Botanic Gardens Adelaide Wedding – Jody & Simon

Certainly could not predict the weather here in Adelaide over the last few months – hosting a wedding in November should be a sure thing right? At least that’s what Jody and Simon thought when planning their Botanic Gardens Adelaide wedding ceremony! Only last week we had a freak mini cyclone, and this week was non stop rain!

Botanic Gardens Adelaide Wedding – The Summer House

My day started a little bumpy, arriving at what was going to be Jody and Simon’s first choice for a wedding location in the Botanic Gardens, only to be moved on to the Summer House, nearer to North Terrace due to the relentless rain that almost forced their string instrument performers to not be able to play due to possible damage of their wooden insturments.

Thankfully moving ceremony location wasn’t overly difficult, simply a matter of moving equipment one spot over – so then I waited at the National Wine Center for Jody to arrive in her motorcade – only for them to drop her off at the main gate, 300m up the road – so I had a bit of running to do 🙂

All worked out well though! Thankfully I had my lovely wife in attendance to help out with the ceremony videography back at the Summer House gazebo.

Other than all that, Jody and Simon’s Botanic Gardens Adelaide wedding ceremony was full of love, laughter and awesome vows that made everyone show their full gamut of emotions!

Bride arriving in convertable

Bride getting out of car on wet road

Flower girls together in a group

Bridal approach at the Summer House

Grooms first look of bride in the Summer House

Botanic Gardens Summer House wedding ceremony

Flower girls watching ceremony

Laughing bride during ceremony

Holding hands during ceremony

Celebrant talking during ceremony

Bride smiling at groom at ceremony

Smiling groom during ceremony

Botanic gardens Adelaide wedding ceremony

First kiss in the SUmmer House

Flower girls playing with bubble makers

Bride hugs with little boy

Bride sweeping back hair

Glamour Photos

The weather thankfully cleared just after Jody and Simon’s ceremony ended, allowing for a big group photo just behind the gazebo, and of course their glamour photos!

We began by doing a small lap of the gardens up to the historic Economic Building witht he bridal party, taking photos as we went, and then left the bridal party to head back to Ayres House while Jody, Simon, the best man and I walked p to the Friendship gates for more photos.

Some unique features of a Botanic Gardens Adelaide wedding on a very wet day is that there are some very nice water features that only occur on these types of days, so I was keen to make use of them – and the simple fact that we had the whole place to ourselves! Very peaceful!

Bridal party in the Botanic Gardens

Bride and groom under moreton bay fig

Moreton bay fig tree with flying veil

Bride and groom cuddles

bride and groom walking out of bridal party

Bridal party in a tree

Close up of wedding rings on hands

Adelaide Botanic Gardens wedding photo

Bride and groom under trees

Sun behind the bride and groom in trees

Portrait in trees

Bride and groom near water with sun

Walking through the botanic gardens

bride and groom small in the foliage

Engagement ring on holding hands

Danding bride and groom

Bridal party on the steps of the economic building

bride and groom on the steps

Closeup of bride and groom

Bride and groom between the pine trees

Bride and groom in a tree

Bride and groom in a tree looking at camera

Engagement ring in white rose

Botanic Gardens Adelaide wedding photo

Bride and groom near the friendship gate

Sitting together on a moreton bay fig

Pretty bride

Ring of fire

Bride and groom under the sun

Bride scooting away

Ayres House Wedding Reception

As someone who had a bit of a lego theme myself at my own wedding – I was super excited to see what Jody and Simon had as their table center pieces! Dozens of the incredible lego bouquet sets who had all apparently been made by a very dedicated small group of people – lego masters, obviously! HJody and Simon even gave me one as a parting gift that night – which is now taking pride of place next to my computer as I write this!

Their night was full of fun speeches, and games with the highlight definitely being the scavenger hunt game where some of the contenstants certainly got into the spirit of things!

