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Adelaide Botanic Gardens Cycad Collection Wedding – Joanne & Blake

Joanne and Blake held their wedding ceremony at the Cycad Collection area, which is one of the many wedding ceremony locations available within the Adelaide Botanic Gardens.

The weather was fantastic and the smiles on everyone’s face made for the most wonderful atmosphere for this lovely couple’s simple wedding celebration!

 

Cycad Collection Wedding Ceremony

After a little bit of a wait due to the unfortunate parking situation causing Joanne to be a little late – Joanne and Blake’s wedding ceremony took place under the shade provided by the large gum tree at the foot of their Cycad collection wedding location. It’s not often that shade is there due to the orientation of the spot, but as their ceremony was quite early in the day, this space was perfect!

Music was provided by a nifty two man strings band which played music before and after their ceremony. Joanne and Blake really seemed to enjoy their presence and they were good enough sports to join in for a bit of a fun photo at the end of their group photos.

Joanne and Blake’s Cycad collection wedding ceremony was presided over by a family member – who happend to also be a celebrant, which was lovely as it made for the while ceremony to be that much more intimate, it was lovely to see the celebrant herself tear up!

Their ceremony also included a number of different people who stepped up to recite a bit of a reading, and their little page boy kept stealing the show by shyly joining in at random moments – including a blended family sand ceremony, which is nice to see.

Blake waiting for his bride
Groom at his Cycad Collection wedding
Groom watching the page boy approach
Bride arriving at Cycad collection wedding
Groom watching his bride arrive at Cycad collection wedding
Bride and groom under the tree
Groom listening to ceremony
Cycad collection wedding ceremony
Standing parents
Celebrant raising hand
Page boy wearing heart
Sand ceremony
One of the speech givers
Wedding under the tree
Bride and groom holding hands
Bride and groom holding hands smiling
Bride grinning looking at her groom
Groom grinning as talking into microphone
Page boy handing over rings
Newly married couple at Cycad collection wedding
Newly married family
String band with bride and groom

Adelaide Botanic Gardens Glamour Photos

After the group family photos, and saying goodbye to the string band, we went on a little bit of a whirlwind tour of the Botanic Gardens before returning to the National Wine Center for a lunch time reception.

We began right near the Cycad collection area, and snaked our way north, through the heritage listed green house, the famed elm walk way right up through the friendship gates to make use of the trees in Botanic park – and back again.

We moved quick in order to make use of all the spots in the Botanic Gardens I knew would work in this light, and also to get back to the wine center on time.

Bride and groom in rainforest
Bride and groom looking at camera in foliage
Bride and groom leaning against large tree
Bride and groom leaning against large tree with sunlight
Bride and groom in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens
Cycad collection wedding photo
Bride and groom looking at camera under a funky tree
Bride and groom bathed in sunlight
Adelaide Botanic Gardens wedding photo
Bride and groom leaning against the friendship gates
Bride and groom in Adelaide Botanic Park
bride and groom under bamboo
Bride and groom in the Adelaide Wine center cellar
Bride and groom in the Adelaide Wine center cellar smiling
Cheers under raised glasses

Joanne and Blake’s wedding was a joy to be a part of and I’m so glad they chose me as their Adelaide wedding photographer! Hopefully you guys love your photos!

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Auchendarroch House Wedding – Emma & Stephen

Emma and Stephen’s wedding at Auchendarroch house in Mt Barker was the coming together of two people who went through quite a bit in order to keep a world-spanning long distance relationship alive!

As soon as he was able due to COVID restrictions, Stephen flew to Australia, all the way to Virginia  to meet and marry his sweetheart to the tune of the Portal theme music and their celebrant re enacting certain lines from Lord of the Rings 🙂

It was good to see this couple again as I had met them not too long ago during their enagagement shoot at the Belair Train Station.

Auchendarroch House Wedding Ceremony

As Stephen had travelled from Virginia, many of his family were still back in the United States , meaning that having a live stream set up was quite important to both Emma and Stephen in order to include those who could not attend. They not only had my free livestream, but also a much more elaborate setup which left nothing to chance!

As I mentioned earlier, their celebrant was asked to have a little fun during their ceremony by putting on voices and reciting lines from The Princess Bride – which made everyone giggle.

After the ceremony, they retreated into a back room to have a proper chat with Stephen’s family back home via facetime.

