Sferas Reception Center Wedding – Liz & Dan

Liz & Dan
Sferas Reception Center Wedding

The Sferas Reception Center was the backdrop for Liz and Dan’s family oriented wedding on a sunny day in early November. They made use of Sfera’s little on-site chapel and went for a walk in the nearby reserve for their photos before retiring to the Starlight room also at Sferas for their raucous reception party! The dance floor was hardly seen all night!

Preparation

Before the big day though, Dan and his boys got ready at the family house, along with Dan’s beloved dogs who wanted to be in all the photos too! Once the boys were dressed we went for a bit of a walk around a nearby park for some glamour photos while looking all smart 🙂

Photo with dogs

About to walk out the door

Walking around

Out and about

Puppy dogs 🙂

Putting on jacket

Photo with dogs

Walking around

Helping get ready

Wedding rings

Liz and her bridal party were being prepared in a room at the Largs Bay hotel. I always love heading here for preparation photos as the historic nature of the hotel is a fantastic backdrop for preparation photos, and allow for some grand scenes both on the balcony,. and using the awesome staircase rising through the middle of the building.

Lacing up dress

On the balcony

Helping put on dress

Smiles

On the staircase

Looking in mirror

Lacing up dress

Engagement ring

Wedding dress

Helping get ready

Standing in doorway

In a mirror

Lacing up dress

Wedding shoes

All ready to go

Sferas Reception Center Wedding Ceremony

The Sferas Reception Center’s little on site chapel is large enough for small to medium sized congregations, and for Liz and Dan’s family oriented ceremony, it was the perfect size. As it was a nice, sunny day the little room was illuminated beautifully and the sweet little ceremony was over before I’m sure they knew it! 😀

Groom waiting

Closeup of groom’s flower

Holding hands

Exchanging wedding rings

Holding hands

Groom’s first look

First kiss

Best man and the rings

Signing the registry

Holding hands

Bridal exit

Vows

Sferas Reception Center Wedding Ceremony

Bridal entrance

Glamour Photos

Once the family photos were out of the way, we began the glamour photos by having the bridal party follow us through the manicured gardens right next door to the Sferas Reception Center, before heading across the road to the nearby reserve, where it’s turning out to be one of my favourite trees for having wedding photos shot under! There’s a huge, wonderfully shaped weeping willow right across the road, a short walk away from Sferas that I just love using whenever I’m shooting a wedding in the area!

Together under a tree

Under another tree

Inside a weeping willow

Hugs

With the bridal party

Inside a weeping willow

Amongst the trees

Inside a weeping willow

Garden

Kisses

Kissing under a tree

Sferas Reception Center Wedding Reception

As I mentioned earlier, Liz and Dan’s wedding reception was a boisterous one! With the dance floor filled the entire night with family members enjoying seeing one another again on a night to celebrate! It was a bunch of fun to be a part of!

Wedding cake

Guest having fun

woo!

Outside at night

Table setting

First dance

Guests!

Bridal entrance

Guest dancing

Guests dancing

Gran having fun

Guest group photo

Dancing

Head Table

Cutting the cake

My thanks go out to Liz and Dan for having me as their wedding photographer, and I hope they enjoy their photos! 😀

December 5, 2018

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Tea Tree Gully Golf Course Wedding – Lorena & Ashraf

It was a bit of a different wedding day for Lorena and Ashraf, incorporating a bunch of traditional Lebanese sweets, dancing and family fun! It so great to get to be a part of these weddings where there’s always something going on, and the energy of everyone involved is on show for all to see! Started the day with a glamour shoot, while the real fun started at Ashraf’s house where his entire family had congregated for some fun Lebanese dancing then headed over to the Tea Tree Gully Golf Course for their lunch time reception.

Glamour Photos

We started early on the day with a glamour shoot around Inglewood and the park nearby the Sferas Convention Center where we made use of the awesome trees and rustic ruins scattered about.

Engagement ring

First meeting

Walking together

Inglewood house

Laughing together

Closeup of wedding bands

Under a weeping willow

Walking between trees

Under a tree

Wedding rings

Sitting

In the park

Under a weeping willow

Holding one another

Bride

Wedding dress

Forest grove

Together under the sun

Lebanese Wedding Dancing

When Ashraf was warning me of the kind of different experience I was in for when we met to talk about their wedding photography on their wedding day, I wasn’t overly expecting him to start dancing about like a hooligan in the middle of their street! It was great fun to witness all his friends and family join in with the drumming, making as much noise as possible and dance moves bordering on dangerous! 🙂

Dancing bride

Outside with everyone!

Lorena looking on

Waving

Smiles

Banging the drum

Dad

At Lorena’s house

Groom beginning to dance

Smiling guest

The drummers have arrived

Celebrations!

