Shelley and Chris held their wedding at the Barossa Weintal resort, located in the beautiful Barossa, and I had the privilege of being their wedding photographer. Shelley and Chris opted to take advantage of my flexible customizable wedding package so they had me at their wedding for 4 hours. Both Shelley and Chris looked spectacular in their fully white getups, and their supporting family and friends made for a beautiful day.
Barossa Weintal Wedding Ceremony
Shelley and Chris’ ceremony took place in a small courtyard on the grounds of the Barossa Weintal resort which was shrouded in the most wonderful creeping vine. When the sun was out from behind the clouds, the vines caused the most wonderful of dappled light throughout the ceremony adding to the atmosphere.
Barossa Weintal Wedding
Wedding Ceremony
Grooms vows
Bridal entrance
Marriage Certificate
Bridal entrance
Wedding ring exchange
Barossa Weintal wedding
Barossa Weintal Glamour Shots
Shelley had only recently suffered from a medical condition so much of our time was spent in and around the gardens right near the courtyard their ceremony took place in. There were plans to use their limousine to travel to a nearby winery for a larger variety of shots, but unfortunately we weren’t able. Be that as it may however, the gardens in and around the resort were quite awesome in their own right, lending some amazing green hues and tones to my wedding photography.
Bride and groom
Bride and groom with limo
Wedding ring
Bride and Groom
Bride and Groom
Bride and groom
Bride and groom at Barossa Weintal
Bride and groom
Bride and groom
Bridal party
Barossa Weintal Reception
It was only a few months since I last visited the resort for a wedding, and last time I had trouble figuring out what their reception room was actually built for. I had speculated that it used to be a barn of some sort, but it was all actually purpose built as a function room for the resort. The area is circular, with a huge pointing roof, not unlike a circus tent, only made of brick. Its a beautiful room and a lovely space for a wedding reception.
Wedding Cake
Wedding Cake
Bride and groom entrance
Wedding decor
Bride and groom
Fun wedding guest
Thanks go to Shelley and Chris for having me be their wedding photographer, your day was an absolute joy to be a part of and I wish you both the best!
The Gawler Barossa Jockey Club, located just outside Gawler, and near the Evanston train station was the venue for Kellie and Matt’s wedding on a sunny, but a bit windy day in March. I was lucky enough to be asked to be their wedding photographer for the entire day, and also hosted a photobooth at their reception, that also took place at the Jockey Club.
Preparation
I started the day at Matt’s parents house where his groomsmen and himself were getting ready. As a gift to each of the members of the marty, Matt had given each groomsman a watch and in return the jovial nature of the guys together made for a lovely laid-back morning 🙂
Smiling groom
Groom and groomsmen
Groom’s watch
Buttoning up
Best Man doing up tie
Groom getting ready
Mum helping out
Groom under a tree
Getting ready
Groomsmen suits
After around an hour with the boys, I headed over to where Kellie was getting ready, only to be greeted with something I had never seen on a wedding day, a full mannequin, proudly displaying her beautiful dress in a back room. The story goes that it was a dress handed down from another family member, and with Kellie’s mother being a dressmaker, she had done the altering herself. Much as with the boys, the atmosphere was laidback with all the ladies running about, but having a good time together.
Smiling Mum
Mirrored dress
Dress
Smiles
Bride in her dress
Dad looking proud
Girls together
Wedding rings
Smiling bride
About to leave
Bride getting ready
Gawler Barossa Jockey Club Wedding Ceremony
The Gawler Barossa Jockey Club is a race course located just outside the city of Gawler. The grounds are set up for small functions with an outdoor bar and awning covering a large area, and a pretty little rotunda where Kellie and Matt were married.
The weather was super sunny, but just a little windy which caused a few problems with Kellie’s train, but nothing major. The whole ceremony was full of emotion and joy, and was just beautiful to be a part of!
