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AuchendarrochHouse Wedding – Elyssa & Ziad

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  • Elyssa & Ziad

    AuchendarrochHouse Wedding

    Smiles all round at Auchendarrochhouse wedding

Elyssa and Ziad held their AuchendarrochHouse wedding ceremony on the pristine lawns nearby the heritage listed mansion in Mt Barker. The day’s weather was amazing, and the people involved even more so!

Their day was delightful to be a part of, beginning with Elyssa’s preparation in the city before a first look at the Auchenarroch House’s lawns before their Bahai wedding ceremony!

Preparation

Elyssa and a few friends were being prepared in a hotel room in the city. It was a fairly cramped space so I was tip toeing around the makeup and hairdressers that were also making use of the small space – but it all turned out great!

The atmosphere was very laid back with Elyssa showing great excitiement for the day to come!

Red wedding dress hanging in window
Engagement ring in pink flower
Red gem in necklace
Photo of bridesmaid getting ready
bride looking in mirror after makeup is done
Lacing up back of red bridal dress
Smiling bride in red wedding dress
Bride standing alone in red wedding dress
Bride looking smiling out window

First Look Photoshoot

Elyssa and Ziad opted for a first look prior to their AuchendarrochHouse wedding ceremony within the nearby gardens and the house itself. In order to do so, both Elyssa and Ziad arrived well before their guests started arriving so we had the run of the delightful gardens and of course unique architecture of the house itself to take some lovely, intimate photos of just the two of them.

Bride in red dress approaching groom
First look at Auchendarrochhouse wedding
Bride placing flower on groom
Bride placing flower on groom under trees
bride and groom headbutting under tree in garden
Sharing a moment under a tree together
Smiles all round at Auchendarrochhouse wedding
Bridal portrait next to tree
bride and groom through the foliage at Auchendarrochhouse wedding
bride and groom on bench together
Groom looking at his bride on the patio
AuchendarrochHouse Wedding Photo
AuchendarrochHouse Wedding Photography
Photo at AuchendarrochHouse Wedding
Bride in window sill
Groom sitting in chair next to window
Close up of groom’s watch
Smiling hugs
bride and groom under the sun at Auchendarrochhouse wedding

AuchendarrochHouse Wedding Ceremony

Elyssa and Ziad’s wedding ceremony took place under the beautiful huge, green tree on the grassy area next to the main building of Auchendorrach house. Their congragation made use of it’s shade to avoid the harsh sun throughout the ceremony which incorporated a small chior, and speeches from a number of different family members and friends.

Elyssa and Ziad made use of my livestream service to include gusts that could not attend the ceremony itself – and according to the number of people watching in, it was a huge hit!

Directly after the ceremony, we made use of the open grassy area to take a drone photo of all the guests in attendance before rushing back into the shade for smaller family photos.

bride and groom approaching wedding ceremony together
bride and groom from behind
bride and groom sitting together during ceremony
Bahai chior
Holding hands closeup
bride and groom listening to ceremony
Bride and groom with congregation behind
Closeup of rings exchanging
Hugs after first kiss
bride and groom leaving Auchendarrochhouse wedding ceremony

AuchendarrochHouse Wedding Reception

Elyssa and Ziad’s AuchendarrochHouse wedding reception was an early dinner that took place in the lovely private function section of the establishment. The space draws on the aesthetic of the elegant 19th-century house that’s attached, which quite different to the modern tavern thats right next door. SImply walking through the entire place takes you through quite a few time zones!

The highlight of Elyssa and Ziad’s reception were the heartfelt speeches made by a number of different important people in their life, while they also had a fun little guest-driven game going throughout where a quiz on Elyssa and Ziad’s relationship were given to all their guests.

Wedding cake on display during lunch reception
Speech givers at auchendarrochhouse wedding
Speech givers at lunch time reception
Groom hugging speech giver
Speech giver giving speech
Reception wedding tree
Bride and groom cutting their wedding cake

I’d like to thank Elyssa and Ziad for having me as their wedding phtoographer as their wimple, but delightful wedding!

