The Fernbank Farm wedding of Emily & Rhys was an epic wedding on one of the hottest days this summer.
Located on the Central Coast of NSW, Fernbank Farm is an absolutely stunning place to have your wedding. Everything on this day happened onsite, so there was no travelling what-so-ever. The boys got ready in ‘The Cottage’ while the girls got ready in the ‘Main House’. The ceremony happened under the beautiful Steel Arbour and the reception was in a beautiful and elegant marquee.
It was a hot & humid night and it took a while for people to get on the dance floor… but when they did they went crazy! I have seen a lot of crazy dance floors, but this was a first for me. When AC/DC’s ‘Thunderstruck’ was played every guy in the place took their shirts off and fist pumped like crazy. The photos are pretty cool and the experience was awesome!
So check out this amazing Fernbank Farm wedding and I can’t wait to go back there to photograph more awesome weddings. :)
I am really excited to share this amazing Somersby Garden Estate wedding of Erin & Grant that I recently shot.
The boys got ready on the Central Coast at a beautiful Airbnb property located right on the water, while the girls got ready on site at Somersby Gardens, where the rest of the day happened.
There had been some rain in the lead-up, but on their wedding day, it was a gorgeous sunny day. These guys were so relaxed & easy-going and the whole day was filled with just the right amount of tears and heaps of laughter and fun! We even ducked out of the reception for some sunset photos, where we got some of the most beautiful golden light
So I hope you enjoy this awesome Somersby Gardens Estate wedding and I can’t wait to get back there to photograph more weddings.
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 Seacliff House Gerringong wedding of Jo and Chris was a beautiful and stunning wedding that took place in one of the best South Coast wedding venues around.
Seacliff House is located around two hours drive from Sydney in the small South Coast town of Gerringong. Which is only about ten minutes south of Kiama. And what a perfect location for a wedding.
Every time I drive past Gerringong I am in total awe of how beautiful the landscape in this area is. Rolling green hills and lush pastures, that are full of dairy cattle. And this beautiful farmland is located right on the coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
Seacliff House South Coast
Seacliff House sits on top of a hill on five-acres of land, overlooking the sweeping landscape and overlooking Werri Beach and Werri Lagoon. It is modern seaside luxury.
What I really love about Seacliff House in Gerringong, is that the entire wedding day from beginning to the very end, can all happen on site. It makes it so much easier for everyone attending the wedding, as once they arrive, they can just drink and be merry.
The wedding day started off with the boys at a private house in Gerringong while the Bride and her entourage stayed onsite at Seacliff House. The accommodation house on site is a beautiful modern five-bedroom home with three bathrooms, kitchen, BBQ area and a luxury pool.
I love it when couples walk back down the aisle and their wedding guests throw stuff at them. It is such an awesome moment and the confetti really added another element. This confetti was definitely one of the most epic I have photographed.
So after the wedding ceremony, we did a few family photos and then Jo & Chris just hung out with all their wedding guests.
The Bride & Groom had their ceremony slightly earlier than normal for a wedding around this time of the year. But the reasoning was perfect. They just wanted to hang out with their guests on the lawn, drinking, eating and chatting and to make use of the stunning landscape and views. Because once the sun has set, you can’t see the rolling green hills. So why enjoy the daylight more and hang out with your family and friends for longer.
I think it really worked well. They really got to chat to everyone and enjoy the day, instead of going straight into wedding portrait photos.
They knocked out a couple of speeches during this time. And it is such a great idea, especially if you have a lot of speeches planned. Do a couple of speeches outside while everyone is just hanging around eating and drinking.
Seacliff House Wedding Photos
After an hour or so, and once the first set of speeches finished, we then did a few location portraits with just the two of them.
Doing some wedding photos with just the wedding couple is one of my favourite parts of a wedding. One of my main goals is to just let the couple relax, have fun and be themselves. When this happens and they just enjoy the moment together, then you get to capture some beautiful, natural expressions in a scenic location.
And these guys were amazing. This is just a very small sample of some of the wedding photos we captured at Seacliff House.
The Barn at Seacliff House
The Barn at Seacliff House Gerringong, was the location for the wedding reception. In 2017 it was converted from an actual working farm shed that contained farm machines and equipment, to what you see now. A modern and rustic wedding venue. With large white sandstone and floor to ceiling glass windows and doors. Prior to 2017, they used a marquee for the wedding receptions.
What I also love about this wedding reception venue is that is a a bit of a blank canvas venue, but the interior has been done so nicely that you really don’t need to do too much to it. A few flowers and some candles and it looks perfect.
