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Willunga Peacock Farm Wedding – Aubrey & Darcy

July 6, 2017/in Wedding preview, Wedding

Willunga Peacock Farm Wedding photography

Willunga Peacock Farm Wedding – Aubrey & Darcy

I love heading to the Willunga Peacock Farm as a local Mclaren Vale 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.

Walking back down the aisle

Willunga Peacock Farm wedding ceremony

Wedding ceremony

Groom waiting for bride

Bridal party procession

Exchanging wedding rings

Wedding ceremony

Bride arriving

Sun flare

Vows

Hugs

Groom waiting for bride

Bride and groom getting married

Signing the registry

Willunga Peacock Farm wedding ceremony

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

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.

Wedding photography in the gardens

Garden wedding photography

Walking together

Wedding rings

Bridal party walking through the gardens

Sun setting behind the bride and groom

Walking across the bridge

Bridal party ripping bride and groom apart

Bride and groom looking back at bridal party

Willunga Peacock Farm Wedding photography

Walking across the bridge

Holding one another in a tree

Smiles all round

Walking across the bridge

Smiling at the camera

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.

Group photo

Reception hall setup

Using the props

Outside the front of One Paddock Winery

Group photo

First Dance

Table setting

Selfie

Chatting bride

Wedding Cake

Bride and groom entrance

Speeches

One Paddock Winery

Light Painting

Guest laughing

Group photo

Guests chatting at the bar

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

Lot 100 Wedding – Alice & Dion

March 29, 2020/in Wedding preview, Wedding

Bride and groom under a fallen tree

Lot 100 Wedding – Alice & Dion

As an Adelaide Hills wedding photographer, capturing Alice and Dion’s Lot 100 Wedding in Hay Valley was an absolute blast! The day was filled with so much fun and excitement that it seemed to fly by in a flash. Even though I started early in the morning in Myponga and didn’t finish until late at Lot 100, every moment was filled with joy and celebration.

From the exhilarating clay pigeon shooting to the lively German folk dancing, the entire day was a thrill to be a part of. As a wedding photographer, I was able to capture some amazing scenes that truly showcased the love and happiness of the couple. Overall, Alice and Dion’s wedding was an unforgettable experience that I was honored to be a part of as their photographer.

Preparation

Dion and a group of his friends all congregated in the early morning at Myponga to go Clay Pidgeon shooting together on a nearby farm. I had never even been present when this sport was going on, so I was quite excited for it – certainly made for a different change in pace to what I’d usually be taking photos of while the boys were getting ready! Dion even gave me a turn at trying my hand at shooting, and it turned out I was pretty good at it! Gave a new meaning to the phrase ‘out shooting a wedding’. 🙂

Groom with headphones on

Groom taking it easy

Groom shooting before his wedding

Clay pidgeon shooting

Shooting in Myponga

Chatting amongst the guys

Safety watcher looking on

Out shooting before the wedding

Alice and her bridal party were being prepared at a bed and breakfast in Stirling. It was a delightful little cottage with an intimate green garden full of little nooks to have details shots done of the rings, shoes, etc. The inside of the house was also well set up to take photos as there was some like windows around on plainly painted walls that just work very well for this kind of thing. Along with Alice’s bridal party there was also Alice’s brother there making sure everything ran well, but also there to provide some friendly, brotherly fun. 🙂

Bride looking out window

Bridesmaids helping put on dress

wedding dress hanging in tree

Bridesmaids dresses

Bride standing in room

Having fun with the champaigne

Bride about to leave for wedding ceremony

Engagement ring in between wedding shoes

Smiling bride with bouquet

Helping put on wedding dress

Bride looking in mirror

group having a chat in the garden

Engagement ring in roses

Mum helping out

Wedding rings in boxes

Wedding dress hanging in window

Lot 100 Wedding Ceremony

The location where Alice and Dion chose to set up their Lot 100 Wedding ceremony was on the sloped grass behind the main restaurant on site. It has a bit of a slope to it, but not so much that people could not stand straight. It was also great as there was a wonderful backdrop of tall gumtrees in each shot. The only unfortunate thing was that because it was set up that way, the sun was directly in Alice, Dion’s and the celebrant’s face – but the guests were more comfortable!

