We’d all been watching the weather all week. You’d think that arranging your outdoor wedding one week before summer in the driest state of the driest continent on earth would guarantee a rain free day, but weddings never go to plan and everyone was on tenterhooks….. although it certainly didn’t feel like it when I turned up to Lynda’s parent’s place to take photos of the girls getting ready. And I’m pretty sure the boys were equally chilled at their pre-wedding BBQ. That’s the thing with Lynda and Jase, they’re about at unflappable as it comes and that’s one of many reasons it was an absolute pleasure and honour to capture their amazing day.
To the weather’s credit it did manage to stay dry for most of the day, and the light for photos was out of this world, the main problem as I saw it was that it decided to start raining about 10 minutes into the ceremony. But then it stopped. And then it resumed – but harder. Some guests scattered to find shelter, others erected umbrellas, others offered their umbrellas to the exposed bridal party and one particularly thoughtful champion even shadowed the photographer keeping him dry with a roaming umbrella (HUGE thanks Josh!). This had the potential to ruin the day, no one likes to be cold and wet, but due to the aforementioned unflappability of the couple and their equally resilient bridal party this was merely a blip on the radar, the show went on and all was soon forgotten.
The day was overflowing with highlights – croquet, cricket, slips catching, vineyards, freestanding carve-your-own ham on the bone, world class cuisine, mini chocolate “cake” tower and delicious drinks, but perhaps the biggest highlight was the speeches. The respective fathers of the bride and groom got the crowd warmed up with some hilarious and touching words before the bridesmaids took over with a brilliant quiz putting Lynda and Jase’s knowledge of one another to the test with hilarious results. Rounding out the speeches was the best man, problem being Jase didn’t have a “best man” as such, just 5 groomsmen, and in the confusion of the lead up no one had actually prepared anything…… or so they led us to believe. After a few minutes of genuinely convincing and pretty awkward “Umm, so, I haven’t actually got anything prepared” the other men rolled in a giant flip chart and unleashed 15 minutes of tear watering, side splitting, laugh till your stomach muscles hurt comedy which rates top 5 globally in the history of great wedding speeches.
With so much joy and love in the air my job was easy. Thanks again Lynda and Jase for allowing me to be involved, it was an unforgettable day and I hope you guys are finding some more warmth in Thailand than we had Sunday night!
I’ll be putting some more photos on my facebook page shortly, if you’re keen to check them out make sure you head over and “like” my page so they pop up in the newsfeed as soon as they’re up!
Father of the bride being groomed by his wife and daughter pre-wedding
Any house with sheep in the back yard is fine with me!
The rain had started and the girls were pretty exposed up there!
As I mentioned above, I’ll be putting some more photos on my facebook page shortly, if you’re keen to check them out make sure you head over and “like” my page so they pop up in the newsfeed as soon as they’re up!
If you were at the wedding what was your highlight?
