Adelaide Botanical Gardens Wedding – Kat & Monty

KAT & MONTY
Adelaide Botanical Gardens Wedding

Kat and Monty’s Adelaide Botanical Gardens wedding was supposed to take place at the Mt Lofty Botanic Gardens, only to have them forced to change venue the night before due to a catastrophic fire danger alert put out in the Mt Lofty ranges. We had even walked about the Mt Lofty Gardens and sorted out everything we were going to do before hand – only to have it change to the city! It all worked out well though, as thankfully there was my favourite spot in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens free for their ceremony, and despite the whole thing being stressful for the bride and groom, the whole day worked out fantastically 🙂

Adelaide Botanical Gardens Wedding Ceremony

I was asked to be Kat and Monty’s wedding photographer for 3 hours on their day, which allowed me to cover their ceremony at the large tree at the northern end of the Adelaide Botanical Gardens, and then around an hour or so walking about the gardens itself for some glamour shots. As the fire danger had been declared, you could probably imagine the sort of weather we had for the day – super sunny and getting up there in temperature – which was pretty lucky considering that the week leading up to their day the weather hadn’t been great.

Kat and Monty’s ceremony took place without a hitch, and included their two boys, symbolising the coming together of their new family unit. It’s always nice to include any children involved, as it recognises them as also making a commitment as a newly formed family. Was lovely 🙂

Smiling Groom

Groom and celebrant

Under the tree

Signing the certificate

First Kiss

Together

Groom’s first look

Whole Family together

Walking off together

Exchanging wedding rings

Walking down the aisle

Bride getting out of car

Exchanging wedding rings

Bride’s family

Bride’s arrival

Smiling bride

Adelaide Botanical Gardens Glamour Photos

After the usual family photos, the bridal party and I went for a bit of a lap of the gardens to take some glamour shots, starting out with the magnificent money-shot of the gardens – the elm walkway. Love those trees that bend over the path to create a magical canopy. I knew it was Kat’s goal to make use of this space for the best images possible as it was one of the saving graces she had from her original choice of holding her wedding ceremony at the Mt Lofty Botanic Gardens. The sunny day made this task super awesome 😀 Another request was replicating a shot I took at Ciara and Max’s wedding almost a year earlier of a black and white detail shot of a large tree at the southern end of the gardens. It’s always nice to hear what other’s favourite shots are from my weddings 🙂

Mum with kids

Together with bridal party

Autumnal Colours

Adelaide Botanical Gardens Wedding

Bridal Party under the trees

Together under a tree

Artsy

Together under a big tree

Under the bamboo

Together in the Botanic Gardens

Kisses

Thanks so much to Kat and Monty for having me capture their wedding photography! Sorry that your first choice of the Mt Lofty Botanical Park wasnt available for you, but I’m sure you enjoyed your day nonetheless!

May 17, 2018

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Gawler Barossa Jockey Club Wedding – Kellie & Matt

Kellie & Matt
Gawler Barossa Jockey Club Wedding

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 🙂

Groom’s watch

Groomsmen suits

Best Man doing up tie

Groom and groomsmen

Mum helping out

Groom getting ready

Getting ready

Buttoning up

Groom under a tree

Smiling groom

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.

Wedding rings

Mirrored dress

Smiles

Dad looking proud

Dress

Bride getting ready

Smiling Mum

Girls together

Smiling bride

Bride in her dress

About to leave

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!

Exchanging wedding rings

Car arriving

Teary Groom

Gawler Barossa Jockey Club Rotunda

First Kiss

Under the Rotunda

Page Boy

Laughing Bride

Rotunda

Arriving in the car

Walking with Dad

Smiling Groom

Singing the registry

Smiling Bride

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.

Gawler Barossa Jockey Club Wedding Photo

Hugs on the path

Together near the barrels

Walking together

Together near the barrels

Bride in front of barrels

Drone love heart

Together near the barrels

Bride by a nose!

Gawler Barossa Jockey Club wedding on racecourse

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 🙂

Dancing

First dance

Laughing

Cheers!

Wedding favours

Best Man

First dance

MC

Hugs

Wedding Cake

Thanks so much to Kellie and Matt for having me at their wedding to capture their wedding photography!

April 26, 2018

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Serafinos Wedding – Jessica & Jack

JESSICA & JACK
Serafinos Wedding

Jessica and Jack’s wedding at the Serafinos Winery in Mclaran Vale was an incredible day to photograph – filled with insanely photogenic locations and people it made the entire day incredibly easy to photograph! I was asked to cover their wedding as their wedding photographer from start to finish, and I’m so glad they did as some of the photographs I took on their day just turned out incredibly.