The ceremony itself was nice and simple, with a reading from a friend and a bit of laughter all round as the celebrant retold small bits of Alice and Dion’s relationship up to now.

Groom waiting patiently

Alice and Dion’s wedding sign

Bridal approach at Lot 100

Groom’s first lok of bride

Laughing groom

Set up for a Lot 100 wedding ceremony

Behind the celebrant

Celebrant

Lot 100 Hay Valley Wedding Ceremony

Speaker

Celebrant running things

Smiling bride during ceremony

Lot 100 Wedding

Groom looking at his bride

Exchanging wedding rings

Wedding at Lot 100 Hay Valley

First Kiss under the gum trees

Just married couple

Glamour Photos

A rather unique part of Alice and Dion’s day was the after effects of the large bushfires that were raging on the nearby Kangaroo Island, causing smoke to waft up through the valley and cause the backdrop of most of their photos to be quite hazy. It made it very easy for me to create a beautiful set of wedding photos that really isolate Alice and Dion, but also incorporate the stunning surrounds of their Lot 100 wedding day.

We began their glamour photos using the trees nearby where they had the wedding ceremony set up. I wanted to use the valley as a bit of a backdrop with the bridal party and also use the sun shining through the trees a bit to create an ethreal feel to the shots. We then moved up the hill a bit with the bridal party and took a few more shots on a giant felled tree trunk, which was pretty enat to arrange a group shot like that.

Finally we hopped into their 4 wheel drive and drove around the huge paddock on site, towards a magnificently huge gum treeright in the middle of it all. While doing this I also had the drone flying about as the scenery was absolutely epic from the sky. We finished off by using the small forrest of gum trees situated at the top of a nearby hill, where I was looking forward to again taking shots looking through the trees.

The whole bridal party

Bridal couple in front of bridal party

Under a fallen tree

Bride and groom walking through paddock

Kisses amongst the gum trees

Bride and groom between the trees

Bride and groom with the bridal party

Bride and Groom under the Lot 100 Gum Tree

Silly bridal party photo

Walking together at their Lot 100 wedding

Bride and groom against a gum tree

Bride and groom standing in front of bridal party

Walking together on the grass

Laughing bride as she’s carried

Standing together under a tree

Giving each other hugs

Bridal Party

Bride and groom under a fallen tree

Bride and groom sillouette

Bride and Groom together on their Lot 100 Wedding day

Bride and groom kissing on hill

Groom carrying bride

Lot 100 Wedding Reception

The Lot 100 wedding reception area is a beautifully set out restaurant enclosed within a modernly built structure lined with windows all around. The center of the restaurant is the bar where they serve a huge amount of different craft beers and wines. Alice and Dion had their dance floor set up at one end of the area.

A huge standout of their night was the German dancers Alice and Dion had organised to come in and perform for their guests. The dancers made a bit of a mockery of Dion in good spirits while they also demonstrated their skill with some highly complicated dancing and music! Was a sight to see!

Another stand out for me was the fact that their night happened to be on a night with a super full moon, so we made sure to get out and make use of the moon while it wasnt hiding behind clouds. The smoke from the fires also made it a rusty orange colour! Really quite pretty!

Bride and Groom under full moon

Holding one another on the dance floor

First dance closeup

Groom lifting the German dancer

Wedding Favours

Wedding invite

Bride and groom entrance

German dancers

That’s a knife

Dancing guests

Wedding Cake on top of barrel

First dance twirl

Bride listening to grooms speech

Beers

Groom speech

Groom doing some German dancing

Full Moon at Lot 100 wedding

Bride’s speech

Guests joining in on the German dancing

Table setting

Table number

First dance at Lot 100 wedding

Cutting the wedding cake together

I’d like to thank Alice and Dion for having me do their wedding photography! Was a great day and I hope you enjoy your photos! 😀

Lake Breeze Wines Wedding – Cate & Renato

February 5, 2022/in Wedding preview, Wedding

Cate & Renato
Lake Breeze Wines Wedding

Cate and Renato’s Lake Breeze wines wedding took place on a stunning mid-December day surrounded by family and friends who were all delightful to be around!

cate and renato made use of my ever popular live stream service in order to include guests who could not attend due to COVID travel restrictions and also had my second photographer in tow in order to capture more angles!

cate and renato’s day could not have gone more smoothly – despite a rather unfortunate run in with swarms of mosquitoes while trying to have some photos taken, but we still got some great shots!