Auchendarroch House window
Limo
Happy bride arriving
Bride on red carpet
Groom waiting under Auchendarroch House window
Bride arrival at Auchendarroch House window wedding
Grooms first look at Auchendarroch House window wedding
Celebrant doing speech
Bride and groom holding hands in front of window
Speech from family
Auchendarroch House bay window wedding
Holding hands smiling
Exchanging wedding rings at Auchendarroch House
Celebrant talking
First kiss at Auchendarroch House bay window wedding
Head butt
Bridal party facetiming family

Glamour Photos

Emma and Stepehen’s Glamour photos were taken in and around the Auchendarroch house grounds, not straying too far away as they wanted to spend as much time as possible with their family and friends. As their wedding took place in the morning, their glamour photos were taken at around midday, which most phtographers would cry about due to the harsh shadows on display at this time of day – but we managed to keep out of the sun for the most part

The inside areas of this old manor is gloriously ornate which makes for some very opulent scenes when moving some furniture around. The less in the photos the better, as the architecture can really do the talking in a place like this. I love the windows, and curtains which I used quite a bit to frame Emma and Stephen being all romantic with one another, which is always good fun!

The gardens out the front of the house is also awesome to use, even in the midday sunlight, as the trees available block out most of the light and their leaves make for nice framing devices for a nice composition.

Auchendarroch House wedding photo
Bride and groom on bench under tree
Wedding rings in pink flowers
Bride and groom in the Auchendarroch House gardens
Smiling bride looking at camera
Bride and groom in amongst the garden foliage
Under the pretty trees
Groom leading his bride on a walk
Head butt under the tree
Auchendarroch House door
wedding photo at Auchendarroch House
wedding photo at Auchendarroch House dancing
Gallant kiss on the hand
Bride and groom dancing on wooden floor
Bride and groom enjoying the bay window
Groom looking out window at Auchendarroch House
bride looking out window at Auchendarroch House
bridal head butt in front of red curtains
Kiss under the sweeping veil
Traditional wedding photo
Wedding photo under tree leaves

Auchendarroch House Wedding Reception

Emma and Stephen’s lunch time reception was a nice laid back affair, scored by some wonderful music played by a band of young musicians. I made sure to record some of the music in order to use in the background of Emma and Stephen’s highlight film. It’s always a bit of fun hearing music like the portal theme song being played at a wedding!

The afternoon came to an end when Emma threw her bouquet to the waiting group out on the lawn – twice as some of the guys were running about messing things up 🙂

Square wedding cake
Bride lovingly glacing at groom
Musician
Glancing at his bride
Holding hands
Cutting the square wedding cake
Bouquet toss on the lawn

Thanks so much to Emma and Stephen for having me be your wedding photographer – I hope you enjoy the resulting photos!

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Bremer Farm Wedding – Heather & Nick

I had been looking forward to covering Heather and Nick’s wedding as their photographer as they had chosen such a lovely unique venue that I knew would produce absolutely awesome results with my style of wedding photography! Their Bremer Farm wedding was one of those weddings where no matter how hard I tried, I could just not take a good photo! I even went so far as smashing my camera! haha

Heather and Nick had a beautiful family and group of friends who simply wanted nothing more than seeing this delightful couple get married in the most beautifully rustic setting.

Preparation

Nick and his groomsmen got ready at the parent’s house, just north of Adelaide – and the interior decor was quite a find. The light coming in the ornate windows, and the decorations lovingly placed around the hallways made for a nice, rustic start to the day which I was expecting at the Bremer Farm wedding ceremony, not so much the places of preparation, but I wasn’t complaining!

The highlight of the preparation was when Nick opened Heather’s gift to him, which was a lovingly chosen, elobrate chess set – which made Nick smile quite a bit! We had to take some shots of the Best man besting the groom!

Wedding rings and bowtie
Grooms affects for wedding
Groom walking about in tshirt
Groom buttoning up
Pointing out Grooms shirt
Groom helping with shirt sleeve
Groomsmen getting ready together in window
Dad helping out with bowtie
groom and Dad in Mirror
Smiling Dad looking at son
Smiling Mum helping son get ready
Groom adjusting flower
Groom walking out doorframe
groomsmen playing chess
Queen defeats king
groomsmen between gate
groomsmen together on road near reflector

Heather and her entouage got prepared a bit closer to Bremer farm, at a B&B in Mt Barker. The atmosphere was delightfully laid back with the appearance of a rather large 8-legged guest, to which heather was keen to give a bit of a kiss and I presume an invite to celebrate the day with her! Such is the humour of country girls – I was told!

