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Nexus Arts Wedding – Genna & Adam

  • Genna & Adam

    Nexus Arts Wedding

    First dance at the Nexus Arts center

Genna and Adam celebrated their wedding at the Nexus Arts club space at the Nexus art hub nearby the UniSA campus on North Terrace. Their wedding was quite different in the way that they wanted absolutely no instruction from me as a photographer, rather only having me as a pure photojournalist. This was as interesting challenge as I generally lean towards the photojournalist angle when acting as a wedding photographer anyway so I quite enjoyed the freedom.

Adelaide Registry Office wedding ceremony

Before heading over to the Nexus Arts though, Genna and Adam’s actual ceremony took place at the Adelaide registry office. The building, and the registry office’s usual ‘chapel’ room where most weddings that take place there were under heavy renovation so their wedding ceremony took place in a smaller room elsewhere in the building. There was a large party in attendance so this smaller room made for a very cozy setting 🙂

Groom’s flowers
Bride and Groom waiting for ceremony to start
Bride looking happy
Bride looking through door

The ceremony itself was a short but sweet affair, with the resident celebrant being his usual jovial self making everyone laugh at his antics and really made things fun.

First kiss through phone
Adelaide registry office wedding
Holding hands
Bride and groom
Cufflinks
Signing wedding registry

Lunch at Thea

In between the wedding ceremony and their wedding celebration at the Nexus Arts, we headed over to the Thea restaurant for a bite to eat. The restaurant has a mixed asian theme with a menu consisting of a multitude of different flavoured teas and food from Japan, China, Vietnam and other East asian countries. I was taking photos of the group as they were dining, taking advantage of the tea shop vibe.

Bridal affects
Group walking to Thea
Group walking to Thea
Walking around town
Bride laughing
Sitting in Thea
Sitting in Thea
Sitting in Thea
Engagement ring
Cheers!

Nexus Arts wedding reception

The venue on offer at the Nexus Arts complex is a unique offering in Adelaide. Being the center of the Cabaret scene, the venue is an open air area consisting of a stage for performances, and bar at the back. It’s really quite perfect for hosting events that has a bit of a hipster vibe and needs to be a little bit different. Genna and Adam had a Simpsons DVD running on loop on the large projector on stage, and their music selection ranged from electro to heavy metal.

Selfie time!
Paper Crane decorations
Dinosaur cake toppers
MC speech
Bride in the light
Wedding Cake
Guest smiling
Wedding Cake
First dance at the Nexus Arts center
Guests mingling
Hugging guests
First dance twirl
Scene inside Nexus Arts
Huddle

All in all a super fun wedding to be a part of, and I relished the challenge to be a complete fly on the wall all throughout the day. I’d like to thank Genna and Adam for having me be a part of it all! 🙂

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Royal SA Yacht Squadron Wedding – Tracy & Jordan

  • Tracy & Jordan

    Royal SA Yacht Squadron Wedding

    Weee!

What a gorgeous wedding this was! Tracy and Jorden were wed on the grassy hill next to the Royal SA Yacht Squadron club houses in Outer Harbour on a super sunny, but not too hot day in November. The day provided for some amazing scenes thanks to Tracy and Jordan’s eagerness to travel and get to the right places for the best shots. It also helped quite a bit they had planned to go to some amazing spots for their photos after their ceremony. As they opted to take advantage of my value-packed full day package as their wedding photographer, I was on hand to capture every single moment of their stunning day.

Preparation

As s often the case, I began the day with Jordan and his grooms men. When I arrived in the morning, the boys sprang into action getting ready while also putting finishing touches on the best man’s speech. Most of the photos were taken in Tracy and Jordan’s house, which a small amount of time taken to take the dogs for a walk to the local park.

Putting on ties
Wedding rings
Playing fetch
Groom through doorway
Groom getting ready
Donning suspenders
Groom getting ready

Tracy and her bridal party were being prepared in a room overlooking the Largs Pier at the Largs Pier Hotel. This stunning old building has some incredible details throughout the building, with none more impressive than the grand staircase meandering up the floors. The bridal party were in high spirits and were actually prepared quite quickly so after a few photos, we had a bit of time for a bit of a breather before heading down to the pier and bar for a few shots outside.

