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Peppers Creek Hunter Valley Wedding
The beautiful Peppers Creek Hunter Valley wedding of Janine & David was an awesome day to be a part of and photograph.
I met Janine & David about a year ago when I shot their engagement shoot with them and their dog Roo. So it was really great to catch up with them again for their beautiful Peppers Creek Hunter Valley Wedding.
Enjoy the story of their day and feel free to leave a message for the Bride & Groom or us :)
I am totally jealous of any Wagga Wagga wedding photographer because they have locations like this right on their doorstep. When I scouted this wedding on Google earth, I saw a really dry, dusty land. But when I arrived the day before the wedding to scout it out in person, I couldn’t believe how beautiful and green everything was. Canola fields and lush green rolling hills covered with sheep and endless photographic locations.
The wedding of Sophie & Shane is pretty much my ideal wedding. Amazing relaxed, fun couple and all in held in a stunning location… perfect! They got married on their family sheep farm, in Wantabadgery which is near Wagga Wagga. The wedding ceremony was held in their amazing driveway with hay bales for seats and the reception was out the back in a huge hay shed. It is such a big property, with so many possible photo locations that i could have shot there for days and still not scratched the surface.
Here are just a few of my favourites from the day and if anyone needs a Wagga Wagga wedding photographer, just let me know as I’d love to shoot in the area again. So enjoy the story of Sophie & Shane’s beautiful farm wedding.
The gorgeous Mindaribba House wedding Hunter Valley of Ebony & Luke was such an awesome, fun day to photograph.
The wedding took place at one of my favourite Hunter Valley wedding venues, Mindaribba House. There was tears, laughter, cows, a beautiful wedding ceremony and some amazing family and friends.
We hope you enjoy this beautiful Mindaribba House wedding Hunter Valley :)
The Collits Inn wedding, in the Blue Mountains, of Dave & Inca was such a beautiful and epic wedding day, at one of the most stunning wedding venues in NSW.
Collits Inn is gorgeous, county and rustic wedding venue located just a couple of hours from Sydney in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales. It is heritage-listed and is actually just over the mountains, towards Lithgow in a town called Hartley Vale. It is situated on fifty acres of country and bushland, at the base of the breathtaking Mount York. And this is my type of wedding venue!
Collits Inn History
What I love about this venue is that it is has a real history in Australia. And it is not just a place property where they have built a reception venue on. Collits’ Inn has a long history in Australia and the Blue Mountains and is listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register. This former inn was built in 1823 by the Collits family and was originally known as the Golden Fleece. This was the first inn built west of the Blue Mountains and serviced people and their stock who descended Mount York.
It was an important site during colonial times as it linked all the early travellers who ventured west of the Blue Mountains. It provided a rare service to the region and was an important social gathering place.
When you first enter this wedding property, you can immediately tell that this place is steeped in history. From the rustic and rusty Barn and the Woolshed. To Collits’ Inn itself, a single-story old colonial Georgian building with four bedrooms.
The current owners are such lovely, accommodating people who have owned numerous restaurants around NSW and have been in the food & beverage industry for over forty years. And they have done such an amazing job with this wedding venue. As far as venues go, it doesn’t get much better than this.
Collits Inn Blue Mountains
I met Inca & Dave a few months before the wedding for their engagement shoot. They were so relaxed and fun during that session that I just knew that their wedding day was going to be awesome.
The groom and groomsmen got ready about 15 minutes away in a private residential property, while the Bride and her bridesmaids got ready on-site at Collits Inn.
What I also love about Collits Inn is that the whole day from start to finish can happen here. There is accommodation available, there are numerous locations you can have your wedding ceremony. They have lots of land so there is a variety of locations for photos. And they have an awesome Barn for your wedding reception.
By having your entire day in the one location, it means you will spend much more time with you family and friends and less time travelling around from place to place.
Wedding Ceremony
You can have your ceremony anywhere at Collits Inn. The Bride & Groom chose to have their wedding ceremony under a canopy of trees at the front of the property.
I really like this location for this outdoor ceremony, because of the direction of the sun. The sunlight was shining behind them through some trees, which filters the harsh light and ensures the light is even on their face.
