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AN ADELAIDE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER

September 26, 2024

night wedding at Mandalay House

Mandalay House and Gardens, one of the absolute jewels in the crown of South Australian wedding venues, was absolutely immaculate on Saturday, just perfect. Everywhere you turned there was a new and different garden, or plant, or statue – springtime is when the place really sings. So when Carly and Jake told me of their […]

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September 20, 2024

Bride and groom at White Hill Estate wedding.

Sometimes life has a way of working itself out, and when Jodie and Gus made it official at their White Hill Estate Wedding, it represented an exciting step in their 29-year love story. I could attempt to tell their story, but Jodie says it best: We met 29 years ago when we were 19 and […]

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September 11, 2024

Canola fields south Australia wedding

When Kat and Rory booked their Barns of Freeling wedding there was essentially a dirt paddock as the backdrop to the ceremony. Simple, rustic, country vibes. Tick, tick, tick. When they arrived the day before their ceremony they were surprised to discover this dirt patch was suddenly a vibrant yellow canola field in full bloom!! […]

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September 6, 2024

Adam and Jess’s wedding was a true celebration of love, family, and fun, set against the enchanting backdrop of the Adelaide Zoo. Surrounded by 75 close friends and family, as well as Adelaide’s finest menagerie, their day was nothing short of magical. The ceremony itself was a beautiful fusion of elegance and whimsy. The vows […]

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August 12, 2024

Bride and Groom Mannum wedding with cars.

Jacqui and Tony found one another late in life. So late, in fact, that they managed to have 10 children between them before they met! But you’d be hard-pressed to find a couple of love birds who are as smitten with one another as these two. Tony is an absolute romantic, the type of thoughtful […]

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July 29, 2024

McLaren Vale micro wedding at Shadow Creek.

There was a lot of rain in the week in the week leading up to Jo and Andy’s McLaren Vale micro wedding. Pools of water on the ground out the front of the Currant Shed where they had their reception lunch. The day before, the boffins at the bureau were suggesting we might get up […]

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June 26, 2024

Mount lofty estate winter wedding fog

Mount Lofty Estate is one of Adelaide’s iconic venues, the fog rolling in over the Picadilly Valley is a sight to behold, and when you decide to have a winter wedding a few minutes drive from the highest point in Adelaide there’s a good chance the fog gods will along for the ride. I was […]

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May 23, 2024

Mount Lofty Estate Autumn wedding, just married

Is there anything more majestic than a Mount Lofty Estate wedding in the Autumn? These endless dry, cloudless days aren’t much fun for the farmers, but they’re excellent for us wedding photographers, and when you combine them with a vibrant wedding party, a venue as salubrious as Mt Lofty House and a couple of joyful […]

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March 28, 2024

There’s backyard weddings and there’s backyard weddings. Ella and Sam were fortunate to be able to use one of Adelaide’s finest backyards as their wedding venue, a stunning property on the iconic Victoria Drive. And what a day it was, perfect weather, incredible food and wine, and a magical live band to keep the vibes […]

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March 27, 2024

B&W Bride and Groom at Beresford Estate wedding

Forty. Degrees. Celsius. By the time Autumn rolls around you’d think that the summer scorchers are a thing of the past, but that’s not how it played out for Nicky and Barry. Luckily the airconditioning at Beresford Estate is top-notch, and after a warm afternoon in the sunshine, we were all able to cool off […]

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