Engagement ring perched between bridal shoes
Wedding dress reflection
Putting on makeup in bathroom
Bridal party in gowns before getting ready
Bride standing in gown on porch
bride having her bridesmaids help out
Bride looking at bridesmaid
Putting on bridal shoes close
Bride standing alone in wedding gown
Bride peering out window
Bride admiring bouquet in black and white
bridal bouquet
Bride in doorframe
Bridal party under greenery
Bridal party under pink

Bremer Farm Wedding Ceremony

The Bremer Farm wedding ceremony location is at the end of a nice little patch of grass, surrounded by an old, rustic stone wall and lines of lush green trees. At one end is a permanent arbour made of what looks like repurposed railway sleepers, which all comes together so a nice, rustic surrounds for wedding ceremonies.

Heather was walked down the aisle by her son, and their ceremony involved a reading from an important person. Their vows were shared and they were married! Simple as that!

Bremer Farm wedding arbour
bridal car arriving
Groom waiting at Bremer Farm wedding
Bride walking down aisle at Bremer Farm wedding
Bremer Farm wedding ceremony
Bremer Farm wedding ceremony photo
Bride looking over shoulder during ceremony
bride and grom together under Bremer Farm wedding arbour
Smiling bride holding yellow bouquet
Portrait bremer farm wedding ceremony
groom standing listening to reading
Celebrant doing her thing under wooden arbour
bride and groom holding hands at Bremer Farm wedding ceremony
Closeup of hands being held
Groom listening to vows of bride
bride laughing during grooms vows
bremer Farm wedding first kiss
Sneaky bridesmaid

Glamour Photos

After a short group photo session, we made sure to use the rustic old buildings scattered around Bremer Farm for some awesome photos. I expecially enjoyed using the old stables – although it was a bit of a shame that the hay bails that were there when I came out to visit the venue a few months prior had gone, but the atmosphere was still there!

Heather was keen to get photos with the wildlife a short walk away before going for a short drive to a ruined cottage we had scouted out prior to the day.

This cottage is quite a find! I really enjoyed the fact that there is a tree growing from inside the old house, while there are bullet holes, and huge craters along the walls of the place – which otherwise looked in fairly good condition or an abandoned ruin.

While there I also had a ball of a time using the rolling clouds which before long scattered Heather and Nick’s reception with a bit of rain, but thankfully they had a bit of a marquee set up to keep everyone dry.

Photo with waving grandad
bridal party with white wedding car
Cow Pats
bridal party framed by ruin
Kiss framed by ruin
bridal party peering around ruin
Bride and groom framed by window
Bride using groom as pillow
Bremer Farm wedding photo
Bride and groom leaning on brick wall
bride and groom in ruin of old cottage
Bride and groom framed by window of old cottage
Bride and groom under a huge gum tree
Bride leading groom away from gum tree
Bridal lift under stormy skies
Bride and groom walking over horizon
Bride and groom amongst fluffy clouds
Bride and grrom in the chair storage
bride and grrom under Bremer Farm arbour at night
Bride and groom in storage shed

Bremer Farm Wedding Reception

Heather and Nicks Bremer Farm wedding reception was full of heartfelt speeches from quite a few people from their lives, and their dance floor was set in the large shed right near the marquee they had set up.

One big reason why they had me as their wedding photographer is my love for the more candid photos at this time of night, so I had a bit of fun running about catching people just enjoying the night – it was a great atmosphere to be a part of!

Wedding favour coffee jars
bride and groom entering reception
Bride sitting with grandad
Wedding cake lined with candles
Talking guests at bremer Farm
Laughing guests at Bremer Farm wedding
Wedding Cake in front of Bremer Farm house
Bride and groom cutting cake
Bride holding little one
Speeches under awning
Speech under awning
Groom Speech under awning
First dance at Bremer Farm wedding
First dance at Bremer Farm wedding in shed
Family hugs on dance floor
Dancing guests in front of caravan DJ
Guests having fun at bremer Farm wedding
Bremer Farm wedding reception

I had an absolute blast at Heather and Nick’s wedding as their photographer! Even though I broke my camera again (second time in a few months) Their day was awesome to be a part of due to the laid back nature, the genuine people and the awesome venue they had chosen! They also gave me a nice bottle of whiskey! woo!

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Royal SA Yacht Squadron Wedding – Alex & Tom

Alex and Tom certainly knew how to have a good time as their Royal SA Yacht Squadron wedding can attest! Their day was full of fun loving people, who were keen on having a blast all day – particularly as the SA COVID restrictions had been recinded in regards to dancing only the night before!

Alex and Tom, both avid, successful sailors themselves had the run of the yacht club for their entire day, making things simple for themselves and their guests, who all had giant smiles on their faces all day!

