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St Laurence’s Church Wedding – Sarah & Mal

  • SARAH & MAL

    St Laurence’s Church Wedding

    Kiss in the Pews

Sarah and Mal had me as their wedding photographer for 6 hours on their big day backdropped by the beautiful St Laurence’s Church in North Adelaide. The weather on the day was super hot and dry which made it a bit of a challenge to get everything done in time, and all the while Sarah was quite a way along in her pregnancy 🙂 That being said however we did get everything we wanted done, except perhaps some photos out the front of the Bonython Hall on north Terrace, but is was a small thing to skip in order to keep the day rolling 🙂

Preparation

I started the day with Mal and his groomsmen being prepared together at their house in the North of Adelaide. All the boys were sitting around having a chat when I arrived and jumped into action, putting on their shirts and outfits just after. It was a bit of a whirlwind as I only had around 30 minutes before heading over to the girls.

Putting on shirt
Shoes
Waiting
Walking the corridor
Putting on shirt
Liquid courage

The girls were being prepared in an apartment nearby the St Laurence’s Church in North Adelaide. The goal was to be ready within 30 minutes and head off to the university of Adelaide for ‘first look’ photos on the footbridge over the Torrens. Makeup was running a little late however.

Engagement ring
Wedding rings
Looking in mirror
Wedding dress
Getting ready
Final touches

First Look Photos

Once we got to Adelaide uni we first went about doing a little ‘first look’ on the Torrens footbridge where Sarah walked up to Mal and surprised him with her dress, we then moved as quickly as we could up through the uni campus and used the buildings behind the museum and along North Terrace for some photos.

Falling flowers
Shoving the groom around
Bridal approach
Together at the top
Under an archway on North Terrace
Bridal party on the steps
All together
Groom’s reaction
Bridal party
Bride and bridesmaids
Walking together
Walking together
Under an archway on North Terrace
Through the trees

St Laurence’s Church Wedding Ceremony

St Laurence’s Catholic Church in North Adelaide is a historic church built in North Adelaide in 1868 in a time when North Adelaide was still used as farmland. The period in which it was built is showcased by it’s architecture, complete with a dark wooden roof inside, it’s walls are covered with white paint and large stained glass windows with illuminates the interior quite well for such a historic church.

Sarah and Mal’s congregation filled a little over half of the available pews within the church who witnessed a shorter version of a traditional Catholic wedding where Sarah and Mal were sat up the front while the priest would direct proceedings.

Inside St Laurence’s Church
Exit
Sitting together
Bridal approach
Signed certificate
Outside St Laurence’s Church
Groom’s first look
Together at the altar
Talking priest
Exchanging rings
Smiling bride
Kiss in the Pews
Inside St Laurence’s Church
First Kiss
Together at the altar

East Terrace Continental Wedding Reception

Once the family photos were done – unfortunately in the beating sun out the front of the church – everyone retreated to the East Terrace Continental hotel to recuperate at their wedding reception. It was quite warm in the small space of the hotel upstairs, so once we cut the Marvel-themed cake and had a few drinks, we head out to the Adelaide Botanic Gardens for some more photos.

Cutting the cake
Signing the guest book
Talking bride
Talking groom
Guests enjoying themselves
Wedding Sign
Food
Wedding Cake

Botanic Gardens Glamour Photos

My aim was to keep to the shade for photos around the Botanic Gardens as we had already run about quite a bit during the day and I felt everyone was feeling the heat a bit. Thankfully we could take our time a bit at this time of day as there was nothing we had to get back to super quick. Once we were done, I head back to the reception with the bridal party for a few more group photos before heading home.

Under a tree
Under a tree
Under bamboo
Bridal Party
Kisses
Feeling the baby bump
Under bamboo

Thanks so much to Sarah and Mal for having me as your wedding photographer! 🙂

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St Patricks Church Wedding – Katie & Stairs

  • Katie & Stairs

    St Patricks Church Wedding

    On the road

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.

Walking down stairs
Shoes
Wedding rings
Putting on shoes
Helping with tie
Shaking hands
Car
Putting on shirt
Cool dude
Helping with tie
Putting ribbon on car

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.

Bridal Party
Ladies walking together
Putting in earrings
Dad’s first look
Putting on dress
In gowns
Helping with flower
Putting in earrings
Wedding dress
Looking in mirror
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.

Bridal entrance
Groom waiting
Holding hands
Standing together
Holding hands
Priest
Smiles
Wedding planners
Exit
Inside Church
Bride and father
Sitting together
Smiling groom
Inside St Patricks Church Adelaide
First kiss

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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.

Walking amongst the gum trees
On a bridge
Under my favourite tree in Veal Gardens
Next to a hedge
In Front of a door
Leaning on a tree
Under my favourite tree in Veal Gardens
Under the weeping willow in the Himeji Gardens
Bridal party walking
Under the Japanese Maple trees
Exiting the church
Together

<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!

