Northern Palm Garden Wedding – Botanic Gardens – Annabelle & Tom

November 25, 2021/0 Comments/in Wedding preview, Wedding /by Steven Duncan

Annabelle & Tom
Adelaide Botanic Gardens Wedding

The Adelaide Botanic Gardens was the setting for Annabelle and Tom’s beautiful wedding which they had travelled from WA for! Their Northern Palm Garden Wedding showcased the closeness of Annabelle and Tom’s family and friends while also having me livestream their ceremony to guests who could not attend due to the COVID pandemic.

Preparation

I began the day with Annabelle and her family being prepared at a house nearby. The atmosphere was laid back and fun filled with the ladies making sure everyone was having some fun with the preparations and dad helping me move their furniture around to get the best angles for shots 🙂

Wedding dress hanging in doorway

bridal party in pajamas

Blue engagement ring in flowers

Bride holding dog

Bride looking through shutters

Bride and bridemaids getting ready

Bride getting ready with bridesmaids

Bride between her veil

Bride in hallway

Northern Palm Garden Wedding Ceremony

Annabelle and Tom’s wedding ceremony took place at my favourite of the 9 Botanic Gardens wedding spots available under the large gum tree in what’s called the Northern Palm Garden, which is right by the northern friendship gates with in the northern section of the gardens.

I love this spot due to the huge gum tree that acts as a backdrop to the wedding ceremony where the light of the sun shines through to make for a very nice scene! Unfortunately the weather wasn’t overly sunny for for this Northern Palm Garden wedding ceremony which meant they had to have standby umbrellas for their guests during the ceremony – but thankfully it diddnt rain.

The ceremony itself was a lovely simple affair, full of smiles and family well wishes which was beautiful.

Excited groom

Bride arriving at Ceremony

bridesmaids approaching ceremony

Bride and parents approaching ceremony

Northern palm Garden Wedding ceremony

bride and groom under umbrellas

Northern palm Garden Wedding ceremony under tree

wedding ceremony under umbrella

smiling bride listening to celebrant

Smiling groom listening to vows

Closeup of exchanging wedding bands

First kiss under umbrella

Wedding exit

Adelaide Botanic Gardens Photoshoot

After the family photos which we took around the rear of where their Northen Palm Garden wedding ceremony took place we made the most of the wonderfully overcast day to take some glamour photos around the Botanic Gardens. We began at the bridge located behind the Northern Palm Garden, then head down the elm boulevard, avoiding the other weddings that were taking place on the same day, and ending up at Araucarla Avenue where one of the groom’s men – Nick was married and I shot his wedding!

It’s always fun to see couples that I had photographed in the past at other weddings!

Northern palm Garden Wedding party

Bridal party on the Northern palm garden bridge

Bridal couple on the Northern Palm Garden bridge

Northern Palm Garden wedding photo

bride and groom at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens

Bride and groom smiling at one another under tree

bride and groom under the foliage

Holding one another nearby the friendship gates

bride and groom sitting on tree roots

Bridal party in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens

Married couple in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens

Adelaide Botanic Gardens wedding photo in the elms

Bride looking pretty with sunlight behind

Bride and groom nearby big tree

South Australian Museum Wedding Reception

Annabelle and Tom held their wedding reception in the grassy area in the old mounted police barracks behind the South Australian Museum. A large marquee was erected to keep everyone warm and out of any weather – which never eventuated. I always find it fun to show people who diddnt know it was there as I feel as though it’s one of the best kept secrets of Adelaide – despite it being completely public space!

The night was fun, with plenty of heartfelt speeches about Annabelle and Tom’s relationship and their life in WA. It was such a great night to be a part of and I’m super pleased I got to make use of the archway towards the wedding ceremony for a biut of a night shot before I left for the night as it turned out to be one of my favourite shots from the day.

White Wedding cake

Adelaide Museum wedding setup

bride and groom entering wedding reception at Adelaide Museum

First dance closeup

First dance at Adelaide Museum wedding

Dancing groomsmen

Bridesmaids listening

Bridal kiss through table guests

Marquee set up at Adelaide Museum wedding

Adelaide Museum wedding photo

Cutting the ake toegtehr in front of white curtain

Bridesmaids giving speech

I’d like to thank Annabelle and Tom for having me as their wedding photographer at their lovely Northern Palm Garden wedding in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens – i suppose we could also say it was a destination wedding! Was a glorous day and I hope you enjoy your photos!

