Mt Osmond Golf Course Wedding – Ash & Brad

Ash & Brad
Mt Osmond Golf Course Wedding

It was an absolutely stunning day for Ash and Brad’s Mt Osmond Golf Course Wedding at be beginning of November! Despite having rained in the morning, the rest of the day turned out to have the most magnificent weather and really was the perfect example of the saying that rain on your wedding day is good luck! The day was full of family fun, awesome people and the most amazing flower guy ever! I was asked to be their wedding photographer for the entire day and it turned out to be a fantastic day!

Preparation

I started the day as I usually do with Brad and his groomsmen after having set up their photo booth at the Mt Osmond Golf Course. The boys weren’t too far away in Bellevue Heights and when I arrived it was obvious to me that the entire day was going to be wonderfully laid back as the banter between the boys made for some good fun while everyone got ready. Brad’s Mum was on hand to help tie everyone’s tie and pin the flowers on suit lapels, while I was also introduced to the ‘flower guy’ which I initially thought was a joke due to the floral design of his shirt – but it turned out he was, in every way the ‘flower guy’.

wedding rings

Custom Cufflinks

Groomsmen getting ready

Groomsmen tieing tie

Brad getting ready

Smiling groomsmen

Mum helping tie ties

Groom getting ready in front of window

Groom tieing tie

Groom and groomsmen on street

Groom and groomsmen

Ash and her bridal party were being prepared at a delightful property owned by her parents where they also host a bed and breakfast. As a result the gardens and general design of the house really lent it’s self really well to some stunning vistas perfect for bridal party preparation photos! Much like the boys the atmosphere was fairly laid back, with Mum and Dad on hand to help out, while the cuteness quota was filled by a delightful little bubba who was floating about 🙂 I had a bunch of fun using the delightful gardens for photos with Ash before heading off for the ceremony.

Wedding dress in window

Bridal shoes

Engagement ring in flowers

Bride putting on makeup

Bride and bridal party

Wedding dress throguh doorway

Baby

Bridesmaids

Dad pacing

Parents first look of bride

bride getting ready

Bridesmaids helping

Ash looking pretty

Bridesmaids in tree

Bride looking pretty amongst trees

Bride looking pretty amongst pillars

Mt Osmond Golf Course Wedding Ceremony

Hosting a Mt Osmond Gold Course wedding means that you’re privvy to a wonderful vista of the entire Adelaide skyline, while also making the most of the wonderful backdrop of well manicured lawns and beautiful gum trees lining the golf course’s fairways. Mt Osmond Golf Course wedding cermeonies take place nearby the main practise putting green next to the club house on a large patch of grass with the sun positioned directly behind the heads of the bride and groom. This is fantastic for photographers as it means there no horrible shadows on faces, but it might be less great for guests as they tend to look straight into the sun – but thats only a problem if its a ater ceremony, which Ash and Brad’s was not.

The ceremony itself started off with raucous laughter as the delightful ‘flower guy’ came prancing down the hill completely dedicated to his role in throwing flower petals about the pace in the most flamboyant way. I even managed to get a fist full thrown at me while I was taking photos 🙂 The sight of the ‘flower guy’ doing his thing really lightened the mood for everybody which set the scene for a delightful wedding cermeony full of laughter and inside jokes.

Wedding sign

Bride arriving

Groom waiting

Flower man

bridal approach

Groom’s first look

Together at the altar

Holding hands

Smiling bride

Mt Osmond Golf Course wedding ceremony

Smiling couple

Wedding ceremony

Smiles all round

Smiling groom

Laughing bride

Exchanging wedding rings

First kiss at Mt Osmond Golf Club

Mt Osmond Golf Club Wedding ceremony end

Bridal exit

Glamour Photos

After having the family photos done, we hopped on some golf carts and zoomed to the end of the Mt Osmond Golf Club for some photos with the Adelaide skyline in the background. Launching the drone up on top fo the mountain made for some lovely views of the entire course! We head back out from the reception for some shots with the sun set also, which is another great thing about having a Mt Osmond Golf Club Wedding as the sunset seeps through the gum trees in the most delightful way for silhouette shots!

Drone love heart

Looking out over Adelaide

Mt Osmond Golf Course wedding photo

Bridal party together

Bridal party selfy

bride and groom together on the Mt Osmond Golf course

Bride and groom leaning against a tree

Bride and groom in golf cart

Bride and groom at sunset

Bride and groom under gum tree

Holding one another

Bride and groom

Bride and groom above pond

Bride and groom walking towards sunset

Hoding hands walking back to reception

Mt Osmond Golf Course Wedding Reception

With my photobooth running red hot all night, and the jovial nature of Ash and Brad’s guests, their Mt Osmond Golf Course Wedding Reception was rocking all night long with emotional speeches, dancing, live music and great food! The biggest laughter would probably have to be when Brad and his groomsmen pulled their pants down for a coordinated display of their matching underwear during Eagle Rock!