On the road
Announcement
Cheers
Inside the Jade pub
Hugs
Groom speech
Love
Entrance smiles
Cutting the cake
Having fun with the glasses
Out the front of The Jade
Wedding Cake
Smiling guests
Pastry anyone?
Smiling guests

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

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Mulberry Lodge Wedding – Heidi & Jory

The Mulberry Lodge, just out of Mclaren vale, on the road to Willunga was the backdrop to Heidi and Jory’s intimate wedding ceremony on an extremely sunny and rather windy day in early January. I was asked to be their wedding photographer for 6 hours which saw me cover parts of their preparation through to the cake cutting at their reception next door at the Au Pear restaurant. One fun thing I did differently at their wedding was experiment in making a short ‘highlight’ video with the aim for gaining some experience in producing video like this as a future offering to augment my services – look out for that 😉

Preparation

The day began at Jory’s place of preparation where all the groomsmen were getting ready and enjoying a rather nice drop of red in the form of a bottle of Penfolds Grange! Rather a nice treat for a beautiful day.

Smiling groom
Helping each other
Penfolds Grange
Boys
The boys
Putting on suit
Bottle Openers
Walking out door

The girls were making use of the on site accomodation at the Mulberry Lodge to be prepared. It was a lovely rustic setting with the olden time style that always works well as a backdrop to preparation photos.

Engagement ring
Putting on dress
Smiling bride
Wedding rings
Through the doorway
Playing with flowers
Wedding dress
Wedding sign
Putting on dress

Mulberry Lodge Wedding Ceremony

The Mulberry Lodge is a small, intimate setting suitable for small weddings where there’s a reasonable sized grassy area next to the lodge with a pretty tree that provides shade over where the bride and groom stands in front of their congregation. As the day was quite windy, the tree and all the foliage surrounding the congregation was blowing quite heartily, and with the beating sun made for quite the challenging ceremony to photograph.

Together under tree
Grateful groom
Exit
Holding hands
Smiling groom
Signs
Blushing bride
Close up of flower
Under the tree
Holding hands
Bridal arrival
First kiss

Glamour Photos

For glamour photos we first used the gardens and driveway surrounding the Mulberry Lodge before heading over to the Au Pear restaurant’s vineyards next door for a bit of variety. My goal was to use the sun’s light as much as possible to create a lovely light and airy feel to Heidi and Jory’s photos.

Suspenders!
Charlie’s Angels
In the vineyards
Walking down the driveway together
Bridal party
On the swing together at the Mulberry Lodge
In the vineyards
Bridal party
In the vineyards
Next to a tree
Wedding Bands
Holding hands
New Home

Au Pear Restaurant Wedding Reception

The Au Pear restaurant’s reception hall looks to be an old rustic farm shed complete with old machinery still inside. It made the entire reception party feel quite laid back and heartfelt, especially when combined with the live band and hand made decorations scattered about the place, including the wedding cake which Heidi had made herself.

Wedding Reception
Hugs
Heart
Groomsmen
Wedding Cake
Selfie
Speech
Entrance
having fun
Cutting the cake
having fun

Thanks so much to Heidi and Jory for having me as their wedding photographer!

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Belair National Park Wedding – Justine & Nathan

  • Justine & Nathan

    Belair National Park Wedding

    Under the trees

It was a rather overcast day in early December for Justine and Nathan’s wedding at the Belair National Park. Rain was threatening all day, but thankfully only showers for brief periods all day. Good thing too as the ceremony and following picnic-style period in between the ceremony and reception was all out in the open within the park. Turned out to be an awesome day though. I was asked to be their wedding photographer for the entire day and I had an absolute blast!

Preparation

Started off the day with Nathan and his boys getting ready at their home. I arrived to the boys all sitting about playing Super Smash bros on their Nintendo Switch before getting them moving to get dressed. There was a neat empty room off to the side of their living room where there was plenty of room to move about and take some rather atmospheric shots 🙂

Groom getting ready
getting ready
Groom
Unicorn
Smiling groom
Dad helping
Blues Bros
Wedding rings
Standing about

I think the best experience of the morning was at Justine’s place of prep at her parent’s place. The emotion certainly got hold of Justine’s Dad who was holding back tears all morning, it was a delight to see and made the whole morning that much more emotional to witness that kind of fatherly love. Justine was fairly calm and collected through the whole morning though, quite keen on getting her dress on and moving the day forward 🙂

Proud Dad
Engagement ring
Looking pretty
Putting on necklace
Mum helping
Flower girl
Putting on veil
Putting on dress
Putting on dress
Smiling bridesmaids
Putting on dress
Helping with the dress
Wedding Dress

Belair National Park Wedding Ceremony

Their wedding ceremony took place in a hireable spot of grass within the Belair National Park in the shadow what I’m told to be the tallest certain type of gum tree in South Australia. Backdropped by native fauna, the place is a lovely setting, nearby some lush greenery ready for photos after.