The ceremony had a really cool symbolic ritual of ‘hand-fasting’. Inca & Dave stood facing each other and had their hands tied together by their celebrant Arlene McInherny.
This is where the phrase “tying the knot” comes from.
You don’t see this ceremony very often in Australian ceremonies. It is more common with Irish and Scottish weddings. As it is an ancient Celtic tradition dating back over two thousand years.
It symbolises the binding together of their two individual lives. And it shows the commitment they are making to each other as they start this new journey into married life.
Collits Inn Wedding Photos
After the ceremony, we did a few family photos and then did some photos around the property with the couple and their crew. We hung out with the local farm animals in their paddock and ventured into the bushland at the back of the property.
You can see by the photos in the bushland that the scenery is quite different than it normally is. This is because of the devastating Blue Mountains bush fires. You can also get an indication of how close these massive fires came to destroying the historic Collits Inn.
Pierce’s Barn Reception
The wedding reception was held in the Pierce Barn. Which was named after its original owner. It is the original barn that has been fully restored to what you see today. The guest tables are made from actual pine trees that were cut down from the front of the property.
If you are looking for a barn wedding reception, then this is the perfect example of that. You don’t need to do much to the room either. Some flowers and candles and the reception room is perfect for a rustic country wedding.
These guys had some touching and really funny speeches. Speeches should be spoken from the heart and that is exactly what happened here.
Sunset Photos
When you have a wedding in Summer, the sun doesn’t set till around 8 pm or later. So it is a really good idea to schedule some time for a few photos at sunset during your wedding reception.
So we ducked outside together for a few minutes at sunset. Inca & Dave also found it was nice just to be alone together for a few minutes while I got some photos of them together in this spectacular landscape.
This was an absolute dream wedding. This beautiful couple were two amazing, down-to-earth souls that just enjoyed their day and each other. And it reflects in the wedding photos.
I love outdoor country weddings. And I love wedding venues that are unique and different. And that is exactly what this Collits Inn wedding in the Blue Mountains was.
I can’t wait to go back there and photograph another Collits Inn wedding there. It is such an amazing place and I highly recommend it.
The Bistro Molines wedding of Amanda & Tim was a pretty epic and awesome day at one of my favourite wedding venues.
I shot Amanda & Tim’s engagement a few months earlier so I was totally psyched to photograph their big day. They boys got ready in a private house in Rothbury while the girls got ready onsite in a little cottage. The weather was perfect! It threatened to rain all day, so we had nice soft light. And once everyone started dinner the rain really set in.
Big thanks to the Bride & Groom for standing out in the pouring rain for a night shot while I adjusted camera settings etc. Not every couple would be so happy to do that… as it was really raining. So enjoy this beautiful Bistro Molines wedding and be sure to check out the last couple of photos below to see what we created in the rain ☔️
The Wandin Valley Estate wedding of Kellie & Jarrod was an awesome day to be a part of. Kellie & Jarrod are the most relaxed, down-to-earth, funny people and Wandin Valley Estate was a venue that I’ve wanted to shoot at for a while now.
Wandin Valley has massive grounds, 100 acres I believe, so there are so many opportunities for photos that we barely scratched the surface. There are lots of Kangaroos and we even had a massive male Kangaroo approach us after the ceremony. But he just flexed his muscles and hopped away.
So enjoy the story of Kellie & Jarrod’s Wandin Valley Estate wedding and I hope I am back there very soon as it’s a beautiful venue.
The Putta Bucca House wedding of Naomi & Dane was one of those weddings where everything falls into place just perfectly. It was a gorgeous day, beautiful light, amazing location and with two of the nicest people you could ever meet.
The wedding took place in Mudgee, at an old historic house from 1827 called Putta Bucca House. The wedding ceremony took place in the garden, while the reception was held in a marquee onsite. And with 25 acres of land to explore, there was plenty of places for photos.
To get some of the photos you will see, these guys walked through some of the meanest, most prickly grass you have ever seen. It may have looked like dry grass, but it was basically prickly thorns in the shape of grass. And for the last photo of the night, Dane literally threw Naomi over his shoulder and stepped over a wire fence in the dark.
So enjoy Naomi & Dane’s beautiful Putta Bucca House wedding in Mudgee :)