Page Boy
Singing the registry
First Kiss
Rotunda
Exchanging wedding rings
Walking with Dad
Arriving in the car
Smiling Bride
Laughing Bride
Gawler Barossa Jockey Club Rotunda
Car arriving
Smiling Groom
Teary Groom
Under the Rotunda
Glamour Photos
After the family photos and whipping out the drone for some aerial group shots, we made use of the small amount of trees on site, and the hilly grass behind the rotunda first to get some nice glamour shots, then made our way down the race course itself. There was a huge flock of birds flying about on the day that feature prominently in quite a few of the photos, making for something a little different.
Drone love heart
Together near the barrels
Gawler Barossa Jockey Club Wedding Photo
Gawler Barossa Jockey Club wedding on racecourse
Bride in front of barrels
Walking together
Bride by a nose!
Together near the barrels
Hugs on the path
Together near the barrels
Gawler Barossa Jockey Club Wedding Reception
The reception hall the Jockey Club has on site, is a reasonable sized venue, which was halved off for Kellie and Matt’s reception party. The whole hall could easily fit 200-300 guests if the whole area was used. The dance floor was surrounded by customised little standing tables while the wedding favours were home-grown little succulents in pots, which I thought were very cute 🙂
Tahlia and Alex’s Seppeltsfield Winery Wedding was an absolute blast to be a part of! Beautiful people, amazing venue and the weather was just sublime to take wedding photos!
Even though Tahlia and Alex has originally planned on holding their wedding in Fiji but due to COVID could not – which I was very much looking forward to as a destination wedding photographer – Their Seppeltsfield Winery Wedding turned out to be absolutely brilliant and I’m so pleased for this couple to have had such a fun filled day!
Preparation
The day started out by me heading to Alex’s place of preparation at a bed and breakfast in Tanunda. The mood was jovial, with the boys all having a little bit of fun at Alex’s expense, followed up by a delightful drop of liquid courage which they all shared before heading out to meet Tahlia for their first look.
Grooms wedding shoes
Wedding rings on tie
Groom about to get ready
Groom buttoning up shirt in front of window
Groom looking out window pensively
Best man Helping tie tie on groom
Helping tie tie on groom
Groom socks
Close up of groom affects
Groom and grooms men walking away down road
Groom and grooms men walking down road
Groom looking great
Tahlia and her bridal party were also having a bit of fun with laughter and smiles all over the place. The bed and breakfast that tahlia had chosen for her preparation venue looked to be purpose built for having bridal party photos done, being decorated with rustic affects and painted white throughout, it was a delightful spot to get ready in!
Wedding dress hanging on white stairs
Bride sitting about getting ready
Engagement ring in flowers 5
Engagement ring in flowers 6
Bridal wedding shoes on bed
Bride having her makeup done
Bride having her makeup done 2
Bride and her bridesmaids sitting together
Bride putting on her wedding gown
Smiling bride as she gets ready
Bridal party having fun on white stairs
Bride playing with her bouquet on stairs
Bride playing with her bouquet in front of window
Bride with her wedding gown on
Bride bathed in light
Seppeltsfield Winery Wedding First Look
Tahlia and Alex opted to have what’s known as a ‘first look’ where they actually get together before their wedding ceremony in order to see each other outside the prying eyes of friends and family at their ceremony.
This allows for any nerves that Tahlia and Alex may have been feeling to be dispelled defore their ceremony and can produce some lovely intimate moments that otherwise would not have happened if they were to do the traditional ‘first look’ as Tahlia walks down the aisle.
We also made use of the time just after the first look to have bridal party photos done with the bridal cars around the Seppeltsfield Winery grounds using the delightful trees they have hiding at the back of the grounds.