Auchendarroch House Wedding – Emma & Stephen

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  • Emma & Stephen

    Auchendarroch House Wedding

    Bride and groom in amongst the garden foliage

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!

Karkoo Nursery Wedding – Kirsty & Jason

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  • Kirsty & Jason

    Karkoo Nursery Wedding

    Holding one another in Karkoo Nursery

The Karkoo Nursery in Blackwood was the rather unlikely backdrop for Kirsty and Jason’s wedding! They had never hosted a wedding there before, but it made for the perfectly eclectic backdrop for Kirsty’s keeness to keep things simple and do as much as she could herself. This allowed for a lovely aesthetic that spoke perfectly of Kirsty and Jason’s personality while focussing on the important stuff! I was asked to be their wedding photographer for 3 hours which saw me with them for the ceremony at Karkoo Nursery, glamour photos at the nearby heritage listed Gamble Cottage, then a short time at Eire Cafe for an early dinner reception.

Karkoo Nursery Wedding Ceremony

The Karkoo Nursery regularly hosts live music events in this space, so it’s not as if the store had no experience in holding events, and there was ample numbers of chairs for guests and room to move about. It was the eclectic nature of the backdrop and surrounds that drew Kirsty and Jason to hold their wedding ceremony here. Every chair was different, and the surrounding merchandise was as random as any antique furniture store, but it suited very well!

Kirsty did a lot of work herself leading up to the day, hand making a delightful bouquet and lapel pins out of scavenged knick-knaks, and sourced some delightful hollowed out ring ‘books’ that held their rings in a lovely unique way. They had close friends be wedding singers and copnduct readings which made for a wonderful friendly atmosphere.

Closeup of button
Ring Books
Plan
Groom standing out the front
Hand made bouquet
Groom nervously waiting
Bridal arrival
Grooms first look
Karkoo Nursery Wedding Ceremony
Bridesmaid
Groomsman
Speech
Holding hands
Smiling bride
Karkoo Nursery Wedding Ceremony
Groom
Exchanging wedding rings
Kiss
Congratulations
Hugs
Congratulations
Congratulations

Glamour Photos

After the family photos and the mandatory ‘breakfast club’ recreation photos, we head over to the nearby heritage listed Gamble Cottage to use the delightful small garden there for photos. As the day was fairly overcast we were very lucky to see a little bit of sun poking out through the clouds while we were there which made for wonderful ‘fairytale’ lighting.

Breakfast Club
Holding one another in Karkoo Nursery
Bridal Party
In a tree
Wedding rings
Walking amongst the garden
Standing in the garden of Gamble Cottage
Under a tree near Gamble Cottage
On a bench together
Walking by Gamble COttage
Under a tree in front of Gamble Cottage

Eire Cafe Wedding Reception

Finally, after the glamour photos in Blackwood, we head down the hill a bit to Eire Cafe which is a small little cafe suitable for smaller congregations just like Kirsty and Jason’s family-oriented reception!

Personalised name placing
Guests
Wedding Cake
Having fun

Thanks so much to Kirsty and Jason for having me as your wedding photographer! I had a great time, and I hope you enjoy your photos!

Auchendarroch House Wedding – Rebecca & Simon

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  • REBECCA & SIMON

    Auchendarroch House Wedding

    Auchendarroch House wedding

Auchendarroch House in Mt Barker was the venue for Rebecca and Simon’s stunning wedding day under the sun. The day was complete with fireworks, courtesy of the nearby Christmas celebrations and absolutely sublime weather which all made for an incredible day! Rebecca and Simon opted to have be as their wedding photographer for most of their day, leading up to their reception, and then took advantage of the SvenStudios photobooth throughout their reception complete with one of my new hand-made  wooden guests books!

