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
<h3>Preparation</h3> 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.
Cool dude
Putting ribbon on car
Walking down stairs
Helping with tie
Shoes
Helping with tie
Car
Shaking hands
Putting on shirt
Wedding rings
Putting on 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 in earrings
In gowns
Putting on dress
Ladies walking together
Wedding dress
Helping with flower
Looking in mirror
Putting in earrings
Helping with flower
Dad’s first look
Bridal Party
<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.
Inside Church
Bridal entrance
Groom waiting
First kiss
Bride and father
Sitting together
Smiles
Standing together
Inside St Patricks Church Adelaide
Exit
Holding hands
Priest
Smiling groom
Wedding planners
Holding hands
<h3>[popup_anything id=”19426″]</h3> <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
Together
Exiting the church
Under my favourite tree in Veal Gardens
Walking amongst the gum trees
Bridal party walking
Leaning on a tree
On a bridge
Under the Japanese Maple trees
In Front of a door
Next to a hedge
Under the weeping willow in the Himeji Gardens
<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!
Cheers
Cutting the cake
Entrance smiles
Out the front of The Jade
Smiling guests
Groom speech
Announcement
Smiling guests
Inside the Jade pub
Love
On the road
Hugs
Having fun with the glasses
Pastry anyone?
Wedding Cake
Thanks so much to Katie and Stairs for having me as your wedding photographer! I hope you enjoy your photos.
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.
Bridal Wedding Preparation
Bridal Wedding Preparation
Bridal Party Dresses
Wedding rings
Bridal Wedding Preparation
Wedding Dress
Wedding rings in flowers
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
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 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.
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
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.
Chateau Apollo Wedding Photo
Bridal entrance at Chateau Apollo Wedding Reception
Holding hands as they enter
Guests cheers
Speech giver
First dance at Chateau Apollo Wedding Reception
Guests Dancing making a face
Wedding cake on barrel
Flower girl speech
Best Man giving his speech
Food
Bridal couple laughing during their speech
Cutting the wedding cake together
Night time wedding photo at Chateau Apollo
Live entertainment
Dancing the night away
Dancing bride
I’;d like to thank Jemma and Jordan for having me photograph their delightful Partridge House wedding! Your day was a blast and I love how the photos turned out!
Joe and Michelle held their intimate Adelaide Registratrion Office wedding in front of a small congregation of family and friends.
It was nice to see that a few had tavelled from interstate to share their moment as it’s been a rarity recently due to COVID restrictions!
After their simple ceremony that took place at the small chapel that caters for Adelaide registry office weddings, we went on a small trip to South terrace for a few photos.
Adelaide Registration Office Wedding Ceremony
As is usually the case at a Adelaide Registration Office wedding, Joe and Michelle’s cermeony was held at the purpose built chapel room off to the side of the rather business themed hallway. The chapel is really designed for simple, no-fuss ceremonies and not a huge congregation, which suited Joe and Michelle just fine!
A few guests could not make it so the ceremony was live streamed via guest phones and the whole thing was over within 10 minutes!
bride and groom at the Adelaide Registration office
Adelaide registration office wedding ceremony
bride and groom at the Adelaide Registration office holding hands
Exhcnaging rings at the Adelaide registration office wedding
First kiss at Adelaide registration office wedding
Inside the Adelaide registrations office wedding chapel
Signing the certificate
Bride and groom Signing the certificate
red envelope exchange
Glamour Photos
After the ceremony was over, we took a few group photos in the loggy on grenfell st, before heading over to South Terrace for photos within the delightful Himeji Gardens, and Veale Gardens.
Time was short so we rushed around both locations to make the most of the delightful sunlight shinging through trees and making everything just look stunning!
Leaning against tree in front of Himeji gardens
Bride pulling groom along
Bride and groom walking through Himeji gardens
Sitting aside the pool
Sitting aside the pond in Himeji gardens
Bride and groom looking at camera on bridge
Bride and groom in amongst the hedge
Black and white engagement ring photo
Bride and groom leaning against a tree
Close up of bridal bouquet on ground
Running away together
On a bridge in Veale Gardens
I was only with Joe and Muchell for a little over an hour, but still managed to capture some lovely photos for them! Thanks so much guys for having me as your photographer!
