Emma and Daniel were wed in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens under what’s known as the ‘Barbershop’ Gazebo, pretty much in the center of the gardens. I was asked to be their wedding photographer for a short stint of 3 hours before heading over to their early reception at the nearby Hackney Hotel.
The whole day was rather laid back affair, with Daniel showing some nerves, arriving very early to the gazebo to greet everyone and make final arrangements before Emma arrived. But after the ceremony, Daniel relaxed a little and hopefully enjoyed our walk around the gardens for photos 🙂
Adelaide Botanic Gardens Wedding Ceremony
The Barbershop gazebo is located at the end of the two famed wisteria arches in the center of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, and nearby the central cafe. It’s suitable for smaller weddings like Emma and Daniel’s and provides for some protection from any weather that might arise. In Emma and Daniel’s case it was nice to have as the clouds forming over head were always threatening, but thankfully never started raining.
Holding hands
First kiss
Exchanging wedding rings
Smiling groom
Kiss on cheek
Smiling bride
Gazebo wedding
Approach
Wedding sign
Celebrant
Gazebo wedding
Glamour Photos
After the ceremony, Emma, Daniel and I went for a little walk around the gardens, for our glamour photos. They did not have a bridal party, so the entire shoot was fairly laid back and informal and was complete in quite a quick time, allowing us to also use the wonderful moreton bay fig trees out in Botanic park before hopping in an uber to head to the Hackney Hotel.
Milton Bay figs
Under branches
Big Tree
Walking together
Smiling
Smiling
Walking under the arch
In front of door
Adelaide Botanic Gardens money shot
Walking under the arch
Smiles
laughing
Dancing
Adelaide Botanic Gardens money shot
Lift
Under the bamboo
Engagement ring
Under a tree
Hackney Hotel Wedding Reception
Emma and Daniel’s reception took place in the smaller of the two function halls at the Hackney Hotel, which is a cozy little room suited for smaller, more intimate parties. The air was casual and everyone involved looked to have a great time 🙂
Wedding cake
Smiles
In the Hackney Hotel
Cutting the cake
Smiling groom
Spread
Thanks so much to Emma and Daniel for having me as your wedding photographer! 🙂
A beautiful, sunny day greeted Sophie and Robert on their gorgeous mid-February Summer wedding amongst the Adelaide Botanic Garden. The sun was shining, and so were the personalities of the bride and groom, amongst the smiling faces of their friends and family as they took the plunge and exchanged vows amongst the tall pine trees at the center of the gardens.
I was asked to be their wedding photographer for their entire day after having been recommended by one of Robert’s groomsmen who I had cover their wedding for back in 2016! It’s always nice to be recommended by previous brides and grooms like that as you know you’re doing something right!
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Preparation
When I arrived at Robert’s place of preparation, south of the city I was greeted by all the boys admiring Robert’s Mini, which was unfortunately so I gathered, sitting idle in the garage for quite some time – apparently it was one of those hobbies that Robert has , but not really done much with 🙂
The morning went smoothly with his groomsmen making sure no nerves were showing on Robert’s face and playful banter echoing throughout the house.
Getting ready
Putting on tie
Getting ready
Shoes
Putting on flower
Mum helping
Putting on tie
Mini
Putting on tie
Wedding rings
Putting on shirt
Sophie and her bridesmaids were being prepared quite a bit closer to the Adelaide Botanic Garden, in a room of the Mayfair hotel in the city. While the room was fairly cramped for around 10 people getting dressed and prepared for the wedding, we managed to all get ready in high spirits. Sophie, by her own admission later in the night was really feeling nervous throughout the morning so her bridal party did a great job in getting her looking fantastic for her big day!
