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Norwood’s St Ignatius Catholic Church Wedding – Alison & Matthew

November 21, 2022/in Wedding preview, Wedding

Alison & Matthew
Norwood’s St Ignatius Catholic Church Wedding

Alison and Matthew’s St Ignatius Catholic Church Wedding in Norwood took place on a day which weather diddn’t really know what was going on – we managed to avoid the rain though so huge success there!

Their day was full of fun, romance and family and friends there to watch this lovely couple get married!

Preparation

Matthew and his groomsmen got prepared in a nice house overlooking the beach near Hallett Cove. The house featured high ceilings with very minimal wall coverings which made for a delightful spot for groom preparation,m especially since their shirt and suit choices suited the house nicely.

Matthew was running a little late in the morning, after having running about with some last minute details, but we still managed to get some shots of the boys helping him get ready ad walk down to the cliff side for some shots with the water in the background.

Gooms shoes in window light

Groomsman helping put on grooms tie

Groomsmen helping dress groom

groom putting on vest

Groom standing in white hallway

Groom with his groomsmen

Groom with his groomsmen in grass

Alison was being prepared with her bridal party and family at a bed and breakfast in Mile End. It was a delightful little cottage-style house with a beautiful hallway which I used to good effect!

After the bridal party had finished fussing about with Alison’s dress, we did a quick ‘first look’ with Alison’s family when whisked away quickly to the church in Norwood.

Engagement ring in white roses

Engagement ring between bride’s shoes

Wedding dress hanging at front window of cottage

Bridal party with champaigne

helping put on page boy’s tie

Bridesmaids helping bride get ready in bedroom

Bridesmaids helping bride get ready in room

Bride looking pretty in hallway

Children involved in wedding

Dad first look

St Ignatius Catholic Church Wedding Ceremony

A St Ignatius Catholic Church wedding is something to behold! The church, nestled away in the backstreets of Norwood boasts an impressive front door, and a three-pronged interior which allows for some pretty impressive wide shots from the upper level.

Alison arrived in her white car motorcade, and was escorted down the long aisle by her father. A fun thing about Alison and Matthew’s bridal entrance was that the groomsmen walked down the aisle halfway to meet the bridesmaids as they entered – which I thought was nice.

Another delightful little piece of family history was that this was the 4th St Ignatius Catholic Church wedding in Alison’s family going back generations!

Classic cars at church

Grooms first look at his bride

Inside St Ignatius Church Norwood

Catholic wedding ceremony

Bride and groom sitting during wedding ceremony

St Ignatius Church wedding ceremony

bride and grom exit from church

Glamour Photos

Unfortunately the Catholic church ceremony took a little longer than Alison and Matthew had expected, so we had to rush through the family photos a bit out the front of the church before heading out for glamour photos.

We had to make a quick stop at the Torrens Arms Hotel in Kingwood in order to have a quick champagne as this was where Alison and Mtthew had first met and celebrate their anniversary at each year, and then the original plan was to head to the Himeji Gardens first, and then Veale Gardens for glamour photos, but as time was getting away from us we simply head straight to Veale Gardens.

Bride and groom at the Torrens Arm Hotel

Kiss at the Torrens Arm Hotel

Bride and groom in between their wedding cars

Groomsmen together

Bridal party together

Bride and groom walking through veale gardens

Bride and groom together in Veale Gardens

Bride and groom near tree with flying veil

Flower girls under veil

Bride and groom amongst the gum trees

Bridal party on veale Gardens bridge

Bride and groom on veale gardens bridge

Bride and groom sitting on bench in veale gardens

Bride and groom near pool in Veale Gardens

Bride and groom on top of rocks in veale Gardens

Next Gen Wedding Reception

Alison and Matthew’s wedding reception took place right next to the Adelaide Oval in the Next Gen Health and Lifestyle clubs, where they also have a delightful function room overlooking the Torrens river.