Photobooth guest book

Guests having fun

Bridal entrance

Wedding cake

Meal

Speech

groom speech

Cutting the wedding cake

First dance at Mt Osmond Golf Club Wedding

Dancing guests

Dancing flower guy

Photobooth props

I’d like to thank Ash and Brad for having me photogaph their big day. It was an awesome night to be a part of, tonnes of fun and I hope you enjoy your photos!

December 1, 2019

Wedding preview, Wedding

Botanic Park Wedding – Rose & Simon

Rose & Simon
Botanic Park Wedding

Rose and Simon chose to hold their wedding in the wonderful surrounds of the Adelaide Botanic Park – right next to the gates of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens. The appeal of the Botanic park is that it’s wide and open, complete with magnificent Moreton Bay Fig trees that provide for marvellous backdrops to photos. It was a lovely sunny day, which unfortunately meant that plenty of other people had the same idea to head to the Botanic Park for picnics and family gatherings, but we worked around it as best we could 🙂

Preparation

Simon was being prepared in a room in the Holiday Inn Express Hotel, on Hindley street, which allowed us to go for a little walk once all the boys were dressed along Hindley and also the front of Parliament house for some photos. I think the walk was a little theraputic for Simon, to get over his nerves a little better, and loosen him up a bit for his big day 🙂

Wedding rings on shoes

Tieing tie

Tieing tie in front of window

Best man helping out

Putting on flowers

Groom and his groomsmen hanging out

Groom and groomsmen walking in Adelaide

Groom and groomsmen out the front of parliament house

Groom checking time in front of parliament house

Groom in front of Parliament house

Groom and groomsmen in doorway

Rose and her bridal party was being prepared at their house north of the city. When I arrived the first thing I saw was an enourmous cheese and finger food platter that I was amazed to hear that Rose had just ‘whipped up’ for the occasion. It was honestly very impressive! The atmosphere was fairly jovial, with not too many nerves showing, all the girls were in good spirits!

Engagement ring in bouquet

Wedding shoes

Wedding dress

Bride and bridesmaids in kimonos

Getting ready

bridesmaids

Bride getting ready

Bridesmaids helping out

Bridesmaids helping Bride out

Tieing up wedding dress

smiling bride

Bride almost ready

Bride looking pretty

Bride looking pretty walking out door

bride and bridesmaids together

Botanic Park Wedding Ceremony

Due to the fact that the Botanic Park had become a fairly popular spot on their day, unfortunately they had to make the snap decision to set up their ceremony in a different position so as to not get any picnicing families in the background of their photos. This also meant that the glaring sun was right in front of them for their whole ceremony, which wasnt ideal – but other than that their ceremony went off very well with Rose’s son walking her down the aisle and emotion showing on Simon’s face 🙂

Guests lining up for espresso martinis in Botanic Park

bridal motorcade

Bride arriving

Bridal approach

Groom looking on

Holding hands

Botanic Park wedding ceremony

Celebrant talking

Botanic Park wedding ceremony with trees in background

Botanic Park wedding

Vows

Listening to vows

Exchanging wedding rings

First kiss

Botanic Park Glamour Photos

Rose had unfortunately hurt her foot a few weeks prior to their wedding day so as it was encased in a moonboot under her dress, I was mindful of the fact that she wouldn’t want to walk too far for photos, so we made use of the Moreton Bay fig trees directly surrounding where they held their ceremony, and it also allowed Rose and Simon to maintain social contact with their guests while we were taking photos. The group family photos were also quite easy to organise because of this. We diddn’t spend too long walking about for photos – just enough time to grab a few nice shots before heading back to the expresso martini van they had set up for their guests! On the way back tot he Intercontinental Hotel for their wedding reception, we stopped off at the famed pillared walkway in the Adelaide University for a few photos there too.

bride and Groom in Botanic park

bouquet

Walking together near trees

Walking into the Botanic Park Trees

Adelaide Botanic Park tree

Surprise!

Together in a Botanic Park tree

Heads together

Bridal party in Botanic Park

Bride and bridesmaids in botanic Park tree

Groom and groomsmen in Botanic Park tree

Bridal party infront of motorcade

bride and groom at Adelaide University

bride and groom in Adelaide University

Holding one another

Intercontinental Hotel Wedding Reception

The main ballroom within the Adelaide Intercontinental Hotel was the setting for Rose and Simon’s opulent wedding reception, with an incredible vista set up for their huge wedding cake! Their head table was backdropped with a lovely white sheet sparkling with led lights, while their table settings were complete with a little bottle of port for each guest. With a live band playing, and a laid back atmosphere, the night was fun to be a part of and the jovial guests made my job easy 🙂

Intercontinental Hotel wedding table

Individual setup

Bride and groom standing in the Intercontinental Hotel

Bride and groom Intercontinental Hotel

Mr and Mrs

Wedding cake

Bride and groom entrance

Cutting the cake

Head table at the Intercontinental Adelaide

Head table at the Intercontinental Hotel

Groom speech

First dance

Dancing guests

Dancing about

Guests

Dessert

Thanks go out to Rose and Simon for having me on their special day and I hope they enjoy their photos! Was a great day to be a part of 😀

November 26, 2019

Wedding preview, Wedding

Arkapena Station Wedding – Wilpenda Pound

Ok, this year has been absolutely crazy for some of the locations I’ve visted when covering weddings. So far this year I’ve covered a wedding in Greece, several in Darwin, and then of course some spectacular spots around Adelaide! But I’m going to have to say that Arkapena Station, right next to Wilpena Pound would have to be the most ‘remote’ and specatularly beautiful in a way that only outback Australia can be! I was super excited to head out this way as visiting Wilpena Pound had always been on my bucketlist as a keen landscape photographer, but never really had the chance or the reason to venture out there until now.

All that being said though, I’m sure you’re keen to see some amazing photos from this spectaular corner of South Australia, but the bride and groom has requested that no images that can identify them be placed online – which means that some of their amazing wedding photographs are not here. Oonly shots from behind their heads, or simply landscape shots of Arkapena Stations and the nearby Rawnsley Park Station, where they held their reception. Occasionally some couples I shoot have requests like this and I’m more than happy to oblige – it just means that many of their amazing photos I can’t show you guys! 🙁

Arkapena Station

The bride and groom generously put me up in accomodation along side many of their guests in the nearby Rawnsley Park Station, where they were also to hold their reception later that night. I began the day quite early as I was keen to get shots of the famous Cazneaux Tree at sunrise before heading to the Woolshed restaurant on site and had the most amazing ‘big breakfast’ and coffee for a very reasonable price. Sorry I dont usually write about what breakfast i had on the day of a wedding – but it was just too good not to mention! 🙂

The bride was being prepared across the road in the house on Arkapena Station, a short walk away from the ceremony location. The whole scene was backdropped by an amazing vista of the side of Wilpena Pound. Was an amazingly Australian setup, complete with dust, flies and jaw-dropping beauty. I ate at least 2 flies.

Wedding signs

Wedding dress hanging in Arkapena Station

Wedding shoes on tree

Bride getting ready in Arkapena station

Bride getting ready

Engagement ring

Wedding Dress hanging infront of Wilpena Pound

In order to cut down on nerves and make things a little more intimate, the bride and groom opted to have a bit of a family gathering out the back of the Arkapena Station homestead and have the first look surrounded by close family members. Another reason why they did this was that they were both going to arrive together via helicopter to the ceremony proper later on.

Before heading away on their helicopter flight though, we used the Arkapena Station scenery for a bit of a photoshoot.

Wilpena Pound from Arkapena Station

Helicopter taking off

Helicopter and homemade pinata

Bride and groom walking towards Wilpena Pound

Bride and groom walking along creek on Arkapena Station

Arkapena Station Wedding Ceremony

The ceremony location as I mentioned before was backdropped by the most gorgeous vista of Wilpena Pound, framed by giant gum trees that really made me think of Hans Heyson’s paintings – it was beautifully scenic and a joy to be a part of – the only draw back were the persistant flies… You wouldnt believe how many I had to photoshop out of their photos!

Wedding set up at Arkapena Station

After the ceremony, the entire congregation retired to the homestead for a short little ‘warm up’ reception complete with icecream van and plenty of refreshments to combat the heat. The bride had constructed a wonderful loveheart pinata for the kids, and the rest enjoyed their icecream and drinks surrounded by the wonderful views.

Arkapena Station from the sky

Arkapena Station Homestead

Rawnsley Park Station at Wilpena Pound

Inbetween heading from the Arkapena Station homestead, and the reception location at Rawnsley Park Station, we made the use of the setting sun a bit with more of the amazing scenery for some more landscapey photos.

Bride and groom walking along driveway

Bride and groom walking

Bride and groom walking with wilp[ena pound in the background

walking toward wilpena pound

Wilpena Pound wedding

Arkapena station wedding

Rawnsley Park Station

In case you havent noticed, I had a ball of a time photographing this amazing place and this wonderful couple! 😀

November 6, 2019

Wedding, Awards, News & Events

2019 SA ABIA awards runner up!

St Francis Winery Wedding – Jess & Chris

Jess & Chris
St Francis Winery Wedding

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.

getting ready

groom almost ready

groom ironing

putting on tie

putting on flower

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.

putting on dress

bride looking at bouquet

bride getting ready

bride looking in mirror

pretty bride

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

proud mumma

bride waiting

together

wedding sign

best man

smiling groom

grooms first look

bridal exit at st francis winery

waiting groom

st francis winery wedding ceremony

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!

passion

flowing veil

happy couple

floating veil

kisses

veil flowing amongst the trees

bridal party near cart

bridal party amongst 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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