Melissa and Michael, featuring their special fur baby Doug who walked them back down the aisle as Mr & Mrs Langley! 🤍 This was such a relaxed and fun day. We loved being there for photos and video! We left with our cups full, reminded of why we love our jobs so much.
Vendors:
Hair: @amyrose_hair
Make up: @charlottelouisebeauty
Venue: @brackenridgecountryretreat
Celebrant: @wendymorrisoncelebrant
DJ: DJ luke
Flowers: @jillfranceshavill
Video: @traveller.video
Brackenridge Country Retreat
Brackenridge Country Retreat Martinborough Wedding - Theresa and Shavin
We spent the day with Theresa and Shavin at Brackenridge in Martinborough starting with their preparations/getting ready photos, ceremony and right through to their party! @traveller.video was on video duty for the ceremony and speeches, while I had the lovely Jess from @jessdewsnap helping me with photos. Having a second photographer with me means that we can be in two places at once for the getting ready photos! I love at this time of year (October) the blossom trees blooming in the backdrop for the ceremony space! This was an incredibly warm and sunny day so we decided to split their wedding portraits with their bridesmaids and groomsmen up into two parts - 20 minutes after the ceremony in the shade and then 15 minutes after dinner/speeches for sunset. The sunset was amazing, make sure you scroll down to see what we captured.
Some of our favourite vendors were on board for this wedding including Jaymie Jarvis for makeup, Floriade for flowers and The Amazing Travelling Photobooth. Theresa and Shavin thank you so much for trusting us with your day (and for your beautiful Google Review talking about your experience!)
Brackenridge Wedding Venue - Martinborough
Hayley and Shaun contacted me about their wedding plans at Brackenridge and we decided that 6 hours of photography would be plenty of time for their day! They wanted the wedding to be about spending time with family, their kids (who were their bridesmaids and groomsmen) and having a great time with guests. In the 6 hours that I was with them, we were able to cover the finishing touches of their preparations, the ceremony, photos afterward with their family and kids, the very start of their reception and sunset photos! That’s one of the great things about Brackenridge as a wedding venue, everything is on-site and you can make your timeline really streamlined without lots of travel between locations. I’m all for these shorter wedding days, sometimes you don’t need a 10-hour package and you can actually capture so much in a shorter time.
During their first speeches, we had a small window of opportunity to decide if we were going to head out for sunset photos, which we preplanned to be before I finished. It was raining, completely clouded over and I said sorry we won’t get a sunset but then the sky opened up (I’ve had this happen before in Martinborough, it changes within minutes). They got their sunset photos! Take a look.
Thanks for joining me @jessdewsnap as my second photographer and it was great to see you @wendymorrisoncelebrant!
Brackenridge Martinborough Wedding - Steph and Anthony
On a very windy and sunny day in Martinborough, we photographed and filmed Steph and Anthony’s wedding at Brackenridge Country Retreat. I had previously taken maternity photos for them in 2020 so it was special being asked to take photos a second time and to be able to capture their wedding day!
Wedding video by my partner Traveller Audio & Visual
Brackenridge Country Retreat Wedding Ceremony - Gemma and Sam
Congratulations to Gemma and Sam who tied the knot at Brackenridge Country Retreat in Martinborough! Karl and I documented their day from preparations through to when the party started with dancing.
We did a first look before their ceremony in an olive grove on the property of a couple whose wedding I photographed back in 2018! It was near the same spot where we did their first look all those years ago, so it was really special being back in this location.
We lucked out with the weather. Did you know that cloud on your wedding day is not a bad thing! It makes the light so soft and we can take photos anywhere (makes our job much easier). The sunset broke through the clouds for not even 10 minutes during their reception. We didn’t think anything was going to happen but then it all changed so we quickly stopped eating our dinner and rushed out to catch it (dedicated clients, I'm all for it)!
The Weddingcoach NZ did the most incredible job of coordinating the whole day! It was the first time I’ve work with a coordinator and it blows my mind how much of a difference it made for us vendors and the couple. Everything was exactly where it needed to be and the whole day went so smoothly. