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Middleton Beach Huts Wedding – Monica & Troy

MONICA & TROY
Middleton Beach Huts Wedding

Monica and Troy’s Middleton Beach Huts Wedding was an absolute joy to photograph, Monica and Troy are super laid back people who had an awesome sense of humor and sense of fun that I feel really showed through with their wedding and their wedding photos! I was their wedding photographer for the entire day and I had a bunch of fun experimenting and creating some really unique imagery for them!

Preparation Photos

Monic and Troy were getting ready in separate beach huts, amongst many of their guests who were also staying at the Middleton Beach Huts. It’s a wonderful aspect of holding a Middleton Beach Huts Wedding in that you’re able to book out the entire complex just for your wedding, it’s really quite wonderful. As a result I was floating in between Monica and Troy’s huts while they both were getting ready.

Bridal affects

Wedding dress

Putting on makeup

Dad’s first look

Smiling groom

Playing with bog

Wedding dress

Groom working on speech

Buttons

Putting on makeup

Penguin

Watching guests arrive

Middleton Beach Huts Wedding Ceremony

There’s a large, grassy area in the center of all the beach huts where Monica and Troy’s wedding ceremony took place. It’s a perfect little spot to fit quite a few people if needed, with the beach huts as a backdrop. The sun came out quite strongly during the ceremony which made fore some beautiful weather for the rest of the day. One fun thing that Monica and Troy opted to do to be a little different on their day was that they didn’t exchange wedding rings, but rather gave each other small, heartfelt gifts. Monica was given a tiny penguin charm, while Troy was given a carved rock – the idea being that some penguins gift rocks to mates in the wild. It was really quite nifty 🙂

Speech

Bride approaching

All married!

Smiling bride

Bride paying with dog

Middleton beach Huts group photo

Grooms first look

Wedding Ceremony at the Middleton Beach Huts

Holding hands

Smiling groom

Playing with dog

Vows

Middleton Beach Huts Wedding

Smiling gran

Glamour Photos

After the family photos, we first wandered out the gardens within the Beach Huts grounds, using the greenery and simple decor before heading down to Middleton beach. We then proceeded to be attacked by a dinosaur before running over to nearby the Victor Harbor Bluff for a few photos on the rocky beach.

Lost shot on rocks

Happy groom

Middleton beach Wedding

Holding one another

bridal couple running on Middleton beach

Group walk around the Middleton Beach Huts

Running from dinosaur

Dancing on the rocks

Walking together on Middleton beach

Together

Walking together on the beach

Smiling with each other

Middleton Beach Huts Wedding Reception

This took a little longer than expected, so we got back to the Middleton Beach Huts a little late for the reception, but no harm done. Throughout the night we had a bit more fun taking some zany photos, including a batman symbol and a neat grungy photoshoot in an old boat. Was good fun 😀

First dance

Wedding Cake

Looking at the stars

Decorations

Smiling Mum

Decorations

Batman symbol

Cutting wedding cake

Hugs

Bridal entry

In a boat

First dance

Batman

Thanks so much to Monica and Troy for having me as your wedding photographer!

January 10, 2018

Wedding preview, Wedding

Glenelg Golf Club Wedding – Tam & Shaun

TAM & SHAUN
Glenelg Golf Club Wedding

It was a beautifully sunny day for Tam and Shaun’s wedding at the Glenelg Golf Club which backdropped an incredible day full of love and joy. They opted to have me as their wedding photographer for the entire day allowing me to capture both of their preparations, right through until their exit from the Glenelg Golf Club where they held both their wedding ceremony and reception.

Preparation

I started the day with Shaun’s place of preparation which was a house in Hallett Cove, surrounded by his extended family and friends. The atmosphere was laid back and Shaun’s groomsmen were doing their best to keep things light hearted and fun by telling jokes and ripping on one another. When it came to tying ties though, things started to get serious, as none of them really knew how to tie the specific knot that Tam had requested them to wear! So out came a handy youtube video to help, but they still hadn’t perfected the knot before I left. It’s a pretty common thing that men have trouble with during their preparation. 🙂

Wedding Rings

Suits

Putting on ties

Smiling groom

Mum putting on flowers

Putting on ties

Groom and his groomsmen

Mum helping out

Walking towards the door

Groom looking suave

Groom and parents

Tam was getting prepared in a room of the Grand Hotel on the Glenelg foreshore. Much like the guys, the atmosphere was lovely and laid back with no real rush to get ready too soon. Once the dresses and make up was done, we went for a little walk out along the Jetty and used the Grand’s pool area for some glamour photos before revealing the wedding dress to tam’s dad.

