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St Francis Winery Wedding – Chelsea & Nathan

September 28, 2019/in Wedding preview, Wedding
  • Chelsea & Nathan

    St Francis Winery Wedding

    under the weeping willow

It was a stunning day in amongst some rather ordinary weather for Chelsea and Nathan’s St Francis Winery Wedding at the beginning of September. It’s rather exciting to head to weddings like ths as I knew form the outset that Chelsea and Nathan were excellent dancers so I knew their reception was going to be a blast! I was lucky enough to be asked to be their wedding photographer all day and we managed to make most use of the time without the day seeming too rushed.

Preparation Photos

I was asked to begin the day with Chelsea’s preparation photos at the St Francis Winery room where she was being prepared, but I felt as though Nathan was missing out a bit so I head around to the nearby house he was getting ready at for about 10 minutes also – just to grab a shot of the rings and other small things lying about the place.

Wedding rings
Wedding rings
Wedding dress
Wedding dress
Wedding shoes
Engagement ring
Engagement ring
Getting ready
Getting ready
Getting ready
Getting ready
Getting ready
Getting ready
Through the makeup light
Through the makeup light

First Look

The preparation phtos wasn’t a huge deal to Chelsea and Nathan, but what was exciting was they opted to have their main ‘glamour’ photo shoot done before their wedding ceremony in what’s known as a ‘first look’ where the groom and bride meet each other before the ceremony away from prying eyes and the nerves that would otherwise accompany the usual tradtional ‘first look’ as the bride walks down the aisle.

One of the Nathan’s groomsmen was a good sport here as Chelsea had secretly dressed him up in a stunning dress to play a bit of a prank on Nathan before she arrived for the real first look! 🙂

Groom walking about
Groom walking about
Groom and groomsmen
Groom and groomsmen
The beautiful bride approaches
The beautiful bride approaches
Surprise
Surprise
Hugs
Hugs
The actual bride approaches
The actual bride approaches
The actual bride approaches
The actual bride approaches
Hugs
Hugs

Glamour Photos

After the first look we had a good amount of time to use the St Francis Winery grounds and surrounds for some glamour photos. This time of year the weeping willows surrounding the pond on the grounds was just starting to turn green again which always makes for a lovely backdrop – particularly on sunny days where the sun flares through the foliage. We also head out for a bit to the nearby bike track which I knew – having lived in the area for quite a while – made for a lovely backdrop wth it’s arching tall trees either side. This made for a little diversity in their photos.

inside the St Francis winery wedding reception area
inside the St Francis winery wedding reception area
Wedding rings
Wedding rings
On the bike path
On the bike path
Bridal party
Bridal party
Standing together
Standing together
On the bike path
On the bike path
Walking amongst the forest
Walking amongst the forest
inside the St Francis winery wedding reception area
inside the St Francis winery wedding reception area
Together in front of the flowers
Together in front of the flowers
under the weeping willow
under the weeping willow
Near the cart
Near the cart
inside
inside
Under a tree
Under a tree
Walking amongst the forest
Walking amongst the forest
Under the trees
Under the trees
In front of the cellar doors
In front of the cellar doors
Smiles under the trees
Smiles under the trees
Walking together
Walking together
Chilling on the cart
Chilling on the cart
under the weeping willow
under the weeping willow
Under a tree
Under a tree
Holding bouquet
Holding bouquet
walking together
walking together

St Francis Winery Wedding Ceremony

Chelsea and Nathan’s actual wedding ceremony was a lovely simple affair which, after the music had been fixed at the begining went off quite well 🙂 Unfortunately their music had been set up with the bridal party walking down together holding flash cards as a bit of an inside joke, but diddnt work out so well 😛 Diddnt put a dampener on anyone’s mood though!