Groom waiitng patiently for his bride
bride approaching her groom for their first look
Bridal first look
Groom turning around to see bride
Wedding first look
Bride and groom together at Seppeltsfield Winery
Smiling bride and groom at Seppeltsfield winery
Bride and groom laughing together
Bridal party walking amongst the trees
Bridal party at Seppeltsfield Winery
Passionate kiss in between wedding cars
Seppeltsfield winery wedding photo
Seppeltsfield winery wedding photography
bridal party together on the grounds of Seppeltsfield winery
Seppeltsfield Winery Wedding Ceremony
Tahlia and Alex’s Seppeltsfield Winery Wedding ceremony took place on what’s known as the ‘winemaker’s lawn’ which is an open grassy area surrounded by delightful old buildings with a backdrop of amazing glory vine that covers the majority of the wall behind the bridal party. During the Summer this wall is a vivid bottle green which makes for an amazing backdrop for a wedding ceremony.
What would have to be the star of the show during Tahlia and Alex’s ceremony was their little page boy who would be as cute as a button beaming at everyone as he approached the ceremony holding the wedding bands for Alex!
Page Boy smiling
bride being walked down aisle
bride being walked down aisle with father
Groom seeing his bride during weddign ceremony
Seppeltsfield winery wedding ceremony
Laughing groom during ceremony 2
Wide shot of wedding ceremony
Smiling bride during wedding ceremony 3
Bride and groom holding hands during wedding ceremony
Bride looking at her groom smiling
Groom looking at his bride smiling
Seppeltsfield Wedding Ceremony
Closeup of exchanging wedding bands
First kiss at Seppelsfield winery wedding
Seppeltsfield winery wedding ceremony photo
Hugs with page boy
Signing wedding documents
Bride and groom exiting wedding cermeony at Seppeltsfield winery
Glamour Photos
Soon after the ceremony and group phtoos, we then had a little time before heading out to Harvest Kitchen for their wedding reception.
We began by driving out and up the road a little bit to make use of the famed palm trees that line the roads in this part of Seppeltsfield while also ducking in to the vines for a few intimate portraits there.
We then split up with most of the bridal party heading towards the wedding reception while we drove back to Seppeltsfield winery to make more use of the wonderful trees on site for some more glamour photos.
bridal party in front of bridal cars on Seppeltsfield rd
Groom surprising bride in vineyards
Bride and groom sharing a moment in the vineyards
Wedding Photo in Seppeltsfield winery vineyards
Bride and grom holding one another in vineyards 5
Bride and groom standing with each other in trees
Bride and groom standing with each other in trees at Seppeltsfield winery
In amongst the pepper trees
In amongst the pepper trees smiling
Seppeltsfield winery wedding photo in forest
Seppeltsfield winery wedding photo in trees
Seppeltsfield winery wedding photography in trees
Traditional Wedding photo
Traditional Wedding photo on log
Harvest Kitchen Wedding Reception
The Calabria Family Winery hosted tahlia and Alex’s wedding reception at what they call their Harvest Kitchen restaurant. The reception area boasts an open grassy area suitable for entertaining guests who arrived early, while the restaurant area had penty of room to host a medium sized wedding reception. The tables were moved throughout the night to make room for the dance floor which was put to good use!
The food was absolutely sensational, with share platters and personable chefs to explain exactly what’s been put in front of us and the atmosphere was one which made the entire night super enjoyable!
Wedding cake on display at Harvest Kitchen
Calabria Family Wines
Bride and groom entrance at Harvest Kitchen
Walking towards wedding cake
Cutting the wedding cake at Harvest Kitchen
Wedding shoe game at Harvest Kitchen
Wedding shoe game at Harvest Kitchen Reception
Best man speech during reception
groom speech during reception at harvest Kitchen
Daddy Daugher Dance at Harvest Kitchen
Having fun with the first dance
intimate First Dance Photo
Bride smiling during first dance
Dance floor opens up
Bride dancing with guests
Exciting Garter toss
Bride about to throw Bouquet at Harvest Kitchen
Active Bouquet Toss
Thanks so much Tahlia and Alex for having me photograph your big day! Hopefully this amazing Seppeltsfield winery wedding was ample sustitute for your plans in Fiji! It was an absolutely incredible day and I just adored how your photos turned out!