Preparation

The day started in Mt Barker, where Jack and his entourage were being prepared at his parents house that happened to be on a farm. It was a wonderfully furnished house, complete with an amazing driveway which we utilised for some group shots. The atmosphere was fairly laid back with Jack’s boys keeping the whole morning as light hearted as possible.

Groom putting on tie

Boys together

Checking the time

Ring Box

All together

Getting ready

Putting on tie

Whiskey

Jessica was being prepared a lot closer to Serafinos, in a stunning Aldinga bed and breakfast called Maison Blue. The setting was perfect for a bridal preparation,. it’s an amazingly beautiful house – as soon as I walked up the stairs and saw Jessica’s wedding dress hung over it’s amazing arch window, I was amazed. The girls, like the boys kept their morning quite light hearted, with the only concern coming from Jess once the unfortunate drizzle of rain began just before they were about to leave for Serafinos.

Helping put on the dress

Engagement Ring

Wedding Dress

Putting on the dress

Girls looking on

Happy bride

Walking down stairs

Walking up stairs

Engagement ring!

Girls together

Bride looking pretty

Looking in mirror

Reading letter

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Closeup of engagement ring

Helping

Serafinos Wedding Ceremony

The Serafinos winery is a popular wedding venue in Mclaren Vale, complete with all the charming aspects of a winery, along with an absolutely stunning ceremony location in front of a huge lake beyond a huge gum tree which served as a backdrop for Jess and Jack’s ceremony.

The only unfortunate thing that occurred during the whole day was a bit of rain that fell at the beginning of their wedding ceremony, but other than that little mishap – which many people consider to be good luck at a wedding anyway – The ceremony went off without a hitch.

First kiss

At the altar

Smiling bride

Arriving Bride

Groom tearing up

Walking together back down the aisle

Car arriving

Wedding Ceremony

At the altar

Holding hands

Vows

Serafinos Glamour Photos

Directly after Jess and Jack’s wedding ceremony, and family photos taken nearby the tree they were married under, the bridal party, their videographer and I took a little walk about the grounds. As it was a fairly overcast day the lighting was absolutely perfect for glamour photos! I really enjoyed myself and I think their photos turned out amazingly.

Smiles all round

Couple in front of car

Smiles in the vineyard

Together near the lake

Together in the vineyard

Smiles together

Together near the lake

Hugs on driveway

In the barrel room

Aerial of car

In the barrel room

Serafinos Wedding Reception

Jess and Jack’s wedding reception took place in the wonderfully decorated reception hall on location at the Serafinos winery which allowed for a huge dance floor and seating for their entire guest list. The highlight for me was definitely their first dance. The backdrop of the barrels along the the head table and dry ice machine made for an amazing shot.

Cutting the Wedding Cake

Bridal Toss

Serafinos Wedding First Dance

Dancing!

Dance!

Boys dancing together

Dancing

Dancing lift

Dancer

Wedding Cake

Serafinos Wedding Reception

Catching the garter

Wrapping the bride and groom up in paper

Shoe game

Selfie

I’d like to thank Jess and Jack for having me do their wedding photography – I really enjoyed myself and I hope they enjoy their photos as much as I enjoyed taking them!

April 11, 2018

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RSAYS Wedding – Emily & Leigh

Emily & Leigh
RSAYS Wedding

The Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron – or abbreviated to RSAYS – was the venue for Emily and Leigh’s wedding on a beautifully sunny day – perfectly suited for such a nautical themed place! I was asked to be their wedding photographer for 3 hours which saw me at Emily’s preparation at a rental house on the foreshore, through to the beginning of their reception within the RSAYS boat house.

Preparation

I started my coverage with the preparation of Emily and her family getting ready at a rental house on the beach front. The atmosphere was laid back, with the usual run around when there are children involved 🙂 Thankfully there were a lot of people on hand to deal with their shenanigans and everything went very smoothly.

Putting on dress

Flower girls looking on

Putting on dress

Dad getting ready

Hanging dresses

Getting ready

Just about to leave

Wedding rings

Baby

Putting on dress

Nan helping out

RSAYS Wedding Ceremony

Emily and Leigh’s ceremony took place on the decking in front of the Royal South Australian Yacht Club’s clubhouse as the weather was quite warm and sunny. The idea being that the ceremony could take place in the shade. The guests were easily able to make use of the nearby bar and stay in the shade while we wandered about taking photos.

Signing the registry

Waiting Groom

At the altar

Groom’s first look

RSAYS Wedding

Exchanging wedding rings

Smiling bride

Glamour Photos

After the ceremony we wasted little time in using the RSAYS marina to take a few photos of the bridal party and newly formed young family walking around the moored yachts, and of course the wonderfully rustic boat house. Emily and Leigh’s reception was to be held within the boat house so it was already set up with tables and chairs – thankfully it wasn’t too hard to move them out the way for a few photos. We also managed to gte a little bit of time along the nearby beach and jetty.