That night there was also a sporting event on next door, and the Oz Asia festival set up on the grass out front, so it all felt very exclusive having the whole road blocked off for what seemed like the guests of this very exclusive wedding reception!

Alisona dn Matthew had my photobooth set up and running all night, and heartfelt speeches flowed beautifully. The whole night was very wholesome and delightful to be a part of!

Wedding Cake at Next Gen wedding reception

Bride and groom entrance at Next gen wedding reception

Bride listening to speech

Best man speech

Guests using photobooth

Next Gen wedding first dance

Next Gen wedding reception first dance

Bride on the dance floor at Next gen

Dancing guests at Next gen

Guests having fun at Next Gen

Bridal exit from Next Gen wedding reception

Thanks so much to Alison and matthew for having me cover your St Ignatius Catholic Church wedding! Was a delight to be a part of your big day!

St Patricks Church Wedding – Katie & Stairs

February 26, 2019/in Wedding preview, Wedding

Katie & Stairs
St Patricks Church Wedding

It was super fun to be the wedding photographer at Katie and Stairs’ wedding at Adelaide’s St Patricks Church on Grote st as the entire day was super laid back and simple but still full of fun and laughter all day.

I was asked to be their photographer all day from preparation through to the end of their reception at the Jade pub in the city. We travelled to the South Terrace Veale and Himeji gardens for their glamour photos directly after their ceremony

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The day started as it usually does with the preparation of Stairs’ and his entourage at his parents house just outside of the city. Much of the morning was spent placing ribbons on his prized VW wagon before starting to get dressed.

Shaking hands

Cool dude

Wedding rings

Putting on shoes

Helping with tie

Putting on shirt

Helping with tie

Walking down stairs

Car

Putting ribbon on car

Shoes

Katie and her bridal party were being prepared in a beautiful house just to the south of the city, complete with stunning atrium and wood work all throughout the house, was an awesome spot for bridal preparation photos! The big surprise of a VW combi was a lot of fun for Katie and everyone there – apparently Stairs had organised the bridal car unbeknownst to anyone else.

Putting on dress

Bridal Party

Looking in mirror

Dad’s first look

Putting in earrings

Ladies walking together

Putting in earrings

Helping with flower

In gowns

Wedding dress

Helping with flower

<h3>St Patricks Church Wedding Ceremony</h3>
The St Patricks Church on Grote street in Adelaide has been described as one of the most impressive churches in the Archdiocese of Adelaide, having celebrated it’s centenary in 2014, this old church certainly lives up to it’s reputation in grandeur. With it’s tall central ceiling decorated in gold leaf and huge roman columns either side of the congregation pews it certainly make for an impressive view once walking in it’s doors.

Katie and Stair’s modest guest list barely filled the first half of the available seating within the church, but this only made the ceremony that much more intimate while their harpist strummed a delightful melody throughout the ceremony.

Holding hands

Bridal entrance

Sitting together

First kiss

Bride and father

Priest

Inside St Patricks Church Adelaide

Wedding planners

Standing together

Groom waiting

Smiling groom

Exit

Holding hands

Inside Church

Smiles

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<h3>Glamour Photos</h3>
After the mandatory family photos were finished out the front of St Patricks Church, we head over to the Himeji and Veale gardens on South Terrace to make use of the greenery for their glamour photos. It was very important to take it slow and have fun with the whole bridal party all throughout which made the whole experience super laid back and enjoyable.

Under my favourite tree in Veal Gardens

Under the weeping willow in the Himeji Gardens

Exiting the church

Walking amongst the gum trees

Leaning on a tree

In Front of a door

Together

On a bridge

Under the Japanese Maple trees

Next to a hedge

Bridal party walking

<h3>The Jade Wedding Reception</h3>
We arrived at The Jade pub a little late for the reception party, but this really wasn’t much of an issue as one of the only traditional parts of their night was speeches and cutting their cake – the rest was just sitting back and enjoying themselves while surrounded by family and friends – which I think is an awesome way to spend your wedding night!