Botanic Gardens’ Sunken Garden Wedding – Anna & Isuru

February 3, 2021/0 Comments/in Wedding preview, Wedding /by Steven Duncan

Anna & Isuru
Botanic Gardens’ Sunken Garden Wedding

It was a delightfully sunny day for Anna and Isuru’s wedding at the Adelaide Botanic Garden‘s Sunken garden wedding ceremony venue with a small group of close friends and family in person, and plenty watching a livestream! (When Isuru’s phone worked!)

The plan was to hold a small intimate ceremony here in Adelaide, and when COVID goes away hold another interstate with more guests.

Preparation

Anna was prepared in a room of the Mayfair hotel on King William St along with two of her friends. The atmosphere in the room was one of fun and excitement for the wedding ceremony and if Anna was feeling any nerves, she hid them well!

I made use of the Mayfair hotel lobby for a couple of shots on their spiral staircase while also heading out to the intersection for a few shots on the road, which the girls seemed to find amusing 😀

Hanging wedding dress

Having makeup done

Engagement ring in middle of bouquet

Having makeup done looking out window

Makeup artist doing her thing

Smiling bride in makeup chair

Girls watching makeup be done

bride holding bouquet black and white

bride holding bouquet smiling

bridal aprty ready to go

Bridal party on stairs

bridal party walking accross Hindley st

closeup of bouquet while bride looks out window

bridal party under green trees

bridal party under green tree

Sunken Garden Wedding Ceremony

The botanic Garden’s Sunken Garden Wedding venue provides for a lovely private spot to hold a ceremony in what is usually a rather busy place on a such a lovely day! The set up was lovely for me as a wedding phtoographer as the sun was right behind whre Anna and Isuru were standing which made for some lovely ethereal photos.

The heat of the day was quite powerful, as Iruru’s phone soon found out as unfortunately they had a bit of trouble keeping the livestream going – thankfully I was also recording the ceremony using 360 Virtual Reality technology as I always do so they made good use of that the next day!

Anna and Isuru’s wedding ceremony was full of personal insight into the couple’s relationship complete with in jokes and fun little things that had the entire congregation smiling and laughing along as they watched.

Grooms first look at the Sunken Garden

Botanic Gardens Sunken Garden Wedding Ceremony

Wedding Ceremony in the Sunken Garden

laughing groom during ceremony 2

Botanic Gardens Sunken Garden Wedding Ceremony 2

Smiling bride during ceremony 2

Holding hands during wedding ceremony

Holding hands during wedding ceremony under arch

Smiling groom looking at bride 2

Wedding ceremony at the SUnken Garden Botanic Gardens

Exchanging wedding bands closeup

Botanic Gardens Sunken Garden Wedding Ceremony through leaves

Ceremony at the Botanic Gardens Sunken Garden

Sunken garden First Kiss

Smiles all round with the bride and groom

Wedding bands on hands

Bride and groom exit from Sunken Garden Ceremony

Adelaide Botanic Gardens Glamour Photos

We had a short amount of time for some photos in amongst the Adelaide Boatnic Gardens after having family photos done at the Sunken Garden so we hopped right to it making a beeline to the friendship gates then walking slowly back towards the National Wine Center.

I wanted to use the lovely trees that you can find in the nearby Botanic Park for some photos before walking back through the gardens. We were lucky enough to be walking back through the gardens a little later than allowed due to having the reception at the National Wine Center as we got to capture the dying sun through some of the trees on display around the grounds.

bride and groom amongst the foliage

bride and groom amongst foliage

Walking in the trees together

Huge trees in the Botanic Park

Adelaide Botanic Park wedding photo

bride and groom leaning in some ivy

Ivy wedding photo

Adelaide Botanic Gardens wedding Photo

bride and groom togteher in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens

Adelaide Botanic Gardens Sunset wedding

Amongst the tall trees wedding photo

Sunlight wedding phtoo

Bride and groom walking in the sunlight

Bride and groom embrace

bride and groom looking at camera on their wedding day

Bride and groom against a large tree

National Wine Center Reception

Anna and Isuru’s National Wine Center reception took place in their ‘Gallery’ room which boasts a huge glass wall overlooking the rest of the wine center’s grounds.