Bride looking into mirror
Bridal Party walking the pier
Bride walking the balcony
Bride getting prepared
Wedding dress
Engagement ring
Wedding dress
Bridal party having a drink at the Largs Pier Hotel front bar
Cinderella shot on the Largs Pier Hotel staircase

Royal SA Yacht Squadron wedding ceremony

The Royal SA Yacht Squadron has has a presence in Outer Harbour since 1924 after having been founded at Birkenhead in 1881. The Royal SA Yacht Squadron is a stoic institution, originally founded amongst the tall ships of Port Adelaide as a social organisation, the club was forced to move to Outer Harbour due to the port becoming too congested.

Today the clubhouse of the yacht squadron has become a very popular location for weddings, and receptions, especially due to it’s newly renovated function room overlooking the marina. I myself journey to the Yacht Squadron a number of times a year for weddings and their receptions. The most recent of which would be Vanessa and Justin’s only a few weeks prior.

Tracy and Jordan’s wedding ceremony took place on the grassy hill overlooking the marina. The wind picked up just before the ceremony so there was a bit of that to contend with, but other than that the ceremony went off without a hitch.

Wedding over marina
Beaming groom
Bride and Groom hugs
Beaming bride
Groom seeing bride for first time
Exchanging wedding rings
Royal SA Yacht Squadron wedding
Signing wedding registry
Vows

Glamour Shots

The first location we headed to directly after the wedding ceremony was the Yacht Club’s quaint little original boat house that is located under the newly renovated function center. The area provides for a stunning backdrop with some very interesting lighting suitable for striking couple shots framed by glowing light.

Bridal party lining the doors in the boathouse
Lovey dovey in the boat house
Dancing in the Royal SA Yacht Squadron boathouse
Boathouse door walk
Lovey dovey in the boat house
Dancing in the Royal SA Yacht Squadron boathouse
Dancing in the boathouse

We then headed down to the Semaphore beachfront to take advantage of the sun and surf. Before heading to the jetty though, we first went for a bit of a walk toward the rocks that line the inlet towards Outer Harbour. Tracy was looking forward to using the rocks as a bit of a prop, and I was more than keen to oblige!

Bride on the rocks
Weee!
Bride leading groom through sanddunes
Groom picking up bride
Embrace on sandbar
Bride and groom on the rocks
Bride and groom on the rocks

Finally we navigated the crowds congregating for the Port Adelaide Christmas pageant to drive to the wonderfully popular wedding photo location that are the old Wool sheds for some inductional themed shots. These turned out incredibly considering the amount of redirected traffic we had to contend with while shooting. I’ve never seen this road that busy!

Groom jumping for joy
Couple’s embrace
Bride and groom in front of woolsheds
Bride and groom in front of woolsheds
Bride and groom infront of woolsheds
Bridal party standing about

Royal SA Yacht Squadron wedding reception

After having taken these amazing shots around Port Adelaide, we headed back to the newly renovated Yacht Squadron for the wedding reception. The party was a boisterous affair with some characters keeping the night from becoming boring 😉 All in all the entire day was an absolute blast and I really enjoyed myself!

Guests having fun
Wedding Cake
Wedding reception
Cutting the cake
Nutbush
First dance
Daddy daughter dance
Guests having fun
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Stockade Botanical Park Wedding – Xavier & Ryan

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    Stockade Botanical Park Wedding

    Xavier & Ryan

It was a warm, sunny day on the day of Xavier and Ryan’s wedding at the Stockade Botanical Park. Aside from a small hiccup where their celebrant didn’t arrive until the last second, and some killer mosquitoes, the entire day went really well. In fact judging the smiles on both Xavier and Ryan’s faces the entire day I doubt very much they even noticed. Xavier and Ryan opted to take advantage of my flexible hourly rates to commission me as their wedding photographer, so I was with them from the beginning of their ceremony until mid way through their reception at the Mawson Lakes hotel.