 

Preparation

Tom and his groomsmen were being prepared in a nearby house. I was greeted by many of the guys wandering about in their underwear, stressing about not knowing where Alex’s gift to Tom – a watch – had vanished to! They had the wrist band, but not the watch itself. Crisis was averted after Tom had a proper look. 🙂

After finding the watch, Tom seemed to relax a bit and had a grand ol’ time laughing and making jokes with his mates while getting ready, culminating in a fashionshow-esque portrait shoot where each of the boys made it their mission to pose with the most awkward expressions possible.

Grooms jacket hanging on doorframe
Grooms watch
Smiling groomsman
best man helping
Groom and groomsmen putting on socks
Groom playing with cuffs
Groom spraying champaigne with groomsmen
Groomsmen standing on road
Groom looking off into distance against tree

Alex and her bridal party were being prepared in a larger house close by, with a grand entrance hall in which I made use of for shots of the bridal preparation and of course haning the dress in!

Alex made use of the grassy area out the back for what might have been the best champaign spraying I have ever seen, before heading back inside to put on dresses.

A big highlight of their preparation would have to be the father of the groom’s first look – not only for his reaction as he peeked around the door frame, but rather the emergance of Alex and Tom’s little boy first who waddled out like a little penguin to screams of delaight from the bridal party.

Engagement ring in between bridal shoes
Engagement ring in white roses
Wedding dress hanging in front passage
Bride having makeup done surrounded by entourage
Bridal party in gowns
Bridal party spraying champaigne
Bride getting ready in front of doorway
bride opening groom gift box
Mum helping put on bridal veil
Bride standing alone in doorway
Father of the bride first look
Bride placing flower on Dad
Bride and bridesmaids on porch

Royal SA Yacht Squadron Wedding Ceremony

Alex and Tom’s Royal SA Yacht Squadron wedding ceremony took palce under the umbrellas on the large open decking area overlooking the club’s marina. This allowed all their guests to excape the sunny weather, while also having quite a view to look at!

Again Alex and Tom’s little boy stole the show early in the proceedings with him making an entrance to the music of the wiggles, much to the delight of all onlookers, and made everyone laugh as they joined in with the song.

The ceremony also had a couple of heartfelt readings from important people and made sure to involve both laughter and tearjerking moments – all emotions were on display, even confusion when a couple of slight mishaps occured, including a stepping on the dress, and the slight oversight of the location of the wedding bands! This was all laughed off in good humour though.

Groom at front of congregation
Groom with groomsmen at front of ceremony
Page boy with gran
bridal approach at royal sa yacht squadron wedding
Wedding ceremony under umbrellas
Celebrant doing her thing with mic
roayl sa yacht squadron wedding ceremony
Ceremony reading
Bride tearing up
RSAYS wedding ceremony
Holding hands in front of celebrant
Bride and groom holing hands in front of celebrant
Page boy delivering rings
First kiss at royal SA yacht squadron wedding
Celebrations at wedding ceremony
Leaving the wedding ceremony
Royal South Australian yacht Squadron wedding

Glamour Photos

As Alex and Tom’s plan for glamour photos did not involve heading off site anywhere, we made the most of the laid back time by spending some time with family and friends, and also a bit of down time enjoying a drink together in the club’s spectacular boat house.

We made use of the beautiful coloured doors quite a bit, while I also enjoyed shooting Alex and Tom witht he light scoming through the open door to create a ruustic frame around the dancing couple.

We also made use of the marina’s piers and docks as we walked about, and even clamboured on a large yacht for a few photos there.

Bridal party in boat shed
Royal SA Yacht club boat shed wedding photo
Royal SA Yacht club boat shed wedding photography
bride and groom leaning on boat shed doors
bride and groom leaning on boat shed coloured doors
Bridesmaids re creating a picture
Groomsmen on jetty
Bridal party pulling bride and groom apart
Bridal squad
Bride and groom leaning on pier pole
Bridal party on royal SA yacht squadron piers
Royal sa yacht squadron wedding photo
Royal sa yacht squadron wedding photography
bride and groom kissing under veil
Bridal party together spraying champaigne
Bride and groom at sunset on pier
Bride and groom out at night

Royal SA Yacht Squadron Wedding Reception

Alex and Tom’s Royal SA Yacht Squadron wedding reception was spearheaded by an immediate dance floor incursion by the entire bridal party – they were that keen on getting up there!