As their guest list was on the smaller side, only one long table was set up to make the entire setting feel quite opulent and grand! It also allowed all their guests to sit together and not have to travel a million miles to see everyone!

Adelaide WIne Center bridal entrance

Bride talking to guests at reception

Adelaide Wine Center Gallery Room

Selfy

Little girl running about

having some fun with the kids

Adelaide Wine Center Sushi

Kiss at the table

Isuru Speech

bridal hugs

I’d like to thank Anna and Isuru for having me photograph their Botanic Gardens’ Sunken Garden wedding, and I hope they enjoy their photos! Super happy to travel interstate for your other celebrations too! 😉

Botanic Gardens Adelaide Wedding – Georgia & Nick

November 5, 2020/0 Comments/in Wedding preview, Wedding /by Steven Duncan

Georgia & Nick
Botanic Gardens Adelaide Wedding

On what must have been the busiest wedding day in decades, October 10th was the date for Georgia and Nick’s wonderful wedding at the Botanic Gardens Adelaide. Based mainly on the repetition of the date and fun addition of the date and month numbers ot make the year, then combined with COVID-19 rescheduling, I must have had dozens of enquiries for 10/10/20! And what a wedding Georgia and Nick’s turned out to be! Beautiful weather, lovely people and possibly the best spot to take photos in the Adelaide CBD :).

Preparation

I began the day as I usually do with Nick and his groomsmen getting ready in a hotel room in the city. Their room overlooked the northern part of the Adelaide CBD in quite a striking fashion with a great view of the new royal hospital and even Adelaide Oval!

When I arrived the boys were sitting about watching some horse racing, so I began the day by getting them to get a bit hyped up by placing fake bets on a horse race – this allowed for everyone to let go of any nerves thay may be lingering around and loosened everyone up for their preparation photos which we took in and around their room.

Wedding rings box 2

Wedding rings perched on shoes

Groom watching TV 2

Adjusting his shirt

Adjusting shirt

Groomsmen looking fab

Groom leaning on wall

Groom basking in sunlight

Smiling groom in his suit

chilling groomsmen

Georgia and her bridal party were being prepared at the couple’s house in Hillcrest. The girls were getting ready along side their paresnts and some well wishers that arrived half way through. The atmosphere was very laid back with allowed for some beautiful natural smiles and showing of emotion. It was especially endearing when Dad first saw his daugher sporting her wedding dress!

Bridal bangle

Engagement ring in bouquet 3

Bride having hair done 2

Bride’s Mum having makeup done

Bride having makeup done

Bride silhouette

bride getting ready 4

Putting on bridal shoes

Bride looking at bouquet

Bride in hallway 2

Mum looking on 2

Father’s first look of his daughter

Botanic Gardens Adelaide Wedding Ceremony

Finding a park at the Botanic Gardens Adelaide at the best of times can be quite tricky, but on a wonderful warm day such as Georgia and Nick’s wedding day it was extremely hard which led to Georgia being a little later than she had planned to be on the day, leaving Nick to pace about at the front of their congregation showing that he was not aty all nervous.

Georgia and Nick’s wedding ceremony took place at the Araucaria Avenue ceremony spot which boasts a lovely row of New Caledonia Pines (or Araucaria columnaris) leading off into where the sun sits which makes for a lovely,m sunlit backdrop for any wedding ceremony.

As the weather on Georgia and Nick’s wedding day was perfectly sunny, the whole ceremony was delightfully backlit creating a nice halo effect over everyones’s heads all throughout. It does make it ricky though to take phtoos from the side as the light makes for some harsh shadows form that angle. Still beautiful none the less. 🙂

My favourite part of the ceremony was the level of coordination Georgia and Nick’s guests showed with the birdal sendoff, blowing ample bubbles into the aisle to create quite an impressive send off! It’s often the case that not many bubbles show up in photos, but in this case it worked very well!

Groom waiting 2

Groom waiting patiently 2

Groom’s first look of bride 2

Botanic Gardens Wedding ceremony 2

bride during wedding ceremony

Wedding ceremony botanic gardens

Wedding ceremony botanic gardens adelaide

Wedding ceremony botanic gardens adelaide 2

Groom looking at his bride during the ceremony

reciting vows

Exchanging wedding bands 2

Wedding cermeony at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 3

First kiss 2

Bridal exit under bubbles

Botanic Gardens Adelaide Glamour Photos

Directly after the group pho0tos and a bit of a rest to thankeveryone for coming, we hopped right into the glamour photos wandering about the botanic gardens. It was the plan to do this and then head out to North Terrace, or even the Adelaide Zoo to take photos with the animals as that’s where their reception was taking place, but on the day we opted to stay within the botanic gardens which made things easier.