Walking together on Glenelg Jetty

Getting ready

Lacing up dress

Grand Staircase

Getting ready

Engagement rings

Getting ready

Looking out over the Glenelg Foreshore

Wedding Dress

Walking down the staircase

Smiling bridesmaid

The Grand Pool area

Dad

Glenelg Golf Club Wedding Ceremony

The Glenelg Golf Club is located just to the south of the Adelaide Airport, nestled away in an area that you just wouldn’t know is there unless you’d sought out one of the best and most awarded golf clubs in South Australia. Founded in 1926, the Glenelg golf club was developed by the idea of a group of local business men who wanted to have a more local golf club for ‘regular Sunday morning sojourns’. Due to it’s locations, it’s become one of the more prestigious and well looked after golf clubs in South Australia.

The functions side of the Glenelg Golf Club has been awarded as well, winning a multitude of ABIA awards, with the most recent being the 2017 Australian Bridal Industry Academy Award for Best Club Reception Venue in Australia.

Tam and Shaun’s wedding reception took place on a little grassy area in front of the club house, as is the case with the majority of weddings that take place at the Glenelg Golf Club. The area is backdropped by a line of trees and a fairway for one of the course’s holes which can be a good and bad thing, as it looks nice, but you’ll always have people playing golf in the background. The time of day they held their reception however saw some magnificent sun shine seeping through in their photos which was nice.

Bride kissing speech giver

Bridal motorcade

Bride arriving

Smiling Groom

Grooms first sight of bride

Glenelg Gold Club Wedding Ceremony

Wedding Ceremony

Vows

Happily married couple

Exchanging wedding rings

After the first kiss

Vows

Glamour Photos

Rather than stay at the Glenelg Golf Club and make use of their lovely fairways as a backdrop to their wedding photos, Tam and Shaun opted to go for a bit of a drive down to Hallett Cove where they spent their first date. However due to the slightly later wedding ceremony they held in Glenelg, by the time we arrived at Hallett Cove, the Sun was just about ready to set, so we had to hurry to get all the photos we could before it sank below the horizon all together.

Backseat kissed for the bride and groom

Walking along together

Groomsmen in their car

Hallett Cove Beach Wedding

Kisses at sunset

Night Time shot

Glenelg Golf Club Wedding Reception

The Glenelg Golf Club’s reception hall is a lovely laid-out area surrounded by decking outside suitable for guests to wander out on during the night. The guest’s tables were spread out across the room that can accommodate a rather large wedding congregation, surrounding the dance floor which was located at the fore of the head table where Tam, Shaun and their bridal party sat. It was a good fun night, culminating in a sparkler send off out the front of the club rooms with every guest, sparkler in hand seeing off their getaway car. Was pretty awesome 🙂

Smoking Groomsmen

First dance

Entrance styling

Wedding Cake

Laughing Bride and Groom

Bridal hugs

The Garter Catcher

Glenelg Golf Club

Speech

First dance

Love Heart Guest Book

Speeches

Cutting the Cake

Bouquet Toss

Thanks so much Tam and Shaun for having me capture your wedding photography. I hope you enjoy your photos as much as I enjoyed taking them! 😀

July 11, 2017

Wedding preview, Wedding

Royal SA Yacht Squadron Wedding – Tracy & Jordan

Tracy & Jordan
Royal SA Yacht Squadron Wedding

What a gorgeous wedding this was! Tracy and Jorden were wed on the grassy hill next to the Royal SA Yacht Squadron club houses in Outer Harbour on a super sunny, but not too hot day in November. The day provided for some amazing scenes thanks to Tracy and Jordan’s eagerness to travel and get to the right places for the best shots. It also helped quite a bit they had planned to go to some amazing spots for their photos after their ceremony. As they opted to take advantage of my value-packed full day package as their wedding photographer, I was on hand to capture every single moment of their stunning day.