Preparation

My day started with Renato and his groomsmen getting prepared at a bed and breakfast in Brighton. It was only Renato and his two groomsmen in the whole house do getting prepared was quite a simple affair, and got ready rather quickly.

A quick group shot on the road out the front and I was off to the girls!

Groomsmen shoes

Grooms affects together

Groomsman adjusting belt

groom playing with tie

groom playing with tie looking out window

Groom and groomsmen together on road

Groom walking down hallway

Cate and her bridesmaids were being prepared at another bed and breakfast in Seacliff with a delightful view of the nearby beach from it’s sprawling back patio! Cate’s Mum was also there to help out with the preparations which all occured amidst a lot of fun.

Engagement ring in red rose

Wedding dress hanging with beach behind

Bridal affects together

Bridesmaids kisses

Wedding dress in mirror

Bridesmaids reaction to dress

Bride reveal to bridesmaids

bridesmaids helping with wedding gown

Closeup of brides hands

Bride having help getting ready

Bouquet pictures

bride in sunlight

Smiling bride looking at camera

Bridesmaids reacting to engagement ring

Lake Breeze Wines Wedding Ceremony

Cate and Renato’s Lake Breeze wines wedding ceremony took place on a large piece of grass, surrounded by a scattering of gum trees and backdropped by the vineyards that surrounded the cellar door and function rooms where the reception took place a little later in the day.

It was a little unfortunate that due to the sunny weather that Renato was looking into the sun throughout the ceremony but he was looking at his beatiful bride all throughout to notice much.

Their ceremony was a simple affair with a heartfelt speech or two from family before sealing the deal with a kiss and flower petal showered exit!

Lake Breeze wines wedding ceremony setup

Bridal confetti

groom waiting for his bride to arrive

bride ariving on a sunny day

Bride being escorted down aisle

Celebrant talking to bride as she arrives

Bride out the front of wedding ceremony

Lake Breeze Wines wedding ceremony

Bride smiling during wedding ceremony

Groom smiling during wedding ceremony

bride holding her grooms hand

About to exchange wedding rings

Wedding speech giver

Lake Breeze wines wedding first kiss

Lake Breeze wines wedding exit

Glamour Photos

After group photos were done, we head off around the grounds to make use of the diverse surrounds that having a Lake Breeze wines wedding affords you and your photographer to make use of! Unfortunately as I mentioned earlier, the further away we ventured down the driveway, the more mosquitoes started attacking Cate and Renato which meant we couldnt stay too long amongst the otherwise delightful gum trees I was looking forward to using in their wedding photos!

After reatreating back towards the ceremony location, we used the vineyards a bit for some shots, and also head out at sunset for more.

Wedding party from drone

Handpicked bridal party

Bridal party in front of vineyards

bridal party walking off into the sunset

bride and groom together under gum trees

bride and groom together between gum trees

Landscape shot with bugs

bride and groom waking through vineyard

lake breeze wines wedding photo

lake breeze wines wedding photography

lake breeze wines wedding photography with drone

Drone photo of bride and groom in vineyards

Sunset in the vineyards

Lake Breeze Wines Wedding Reception

The reception area at Lake Breeze Wines is a large, modern space that has obviously had a lot of work doen to it by the owners! The dance floor is lined with wine barrels and the sound system installed in the ceiling is quite impressive – even according to their DJ!

Was a very fun night with plenty of dancing and having fun.

Lake Breeze Wines Cellar door

Wedding cake at lake Breeze wines wedding

Bride and groom entrance to lake breeze wines wedding

Bride and groom cutting wedding cake in front of doorway

Lake Breeze weins wedding reception

First dance photo at lake breeze wines wedding

First dance at lake breeze wines wedding

Night photo at Lake Breeze Wines wedding

Bouquet toss at Lake Breeze wines wedding

I’d like to thank Cate and Renato for having me as their wedding photographer! It’s always fun to visit new wedding venues like Lake Breeze wines and I look forward to heading back there in the future!