As the sun was beating down rather harshly, I tried to stay in shaded areas for the most part, utilising the lens flares the sun was throwing up through the foliage and occasionally using the brightness as a backdrop to some of their photos.

All the plants at this time of year in the Botanic Gardens Adelaide are super green and lush which makes taking shots throguh the foliage that much easier and satisfying to see!

In between the Botanic Gardens and the Adelaide Zoo we also made use of some of the Morten Bay fig trees around the adjacent Botanic Park for some photos!

Bride and groom next to tree 2

Bride and groom under a hollow tree

Bridal party walking away form ceremony

Standing in amongst the foliage

Bride and groom amongst the bamboo 2

Sun shining on the bride and groom

Wedding party in the bamboo

Bride and groom closeup in bamboo

Wedding photo at the Adelaide botanic gardens

bride and groom in the bamboo at the Adelaide botanic gardens

Botanic Gardens Adelaide wedding photo

Bridal party together in the tree

Botanic Gardens wedding photo in the elms

Bride and groom holding one another in the undergrowth

Bride and groom together under the trees

Bride and groom looing at the camera

Sun shinging through the leaves on the bridal couple

Botanic Park wedding photo

Bridal party in the Adelaide Botanic Park

Adelaide Zoo Wedding Reception

Georgia and Nick’s wedding reception at the Adelaide Zoo took place within the Sir Thomas Elder Rotunda which is a huge, circular structure that was draped with weather proof plastic sheets to keep guests warm. When sitting inside this marvellous structure, the decorations that were set up really made this space feel like a pretty wedding space with ribbons hanging from it’s center and soft lighting illuminating the whole scene. It’s quite and impressive sight!

Georgia and Nick’s guests were quite happy to make the most of the recent change to COVID-19 regulations in South Australia and very much enjoyed ‘virtical consumption’ of alcohol and of course made the most of the newly allowed dancefloor!

3 tier Wedding cake

Bride and groom entrance

Cutting the wedding cake 2

First dance at Adelaide Zoo wedding reception

First dance at Adelaide Zoo wedding reception 2

Guests talking to bride at head table

Guests at a table

Adelaide Zoo wedding reception

Main course

Maid of Honour with stick

Maid of honour toast

Groom shaking hands

I’d like to thank Georgia and Nick for having me as their wedding photographer at their Botanic Gardens Adelaide wedding, and I hope they enjoy their photos! 😀

Botanic Park Wedding – Naz & Peter

April 20, 2021/0 Comments/in Wedding preview, Wedding /by Steven Duncan

Naz & Peter
Botanic Park Wedding

Peter and Naziera opted to hold a very small, intimate Adelaide Botanic Park wedding in front of their 3 sons, their celebrant and myself which made for a cozy little atmosphere under the stunning moreton bay fig trees on a stunningly sunny day!

Although their Botanic Park wedding ceremony was flanked by no fewer than 3 engagement celebrations and other users of the public space, their wedding ceremony felt beautifully personal regardless!

Adelaide Botanic Park Wedding Ceremony

Peter and Naz’s tiny little ceremony – which could also be called an elopement took place on one of the larger moreton bay fig trees on parade along the Botanic Park, just north of the Adelaide Botanic Garden‘s Friendship gates.

We attempted to have as little as possible behind Peter and Naziera during their cermeony so that their photos did not have anything but the stunning beauty of the park in the background. Wasn’t always possible of course, but we tried our best!

Their ceremony was short and sweet, with two of their three sons acting as witnesses on their marriage certificate.

Three sons standing under stree

hugs before the wedding ceremony

bride looking pretty before her Botanic Park Wedding

bride and groom using the lovely tree before their wedding ceremony

Smiling groom before his Botanic Park Wedding Ceremony

Wedding celebrant arrives

Smiling bride ready to start wedding ceremony

bride and groom standing under tree during their wedding ceremony

Celebrant talking during ceremony

Botanic Park Wedding Ceremony

Smiling groom during his wedding ceremony

Adelaide Botanic Park Wedding Ceremony

Wedding cceremony under Moreton Bay Fig Tree

Shot of bride though shoulders of Sons

Sun gleaming through the foliage

Wedding ceremony in the Adelaide Botanic Park

Exchanging wedding rings on bent arm

Groom kissing hand of his bride

Married now!