Cup cakes wedding cake

Cutting their Cup cakes wedding cake

Cheers guests

Ayres house wedding reception

Lego bouquet

Speech giver 2

Laughing bride listening to speech

Bride turning to groom

Speech 2

Shoe game

Talking with guests

Daddy daughter dance

First dance at Ayres House wedding reception

First dance at Ayres House glasshouse wedding reception

Dancing the night away

Thanks so much Jody and Simon for having me as your Adelaide wedding photographer! Was an absolute blast!

December 16, 2022

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Adelaide Marriages Registration Office Wedding – Skye & Lachlan

Skye and Lachlan held a simple, private ceremony with their two sets of parents at the Adelaide Births and Marriage registration office in the Adelaide CBD . The great thing about a Adelaide Marriages Registration office wedding is that the ceremony is short, sharp and shiny, whithout costing a huge amount – and yet you still get to take advantage of all the amazing photo spots around Adelaide!

Adelaide Marriages Registration Office Wedding Ceremony

I was surprised to arrive after Skye and her family had – as, as many people know – I tend to arrive far to early to my weddings sometimes, and that’s usually the case for me at the registry office also! All that wer were missing before the ceremony was Lachlan!

Skye and Lachlan’s ceremony was nice and short, with the usual fussing over signing the documents that the resident celebrant takes great pride in having fun doing so, before doing a few family photos and heading out to hit the town!

Engagement ring in red flowers

Smiling bride and groom before ceremony

Bride and groom at the doorway

Bride and groom listening to celebrant at front

Bride and groom holding hands in front of wooden panels

Adelaide Marriages registration office wedding ceremony

Exhanging wedding rings during ceremony

Smiling bride looking at camera during ceremony

First kiss at Adelaide Marriages registration wedding ceremony

Bride and groom signing the marriages registry

Glamour Photos

I suggested we first head over the road to the Adelaide Arcade, which is always a nice way to break up the green photo deluge that usually occurs if you plan on just using the Botanic Gardens for wedding photos.

We head up stairs to use the long, straight passage the ornate space offers, while also using the huge arch window that overlooks Grenfell street for a bit of a dance 🙂

Bride and Groom in the middle of Granfell St Adelaide

Bride and groom in the Adelaide Arcade

Bride and groom walking along the Adelaide Arcade

Bride and groom dancing in the Adelaide Arcade

Smiling at each other in the window

Bride and groom walking along the roads in Adelaide

After driving over oto the Adelaide Btanic gardens, we parked along Plane Tree drive, which also allowed us to use the stunning trees in the adjacent Botanic Park. These moreton bay fig trees just have the most stunning roots which are easy to stand amongst and get some great shots!

As we had no bridal party to slow us down, we managed to use quite a bit of the Botanic gardens with a bit of a whirlwind tour, starting out by the friendship gates, zooming around to the famed Palm house, then the gardens in between, before finishing up in the Bicentennial Dome.

bride and groom standing under trees in the Adelaide Botanic Park

Adelaide Botanic Park wedding photos

Bride and groom touching heads in the Adelaide Botanic Park

Bride and groom in the ivy

Smiling bride in ivy

bride and groom crossing bridge together

Bride and groom int he foliage of the Adelaide Botanic gardens

Bride an dgroom walking together in the trees

bride and groom standing in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens

Bride and groom in a bench in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens

Bride and groom touching noses

Bride and groom standing under fun tree

Landscape wedding photo

Adelaide Botanic Gardens wedding photo in the lane

Adelaide Botanic Gardens wedding photo in the elm lane

Adelaide Botanic Gardens wisteria wedding photo

bride and groom in a doorway

Bride and groom under the veil

bride showing off engagement ring

Bride and groom under the sun

Thanks so much for having me be a part of your Adelaide Marriages Registration Office Wedding Skye and Lachlan! I had a blast and I hope you enjoy your photos!

October 30, 2022

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Adelaide Bridal Photoshoot and Reception – Emre & Sara

After Emre and Sara held their wedding ceremony insterstate, they wanted to celebrate with their family and friends back here in Adelaide!