I always love capturing the response of the parents, in this case Sophie’s father, in seeing the bride in her dress for the first time, so when Mum and Dad came into the room it was lovely to see the beaming smile light up Dad’s face as he saw her ready. The flower girls were flitting about being helpful in their own way but were not super keen on having photos done, except when asked and I think they turned out great 🙂
Hugs with Dad
Waiting for the limo
Wedding dress
Smiles
Smiling bridesmaid
Buttoning up the back
Engagement ring
In the hotel hall way
Hotel stairs
Flower girl
Putting flower on Dad
Putting on earrings
Hotel stairs
Smiling bridesmaid
Buttoning up the back
Adelaide Botanic Garden Wedding Ceremony
Sophie and Robert’s wedding ceremony in the Adelaide Botanic Garden took place in the spot known as ‘Araucaria Avenue‘, a delightful spot, lined by pine trees and on top of a hill which creates a sense of intimacy amongst the congregation. Later in the day, as Sophie and Robert’s ceremony was, the sun creates a delightful backdrop of light that filters directly through the trees behind where the arbour is usually setup. The trees surrounding the area also provides ample shade for the entire congregation on a sunny day, but the sun can cause annoyance for the bride trying to catch a glimpse of her groom as she walks on her approach to the altar 🙂
Sophie and Robert’s ceremony itself was sweet and to the point, punctuated by heartfelt and humorous vows to one another which made the otherwise formal occasion that much lighter, causing ripples of laughter from both the bride and groom, and their family and friends.
Groom’s first look
Adelaide Botanic Garden Wedding Ceremony
First kiss
Amongst the pines
Smiling groom
Sweeping veil
Exit
Together at the altar
Married couple
Bridal approach
Wedding sign
Mobile phone photography
Adelaide Botanic Garden Wedding Ceremony
Smiling bride
Holding hands
Bridal party
Glamour Photos
As the day was fairly warm – as you can expect from Summer weddings in Adelaide, I attempted to keep to shaded photo spots around the Adelaide Botanic Garden as possible, so once the ceremony and family photos were done, we set off south, directly towards North Terrace before working our way North through the gardens, taking our time, and enjoying the warm up sounds made by a nearby Adelaide Fringe concert that was also taking place within the gardens that night.
Just on a side note, I cannot write an overview of Sophie and Robert’s day without mentioning that I was super impressed by their organisational skills when it came to family photos! What they did was organise their friends and family into dozens of groups which were then given a number within their wedding program. When it was time to take the family photos, all I had to do was shout out the next number and that group came to the fore! Now of course those of you familiar with family photos at a wedding know that it never goes that smoothly, with family members wandering off, but I admired the effort!
While I’m at the Adelaide Botanic Garden quite often for weddings, its always delightful to know that the reception is right in the center of it all, at the Botanic Garden Restaurant. Not in the least because they serve great food, but because of it’s exclusive location within the gardens, which are usually closed off to the public during the later hours of the night. which allows for some nice night photography. That said however, there was Fringe concert also occurring at the same time as Sophie and Robert’s reception, so that exclusivity was non existent for their night.
The iconic restaurant boasts a delightfully vintage, round sitting area suitable for small to medium sized reception parties, while in Sophie and Robert’s case their dance floor was outside on the brick pavement.
Before the bouquet toss
Organising a group shot
Inside the Adelaide Botanic Garden Restaurant
Goody bags
Bridal Party waiting to be announced
Food
Wedding cake
Cutting the cake
Dad talking to guests
Under the archway exit
First dance
First dance
Last dance
Bouquet toss
Guests enjoying themselves
I’d like to thank Sophie and Robert for having me cover their wedding photography and I hope they enjoy their photos! 🙂
The Mulberry Lodge, just out of Mclaren vale, on the road to Willunga was the backdrop to Heidi and Jory’s intimate wedding ceremony on an extremely sunny and rather windy day in early January. I was asked to be their wedding photographer for 6 hours which saw me cover parts of their preparation through to the cake cutting at their reception next door at the Au Pear restaurant. One fun thing I did differently at their wedding was experiment in making a short ‘highlight’ video with the aim for gaining some experience in producing video like this as a future offering to augment my services – look out for that 😉
Preparation
The day began at Jory’s place of preparation where all the groomsmen were getting ready and enjoying a rather nice drop of red in the form of a bottle of Penfolds Grange! Rather a nice treat for a beautiful day.
