Middleton Beach Huts Wedding – Lauren & Marty

Lauren & Marty
Middleton Beach Huts 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.

Suave

Cufflinks

Wedding shoes

Marks up

Smiling groom

Putting on tie

Wedding rings

Tying ties

Walking together

The boys

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 🙂

Wedding Dress

Bridal squad

Doing up dress

Smiling bride

Looking in mirror

Flower girl

Putting in veil

Dad’s first look

Flowers

Engagement ring

OH ME GERD!

Looking in mirror

Selfie

Scrap book

rings

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!

Holding hands

Bride arriving

First kiss

Holding hands

Smiling bride

Beach Huts wedding

together

Groom in his crows gear

Standing out front

Groom’s reaction

Holding hands

Celebrant

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 🙂

Amongst the grass

Under a big gum tree

Bridal party walking about the Middleton Beach Huts

Standing about

Under a big gum tree

Group photo

Wedding rings

Sunset

Under a big gum tree

Amongst the grass

Middleton Beach Walkabout

Walking in the meadows

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! 🙂

First dance

Laughing groom

Entrance

First dance

Wedding Cake

Guest having fun

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

November 19, 2018

Wedding preview, Wedding

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.

Pointing

In the alley

In a doorway

Walking off

On the foreshore

Looking suave

Helping bro

Wedding rings

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

Kisses for Grandad

Putting on dress

Wedding dress

Heading out door

Looking out window

Laughing Mum

Playing games

Putting on flower

Dancing about

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 🙂

Holding hands

Happy groom

Exit

Smiling Groom

Smiling bride

First kiss

Flowers everywhere!

Getting out of car

Wedding sign

Looking out window

Talking celebrant

Bride arrival

Holding hands

Looking on

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.

Under the Jetty

Bubble at the Glenelg Golf Course

Kisses

With the Wedding Car

Walking along the beach

Under the Jetty

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.

Dancing

Speech

Let it goooo!

Exit

Glenelg Golf Course Reception

Wedding Cake

Dancing

First dance

Speech

Entrance

Kids dancing

First dance

Dancing

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

Wedding preview, Wedding

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 🙂

Vodka

Ready to leave

Bride arriving

Holding Hands

At the altar

Laughing

First Kiss

Flower girl

Waiting for Bride

Exchanging rings

Happy Dad

Vows

Kisses

Waiting for Bride

Sferas Convention Center

Leaving

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.

In front of a weeping willow

In front of the Sferas Convention Center at night

In front of a weeping willow

Together in a tree

Bridal Party

Closeup

Wedding Rings

Walking in the grass

In the glow of the sun

In a tree

Together near a tree

Walking in the grass

Under the trees

Together near a tree

In front of the Sferas Convention Center at night

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.

Bridal Entrance

First dance

Water

First dance

Wedding Cake

Bomboniere

Guest Book

First dance

Cheers

Cutting the cake

Speech

Sferas Convention Center

Thanks so much Michelle and Matt for having me as your wedding photographer, I had a bunch of fun, and I hope you enjoy your photos! 😀

October 30, 2018

Wedding preview, Wedding

Bridgewater Mill Wedding – Kim & Mick

St Francis Winery Wedding – Molly & Ian

I had been looking forward to covering Molly and Ian’s wedding at the St Francis Winery ever since shooting their engagement photos in the city about a year prior. I was also asked to build them an RSVP website, which was a good way to keep in contact all throughout the wedding planning in between. The day was a super sunny, bright, beautiful day which translated into a love-filled celebration of the wedding of Molly and Ian 🙂

Preparation

One of the great things about most of the weddings I’ve covered at the St Francis Winery is that both the bride and groom are staying on site and are prepared in separate rooms, so I’m able to flit in between rooms to take photos of them both being prepared at the same time. Both Molly and Ian were fairly laiud back in their preparation, with fun events like Molly’s small gift to ian being an exploding card, and of course running after the less than co-operative kidlets 🙂

Hustle and bustle

pensive

Wedding sign

Smiling groom

Mum helping

Smiles

Looking out window

Pensive

Groomsmen lounging about

Smiling bride

Looking out window

Looking in mirror

getting ready

Dad’s first look

getting ready

In front of window

Wedding rings

St Francis Winery Wedding Ceremony

Molly and Ian wisely opted to move the location of their wedding ceremony into a small – shaded area closer to the buildings of the winery as standing out in the sun for the duration of their ceremony would not have been fun. The ceremony was short and sweet, and culminated in a barrage of confetti thrown by the guests.

Blushing bride

Bridal exit

Signing registry

St Francis Winery Wedding

Smiles

Wedding ceremony

Flower girls

Exchanging rings

First kiss

At the altar

St Francis Winery Wedding setup

Smiles

Glamour Photos

As I usually do, I made use of the incredible weeping willow trees surrounding the duck lake within the winery’s grounds, and as the sun was beating down, tried to make the most of it’s rays shing through the foliage.

Under the sun

Next to the cart

Under a weeping willow

Standing together

Smiling girls

hehe

Smiles together

Standing together

Bouquet

St Francis Winery Reception

To finish up the day, Molly and Ian’s wedding reception took place on site within the St Francis Winery reception hall, with the end section used as the dancefloor. The end section is great for the first dance dry ice as the walled off area allows for a lovely carpet of mist – makes it quite beautiful.