Unfortunately the weather wasn’t brilliant for our Adelaide Bridal Photoshoot in the Botanic Gardens, and around North Terrace, but we got some great shots despite trying to keep Sara’s spectacular dress as clean as possible before their reception at the San Giorgio La Molara Community Centre.

Preparation

Both Emre and Sara shared a Mayfair Hotel room to be prepared alongside Sara’s bridal party. Everyone was running about trying not to get in each other’s way before heading out for photos, but the atmosphere was otherwise energetic and exciting!

There was aplan to make use of the Hennesy Rooftop bar, only to realise that the bar needed to be booked far in advance – it was ok though as we were running a fair bit late already before heading out to meet their wedding car.

White suit jacket

Grooms watch

Engagement ring in white bouquet

Bridal jewellery on white shoes

Bride and bridesmaid fiddling with dress

Groom buttoning shirt looking out window

Bridal makeup

Closeup of bride hands

bridesmaid helping with bridal gown

Groom adjusting hair in mirror

Bride framed by circular mirror

Smiling bride looking at camera

Groom surveying bowtie

Groom and bride in mirror together

Bride in front doorway

Adelaide Bridal Photoshoot

The weather put a bit of a hamper on mobility throughout our Adelaide bridal photoshoot, with Sara’s incredible dress taking a bit of moving each time we moved locations. It ceratinly made for some fun shots though, I particularly enjoyed when we carried her train across King William Road with the whole bridal party! Certainly made everyone smile!

After clambouring into their car, we head over to Botanic Park to make use of the beautiful Moreton Bay Fig trees and head into the Adelaide Botanic Gardens via the northern Friendship Gates.

As we were trying to keep Sara’s dress as clean as possible for their reception later, we attempted to stay on the concrete paths throughout the Botanic Gardens, and even head into the famed Bicentennial Conservatory Dome to avoid any rain.

We then head to North Terrace for a few shots in front of the pretty architecture in front of the buldings along there and also the Old Police Barracks behind the Adelaide Museum.

We even found time to drive to Adelaide Arcade and the Adelaide Railway for a few photos there – all the while attempting to avoid the rain as much as possible.

Bride and groom on Mayfair Hotel’s staircase

Laughing bride as crossing road

Bridal party crossing King William road

Bridal party with wedding car next to Mayfair Hotel

bride and groom inside bridal car

bride and groom in Botanic Park

Botanic Park wedding photo

Bride and groom holding one another in Botanic Park

Bridal dip in the roots of a Moreton Bay Fig tree

bride and groom head butt in front of tree

Bride standing aloe with long wedding gown train

bride and groom laughing together

Adelaide Botanic Gardens wedding photo

Bride and groom through low foliage

bride and groom leaning on tree with fairy lights

Bride and groom framed by foliage

Bride smiling looking at groom

Bride and groom in front of ornate doorway

Bride and groom through foliage and doorway

Bride standing alone in doorway

bridal embrace amongst pillars

groom leading bride in front of artwork

Groom leading bride up stars

Bride and groom on old Adelaide Police Barracks

Bride and groom in doorway at the old Adelaide Police Barracks

Groom sheilding bride from rain

Bonython hall wedding photo

bride and groom in front of Bonython hall’s doors

bride and groom under autumnal leaves

Adelaide Arcade wedding photo

Bride and groom in Adelaide Arcade

Adelaide railway wedding photo

Bride and groom in the lights of the Adelaide railway

Bride and groom in the pillars of the Adelaide Railway Station

San Giorgio La Molara Community Centre Reception

After out whirlwind Adelaie bridal photoshoot, we head to the San Giorgio La Molara Community Centre for a recepotion full of traditional dancing and performaces, including a grand entrance complete with drummers and dry ice.

Throughout the night, traditional Afgahn cuisine was served and circle dancing from different groups took place before culminating in a fun knife dance where the groom had to steal the cake cutting knfe from a dancing member of the family.