Tea Tree Gully Golf Course Reception

The dancing continued all throughout their lunch time reception at the Tea Tree Gully Golf Course reception hall. They used up the entire large area with hundreds of guests, all keen on squeezing on the dancefloor and bop to the amazingly loud drumming and singing!

Dancing guests

Chair

Wedding cake

Laughing and shouting

Kidlet

Wedding sign

Drummer

Violinist

Bridal entry at the Tea Tree Gully Golf COurse

Dancing guest

Dancing together

First dance

Guests

Speech

Guests

Dancing together

Guests

Drummer

Dancing bride

Speech

Bride and groom

First dance

Dancing guests

Clapping

November 28, 2018

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Middleton Beach Huts Wedding – Lauren & Marty

Liz & Dan
Sferas Reception Center Wedding

I always love heading down to the Middleton Beach Huts for a wedding, as the nearby scenery and awesome setting that the beach huts provide always make for stunning wedding photography! So when Lauren and Marty asked me to be their wedding photographer for the day, I was very excited to be a part of their day! Another neat part of their day was the fact that their DJ had suggested using his private land up in the hills for photos instead of the usual heading down to the beach, so we got to use some awesome gumtrees as a backdrop instead.

Preparation

After having set up my photo booth in preparation for Lauren and Marty’s reception, I sauntered over to the Beach Huts that Lauren and Marty were getting ready in. They were using two separate huts adjacent to one another, so it was easy enough to flit in between places of preparation which was great.

The boys

Walking together

Marks up

Smiling groom

Cufflinks

Tying ties

Putting on tie

Wedding rings

Suave

Wedding shoes

The air surrounding Lauren and Marty was very laid back, and easy going, with little to ruffle feathers and only the slightest showing of nerves from Marty, the groom 🙂 As soon as he donned his crows scarf though, and mentions of his hero, Taylor Walker, it soon vanished 🙂

Doing up dress

Smiling bride

Flower girl

OH ME GERD!

Putting in veil

Wedding Dress

Engagement ring

Dad’s first look

Looking in mirror

Flowers

rings

Bridal squad

Scrap book

Selfie

Middleton Beach Huts Wedding Ceremony

It was a super sunny day, and unfortunately there’s little shade for the congregation on the grassy area of the Middleton Beach Huts, so it made it tricky to mitigate the harsh shadows and highlights when taking photos, but it was certainly a love filled ceremony and the weather was really nothing to complain about!

Bride arriving

Holding hands

Standing out front

Smiling bride

First kiss

Holding hands

Groom’s reaction

together

Beach Huts wedding

Celebrant

Groom in his crows gear

Holding hands

Glamour Photos

After the group photos, we began our glamour photos session by walking around the grounds together with the bridal party, making use of the curated gardens and unique vibe the venue provides. We then hopped in the car for a bit of a drive to the aforementioned private property of their DJ. It happened to be an old winery estate, filled with rolling hills and stunning gum trees, which I loved taking photos of! On the way back we stopped off at the beach for a few shots using the sunset 🙂

Under a big gum tree

Bridal party walking about the Middleton Beach Huts

Under a big gum tree

Group photo

Wedding rings

Amongst the grass

Standing about

Amongst the grass

Middleton Beach Walkabout

Walking in the meadows

Sunset

Middleton Beach Walkabout

Amongst the grass

Middleton Beach Huts Wedding Reception

Finally, with the wedding reception on site, all the guests were already packed into the restaurant when we arrived back, leaving little room to move! It was a great atmosphere, with guests spilling out into the outside areas, making use of the balmy weather. The dance floor was packed all night, and I had a blast! 🙂

Laughing groom

Wedding Cake

First dance

Guest having fun

Entrance

First dance

Thanks so much to Lauren and Marty for having me as your wedding photographer! Hope you love your photos.

November 19, 2018

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Glenelg Golf Course Wedding – Angela & Don

ANGELA & DON
Glenelg Golf Course Wedding

It was one of the first real warm days of the year on the day of Angela and Don’s wedding that took place at the Glenelg Golf Course. I was asked to be their wedding photographer from their preparation through to the end of their reception and it was an awesome day to be a part of! The weather was awesome all day, which brought some good and bad situations during the day, but it all worked out in the end! 😀

Preparation

Don and his groomsmen were being prepared in a room at the Grand on the Glenelg foreshore – it was quite a simple affair with good natured jibes being thrown at one another while getting ready in the room. After everyone was dressed we went for a bit of a walk nearby the beach for some different, scenic shots.