Glamour Photos

For glamour photos, we made good use of the Botanic park’s trees, going for a little walk and trying to get the midday sun to shine through the foliage before heading into the Botanic Gardens to make use of some different backdrops.

The Moreton bay fig trees in Botanic park make for some stunning backdrops for wedding photography – I just love walking through them – particularly on sunny days such as this, the atmosphere is one of such joy and happiness when the sun plays nice!

The Adelaide Botanic Gardens as always turned it on for us, walking through we managed to make use of quite a few little spots I had grwon fond of after my many weddings I have shot through here. That being said though, the middle of the day is possibly the wost time of day to take photos through here – so I attempted to head to shadier spots to make use of the shade rather than direct sunlight.

bride and groom sitting on a bench together

Bride and groom after their Botanic Park Wedding Ceremony

bride and groom under a moreton bay fig

bride and groom headbutting one another

brige and groom cuddles

Bride and groom walking under the trees after their Botanic Park Wedding Ceremony

Bride and groom walking under the trees after their Botanic Park Wedding

Large Moreton Bay Fig trees as a backdrop to the bride and groom

Bride leaning into groom against a wall

Adelaide Botanic Gardens wedding photo

Adelaide Botanic Gardens wedding photo 2

Bride and groom amongst the foliage in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens

Museum of Economic Botany doorway photo

Museum of Economic Botany doorway wedding photo

bride and groom inside a tree

bride and groom enjoying the bamboo forest

Groom leading bride over a hill

Amongst the trees at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens

Bride and groom’s sons take center stage

Peter and Naz’s Botanic Park wedding ceremony was a delightful little outing, and I do hope they enjoy their photos!

National Wine Center Wedding – Pat & Kat

June 19, 2021/in Wedding preview, Wedding /by Steven Duncan

Pat & Kat
National Wine Center Wedding

Pat and Kat held a stunning National Wine Center wedding early in April surrounded by delightful family and friends who all made sure that Pat and Kat had an absolute blast on their big day!

The sun was shining, the Adelaide Botanic Gardens looked amazing and the National Wine Center Wedding staff were top notch! They even helped me find a park right outside – which is often very tricky around the Botanic Gardens!

Preparation

I started out the day at Patrick’s place of preparation with his groomsmen and his parents. They were all in good spirits, with Patrick’s parents super happy to be as helpful as possible!

Wedding rings on grooms tie

Cufflinks lined up

Smiling groom staring at camera

Groomsmen getting ready on couch

Through the doorway at groom getting ready

Mum looking on proudly

Groom staring out window

Dad helping son put on tie

Mum helping son get ready

Smiling Mum as she helps with tie

groomsmen ready to roll

Groom looking great in the ally

It was a treat to head to Katerina’s place of preparation – what a stunning house almost on the waterfront at Semaphore! I was super lucky to get a park as the entire area is always swarming with beach goers, but I lucked out right outside the house!

Inside there was a hive of activity, from the bridesmaids fussing about trying to fix broken earrings to little babies being fed by grandparents, and of course the bride herself getting herself ready with makeup, and hair.

The house afforded quite a few nice vantage points to take some lovely photos – and we simply ran out of time using them all!

Wedding dress reflected in mirror

Wedding dress hanging at end of hall

Bride walking towards her wedding dress

Perfume

Hugs with bridesmaid

bride having her makeup done

bride having her makeup done smiling

bridesmaids helping with earrings

bridesmaids having fun in gown

OMG an engagement ring

Bridesmaids seeing bride in dress

bridesmaids helping sort out wedding dress

bridal party together

bride standing in front of front door in wedding gown

Finishing touches on brides hair

Bride looking in mirror as Dad looks on

National Wine Center Wedding Ceremony

Pat and Kat’s National Wine Center wedding ceremony took place on the grassy area just beyond the main bulding, while it was a very sunny day, the surrounding foliage of the bushy trees provided for quite a bit of shade for the ceremony and guests and provided a lovely green backdrop for all their photos.