White wedding cake

San Giorgio La Molara Community Centre Wedding

Dancing guest alone on dancefloor

Bridal entrance with drummers

Bridal entraance dance

Groom banging drum

Excited groom in entrance

Dancing guests

Dancing performers

Guests watching the dancing

Dancing guests in circle

Groom on chair in middle of dance

Groom chair dance

Dancer in circle

Knife dance

Knife dance grinning lady

Bride and groom cutting cake

The whole day was great fun and I’d like to thank Emra and Sara for having us at their Adelaide Bridal Photoshoot and their wedding celebration!

August 19, 2022

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Adelaide Botanic Gardens Cycad Collection Wedding – Joanne & Blake

Joanne and Blake held their wedding ceremony at the Cycad Collection area, which is one of the many wedding ceremony locations available within the Adelaide Botanic Gardens.

The weather was fantastic and the smiles on everyone’s face made for the most wonderful atmosphere for this lovely couple’s simple wedding celebration!

Cycad Collection Wedding Ceremony

After a little bit of a wait due to the unfortunate parking situation causing Joanne to be a little late – Joanne and Blake’s wedding ceremony took place under the shade provided by the large gum tree at the foot of their Cycad collection wedding location. It’s not often that shade is there due to the orientation of the spot, but as their ceremony was quite early in the day, this space was perfect!

Music was provided by a nifty two man strings band which played music before and after their ceremony. Joanne and Blake really seemed to enjoy their presence and they were good enough sports to join in for a bit of a fun photo at the end of their group photos.

Joanne and Blake’s Cycad collection wedding ceremony was presided over by a family member – who happend to also be a celebrant, which was lovely as it made for the while ceremony to be that much more intimate, it was lovely to see the celebrant herself tear up!

Their ceremony also included a number of different people who stepped up to recite a bit of a reading, and their little page boy kept stealing the show by shyly joining in at random moments – including a blended family sand ceremony, which is nice to see.

Blake waiting for his bride

Groom at his Cycad Collection wedding

Groom watching the page boy approach

Bride arriving at Cycad collection wedding

Groom watching his bride arrive at Cycad collection wedding

Bride and groom under the tree

Groom listening to ceremony

Cycad collection wedding ceremony

Standing parents

Celebrant raising hand

Page boy wearing heart

Sand ceremony

One of the speech givers

Wedding under the tree

Bride and groom holding hands

Bride and groom holding hands smiling

Bride grinning looking at her groom

Groom grinning as talking into microphone

Page boy handing over rings

Newly married couple at Cycad collection wedding

Newly married family

String band with bride and groom

Adelaide Botanic Gardens Glamour Photos

After the group family photos, and saying goodbye to the string band, we went on a little bit of a whirlwind tour of the Botanic Gardens before returning to the National Wine Center for a lunch time reception.

We began right near the Cycad collection area, and snaked our way north, through the heritage listed green house, the famed elm walk way right up through the friendship gates to make use of the trees in Botanic park – and back again.

We moved quick in order to make use of all the spots in the Botanic Gardens I knew would work in this light, and also to get back to the wine center on time.

Bride and groom in rainforest

Bride and groom looking at camera in foliage

Bride and groom leaning against large tree

Bride and groom leaning against large tree with sunlight

Bride and groom in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens

Cycad collection wedding photo

Bride and groom looking at camera under a funky tree

Bride and groom bathed in sunlight

Adelaide Botanic Gardens wedding photo

Bride and groom leaning against the friendship gates

Bride and groom in Adelaide Botanic Park

bride and groom under bamboo

Bride and groom in the Adelaide Wine center cellar

Bride and groom in the Adelaide Wine center cellar smiling

Cheers under raised glasses

Joanne and Blake’s wedding was a joy to be a part of and I’m so glad they chose me as their Adelaide wedding photographer! Hopefully you guys love your photos!

May 1, 2022

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Northern Palm Garden Wedding – Botanic Gardens – Annabelle & Tom

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.