Helping each other
Walking out door
Penfolds Grange
Putting on suit
Smiling groom
Bottle Openers
The boys
Boys
The girls were making use of the on site accomodation at the Mulberry Lodge to be prepared. It was a lovely rustic setting with the olden time style that always works well as a backdrop to preparation photos.
Wedding rings
Playing with flowers
Engagement ring
Wedding dress
Wedding sign
Through the doorway
Putting on dress
Smiling bride
Putting on dress
Mulberry Lodge Wedding Ceremony
The Mulberry Lodge is a small, intimate setting suitable for small weddings where there’s a reasonable sized grassy area next to the lodge with a pretty tree that provides shade over where the bride and groom stands in front of their congregation. As the day was quite windy, the tree and all the foliage surrounding the congregation was blowing quite heartily, and with the beating sun made for quite the challenging ceremony to photograph.
Blushing bride
First kiss
Grateful groom
Under the tree
Bridal arrival
Exit
Holding hands
Signs
Smiling groom
Together under tree
Holding hands
Close up of flower
Glamour Photos
For glamour photos we first used the gardens and driveway surrounding the Mulberry Lodge before heading over to the Au Pear restaurant’s vineyards next door for a bit of variety. My goal was to use the sun’s light as much as possible to create a lovely light and airy feel to Heidi and Jory’s photos.
Next to a tree
In the vineyards
Charlie’s Angels
Wedding Bands
Suspenders!
In the vineyards
New Home
Holding hands
Bridal party
Walking down the driveway together
On the swing together at the Mulberry Lodge
Bridal party
In the vineyards
Au Pear Restaurant Wedding Reception
The Au Pear restaurant’s reception hall looks to be an old rustic farm shed complete with old machinery still inside. It made the entire reception party feel quite laid back and heartfelt, especially when combined with the live band and hand made decorations scattered about the place, including the wedding cake which Heidi had made herself.
It was a rather overcast day in early December for Justine and Nathan’s wedding at the Belair National Park. Rain was threatening all day, but thankfully only showers for brief periods all day. Good thing too as the ceremony and following picnic-style period in between the ceremony and reception was all out in the open within the park. Turned out to be an awesome day though. I was asked to be their wedding photographer for the entire day and I had an absolute blast!
Preparation
Started off the day with Nathan and his boys getting ready at their home. I arrived to the boys all sitting about playing Super Smash bros on their Nintendo Switch before getting them moving to get dressed. There was a neat empty room off to the side of their living room where there was plenty of room to move about and take some rather atmospheric shots 🙂
Groom getting ready
Wedding rings
Smiling groom
getting ready
Dad helping
Unicorn
Standing about
Blues Bros
Groom
I think the best experience of the morning was at Justine’s place of prep at her parent’s place. The emotion certainly got hold of Justine’s Dad who was holding back tears all morning, it was a delight to see and made the whole morning that much more emotional to witness that kind of fatherly love. Justine was fairly calm and collected through the whole morning though, quite keen on getting her dress on and moving the day forward 🙂
Putting on dress
Looking pretty
Engagement ring
Smiling bridesmaids
Wedding Dress
Flower girl
Putting on necklace
Mum helping
Helping with the dress
Proud Dad
Putting on dress
Putting on veil
Putting on dress
Belair National Park Wedding Ceremony
Their wedding ceremony took place in a hireable spot of grass within the Belair National Park in the shadow what I’m told to be the tallest certain type of gum tree in South Australia. Backdropped by native fauna, the place is a lovely setting, nearby some lush greenery ready for photos after.
Bride arrival
Exit
First kiss
Groom’s first look
Exchanging rings
Groom standing out the front
Blushing bride
Holding hands
Little bub
Flower girl
Wedding sign
Bridal approach
Groom glancing sideways
Belair National Park Picnic
The great thing about this spot is that it boasts plenty of room to set up a ceremony, and a picnic while still having plenty of room for lawn games including cricket, chess and marks up. Everyone had a blast, and I got to witness one of the most intense games of giant jenga ever conceived.