Out the front of The Jade

Love

Having fun with the glasses

On the road

Pastry anyone?

Entrance smiles

Smiling guests

Wedding Cake

Hugs

Cutting the cake

Smiling guests

Groom speech

Inside the Jade pub

Cheers

Announcement

Thanks so much to Katie and Stairs for having me as your wedding photographer! I hope you enjoy your photos.

Adelaide Veale Gardens Wedding – Alison & Grant

May 11, 2015/in Wedding, Wedding preview

Alison and Grant’s Adelaide Veale Gardens wedding took place on the 20th of March 2015. Coupled with a wonderful family and weather the day was full of little situations that really made the day stand out. From the use of the wild Ibis birds that live in the gardens, to the Bridal motorcade not arriving on time I’m sure my wedding photography will give Alison and Grant a beautiful reminder of their day. Alison and Grant opted to take advantage of my flexible hourly rate where I was with them for 3 hours from Alison’s Preparation in the nearby Hilton Hotel through to their ceremony in the Adelaide Veale Gardens and the beginning of their reception.

Bridal Party Preparation

Alison’s bridal preparation at the Hilton Hotel was a simple affair, with a bridal party of 4 girls packed into a small hotel suite, there wasn’t much room but we all managed.

Wedding rings in flowers

Bridal Party Dresses

Wedding rings

Bridal Wedding Preparation

Wedding Dress

Bridal Wedding Preparation

Adelaide Veale Gardens Wedding Ceremony

The gardens are part of the Adelaide park lands surrounding the CBD of Adelaide, and is located the the south, surrounded by Greenhill and Peacock Roads, South Terrace, and Sir Lewis Cohen Avenue. Veale Gardens is named after William Charles Douglas Veale, who was Adelaide’s Town Clerk from January 1947 to November 1965. I’ve had a number of weddings at the Veale Gardens, the most recent being only a month earlier. But this time around the weather was much more accommodating, albeit very sunny. Alison’s Cars did not arrive on time, so the bridal party ended up being quite late, keeping their son and of course Grant a bit on edge waiting for them.

Checking the time

Little page boy waiting

Arriving bridal party

Bride arriving

Garden wedding

Bride

Garden wedding

Holding hands

Garden wedding

First kiss

Signing wedding register

Family hugs

Bridal hugs

Boy jumping

Happy bride and groom

Glamour shots

The gardens are a very popular spot for wedding photography as the gardens boast magnificent shaded spots for interesting scenes, and occasionally bird wildlife. The Adelaide Himeji Gardens are also not very far away if you have the time to wander over there.

Bride and groom in flower petals

Bride and groom under tree

Bride and groom with birds

Bride and groom under tree

Wedding rings

Bride and groom under tree

Bridal party

Grooms men walking

I’d very much like to thank Alison and Grant for having me as their wedding photographer at their beautiful wedding and I hope they like their photos as much as I enjoyed taking them.

Adelaide Parklands Family Photoshoot

June 28, 2022/in PhotoShoot, Family, Photoshoot

Mum with sons family portrait in front of puddle

Adelaide Parklands Family Photoshoot

I head out to the delightful Veale Gardens on south terrace recently to meet this loving mother and her two sons who had asked me to conduct a simple little Adelaide parklands family phtoshoot with them!

We began in the small carpark behind the Pavillion Restaurant, which alowed us to start with the gum trees and have a more Australiana backdrop to their first photos. As the weather hadn’t been fantastic lately, there was plenty of puddles to use, while the greens were lovely and lush throughout.

We then head over the hill, walking along the man-made river that courses throughout the Veale Gardens and using some of the vantage points I know have worked throguhout my many years of using this same area for portraits while covering weddings.