wedding sign
wedding sign
Groom waiting patiently
Groom waiting patiently
Bridal approach
Bridal approach
Bridal approach
Bridal approach
Smiling groom
Smiling groom
Smiling father of bride
Smiling father of bride
St Francis winery wedding ceremony
St Francis winery wedding ceremony
Smiling bride
Smiling bride
St Francis winery wedding ceremony
St Francis winery wedding ceremony
together out the front
together out the front
Nerves
Nerves
Vows
Vows
Listening
Listening
Smiles
Smiles
Celebrant
Celebrant
Exchanging wedding rings
Exchanging wedding rings
Exchanging wedding rings
Exchanging wedding rings
First kiss
First kiss
Celebrate!
Celebrate!
Checking out ring
Checking out ring
Congregation
Congregation

St Francis Winery Wedding Reception

As I mentioned before I knew Chalsea ad Nathan were pretty good dancers as their circle of friends happened to be the same as a wedding I covered several years ago where the bride and groom attended the same dance club. I also knew that many of the same dance club would be there than night, so the dance floor was always in action this night, and not just with people swaying and bopping, actual proper dancing! It was great to witness 🙂

First dance
First dance
First dance
First dance
First dance
First dance
First dance
First dance
Daddy daughter dance
Daddy daughter dance
under the trees at night
under the trees at night
bonbonerie
bonbonerie
talking
talking
Main
Main
Speech
Speech
reaction
reaction
reaction
reaction
Dancing
Dancing
Dancing
Dancing
Dancing
Dancing

Thanks so much to Chelsea and Nathan for having me as your wedding photographer on your big day!

Coriole Vineyard Wedding – Beth & Trent

May 10, 2018/in Wedding preview, Wedding
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Chateau Tanunda Wedding – Libby & Simon

June 21, 2018/in Wedding preview, Wedding
  • Chelsea & Nathan

    St Francis Winery Wedding

    under the weeping willow

Libby and Simon returned form their home in Texas, USA to celebrate their wedding day at the Chateau Tanunda with friends and family living in South Australia. Both their families were spread out around the globe, so it was wonderful to witness the coming together of these two lovely families 🙂 I was asked to be their wedding photographer for the majority of their day, seeing me at Libby’s place of preparation, through to the first dance at their reception.

Preparation

I was asked to start the day with Libby and her bridal party preparation at a nearby bed and breakfast in Tanunda. All morning there was the bustle of activity as each bridesmaid, flower girl and a few other family members all used the large, old cottage as a base of operations 🙂 The house featured a large, open lounge room, complete with a wonderful bay window, perfect for bridal preparation photos.

An interesting side not for the day was that I was contacted by Raw Cotton Collection, a clutch bag manufacturer based in Perth, through Instagram to give Libby and her flowergirls a free clutch and bags in exchange for some photos with the girls, was a fun little side note 🙂

Lacing up
Lacing up
Wedding Dress
Wedding Dress
Engagement ring
Engagement ring
Having fun in the veil
Having fun in the veil
Flower Girl in Window
Flower Girl in Window
Lacing up
Lacing up
Bride and flower girl
Bride and flower girl
Bride at front door
Bride at front door
Flower Girl helping out
Flower Girl helping out
Getting Ready
Getting Ready
Flower Girl
Flower Girl

Chateau Tanunda Wedding Ceremony

The Chateau Tanunda has been a feature of the Barossa Valley since the 1880s, being built near vineyards that were planted in 1840s, it’s a historic place that makes for a wonderful backdrop for a wedding! Libby and Simon’s wedding ceremony took place in a long, thin function hall/chapel on the far left of the Chateau which featured some wonderful wooden slat ceilings and large windows overlooking a grassy croquet field.