Exit
Groom’s first look
Groom glancing sideways
Holding hands
Exchanging rings
Blushing bride
Little bub
Groom standing out the front
Bride arrival
Bridal approach
Flower girl
Wedding sign
First kiss

Belair National Park Picnic

The great thing about this spot is that it boasts plenty of room to set up a ceremony, and a picnic while still having plenty of room for lawn games including cricket, chess and marks up. Everyone had a blast, and I got to witness one of the most intense games of giant jenga ever conceived.

Batting
Playing jenga
Playing finska
Hugs
Cricket
Rings on bouquet
Bowling
Playing chess
Throwing the ball
Playing chess
Hugs
Hugs

Glamour Photos

For the glamour photos we wandered around the local area nearby where Justine and Nathan’s ceremony took place using the lovely greenery, and an awesome tree I discovered. before heading to another spot on the other side of the Belair National Park nearby the railway station. It’s always a great shot there with a huge archway of gum trees throwing themselves over the walking trail. Once we were done here we head off to the Glenelg Golf Course for the reception. While waiting to head in we used the scenery there for a few shots too.

Walking together in the Belair National Park
Under the veil
Smiling
Amongst the tall grass
Skipping into the sunset
Walking about Belair National PArk
Close up of wedding rings
Amongst the tall grass
Bridal Party
Picking the bride up
Under the trees
Under the trees
Bouquet
Under a tree

Glenelg Golf Club Wedding Reception

The reception was quite a boisterous affair at the Glenelg Golf Club, with dancing going on all night and everyone having an absolute blast! The girls and boys all got into the bouquet and garter tosses, and everyone from young to old I’m sure were rubbing their feet the next morning from all the dancing they did the night before! It was a lot of fun circling the dance floor with my camera s when I walked by I’d always get someone throwing a funny face or going crazy in front of me!

Cutting the cake
Dancing
Lolly Bar
Thumbs up!
Wedding cake
Bub
Bridal entrance
Speech
Bouquet toss
First Dance
Conga
Dancing
Laughing guests
Dancing
Dancing with gran

Thanks so much for Justine and Nathan for having me capture their wedding photography! Was a great day!

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Botanic Gardens Wedding – Renee & Ben

  • RENEE & BEN

    Adelaide Botanic Gardens Wedding

    Walkway shot

It was a stunningly sunny day for Renee and Ben’s lovely friends and family oriented wedding amongst the greenery of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens. Renee and Ben opted to host their intimate little wedding in the southern gazebo, known as the Summer House where they were protected from the harsh sun, and was able to fit a modest guest list made from close friends and family. I was asked to be their wedding photographer for 3 hours, which allowed me to capture their ceremony, glamour photos around the gardens then their reception at the Earl of Leicester Hotel.

Before the Ceremony

While waiting about for Renee to arrive, Ben was wandering about greeting guests and organising seating and moving council worker orange tape that had been left nearby 🙂 Renee arrived a little late which raised nerves a little, but the entire day was super laid back and relaxed so I don’t think it hampered any of the frivolity.

Bird
Closeup
Smiling guests
Standing about
Smiles
Bride arriving
Smiles
Bride arriving
Wedding rings
Adjusting flower

Adelaide Botanic Gardens Wedding Ceremony

The ceremony itself was a short and simple affair, with all the guests fitting under the gazebo to witness the coming together of these two beautifully bubbly personalities. Even the constant drone of the nearby motorsport festival had little bearing on Renee’s huge grin she wore all throughout the ceremony.

Smiling groom
Bridal approach
Inside the gazebo
Smiles all round
Exit
Surprised face
Holding hands
Smiling bride
Kiss
Celebrant
Signing the registry
First kiss
Happy bride

Glamour Photos

Once the family photos were done, we were free to walk about the gardens for some glamour photos. We managed to do a whole lap of the place using the stunning backdrops the botanic gardens naturally provide.

Nearby a tree
Bride squad
Walking together
Bridal party
Amongst the tall trees
Walkway shot
Smiling together in the Botanic Gardens
Together amongst the trees in the botanic gardens
near the pond
Standing around
RING!
Laughing bridal party
Engagement ring
Walkway shot
Flowers
Laughing
Close up of ring

Earl of Leicester Hotel Reception

After around an hour of glamour photos, we drove to the Earl of Leicester Hotel, south of the city for a beautifully intimate lunch time reception, complete with hand made dolls and a projector showcasing images of Renee and Ben while they were dating. The guests all had a short poem speech prepared as a surprise and made everyone laugh the entire time I was there.

Cakes
Cheers!
Cheers!
Dolls
Speech
Entrance
Photo of photo

Renee and Ben’s wedding at the Botanic Garden’s Summer House Gazebo was an absolute blast to be a part of and I’m so glad Renee and Ben had me as their photographer!

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