The aim of this Adelaide Parklands family photoshoot was to simply capture some nice family photos for Mum to put up on the wall, in particular some individual portraits of her boys, while also having a bit of fun together, and I think our little walk about the park ceratinly achieved that!

Family photo on driveway of veale Gardens

Family photo between gum trees in Veale Gardens

Family photo leaning next to tree

Individual portrait of young man near tree

Portrait of lady leaning on tree

Fun family photo of Mum leaning on tree with sons hiding behind

Full length portrait of man near tree

Portrait of two men standing in Veale Gardens

Adelaide Parklands slice of life portrait

Mum with sons family portrait in front of puddle

Family portrait in the Adelaide Parklands

Brothers leaning on a tree together

Mum sitting with brothers during their Adelaide Parklands photoshoot

Adelaide Parklands Family Photo

Adelaide Parklands Family Photography

Walking through trees together

Mother standing with sons in foliage

Brothers piggyback ride

Brothers piggyback ride during family photoshoot

Partridge House Wedding – Jemma & Jordan

October 29, 2021/in Wedding preview, Wedding

Jemma & Jordan
Partridge House Wedding

Jemma and Jordan’s Partridge House wedding took place on a delightfully sunny day in late September, and their day was full of fun, love and adventure!

Jemma and Jordan had selected a number of photo locations to head to all around Adelaide to make sure they had a wide variety of photos, and we even had an improptu visit by the SA Ghostbusters!

Preparation

It’s not very often, but occasionally a bride will ask me to start my wedding photography coverage with her and her bridesmaids at a beauty salon where they would be having their hair and makeup done. In Jemma’s case I was with her and her entourage early in the morning taking some shots of everyone putting on their faces before heading over to Jordan’s place of preparation!

Bride sitting in salon

Having makeup and hair done

Laughing while having makeup done

Concentrating on makeup

Bridesmaid looking on during makeup

Directing

Jordan was getting ready in a nearby house along with his groomsmen and father. As I’ve said before groomsmen often just dont know how to tie a tie, so much of the time during preparation was simply trying to make it look right on everyone!

The atmosphere was jovial and laid back, which made for a delightful start to the day!

rings perched on shoes

Pre wedding drinks

buttoning up grooms shirt

groom buttoning up shirt

Groomsman having fun with tie

Father of the groom tieing tie

Groom looking out window with jacket

Groom walking out door

Groom having his flower put on

groom and groomsmen on road talking

groomsmen all together on road

After Jordan’s preparation, I head over to Jemma’s place of preparation, which was an another home, closer to Glenelg. The girls were running a little late from the beauty salon which meant I was sitting there twiddling my thumbs for a bit before they arrived. 🙂

When they did though, all efforts were focussed on hiding Jemma’s dress, which apparently was a secret to some of the family members – I can’t remember the specifics, but apparently some had gone dress shopping with Jemma and thought they knew what she was wearing – but evidently not!

Ladies in gowns

Wedding dress hanging in doorway

Enagement ring perched in bouquet

Putting on flower

Bridesmaid helping out holding train

Zipping up back of wedding gown

Bride looking in mirror at her dress

Showing the family her dress

Talking

Bride holding bouquet in living room

Partridge House Wedding Ceremony

Jemma and Jordan’s Partridge House wedding took place under the stunning large tree located to the side of the house, which shaded most of the congregation from the harsh sunlight, and also made for an amazing backdrop for the ceremony.

During the ceremony I was asked to also live stream for guests who could not attend, so I also had that set up on a tripod. I’m so glad I’m able to provide such a service – particularly in these restricted times.

Jemma and Jordan’s ceremony was a delightful simple affair, punctuated by the cute flower girl, and of course Jemma and Jordan’s fur baby which made an appearance!

