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Golden Grove Uniting Church Wedding – Lucy & Callum

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    Golden Grove Uniting Church Wedding

    On the sand dunes

Lucy and Callum’s historic Golden Grove Uniting Church wedding was on a rather wet and windy day in April, but the weather certainly did not hamper any celebrations! I was asked to be Lucy and Callum’s wedding photographer for their entire day, so this saw me at both of their preparation locations, through to the end of their reception at the Palais, Semaphore. Lucy and Callum got onto be as I was recommended by a wedded couple whom I covered their wedding for several years prior – Bron and Robert. It’s always great to find out that I was recommended due to my prior work! 😀

Preparation

Callum and his entourage were being prepared at the awesome Largs Pier hotel, so we were able to make use of the historic surrounds for some of their photos! The weather was horrible while they were being prepared, but the rain held up enough for us to venture outside for a bit before I head off to Lucy’s place of preparation.

Dad helping out
Boys walking together
Tying ties
Groom
Wedding Rings
On the balcony
Getting ready
Getting Ready
Putting on flower
Boys walking together
Strut

Lucy and her bridal party were being prepared at their house, closer to Golden Grove. I arrived just as their makeup was just getting finished so this allowed me to take a few shots of them finishing up before putting on her dress and looking awesome in front of their large window. The overall atmosphere was one of fun and laughter, if there were any nerves Lucy hid them well! 😀

Smiles all round
Flowing gown
Smiling
Looking in mirror
Engagement ring
Putting on garter
Looking out door
Bridal affects
Smiling bride
Makeup
Looking pretty
0 days to go!
Putting on dress
Preparing wedding dress

Golden Grove Uniting Church Wedding Ceremony

Lucy was all smiles as soon as she arrived for her Golden Grove Uniting Church Wedding. Thankfully the weather had changed for the better by then and the church was packed with family and friends ready to celebrate Lucy and Callum’s wedding!

The Golden Grove Uniting Church is a pretty, historic church built to serve the Golden Grove area back in 1866 with the aim to be more practical, rather than ornamental. With this mindset, the church was built to be quite humble, but because of this the present day church oozes old-world charm and simplistic beauty. The back of the church has some more modern facilities like a meeting hall, but the original church out the front is untouched.

Lucy and Callum’s  wedding ceremony was full of hymn and personalised bible readings which made for a beautifully intimate wedding ceremony.

Bridal car
Smiling
Out the front of the church
Bridal entry
Arriving bride
Grooms first look
Bride
Leaving the church
Golden Grove Uniting Church Wedding
First kiss
Smiling bride
Exchanging wedding rings
Out the front with the cars
Together in car
Celebrate!

Glamour Photos

After the ground photos and some shots fo the cars in front of the Golden Grove Uniting Church, we head off to a nearby park, complete with some awesome gum trees and a pretty little pond we made use of to get some great reflections shots. We then head off to the Largs Bay pier for some shots along the jetty. The first head to the Semaphore jetty, only to find that the weather was causing waves to crest over the jetty itself, so we head to the Largs Pier as it’s taller. The wind and rain was fun to battle against as we walked together taking shots, but sometimes the bad weather creates some awesome unique wedding photography.

Walking on sand dunes
Australiana
Expert help
Bridal party walking together
Under the jetty
Australiana
sunset
On the sand dunes
Under the jetty
Lightning
Garden pond

Palais Wedding Reception

The Palais at Semaphore was the venue for Lucy and Callum’s wedding reception. They have a purpose-built contained tent-like structure built out the back of the establishment that makes for a private, intimate venue, perfect for weddings.

Air guitar
Menu
Singing
Sexy
Smiles
Speech
Kisses
Dancing
First dance
Selecting food
Bouquet toss
wedding cake
Crowd surfing
Grabbing the garter
Photos
MC
Having fun
Entry
Speech
YEAH
Cutting the cake
Drinking is a hobby

Thanks so much to Lucy and Callum for having me as their wedding photographer! I had a heap of fun and I hope you enjoy your photos.

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Adelaide Botanical Gardens Wedding – Kat & Monty

  • KAT & MONTY

    Adelaide Botanical Gardens Wedding

    Together with brial party

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 🙂

Exchanging wedding rings
Bride getting out of car
Exchanging wedding rings
Walking off together
Smiling bride
Bride’s family
Whole Family together
Signing the certificate
Smiling Groom
Walking down the aisle
Groom’s first look
Bride’s arrival
Under the tree
Groom and celebrant
First Kiss
Together

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 🙂

Under the bamboo
Artsy
Mum with kids
Autumnal Colours
Kisses
Bridal Party under the trees
Together with bridal party
Together under a big tree
Together under a tree
Adelaide Botanical Gardens Wedding
Together in the Botanic Gardens

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!

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Gawler Barossa Jockey Club Wedding – Kellie & Matt

  • Kellie & Matt

    Gawler Barossa Jockey Club Wedding

    Gawler & Barossa Jockey Club Wedding Photo

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
Groom under a tree
Groom getting ready
Mum helping out
Best Man doing up tie
Groom and groomsmen
Smiling groom
Buttoning up
Getting ready

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
Smiles
Bride in her dress
About to leave
Smiling Mum
Girls together
Bride getting ready
Smiling bride
Dress
Dad looking proud
Mirrored dress

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!

Smiling Bride
Page Boy
Rotunda
Laughing Bride
Car arriving
Exchanging wedding rings
Walking with Dad
Smiling Groom
Under the Rotunda
Singing the registry
Teary Groom
Gawler Barossa Jockey Club Rotunda
First Kiss
Arriving in the car

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.

Bride in front of barrels
Together near the barrels
Walking together
Gawler Barossa Jockey Club wedding on racecourse
Drone love heart
Together near the barrels
Together near the barrels
Bride by a nose!
Gawler Barossa Jockey Club Wedding Photo
Hugs on the path

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 🙂

Hugs
First dance
Dancing
Wedding Cake
First dance
Best Man
Wedding favours
MC
Cheers!
Laughing

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

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Serafinos Wedding – Jessica & Jack

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    Serafinos Wedding

    Smiles together

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.

Getting ready
Boys together
Checking the time
All together
Putting on tie
Groom putting on tie
Getting ready
Whiskey
Ring Box

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
Bride looking pretty
Wedding Dress
Closeup of engagement ring
Engagement Ring
Putting on the dress
Looking in mirror
Engagement ring!
Helping put on the dress
Girls looking on
Girls together
Walking up stairs
Happy bride
Reading letter
Walking down stairs

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.

At the altar
Vows
Arriving Bride
At the altar
Smiling bride
Walking together back down the aisle
Groom tearing up
At the altar
Walking together back down the aisle
Wedding Ceremony
Holding hands
Car arriving
First kiss

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.

Together near the lake
Couple in front of car
Hugs on driveway
Smiles all round
Smiles in the vineyard
In the barrel room
Aerial of car
Together near the lake
In the barrel room
Together in the vineyard
Smiles together

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.

Shoe game
Bridal Toss
Boys dancing together
Serafinos Wedding Reception
Wedding Cake
Cutting the Wedding Cake
Dancing lift
Serafinos Wedding First Dance
Catching the garter
Dance!
Dancer
Wrapping the bride and groom up in paper
Dancing
Dancing!
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!