Preparation photos

I began my day at the house that Simon and his grooms men were being prepared in. Simon was in high spirits, joking about and being super helpful in getting all his gear ready for some photos. Soon after we started, more of his family arrived and I think the reality of the situation sunk in a little bit as some nerves were starting to show 🙂

Groom walking the hallway
Adjusting the tie
Groom smiling
Dad looking on
Groom’s shoes
Groom’s watch
Groom getting ready
Groom smiling

Rebecca and her bride’s maids were being prepared at their home in Mt Barker, nearby Auchendarroch house. The atmosphere was very laid back with  Rebecca’s brother being on hand at all times to lighten the mood with silly jokes. The morning went very smoothly with everything happening as it should so there wasn’t really any need for any nerves 🙂

Bridesmaids
Putting on wedding dress
Putting on makeup
Putting on wedding dress
Bride looking pretty
Bridesmaids attending bride
Taking down wedding dress
Engagement ring
Wedding dress
Bride looking pretty

Auchendarroch House wedding ceremony

Auchendarroch House was originally opened in 1860 by a Scottish migrant named Lachlan MacFarlane to be used as a hotel – then known as the Oakfield Hotel. Soon after, in 1878, it became the Summer residence of local businessman and philanthropist, Robert Barr Smith. It then became a convalescent home and Air Force hospital before being restored by the Wallis family in 2002 into the magnificent function center it is today. The house is a popular location for weddings in Mt Barker due to it’s old-world charm, surrounded by some quite impeccable gardens and local parks. All while still being the the center of the town of Mt Barker, so still quite convenient.

Rebecca and Simon were wed under the heritage listed tree next to the house. I’m sure their guests were quite thankful for this due to the weather becoming very hot by this time of day. It made for a wonderful backdrop to their wedding photos, complete with some easy to manage shadows over the entire party. It was wonderful!

Groom seeing bride for first time
Signing registry under tree
Signing registry under tree
Groom smiling
Bride and groom in front of guests
Sitting under the tree
Bride and groom under the tree
Celebrations after being married
Bride arriving in front of Auchendarroch House
Exchanging wedding rings
Girl in aisle

Glamour Photos

After getting my drone out to take some family photos, we utilised the grounds of Auchendarroch House to take some glamour shots, with a few silly shots sprinkled in. We then made use of the magnificent interior of the house before heading over to the old main street of Mt Barker.

Bride and groom under tree
Closeup of wedding rings
Silly shot 🙂
Bride and groom under sun
Bridal party through a kiss
Bride and groom under tree
Bride and groom on bench
Bride walking the gardens
Bride and groom under tree

The interior of Auchendarroch House is everything you’d expect from an 1800s hotel. Grand, opulent and full of beautiful wooden details complete with contrasting carpets and drapes. The whole setting makes for some of the best scenes for some intimate wedding photography.

Kiss at the front door
Auchendarroch House wedding
Standing in windows
Walking along the outside fo the house
Dancing in the window
Sitting chatting

In between these amazing glamour photos we also took a moment to take a photo where the bridal party was to look concerned about something I’ll photoshop in later. In this case Rebecca and Simon are big fans of Star Wars, so they requested a scene where they were running from some Star Wars war machines. They also happened to have Simon’s car in the background so I decided to blow it up!

Star wars wedding at Auchendarroch House

Auchendarroch House wedding reception

Rebecca and Simon also opted to have my photo booth set up at their reception, so I was tasked to take a few photos of the reception while also man the photobooth. The great thing about this wedding reception though was the fact that the local Christmas party was happening right next door, so we got some killer fireworks shots from above the house also!

Cutting wedding cake
Fireworks wedding over Auchendarroch House
Catching the bouquet
Guests smiling
First dance
Bride smiling at groom
Catching the garter
Adelaide photo booth SvenStudios
Wedding cake
Head table

Rebecca and Simon’s Auchendarroch House Wedding was such an awesome wedding to be a part of! Everything went smoothly from my perspective, and some amazing images were produced! I hope Rebecca and Simon enjoy their photos as much as I enjoyed producing them and I hope to cover another Auchendarroch House Wedding soon!

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