In a doorway

Pointing

On the foreshore

Wedding rings

Helping bro

Walking off

Looking suave

In the alley

I arrived at the bridal place of preparation to the tune of Frozen’s ‘Let it go’ anthem playing in the background as Angela and Don’s little flower girl was running about watching and singing while trying to help out with whatever she could 🙂 To keep her entertained the girls would play a bit of ‘whats the time Mr.Wolf?’ Which is always fun.

Heading out door

Putting on flower

Wedding dress

Heading out door

Dancing about

Kisses for Grandad

Looking out window

Playing games

Laughing Mum

Putting on dress

Glenelg Golf Course Wedding Ceremony

The Glenelg Golf Course has a little grassy area off set from the nearby practice greens specifically allocated for holding wedding ceremonies. It’s a large enough area to hold larger sized wedding parties while having a backdrop of a few trees in front of a nearby fairway. Angela and Don’s wedding ceremony was a short, sweet affair, complete with personal readings from family members and fun shenanigans when Don went to kiss Angela while signing the registry. Some of the kids also found it fun to throw copious amounts of petals over Angela 🙂

Looking on

Smiling bride

Wedding sign

Talking celebrant

Getting out of car

Flowers everywhere!

Happy groom

Bride arrival

First kiss

Holding hands

Looking out window

Exit

Smiling Groom

Glamour Photos

After the group photos which we took in front of their bridal car, we used the car, and a rather powerful looking bubble machine(!) in a few photos at the Golf Course itself, before heading off towards the Grange beach and it’s Jetty. Unfortunately on the drive down there we soon realised that due to it being one of the first really warm days of the Summer, everyone in Adelaide had the same idea! The roads were packed with beach goers and we ended up heading to the closer Henley Beach Jetty. A bit of photoshop went into removing all the people in the background in some of their beach shots! What we got though I think I was happy wth and Angela and Don were keen to get away from the crowds as quickly as possible.

With the Wedding Car

Under the Jetty

Bubble at the Glenelg Golf Course

Walking along the beach

Under the Jetty

Bubble at the Glenelg Golf Course

Kisses

Glenelg Golf Course Wedding Reception

We then head back to the Glenelg Golf Course for Angela and Don’s reception in their very neat reception hall. The entire night was boisterous with the dance floor only being vacant for very short periods, while Angela and Don’s little flower girl really stole the limelight where she treated the entire party to a cute rendition of Frozen’s ‘Let it Go’. Don also made waves by borrowing the DJ’s kilt! Was a very fun night.

Speech

First dance

Wedding Cake

Let it goooo!

Glenelg Golf Course Reception

First dance

Dancing

Speech

Dancing

Exit

Kids dancing

Dancing

Entrance

Thanks so much to Angela and Don for having me as your wedding photographer, I’m so pleased I was about to cover your wedding and I hope you enjoy your wedding photos! 😀

November 9, 2018

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Sferas Convention Center Wedding – Michelle & Matt

I was happy to be a part of Michelle and Matt’s wedding at the Sferas Convention Center as their wedding photographer on a beautiful early October day! I was asked to cover their wedding for 4 hours, while staying the night manning the SvenStudos photobooth, which got a good workout throughout the night!

Sferas Convention Center Wedding Ceremony

The Sferas chapel in behind the Convention center complex was the location of their wedding ceremony. It’s a long, thin room designed to be fairly intimate and cozy, with a grand piano and floral decor at it’s head. The ceremony was a short and sweet affair, highlighted by Michelle and Matt’s adorable little daughter who was smiling the entire way through, along with an entertaining episode where the best man almost dropped the rings 🙂

Exchanging rings

Sferas Convention Center

Laughing

Bride arriving

Waiting for Bride

Happy Dad

Kisses

Leaving

Vodka

First Kiss

Ready to leave

Holding Hands

Flower girl

Vows

At the altar

Glamour Photos

After the group photos which were taken on the grassy area directly beside the Convention Center, we used the rest of Civic Park for a few glamour photos before heading over the road to make use of the more rustic backdrops of weeping willows and long, unkempt grass. We also returned to the hanging lights in Civic Park later in the night for some nighttime shots.

Together near a tree

In front of the Sferas Convention Center at night

Together in a tree

Together near a tree

In the glow of the sun

Walking in the grass

In front of the Sferas Convention Center at night

Walking in the grass

Closeup

In front of a weeping willow

Bridal Party

In front of a weeping willow

Under the trees

Wedding Rings

In a tree

Sferas Convention Center Wedding Reception

The Sferas Convention Center boasts multiple, large function rooms, and as it happened, they were using at least 3 of them on the same night as Michelle and Matt’s wedding reception. The room in which Michelle and Matt chose to hold their reception was my favourite room of the lot – the Studio. While it isn’t the largest, I like it a lot for the lovely curved windows overlooking the nearby park.