Stockade Botanical Park wedding ceremony

Xavier and Ryan were wed in front of the Stockade Botanical Park’s small rotunda after having Xavier walk up the wonderful rose-lined path leading to it. They were very lucky with the lack of random on lookers during the ceremony, despite the marvellous weather, as the park is open to the public, and what a wonderful little park it is!

Ring bearer dog
Groom seeing bride
Groom looking for bride
Bride and Groom after wedding ceremony
Putting on wedding ring
Holding hands
Groom smiling
Bride laughing
Groom seeing bride

Glamour Photos

The Stockade Botanical Park boasts a large man-made waterfall which cascades into a little pool at it’s bottom. It’s such a shame that such a beautiful waterfall is shut off behind a hideous fence though! It’s ok though as just in front of the falls are some stupendous small gardens perfectly suited to getting some bush-bashing photos that turned out absolutely stunning!

Named for the nearby small stockade which has fallen into disrepair, the parkland was created to fill what was a rather ugly unused rock quarry for the local residents. The park contains numerous public art installations and a wonderful green backdrop for weddings.

Wedding rings on hands
Cinderella bridal shot
Bride and groomsmen having fun
Bride sitting in sunlight
Groom and groomsmen
Bride and groom in wilderness
Bride and groom at the Stockade botanical park
Bride and groom together
Bride and Bridesmaids
Bride and groom walking
Bridal party
Bride and groom in park
Bride and groom walking

Mawson Lakes Hotel wedding reception

Xavier and Ryan’s wedding reception was held at the Mawson lakes Hotel nearby. Ther reception hall is wonderfully set up with a lit backdrop for the bridal table, along with ample sitting area for a large wedding, or a lounge area along with a dance floor. Xavier and Ryans guests were obviously full of love for them as the whole day was a beautifully happy affair with smiles everywhere one could see, it was a lot of fun and I’m so glad I was a part of it!

Wedding Cake
Boys
Bride and groom talking
Group of guests
Guests
The Girls
Daddy daughter dance
Cutting wedding cake
First dance at Mawson Lakes Hotel
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St Andrew’s Church Wedding – Vanessa & Justin

Royal South Australian Yacht Club wedding

St Andrew’s Church Wedding – Vanessa & Justin

Vanessa and Justin’s wedding took place at the historic St Andrew’s Church in Walkerville, north east of the city. The church provided some beautiful surrounds to what was obviously a love filled ceremony to celebrate two wonderful families coming together. I started the day at St Andrew’s Church for the ceremony, and saw us venture into Port Adelaide for some industrial-themed glamour shots and then to the Royal Australian Yacht Squadron for Vanessa & Justin’s reception. vanessa and Justin opted to take advantage of my flexible hourly package for 4 hours. The weather on the day was absolutely stunning which enabled some amazing photos to be taken. Enjoy!

St Andrew’s Church Wedding Ceremony

I arrived around an hour early to the wedding which enabled me to float about capturing Justin and his entourage putting the final touches on their suits and adjusting their hair. Justin was all smiles which just a touch of nervousness sneaking in, but he hid it well 🙂

Groom smiling
Groom smiling

St Andrew’s Church is a historic church being built in 1848 on land enthusiastically donated by a local brewer. It’s claim to fame are its magnificently preserved stained glass windows, the majority of which are from the British Company of James Powell and Sons of Whitefriars. The insides of the church provide a wonderfully dimly-lit atmosphere perfect for a sacred ceremony such as marriage, plus it’s cavernous ceilings give great opportunities for epic photographs.

St Andrew’s Church
Lighting candle together
First kiss
Bride and Groom at altar
Inside the church
Inside the church
Bride walking down aisle
Priest
signing registry
Bride and groom
Bride and Groom at altar
Groom smiling at bride

Glamour photos

Wedding rings
In front of the church
In front of the church
In front of the church

After the ceremony and group photos out the front of the church, we headed down to a very popular wedding photography spot in Port Adelaide. So popular in fact that we had no less than 3 different weddings there at one point! While we waited for the other weddings to leave at the Port Adelaide Wool Sheds, I suggested we head around the corner to a more quiet location with wonderfully industrial walls to use as a backdrop.