Emily and Angel held their lovely intimate wedding ceremony at the the Cruising Yacht Club of SA. The prestige of this venue is apparent as soon as you arrive as you’re surrounded by multi million dollar yachts in a stunning location! I was asked to be their wedding photographer for a few hours, seeing me with them for their preparation, through to the first parts of their early reception dinner.
Preparation
Emily and Angel chose to be prepared on the same location, together at a property not far from the Cruising Yacht Club. The atmosphere was reasonably laid back with family and freinds also on site fussing about, preparing lunch, or getting ready while watching a Chinese action movie on the TV in the background. I was treated to some scrumptous home made food while there, and it was very much appreciated!
As Emily and Angel were being prepared at the same lcoation they could share makeup artists and hairdressers, without having them travel to multiple locations in the morning – this made everything run much smoother than what I have experienced in the past, and everyone was ready to leave, and head to the ceremony quite early.
Close up of wedding shoes
Wedding ring box
Playing with veil
Smiling
Looking out window
Holding hands
Emily and Angel before their ceremony
Smiling brides
bride looking out windows
Girls looking on
Standing next to painting
Putting on earrings
Putting on necklace
Both brides sitting in makeup chairs
putting on makeup
Looking pretty
Cruising Yacht Club of SA Wedding Ceremony
The Cruising Yacht club of SA is a well kept secret of Adelaide wedding venues, nestled along the shores of the north-western Adelaide beaches, the marina and club rooms are hard to spot unless you are looking out for the venue as you drive past. The main draw of the venue for weddings would be the views of the marina and exclusivity of the space provided – including gated car parking and a hidden wedding ceremony spot.
The wedding ceremony location set up at the Cruising Yacht Club of SA is a small, dedicated area set off to the side of the marina, shaded by cloth sails and headlined by an impressive concrete circular station where the bridal couple stands during the ceremony. Emily and Angel’s wedding ceremony was held bilingually in both English and Chinese for the benefit of all those in attendance and made everyone smile with it’s innate sweetness and beauty.
Wedding sign
Brides arriving
Brides approaching altar
Under the Cruising yacht club of SA’s wedding circle
Cruising Tacht Club of SA wedding
Standing together in front of family and friends
Wedding ceremony at Cruising Yacht Club of SA
Smiling brides
Ring bearer
Exchanging wedding bands
First kiss at Cruising Yacht CLub of SA
Wedding ceremony ending
Bridal exit
Glamour Photos
After the ceremony and family photos which we held just behind where the wedding ceremony took place, we first used the Cruising Yacht Club of SA’s lovely marina lined with huge yachts to take some glamour photos. Emily and Angel had even arranged to use the bow of one of the yachts to have photos done, which was wonderfully unique. We then went on a short drive to Grange beach where we used the lovely sand dunes and jetty for more shots, while also making use of the large kites that were being flown that day as a backdrop.
Heading towards the yachts
In the Cruising Yacht club of SA’s marinia
Hugging brides
brides on yacht
Cruising yacht club of SA marina
Bouquet in sand
brides on the beach together
Brides standing together in sand dunes
Together under Grange Jetty
Walking together under Grange jetty
Celebrating under Grange Jetty
Married couple
Cruising Yacht Club of SA Wedding Reception
The Cruising Yacht club of SA has a number of different function rooms to choose from when holding a wedding ceremony. As Emily and Angel’s wedding party wasn’t on the large side, they opted to make use of the smaller of the available areas for their wedding reception. It was a nice space that boasted sweeping views of the marina and all the boats. The highlight of their party I feel was their duel bouquet toss, where they both threw their bouquet at the same time. it’s always fun when everyone joins in for that! WHile I wasn’t there for their entire reception, the atmosphere was friendly, laid back and felt very family friendly, with evertyone enjoying themselves and listening to speeches.
Wedding decor
One of the Cruising Yacht Club of SA’s function rooms
Table center piece
Wedding cake
Wedding favours
Cutting the cake together
Before the double bouquet toss
Bouquet toss
Flower girl
Emily and Angel together
Bridal party at the head table
Thanks go out ot Emily and Angel for having me as their wedding photographer!
