The weather forecast 5 days before the wedding was looking promising. 24 degrees, some clouds, no rain. But as the day approached this optimistic outlook turned sour, and the dreaded R word reared its ugly head.
Rain at a wedding is never ideal, but for an outdoor ceremony with no plan B it becomes more than just an inconvenience. To be fair to Jacqui and Matt it’s generally a pretty safe bet scheduling an outdoor Adelaide wedding in December, in fact the entire monthly average rainfall fell in just 4 hours in the week leading up to the day so it’s fair to say Decembers are generally pretty dry. In the end the rain held off when it had to and didn’t properly set in until everyone was partying away under the marquee in the evening – we had to stop and start the photos a few times but it was really no big deal. Actually, the rain was probably overshadowed by the wind which did its best to sabotage things, but the thing that totally overshadowed the weather altogether was the love between Jacqui and Matt.
I’m not sure I’ve shot a wedding where I’ve come away with more photos of a bride absolutely BEAMING every time she looked at her man, as you’ll see below. These high school sweet hearts tied the knot 8 years into their relationship but they looked like a couple of love sick puppies who’d just fallen in love last week. (A highlight of the speeches was the father of the groom recounting how he discovered Matt had a girlfriend – from a maths teacher at parent-teacher interview night at Heathfield High!). It was a truly magic day for all involved, from the preparation jitters, to the horse drawn carriage, the scaling of barb wire fences for photos (HUGE kudos to Jacqui for risking life, limb and wedding dress) to the stunning vineyards surrounding the Birdwood property. It was an honour and pleasure to be involved with such beautiful people on a day like this, thanks Jacqui and Matt, I hope you’re getting better weather on your camping honeymoon that you had the week leading up to your wedding!
(As a side note Matt is a great photographer who is often my assistant / second shooter when I shoot weddings, so I was really under the pump to produce shots that would impress a discerning critic – I hope you like them Matt!)
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!
So that’s it for weddings in 2010 for me, but early 2011 I’ll be jumping on a plane to a stunning resort in Borneo to kick off my 2011 wedding season with a massive bang – BRING IT ON!
PS – how many brides do you know who would be up for climbing over and back 3 fences (including a crazy barb wire number) in the name of a photo?