Port Adelaide Wool Sheds wedding
Brick walls
Wedding car
Port Adelaide Wool Sheds wedding
Bridal party with wedding car
Wedding car

After the other weddings had left, we had the roads in front of the famous Port Adelaide Wool Sheds all to ourselves, and the sun was fantastic! I used the sun’s flares to great effect behind Vanessa and Justin to create a beautifully lit, dreamy backdrop. I had loads of fun 🙂

Wedding shadows
Flower girl eating berries
Bridal party
Groomsmen
Port Adelaide wool sheds wedding
Sun backdrop
Port Adelaide wool sheds wedding
Bridal party on brick wall

Before the reception started at the Royal Yacht Squadron, we had a few minutes to utilise the stunning backdrop of the marina for a few more photos. This was mainly due to having tried Semaphore beach for some shots with the jetty, but not finding a park.

Lovey Dovey
Groom and his Groomsmen
Royal South Australian Yacht Club wedding
Royal South Australian Yacht Club wedding
Royal South Australian Yacht Club wedding

Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron Wedding Reception

I’ve been down to the Yacht Squadron quite a few times now for different weddings and receptions. It’s become quite a popular venue due to its neat backdrop of million dollar yachts and close proximity to beaches like Semaphore. The clubhouses have been upgraded to have a modern, clean feel overlooking the marina and the staff couldn’t be nicer.

Bride and Groom laughing with guests
Gifts
Kids being kids
Bride and Groom laughing with guests
Wedding cake
Bridal entrance
Cutting the wedding cake

I’d like to thank Vanessa and Justin for having me be their wedding photographer on their wedding day, and I hope they enjoy their photos!

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Glenelg Wedding – Joanne & Gregor

Glenelg sunset

Glenelg sunset

Glenelg Wedding – Joanne & Gregor

Having a Glenelg Wedding would have to be one of the things may South Australians would have in common with one another, however Joanne and Gregor travelled half way around the world to have theirs! The loving couple flew out from Scotland to celebrate their wedding on the famous beachfront with local family and friends. They were incredibly lucky with the weather as only the previous day Adelaide and it’s surrounds were thrashed with terrible weather causing erosion and a lot of damage. Joanne and Gregor’s wedding however was blessed with some stunning weather, complete with an amazing sunset which we took advantage of for some great shots.

Preparation

As Joanne and Gregor opted to have me with my flexible hourly rate, I was able to visit Joanne getting prepared in the Oaks Plaza hotel on the northern side of the Jetty. The whole styling was all wonderfully Scottish, complete with thistle in her bouquet and her mother wearing a beautiful tartan sash.

Flower girl
Bridal preparation
Flower girl
Bride looking pretty
Bride and Mum smiling
Bridal preparation
Engagement ring in flowers
Wedding dress

Glenelg Wedding Ceremony

As the weather was wonderfully suited for it, Joanne and Gregor held their Glenelg wedding on the beach, just in front of Joanne’s hotel room in the Oaks Plaza Hotel. One downside of having your wedding on such a famous beach is, even during times of inclement weather, you have to keep shooing tourists out of your carefully laid out altar! The men involved with the wedding were all clad in stunning kilts and Joanne as led out by a piper. It was all wonderfully Scottish 🙂

After wedding
Beach wedding
First kiss
Exchanging wedding rings
Glenelg wedding
Beach wedding
Groom seeing bride for first time
Signing registry

Glamour shots

It wouldn’t be a Glenelg wedding without taking some shots along the famed coastline using the Jetty, which was exactly what we did. We headed over first to the Jetty, then to the public square. We then walked along the beachfront back up to the Glenelg marina before enjoying the reception in the Oaks Plaza Hotel.

Scottish salute
Bride and Groom in Glenelg
Glenelg beach walk
Bride and Groom
Bride and Groom in marina
Bride and groom on Glenelgs Jetty
Bouquet

During the reception we popped out to take advantage of the stellar sunset, and I’m so glad we did!

Glenelg sunset
Glenelg wedding sunset
Glenelg sunset

I’d like to thank Joanne and Gregor for having me as their wedding photographer at their wedding in Glenelg and I hope they enjoy their photos as mucha s I enjoyed producing them!