Preparation

As s often the case, I began the day with Jordan and his grooms men. When I arrived in the morning, the boys sprang into action getting ready while also putting finishing touches on the best man’s speech. Most of the photos were taken in Tracy and Jordan’s house, which a small amount of time taken to take the dogs for a walk to the local park.

Groom getting ready

Groom through doorway

Putting on ties

Donning suspenders

Playing fetch

Wedding rings

Tracy and her bridal party were being prepared in a room overlooking the Largs Pier at the Largs Pier Hotel. This stunning old building has some incredible details throughout the building, with none more impressive than the grand staircase meandering up the floors. The bridal party were in high spirits and were actually prepared quite quickly so after a few photos, we had a bit of time for a bit of a breather before heading down to the pier and bar for a few shots outside.

Cinderella shot on the Largs Pier Hotel staircase

Bridal Party walking the pier

Bride getting prepared

Bride walking the balcony

Bride looking into mirror

Bridal party having a drink at the Largs Pier Hotel front bar

Wedding dress

Engagement ring

Wedding dress

Royal SA Yacht Squadron wedding ceremony

The Royal SA Yacht Squadron has has a presence in Outer Harbour since 1924 after having been founded at Birkenhead in 1881. The Royal SA Yacht Squadron is a stoic institution, originally founded amongst the tall ships of Port Adelaide as a social organisation, the club was forced to move to Outer Harbour due to the port becoming too congested.

Today the clubhouse of the yacht squadron has become a very popular location for weddings, and receptions, especially due to it’s newly renovated function room overlooking the marina. I myself journey to the Yacht Squadron a number of times a year for weddings and their receptions. The most recent of which would be Vanessa and Justin’s only a few weeks prior.

Tracy and Jordan’s wedding ceremony took place on the grassy hill overlooking the marina. The wind picked up just before the ceremony so there was a bit of that to contend with, but other than that the ceremony went off without a hitch.

Groom seeing bride for first time

Beaming groom

Bride and Groom hugs

Royal SA Yacht Squadron wedding

Exchanging wedding rings

Wedding over marina

Beaming bride

Signing wedding registry

Vows

Glamour Shots

The first location we headed to directly after the wedding ceremony was the Yacht Club’s quaint little original boat house that is located under the newly renovated function center. The area provides for a stunning backdrop with some very interesting lighting suitable for striking couple shots framed by glowing light.

Dancing in the Royal SA Yacht Squadron boathouse

Lovey dovey in the boat house

Boathouse door walk

Dancing in the boathouse

Lovey dovey in the boat house

Bridal party lining the doors in the boathouse

Dancing in the Royal SA Yacht Squadron boathouse

We then headed down to the Semaphore beachfront to take advantage of the sun and surf. Before heading to the jetty though, we first went for a bit of a walk toward the rocks that line the inlet towards Outer Harbour. Tracy was looking forward to using the rocks as a bit of a prop, and I was more than keen to oblige!

Bride and groom on the rocks

Embrace on sandbar

Bride leading groom through sanddunes

Weee!

Bride and groom on the rocks

Bride on the rocks

Groom picking up bride

Finally we navigated the crowds congregating for the Port Adelaide Christmas pageant to drive to the wonderfully popular wedding photo location that are the old Wool sheds for some inductional themed shots. These turned out incredibly considering the amount of redirected traffic we had to contend with while shooting. I’ve never seen this road that busy!

Couple’s embrace

Bridal party standing about

Bride and groom infront of woolsheds

Groom jumping for joy

Bride and groom in front of woolsheds

Royal SA Yacht Squadron wedding reception

After having taken these amazing shots around Port Adelaide, we headed back to the newly renovated Yacht Squadron for the wedding reception. The party was a boisterous affair with some characters keeping the night from becoming boring 😉 All in all the entire day was an absolute blast and I really enjoyed myself!