At the altar
At the altar
Bored flower girl
Bored flower girl
First Kiss
First Kiss
Holding hands together
Holding hands together
Holding hands together
Holding hands together
Bride walking down aisle
Bride walking down aisle
Hugs
Hugs
Holding hands together
Holding hands together
Chateau Tanunda Wedding
Chateau Tanunda Wedding
Groom's First look
Groom’s First look
Flower girls
Flower girls
Bride in Mirror
Bride in Mirror
Chateau Tanunda
Chateau Tanunda
Wedding Ceremony
Wedding Ceremony

Glamour Photos

Directly after the ceremony, Libby, Simon and I escaped in their MG getaway car and used the surrounding beauty that is the Chateau Tanunda grounds. First making use of the picturesque driveway through the vineyards towards the Chateau, then behind the building in a small park situated beyond a disused train line. The sun was setting beautifully for some nice sun flare coming through the trees. We were also lucky enough to utilise the wine barrels in the large tasting room for the winery.

Driving toward Chateau Tanunda
Driving toward Chateau Tanunda
Flower girls running about
Flower girls running about
Walking on the disused train line
Walking on the disused train line
Walking together
Walking together
Getaway car
Getaway car
Ivy
Ivy
Chateau Tanunda
Chateau Tanunda
Wedding rings on railway
Wedding rings on railway
Bride and Groom together in front of Chateau Tanunda
Bride and Groom together in front of Chateau Tanunda
Together in the sunset
Together in the sunset
Together in the trees
Together in the trees
Doorway
Doorway
Happy groom
Happy groom
Together in the wine barrels
Together in the wine barrels
Laughing couple
Laughing couple
Together in the wine barrels
Together in the wine barrels
Running through the vines
Running through the vines
Kiss in the vines
Kiss in the vines
Walking through the trees
Walking through the trees
Together in the trees
Together in the trees

Chateau Tanunda Wedding Reception

The venue boasts a huge reception hall, big enough for Libby and Simon’s wedding reception guests twice over, which made the dance floor quite large! As it was a chilly night, being the beginning of May, their were plenty of gas-fired heaters throughout the room to keep guests warm.

First Dance
First Dance
First Dance
First Dance
Mingling
Mingling
Speech
Speech
Cutting the cake
Cutting the cake
Speech
Speech
Wedding Cake
Wedding Cake
Chateau Tanunda Wedding Reception
Chateau Tanunda Wedding Reception

Thank you so much Libby and Simon for having me be your wedding photographer, I hope you enjoy your photos! 😀

Golding Winery Wedding – Brooke & Cohen

January 7, 2019/in Wedding preview, Wedding
  • Chelsea & Nathan

    St Francis Winery Wedding

    under the weeping willow

It was a reasonably overcast day for Brooke and Cohen’s wedding at the Golding Winery in Lobethal, but luckily the rain held off just enough so that we got their ceremony and their glamour photos done before the end of their reception at the Stangate house in Stirling. really the planning that went into Brooke and Cohen’s day couldn’t be more perfect for the weather, having their ceremony reasonably early so that their lunch time reception was hardly affected due to the foresight of the shrewd purchase of a fleet of white awnings that covered the entire congregating for their reception.

Preparation

The day started as it usually does with the preparation photos at the couple’s house where Cohen and his boys were getting ready. The atmosphere was very relaxed with Cohen fussing over table lists, and the different novelty socks each other were wearing 🙂 The trickiest part was putting on their suspenders, which none of the boys had ever worn before 🙂

Getting ready
Getting ready
Getting ready
Getting ready
Walking off to the door
Walking off to the door
Suit jacket
Suit jacket
Getting ready
Getting ready
Standing out the front
Standing out the front
Getting ready
Getting ready
Boys walking down the road
Boys walking down the road
Wedding rings
Wedding rings

Brooke and her bridal party were being prepared at a delightful little bed and breakfast called Billy’s Cottage in Hahndorf, complete with a beautiful room with an open fireplace and lush green garden, which provided for a lovely backdrop for their preparation photos :). The girls preparation wasnt running as smoothly as the boys, having crept over their planned departure time by about 20 minutes before I head off to the Golding Winery, but it all worked out fine in the end!