Bride arriving

bride arriving in purple car

Hugs from bridesmaids

Bride arriving at her Partidge House Wedding

Flower girl

Bride and father approaching

Grooms first look at Pertridge House Wedding

Smiling groom at Partridge House Wedding Ceremony

Doggo groomsman

Smiling bride on a sunny day

Partridge House Wedding Ceremony

Exchanging wedding rings during Partridge House wedding ceremony

Exchanging wedding rings during Partridge House wedding ceremony closeup

First kiss at Partridge House wedding ceremony

bride and groom exit their Partridge House wedding ceremony

Glamour Photos

As I mentioned, Jemma and Jordan weere keen to travel about quite a bit to make use of some of the stunning locations available between their Partridge House wedding ceremony and their reception at Chateau Apollo in the city.

So we made a bit of a trip of it, after using the Partridge House’s stunning garden, we began at the Grange Beach Jetty, then heading to the famed Port Adelaide’s Crozier Street – which was were we bumped into the Ghostbusters, finally heading to Veale Gardens in the city.

Partridge House

The great thing about having a Partridge House wedding is making use of the amazing European-style curated garden that sprawls around the property.

The main large tree, under which Jemma and Jordan held their wedding ceremony under is the jewel of the garden, while there is also sprawling grass fields in front of the house suited for family photos, plus fountains, green plants and all sorts – you could spend a lot of time here discovering new spots!

bride and groom with fur baby

Bride and grrom against lamp post

Hugs after Partridge house wedding

Partirdge House wedding Photo

Partirdge House wedding Photos

Through the trees at the bride and groom

Walking along the partridge House balcony together

Bridal party with cars in front of Partridge House

Grange Beach

Grange beach was reasonably nearby so we head there instead of the usually busy Glenelg to take some shots using the jetty as a backdrop. The wind was picking up quite a bit, so it was a bit of fun for the girls to keep their hair from blowing everywhere, but we made it work!

Bridal party on Grange Jetty

Walking along Grange Jetty

Grange Jetty Wedding Photo

Bride and groom walking along Grange Jetty

Bridal party walking together along Grange Beach

bride and groom under the Grange Jetty

bride and groom under Grange Jetty

Groom lifting his Bride under Grange Jetty

Bride and groom walking along Grange Beach

Amongst the long grass

Crozier Street

When I arrived at Crozier street, before everyone else I was worried to see that some ghostbusters had been called out for some paranormal activity! Thankfully they had already caught their ghost before we arrived, and agreed to have a bit of a photo with the bride and groom! This made for a rather unique wedding photo!

Crozier Street in Port Adelaide is a super popular spot to have some industrial themed wedding photos done, boasting grungy, but clean brickwalls and nifty corregated iron walk ways that span the road overhead. The street has also been made famous with recent films like Mortal Combat.

Ghost Busters Wedding Photo

Crozier Street Wedding Photo in black and white

Crozier Street Wedding Photo

Closeup of rings on hand

Bride and groom through train

Bride and groom sharing a kiss

Bride and groom in front of doorway

Bride and groom in front of doorway in Crozier Street

Bridal party in front of cars on Crozier Street

Veale Gardens

Veale Gardens was the last stop on our way to Chateau Apollo in the city for their reception. The plan was to use the gardens for a bit of greenery in amongst the beach and industrial stle photos we had been taking up until now. It was also a convenient spot to make use of the sunset nearby the reception venue without having to travel too far!

bride under arch of trees

Bridesmaids having some fun

Ducks in front of Bridal party

bride and groom silhouette

Veale Gardens wedding photo

Near one of the ponds at Veale Gardens

bridal aprty bathed in sunlight

Bride and Groom bathed in sunlight

Chateau Apollo Wedding Reception

Jemma and Jordan’s Chateau Apollo wedding reception took place in the private function room, with the entrance on Frome road. Its a delightfully, rustic spot right in the middle of the city which made for a surprisingly intimate and private space for a reception despite being in the middle of the city.

The night was full of dancing, fun speeches and I got to sit on the head table – which was a bit of a first as a wedding photographer! haha Made me feel old though – as everyone around me was quite young.