Sneakys Wedding – Ash & Michael

May 14, 2023/in Wedding preview, Wedding

Sneakys wedding photo

Sneakys Wedding – Ash & Michael: A Beautiful and Unique Day

Weddings are always a special affair that brings together two people who love each other and have decided to spend the rest of their lives together. However, some weddings stand out from the rest and Ash and Michael’s Sneakys Wedding was truly unique.

As an Adelaide wedding photographer, I’ve been fortunate enough to capture many beautiful weddings, but this one was definitely special. From the moment I arrived at the Northern Adelaide wedding venue, I could sense that this was going to be a day to remember – simply editing this wedding was a delight as everything was just perfect!

Preparation

As I made my way to Michael’s best man’s house, where he was being prepared, I was greeted with a warm welcome. The atmosphere was relaxed and jovial, and I could see that Michael and his son were excited for the big day ahead.

The neat little granny flat out the back was the perfect place for Michael to get ready, and after playing some basketball with his son, we captured some beautiful moments of him getting dressed. And what better way to add some flair to the occasion than to borrow a purple muscle car for some pre-wedding photos? Michael and his best man certainly knew how to make the most of their time together before the ceremony.

Red jacket hanging in tree

Wedding rings perched in tree

Groom playing basketball before getting ready

Wedding rings on floor with affects

Groom buttoning up shirt

Groom fiddling with sleeve

Close up of greem’s watch

Groomsman using mirror

Groom and son in mirror

Smiling boy getting ready

Groom getting help from best man

Best man placing jacket on groom

Groomsmen cheers

Groomsmen in front of purple muscle car

Groomsmen on road with car

Groom looking off into distance

Groomsmen group photo

Meanwhile, at Ash and Michael’s house, preparations were well underway. The girls were having the final touches put on their hair and makeup, and the atmosphere was lively and fun-filled. Ash looked stunning in her wedding dress, and as she prepared for her big moment, we took some beautiful shots of her in the park across the road, where she had a lovely first look with her dad. It was such a heartwarming moment, and I knew that the ceremony was going to be equally special.

Engagement ring in giant pink flower

Hanging wedding dress through door

Smiling bride looking into hand mirror

Bride and junior bridesmaid makeup

Bride and junior bridesmaid in mirror

bride nonchalantly walking down hall

Laughing bride during preparation

Bride and bridesmaids in gowns out front of house

Bride having dress put on in front of window

Bridal party in mirror together

Grinning bridesmaid halping get ready

Bride holding flowers looking out window

Bride standing alone in hallway

Bride approaching Dad for first look

Dad’s reaction to bride in dress

Bride standing in dress in hallway

Sneakys Wedding Ceremony

Their Sneakys wedding ceremony took place on the large grassy area shaded by gum trees right next to the restaurant, which is a surprisingly beautiful venue! The setting was absolutely perfect for the occasion, and as the guests began to arrive, you could feel the excitement in the air.

The wrestling references in the hilarious vows that Ash and Michael had written for each other were definitely a highlight, and I couldn’t help but laugh as I captured the moment. The sun was shining through the trees behind them, which made for some truly beautiful shots. The only downside was the location of the public toilet block, which was a bit too close for comfort, but it certainly didn’t dampen the mood.

Sneakys wedding setup

Bride arriving to her Sneakys wedding ceremony

Grooms first look at Sneakys wedding

Celebrant talking during ceremony

Bride and groom at Sneakys Wedding

Sneakys Wedding Ceremony

bride tearing up during ceremony

Groom reading his vows

Bride recitng her vows

Bride and groom exchanging rings

First kiss at Sneakys wedding

Newly Married couple at Sneakys wedding

Glamour Photos

After the ceremony, we headed to the nearby gum tree forest for some glamour photos, and I have to say, this was one of the highlights of the day for me as a wedding photographer. The sun was shining through the trees majestically, and we had a lot of fun popping champagne corks with the bridal party in front of the industrial-style shed wall nearby.

Hosting a Sneakys wedding means you’re able to use quite a variety of backdrops for your glamour photos! The young gum tree forest nearby provided the perfect backdrop for some stunning shots, and I was having a great time capturing all the beautiful moments. As the sun began to set, we headed out into the vineyards for some sunset shots, which were truly magical.