Bowling
Hugs
Playing jenga
Playing chess
Playing chess
Hugs
Rings on bouquet
Batting
Playing finska
Hugs
Throwing the ball
Cricket
Glamour Photos
For the glamour photos we wandered around the local area nearby where Justine and Nathan’s ceremony took place using the lovely greenery, and an awesome tree I discovered. before heading to another spot on the other side of the Belair National Park nearby the railway station. It’s always a great shot there with a huge archway of gum trees throwing themselves over the walking trail. Once we were done here we head off to the Glenelg Golf Course for the reception. While waiting to head in we used the scenery there for a few shots too.
Amongst the tall grass
Walking about Belair National PArk
Skipping into the sunset
Smiling
Under the trees
Under a tree
Amongst the tall grass
Under the veil
Under the trees
Picking the bride up
Bouquet
Bridal Party
Close up of wedding rings
Walking together in the Belair National Park
Glenelg Golf Club Wedding Reception
The reception was quite a boisterous affair at the Glenelg Golf Club, with dancing going on all night and everyone having an absolute blast! The girls and boys all got into the bouquet and garter tosses, and everyone from young to old I’m sure were rubbing their feet the next morning from all the dancing they did the night before! It was a lot of fun circling the dance floor with my camera s when I walked by I’d always get someone throwing a funny face or going crazy in front of me!
Dancing
Thumbs up!
Bridal entrance
Bouquet toss
Wedding cake
Dancing
Dancing with gran
First Dance
Laughing guests
Dancing
Speech
Bub
Cutting the cake
Conga
Lolly Bar
Thanks so much for Justine and Nathan for having me capture their wedding photography! Was a great day!
It was a stunningly sunny day for Renee and Ben’s lovely friends and family oriented wedding amongst the greenery of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens. Renee and Ben opted to host their intimate little wedding in the southern gazebo, known as the Summer House where they were protected from the harsh sun, and was able to fit a modest guest list made from close friends and family. I was asked to be their wedding photographer for 3 hours, which allowed me to capture their ceremony, glamour photos around the gardens then their reception at the Earl of Leicester Hotel.
Before the Ceremony
While waiting about for Renee to arrive, Ben was wandering about greeting guests and organising seating and moving council worker orange tape that had been left nearby 🙂 Renee arrived a little late which raised nerves a little, but the entire day was super laid back and relaxed so I don’t think it hampered any of the frivolity.
Bride arriving
Bride arriving
Smiles
Standing about
Smiles
Adjusting flower
Wedding rings
Smiling guests
Closeup
Bird
Adelaide Botanic Gardens Wedding Ceremony
The ceremony itself was a short and simple affair, with all the guests fitting under the gazebo to witness the coming together of these two beautifully bubbly personalities. Even the constant drone of the nearby motorsport festival had little bearing on Renee’s huge grin she wore all throughout the ceremony.
Smiles all round
Holding hands
Exit
Kiss
Smiling groom
Bridal approach
Surprised face
Smiling bride
Celebrant
Signing the registry
Inside the gazebo
First kiss
Happy bride
Glamour Photos
Once the family photos were done, we were free to walk about the gardens for some glamour photos. We managed to do a whole lap of the place using the stunning backdrops the botanic gardens naturally provide.
Close up of ring
Together amongst the trees in the botanic gardens
Nearby a tree
Amongst the tall trees
Laughing bridal party
Bridal party
near the pond
Flowers
RING!
Laughing
Bride squad
Standing around
Walkway shot
Walking together
Engagement ring
Walkway shot
Smiling together in the Botanic Gardens
Earl of Leicester Hotel Reception
After around an hour of glamour photos, we drove to the Earl of Leicester Hotel, south of the city for a beautifully intimate lunch time reception, complete with hand made dolls and a projector showcasing images of Renee and Ben while they were dating. The guests all had a short poem speech prepared as a surprise and made everyone laugh the entire time I was there.
Photo of photo
Dolls
Speech
Cakes
Cheers!
Cheers!
Entrance
Renee and Ben’s wedding at the Botanic Garden’s Summer House Gazebo was an absolute blast to be a part of and I’m so glad Renee and Ben had me as their photographer!