After the meals were served, Jo & Chris had some really funny and heartfelt speeches followed by an absolutely packed dance floor. It was a pretty epic wedding reception and just an overall amazing party.
Seacliff House is one of those special wedding venues. By having your wedding there you can pretty much guarantee an awesome time and experience and of course beautiful wedding photos. I had such an amazing time photographing this stunning Seacliff House Gerringong wedding. And I can’t wait to go back there and photograph more weddings in the future.
This Peppers Creek Barrel Room wedding in the Hunter Valley of Margot & Nick was an absolutely epic and spectacular day in every sense.
Peppers Creek would have to be one of my favourite wedding venues in the Hunter Valley. I have lost count of how many wedding I have shot there over the years. But each wedding is totally unique and different. And Margot & Nick’s wedding was definitely unique! And before you ask… the amazing ceremony and reception styling which was done by the incredicle Peonies Boutique.
They both got ready on-site at Peppers. The boys got ready in the Yacht Club while the girls got ready in The Residence. Which made it really easy to do preparation photos as I could just walk back and forth between them. The wedding ceremony was in the beautiful sandstone chapel, then it was over to the Barrel Room for the wedding reception.
These guys were just so relaxed and easy-going. Plus they had a really awesome bridal party which made the day lots of fun. And I think this really shows in the photos.
Check out the amazing fireworks during their first dance. It was pretty spectacular! So we really hope you enjoy this amazing Peppers Creek Barrel Room wedding. And I can’t wait to photograph more awesome couples there.
2016 was an awesome year for us, both personally and professionally. We didn’t blog much at all, which is mainly because it was hard to find the time with all the forty five weddings we did, plus an energetic toddler, a bratty dog and a wife who was pregnant most of the year. Which means yes, we only just had a new baby… and once again we had her in the middle of wedding season :) So I thought it was important to do a bit of a recap of the year, to show what we’ve been up to, as it was a great year.
We redesigned our whole website this year which was way more work than I anticipated. We’ve had the same design for the last five years or so, so it was time for a change. Now the photos are much bigger and I think the design is more modern. We also have added a Family Photography Portfolio page (and the opening photo of that page is my little girl with her puppy dog… awwww). Since starting a family of our own I’ve come to realise how important regular photos are. So I would really love to photograph more families. I’d particularly love to photograph my past Brides & Grooms families as they start new chapters in their lives.
With weddings in 2016 I have noticed two big things… firstly it seems like every couple is having a ‘naked wedding cake‘, and secondly, so many more couples are deciding to have an unplugged wedding ceremony. There is definitely more awareness about having your guests put their cameras down and actually ‘being present’ at the wedding ceremony. I wrote an article in 2014 on “Should You Consider An Unplugged Wedding“, so thank you to those couples who have read it and taken the advice ?
There have been some memorable moments this past year. Winner of craziest Bridal Party goes to Samantha & Scott. They were so much fun and I don’t think they were even that drunk ;) I absolutely loved it when an impromptu dance party started in the middle of Luna Park with Jane & Carl’s wedding. During Juanita & Ken’s wedding they not only made a commitment to themselves during the ceremony, but also made a commitment to their one year old daughter, which I thought was so special. And the winner of shortest speech from a Groom goes to Royce who’s speech went for about 20 seconds. He’s not a big talker, so he said thanks for coming… Kristy is awesome… and sat down :) It reminded me a lot of a Groom from the year before, who was also not keen on public speaking, so he did his whole speech through his phone with Siri speaking.
Literally every wedding I shoot has some really special moments, but there were three times this past year when even I had a tear in my eye.
During Andrew’s heartfelt and honest speech when said words to the affect. “I had given up on love until I met Kath” ?
When Tara’s Dad saw her in her wedding dress for the first time ?
I can’t remember who’s wedding it was, but there was a Father Daughter Dance and they played a country song “I Loved Her First”. Maybe it’s because I now have two little girls of my own, but that left me a mess haha ???
Thank you to all the wonderful wedding suppliers I have worked with. The hair & makeup artists, florists, designers, cars, videographers and also the amazing wedding venues that recommend us. I’d also really like to thank, not only the amazing couples I photographed this year, but also all our past Brides & Grooms who are constantly recommending us to their family & friends. Happy couples are our top priority and a referral is one of the best compliments you can give us. So thank you for helping make our business a success.
Hope you enjoy the photos below and feel free to drop us a quick message to let us know you dropped by ?
