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Utopia @ Waterfall Gully Wedding Videography

December 16, 2021/in Wedding, Videography

Utopia @ Waterfall Gully Wedding Videography

As an Adelaide based wedding videographer, there is no better wedding venue than Waterfall Gully for producing some incredible scenes. I also love being a photographer here, but this post is about my videography! 😀

The whole setting is something straight out of a Tolkein story, and surprisingly is still one of the best kept secrets in all of Adelaide! Being the capital of the driest state in the driest country in the world, Adelaide isnt overly famed for having waterfalls all over the place, but the multiple falls in Waterfall Gully and around Moriolta makes for a stunning oasis in what is otherwise quite a dry location.

Utopia @ Waterfall Gully is the usual choice for wedding receptions when hosting a Waterfall Gully wedding. It’s old world charm and intimate decor both inside and out makes for a stunning backdrop for any wedding. The only issue being that it’s not the largest venue, which means larger weddings might not fit – but it’s still an incredible sight when decked out for a wedding.

Most wedding ceremonies that occur in waterfall gully take place on a small patch of grass nearby a stone gazebo at the foot of the hill that the Utopia chalet is perched. It’a a spot that is always surrounded by foliage no matter what time of year it is, and provides ample shade for guests if it’s a hot summer day.

Examples of Waterfall Gully Wedding Videography

As I cover more weddings at Waterfall Gully as a wedding videographer, I’ll be updating this list of highlight videos I’ve put together for my bridal couples!

Tracy & Jarred

The day’s weather was perfect for such a stunning venue, and the people involved made the day such a wonderful experience!

Their day began as it generally does with preparation at Jarred and his groomsmen place of preparation, a characterful house with some lovely moody light – then headed to the city for a hotel room where Tracy and her bridesmaids were being prepared. The hotel made for some neat shots in the lobby!

Tracy and Jarred opted to hold their ceremony facing away from the main waterfall on the gassy ceremony location, with Tracy making the large trek down the hill as a grand entrance rather than taking the easy route from the car park.

The best time of day for waterfall gully wedding videography is towards the end of the day, which was perfect as the majority of the time we spent taking photos and videos was quite late int he day, being announced at Utopia a little later than usual.

Tom & Jana

Tom and Jana held their wedding ceremony with the hill behind the grassy ceremony area allowing for the backdrop for their photos and video being the lovely green foliage that is on display at this time of year.

Their day was full of fun and full of friends and their cars made for a great center piece for their entire day! One of the main reasons why Tom and Jana chose me for their waterfall gully wedding videography was my prowess with the drone! The cars certainly looked great from the air – that and it’s always a lot of fun flying towards the main waterfall with the incredible scene of the bride and groom in front of it.

Considering hiring a wedding videographer at your Waterfall Gully wedding? I’d love to be considered for your Waterfall Gully Wedding Videography! Just get in contact and I’d love to have a chat!

Mt Compass Engagement Shoot – Claire & Aaron

December 17, 2020/in Engagement, PhotoShoot

Claire & Aaron
Engagement Shoot

Mt Compass Engagement Shoot

I had an absolute blast shooting Claire and Aaron’s Mt Compass engagement shoot! I mean take a look at all that golden light that was filtering in through the stunning Australian bushland!

Claire and Aaron are lucky enough to have a friend who owns a farm in Mt Compass – just south of Adelaide that features stunning rolling hills, ponds, rugged bush and some incredible trees. They even made it easy on me and decided to head out for their engagement shoot during golden hour which really made things pretty darn awsome! Turned out to be a stunning shoot!

We began at the top of a hill, which had some huge, gnarly gum trees which we stood under for a few shots to warm up, then walked down the other side to find a stunning little pond enveloped with lush gum trees. There was no wind so the water was still and made for some lovely reflections.

We then head back up the hill and made use of the dying light of the sun filtering in throguh the foliage – which was really beatiful! The hill also overlooked the lovely folling hills that make up the majority of Onkaparinga.

To finish up I broke up one of my last smoke bombs to create a little bit of atmosphere with the sun light filtering in through the smoke.

I had a blast! Looking forward to Claire and Aaron’s wedding at Serafino’s Winery early January now! 😀

Standing together in the sunlight

Couples standing under a gum tree

Standing together under a gum tree

Sun shining through gum tree

Walking down the grassy hill together

Reflections in the pond

Admiring the scenery together

Outstanding in their field

Walking together across the field

Sun shining through a tree above

Couples shot through the leaves

Holding one another in the leaves

Engagement photoshoot

Engagement shoot Mt Compass

Couple near dead tree

Lifting her up silhouette

In amongst the trees with smoke

Smoke backdrop for couple

Couple shoot with smoke

Passionate kiss on engagement shoot

Thanks so much Claire and Aaron for having me shoot your Mt COmpass Engagement shoot! Was amazing!

Mulberry Lodge Wedding – Heidi & Jory

February 11, 2019/in Wedding preview, Wedding

Vote for the 2020 Wedding Photo of the year!

March 7, 2020/in News & Events, Awards, Wedding

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2020 Wedding Photo of the year contest

I’m very excited to announce that if you’re reading this that means that you are now able to vote for the 2020 wedding photo of the year! Each year I run the SvenStudios photo of the year contest as a thankyou for all of my previous year’s wedded couples by asking them which out of all the photos I took on their big day was their favourite and I put them all together for a vote online. The couple’s photo with the most votes by the end of the contest period will win a large framed print of either their favourite photo, or another of their choosing if they have already had it printed.

Vote for the 2020 Wedding Photo of the year!

Voting is now open from the 7th of March through to the 11th of April 2020 with the winning image being that which has the most votes by midnight April 11th. Voting is now closed though and you can see the winners here! The winner of the voter prize of $100 will be drawn randomly from all eligible votes and emailed about accepting their prize. All voters are limited to a single vote throughout the voting period. I’ve put in place a lot of anti cheating procedures so that duplicate votes are recorded and removed from the tally in a number of different ways.

See who won!

It’s always interesting to me what others see in my photography, which is one reason why I run this little contest. The photos that have been chosen by my couples do not necessarily represent my own choices as my favourite photos from my weddings. To represent that I usually put together a little video about what I feel are the best 🙂 That said however I dont shoot for myself! It’s all about what my couples see and value in my work!

Of the 37 weddings I covered in 2019, I’ve had 20 couples get back to me with their favourite photos for this contest. If you’re reading this and you are one of the couples that have not got back to me, or know of a couple that I have photographed and arent in the draw, get in contact wth me and I’ll add your favourite photo to the vote – Just as long as it’s before the end date of the 11th of April.

Get on it and vote! Well you can’t now as the conest is over 🙁 It only takes a few seconds and you could come away with $100 cash! Even though you only have a single vote to give you are still able to help the photo you voted for win by using the sharing buttons to share your photo on your social media in order to get others to vote too! Although it’s not needed to win, the majority of the winning photos in previous contests have also had the most shares, so share it to your facebook and twitter!