Smiles
Smiles
Kisses
Kisses
Looking pretty
Looking pretty
Putting on dress
Putting on dress
Putting on dress
Putting on dress
Bridesmaid dresses
Bridesmaid dresses
Mum smiles
Mum smiles
Engagement ring
Engagement ring
Putting on dress
Putting on dress
Getting ready
Getting ready
Putting on tie
Putting on tie

Golding Winery Wedding Ceremony

The Golding Winery is a beautifully situated winery in Lobethal, featuring sweeping vineyards along a sloping hill that can be backdropped with a wonderful sunset on non-cloudy days, it’s grounds also feature a beautiful curated garden and sweeping driveway lined with trees and a large pond. The wedding ceremony location is just off the front of the cellar door, which is a large grassed area, framed with foliage from hedges and other plants. There was a large plastic awning in place for Brooke and Cohen’s wedding due to the threat of rain, and the congregation was covered with umbrellas, but thankfully they weren’t needed. brooke and Cohen had organised two white doors to backdrop their ceremony which framed them as they were saying their vows with each other. It was a lovely spot and the emotions were certainly showing from within the congregation ranks! 🙂

Grooms first look
Grooms first look
Exchanging wedding rings
Exchanging wedding rings
Standing together
Standing together
Bridal entrance
Bridal entrance
Golding Winery Wedding Ceremony
Golding Winery Wedding Ceremony
Holding hands
Holding hands
Smiling groom
Smiling groom
out the front
out the front
Getting out of car
Getting out of car

Glamour Photos

Once the group photo was taken care of, on the driveway in front of their ceremony location using my drone, and the mandatory family photos we first made use of the wonderful Golding Winery grounds, before heading down the road for a photo under the gum tree awning, before heading to the Stangate House gardens before their lunch-time reception was due to start.

Nearby the lake
Nearby the lake
Nearby the lake
Nearby the lake
Laughing
Laughing
Bridal group
Bridal group
Stangate house bridge
Stangate house bridge
BC-(294)
Under the gumtrees
Under the gumtrees
Under the tree
Under the tree
Walking along the vineyard
Walking along the vineyard
Shoot through the vines
Shoot through the vines
Walking amongst the garden
Walking amongst the garden
In front of the vineyard
In front of the vineyard
Dip amongst the vineyard
Dip amongst the vineyard
Bridal party under a tree
Bridal party under a tree
Under the gumtrees
Under the gumtrees
Kiss under the trees
Kiss under the trees
Bromance
Bromance
Closeup of rings
Closeup of rings

Stangate House Wedding Reception

As I said before, everyone was thankful for the last-minute purchase of white awnings to cover the entire reception as towards the end of their reception, the heavens opened and did not stop for the rest of the night. That being said however, several very intense games of jenga were being had and the guests were treated to the stunning Stangate gardens for a good few hours before that happened. 🙂

MC
MC
Speech
Laughing
Laughing
On the bench
On the bench
Photo of ring
Photo of ring
Entrance
Entrance
Speech
Speech
First Dance
First Dance
Chatting
Chatting
Jenga
Jenga
Shoe Game
Shoe Game
Bride and groom entrance
Bride and groom entrance
Wedding Cake
Wedding Cake

Thanks so much to Brooke and Cohen for having me as their wedding photographer, I hope they enjoy their photos and much as I enjoyed being part of their day!

Willunga Peacock Farm Wedding – Aubrey & Darcy

July 6, 2017/in Wedding preview, Wedding
  • Chelsea & Nathan

    St Francis Winery Wedding

    under the weeping willow

I love heading to the Willunga Peacock Farm as a wedding photographer. The venue has a stunning variety of lovely backdrops to use in photographs, and this is precisely what I drew upon at Aubrey and Darcy’s wedding. They had me as their wedding photographer for 7 hours which saw me at their wedding ceremony through to after their first dance at their reception venue out at the One Paddock Winery at Currency Creek.