The entire night was well planned, with over an hour’s worth of heartfelt speeches throughout, which everyone jokingly heckled about, but all really enjoyed with laughter, tears and other shenanigans. After which everyone was keen to jump on the dancefloor, causing the rest fo the night to be a blur!

Bridal party entrance
Bridal party entrance with fly gag
Entrance of bridal aprty
Bride and groom entrance to reception
mr and mrs wedding cake
Laughing groom during speech
Laughing bride during speech
Laughing geusts during a speech
Mums
Bride and groom cuttingt he cake together
Bouquet toss action
Caught bouquet toss
bride and groom dancing
bride and groom dancing on dance floor

I’d like to thank Alex, Tom and their family for having myself and my wife there to document your big daya dn I hope you enjoy your photos and video!

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Ayers House Wedding – Mona & Lester

Mona and Lester held their Ayers House wedding mid-week which meant that we had the run of their entire estate for their wedding photos!

Their Ayers House wedding ceremony and reception took place in the main grand ballroom, flanked by large TVs on which relatives who could not attend watched on via live stream – which Lester seemed to have a lot of fun setting up before the ceremony began!.

Ayers House Wedding Ceremony

Prior to their Ayers House wedding ceremony, amongst the running about that Lester was doing trying to get the live stream to work correctly, Mona was waiting in a small room down the hall, as their guests milled about thir wedding sign – so we took a few group shots while we were waiting.

Mona and Lester’s ceremony began with a precession of almost all of their guests who took their places at the front of their chairs in order to watch the ceremony.

The Ballroom is a grand old space to hold a wedding ceremony with a huge arched window space at the head of the room where Mona and Lester had an arbour set up to frame the head of the ceremony. To the right of their set up were some custom candles with their names which symbolised the coming together of the families.

The only unfortunate thing about holding an Ayres Hourse Wedding ceremony in this space is the bright sun shinging through one of the windows – in this case the left – just behind where Mona was standing. This caused her white dress to become quite bright int he dark room, but she certainly stood out!

After the ceremony had ended we had all their guests congregate on the lawns out the front of the house in order to get some shots of them walking under thrown flower petals!

Ayers House Ballroom
Wedding rings in black box
Wedding candles
Guests waiting patiently
Bride holding bouquet looking at them
Bride looking into illuminated mirror
Groom having flower put on
Standing in front of wedding sign
bride peeking around corner
Groom about to enter
Little page boy
Groom standing at front
Groom first look at bride
bridal entrance at Ayers House wedding ceremony
Ayers house wedding ceremony as bride enters
Holding hands together at ayres house
Under arbor at Ayres house wedding
Bride looking at guests during ceremony
Guests lighting wedding candles
Speech during cermeony at Ayres house
Celebrant talking to bride and groom
Groom holding hands with his bride
Giving of wedding rings
bride listening to vows
Newly married couple at Ayres House
First kiss at Ayres House wedding ceremony
Bridal couple exiting Ayres House wedding ceremony

Glamour Photos

Ayers House is one of those Adelaide wedding venues which have been around forever and have become quite an institution within the city. The manor was built all the way back in 1871 after the land having changed hands a few times right after South Australia was founded!

As Mona and Lester’s wedding took palce on a Wednesday – there were no other functions occuring at the venue, so we had the run of the grounds for glamour photos – which we took advantage of so that we diddn’t spend too long away from family and friends.

bridal couple in front of Ayers House doors
bridal couple on Ayers house wall
Ayers house wedding photo
Bridal couple looking at camera
Close up of engagement ring on groom shoulder
Kiss from below
bride and groom in between pencil pines
bride and groom on Ayers House porch
Ayers house wedding photo in garden
Ayers house wedding photo between foliage
Ayers house wedding photo amongst the garden
bride walking through doorway
Ayers House wedding photography
bride and groom classic portrait in low light

Ayers House Wedding Reception

Mona and Lester’s wedding reception took place in the same room their ceremony had been held, after being cleared of their seating and tables set up for their sit-down reception dinner.

During the evening many speeches were held by family, friends and well wishes – even from guests overseas both pre-recorded and live, which again were played on the large TVs placed at the front of the ballroom. The whole night was a lovely, simple affair and lovely to be a part of!

Bride entering her wedding reception
bride and groom watching the live stream
Tears during speeches
Cheers over heads of bride and groom
Green wedding cake
bride and groom in the photo booth
bride and groom cutting their green wedding cake
First dance at Ayers house wedding reception

My thanks go out to Mona and Lester for having me both photograph and put together a simle little highlight video for you, and I hope you enjoy your life together as husband and wife!