Preparation

Dion and a group of his friends all congregated in the early morning at Myponga to go Clay Pidgeon shooting together on a nearby farm. I had never even been present when this sport was going on, so I was quite excited for it – certainly made for a different change in pace to what I’d usually be taking photos of while the boys were getting ready! Dion even gave me a turn at trying my hand at shooting, and it turned out I was pretty good at it! Gave a new meaning to the phrase ‘out shooting a wedding’. 🙂

Clay pidgeon shooting

Chatting amongst the guys

Groom with headphones on

Shooting in Myponga

Groom shooting before his wedding

Safety watcher looking on

Out shooting before the wedding

Groom taking it easy

Alice and her bridal party were being prepared at a bed and breakfast in Stirling. It was a delightful little cottage with an intimate green garden full of little nooks to have details shots done of the rings, shoes, etc. The inside of the house was also well set up to take photos as there was some like windows around on plainly painted walls that just work very well for this kind of thing. Along with Alice’s bridal party there was also Alice’s brother there making sure everything ran well, but also there to provide some friendly, brotherly fun. 🙂

Helping put on wedding dress

Smiling bride with bouquet

Bride about to leave for wedding ceremony

Mum helping out

Wedding rings in boxes

Engagement ring in roses

Engagement ring in between wedding shoes

wedding dress hanging in tree

Bride looking out window

Wedding dress hanging in window

Bride looking in mirror

Bride standing in room

Bridesmaids dresses

Having fun with the champaigne

group having a chat in the garden

Bridesmaids helping put on dress

Lot 100 Wedding Ceremony

The location where Alice and Dion chose to set up their Lot 100 Wedding ceremony was on the sloped grass behind the main restaurant on site. It has a bit of a slope to it, but not so much that people could not stand straight. It was also great as there was a wonderful backdrop of tall gumtrees in each shot. The only unfortunate thing was that because it was set up that way, the sun was directly in Alice, Dion’s and the celebrant’s face – but the guests were more comfortable!

The ceremony itself was nice and simple, with a reading from a friend and a bit of laughter all round as the celebrant retold small bits of Alice and Dion’s relationship up to now.

Groom waiting patiently

Alice and Dion’s wedding sign

Bridal approach at Lot 100

Groom’s first lok of bride

Laughing groom

Set up for a Lot 100 wedding ceremony

Behind the celebrant

Celebrant

Lot 100 Hay Valley Wedding Ceremony

Speaker

Celebrant running things

Smiling bride during ceremony

Lot 100 Wedding

Groom looking at his bride

Exchanging wedding rings

Wedding at Lot 100 Hay Valley

First Kiss under the gum trees

Just married couple

Glamour Photos

A rather unique part of Alice and Dion’s day was the after effects of the large bushfires that were raging on the nearby Kangaroo Island, causing smoke to waft up through the valley and cause the backdrop of most of their photos to be quite hazy. It made it very easy for me to create a beautiful set of wedding photos that really isolate Alice and Dion, but also incorporate the stunning surrounds of their Lot 100 wedding day.

We began their glamour photos using the trees nearby where they had the wedding ceremony set up. I wanted to use the valley as a bit of a backdrop with the bridal party and also use the sun shining through the trees a bit to create an ethreal feel to the shots. We then moved up the hill a bit with the bridal party and took a few more shots on a giant felled tree trunk, which was pretty enat to arrange a group shot like that.

Finally we hopped into their 4 wheel drive and drove around the huge paddock on site, towards a magnificently huge gum treeright in the middle of it all. While doing this I also had the drone flying about as the scenery was absolutely epic from the sky. We finished off by using the small forrest of gum trees situated at the top of a nearby hill, where I was looking forward to again taking shots looking through the trees.

Walking together on the grass

Giving each other hugs

Laughing bride as she’s carried

Bride and groom with the bridal party

Standing together under a tree

Silly bridal party photo

Bridal couple in front of bridal party

Groom carrying bride

Bridal Party

Bride and Groom under the Lot 100 Gum Tree

The whole bridal party

Bride and groom standing in front of bridal party

Bride and groom against a gum tree

Bride and groom between the trees

Bride and groom kissing on hill

Under a fallen tree

Bride and groom sillouette

Kisses amongst the gum trees

Bride and Groom together on their Lot 100 Wedding day

Walking together at their Lot 100 wedding

Bride and groom under a fallen tree

Bride and groom walking through paddock

Lot 100 Wedding Reception

The Lot 100 wedding reception area is a beautifully set out restaurant enclosed within a modernly built structure lined with windows all around. The center of the restaurant is the bar where they serve a huge amount of different craft beers and wines. Alice and Dion had their dance floor set up at one end of the area.

A huge standout of their night was the German dancers Alice and Dion had organised to come in and perform for their guests. The dancers made a bit of a mockery of Dion in good spirits while they also demonstrated their skill with some highly complicated dancing and music! Was a sight to see!

Another stand out for me was the fact that their night happened to be on a night with a super full moon, so we made sure to get out and make use of the moon while it wasnt hiding behind clouds. The smoke from the fires also made it a rusty orange colour! Really quite pretty!

First dance twirl

Bride listening to grooms speech

Dancing guests

Wedding invite

Table setting

Wedding Cake on top of barrel

Holding one another on the dance floor

First dance at Lot 100 wedding

Bride and Groom under full moon

Groom lifting the German dancer

That’s a knife

Guests joining in on the German dancing

Bride’s speech

Groom speech

Full Moon at Lot 100 wedding

Groom doing some German dancing

Beers

German dancers

Cutting the wedding cake together

Wedding Favours

First dance closeup

Table number

Bride and groom entrance

I’d like to thank Alice and Dion for having me do their wedding photography! Was a great day and I hope you enjoy your photos! 😀