole day was awesome to be a part of and I hope Emma and Nickolai enjoy their photos as much as I enjoyed creating them!

Eclectic wedding cake
Eclectic wedding cake
Bride and groom kiss under raised flutes
Bride and groom kiss under raised flutes
Clapping bride
Clapping bride
Speech giving parents
Speech giving parents
Sign language speech
Sign language speech
Little boy standing on dnacefloor
Little boy standing on dnacefloor
Groom giving speech
Groom giving speech
Bride lauighing during her speech
Bride lauighing during her speech
Bride and groom kiss after speech
Bride and groom kiss after speech
Dancing guest jumping
Dancing guest jumping
Groom dancing with guests
Groom dancing with guests
bride dancing with guests
bride dancing with guests
June 7, 2022
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