Willunga Peacock Farm Wedding Ceremony

As usual I arrived a little early to the Willunga Peacock Farm so I was able to wander about capturing some shots of Aubrey and Darcy’s guests as they arrived in the beautiful Autumnal sunshine.  I was pleasantly surprised to see that the centerpiece of the venue – the pond – was full of water as last time I covered a wedding here it was unfortunately dry. Their wedding ceremony was set up on the grassy area next to the pond which allowed for a lovely backdrop to the entire scene.

The Willunga Peacock Farm is an all-in-one wedding venue that is built around an organic, completely self sustaining farm. The venue boasts a rustic reception hall set within a covered veranda connected to a heritage listed farmhouse built in the 1800s. Theres also a bed and breakfast and gardens on site suitable for wonderful wedding photography.

Bride arriving
Bride arriving
Bride and groom getting married
Bride and groom getting married
Vows
Vows
Exchanging wedding rings
Exchanging wedding rings
Wedding ceremony
Wedding ceremony
Groom waiting for bride
Groom waiting for bride
Walking back down the aisle
Walking back down the aisle
Bridal party procession
Bridal party procession
Groom waiting for bride
Groom waiting for bride
Signing the registry
Signing the registry
Wedding ceremony
Wedding ceremony
Willunga Peacock Farm wedding ceremony
Willunga Peacock Farm wedding ceremony
Hugs
Hugs
Willunga Peacock Farm wedding ceremony
Willunga Peacock Farm wedding ceremony
Groom waiting for bride
Groom waiting for bride
Sun flare
Sun flare

After the ceremony I gathered everyone together to take an aerial photo with my drone which has become one of the most popular aspects of my wedding photography service.

Drone group photo
Drone group photo

Willunga Peacock Farm Glamour Photos

Walking about the Willunga Peacock Farm’s gardens and surrounding historic buildings is a wonderful experience, especially as a wedding photographer. The scenery lends itself well to the kind of natural wedding photography I’m known for. During May, the sun was setting quite early in the day which was fantastic as I managed to capture it in the most beautiful way in the backdrop of many of the photos.

Sun setting behind the bride and groom
Sun setting behind the bride and groom
Garden wedding photography
Garden wedding photography
Bridal party ripping bride and groom apart
Bridal party ripping bride and groom apart
Holding one another in a tree
Holding one another in a tree
Smiles all round
Smiles all round
Smiling at the camera
Smiling at the camera
Willunga Peacock Farm Wedding photography
Willunga Peacock Farm Wedding photography
Walking across the bridge
Walking across the bridge
Wedding photography in the gardens
Wedding photography in the gardens
Walking across the bridge
Walking across the bridge
Bride and groom looking back at bridal party
Bride and groom looking back at bridal party
Walking across the bridge
Walking across the bridge
Wedding rings
Wedding rings
Bridal party walking through the gardens
Bridal party walking through the gardens
Walking together
Walking together

One Paddock Winery Wedding Reception

The One Paddock Winery down in Currency Creek was a bit of a drive away from the Willunga Peacock Farm, so by the time we arrived for the wedding reception, it had already turned dark. Once I arrived the guests were enjoying themselves in the lobby having a wonderful time chatting and having a few drinks. The wedding reception itself took place in the large reception hall they have decorated with winery paraphernalia such as wine barrels and plenty of rustic metal and wooden decor. It’s a beautiful, homely venue which suited Aubrey and Darcy’s wonderfully personal and intimate wedding day.

Selfie
Selfie
Light Painting
Light Painting
One Paddock Winery
One Paddock Winery
Reception hall setup
Reception hall setup
First Dance
First Dance
Group photo
Group photo
Table setting
Table setting
Group photo
Group photo
Speeches
Speeches
Guests chatting at the bar
Guests chatting at the bar
Group photo
Group photo
Wedding Cake
Wedding Cake
Chatting bride
Chatting bride
Bride and groom entrance
Bride and groom entrance
Outside the front of One Paddock Winery
Outside the front of One Paddock Winery
Using the props
Using the props
Guest laughing
Guest laughing

Thanks to Aubrey and Darcy for having me capture their wedding photography!

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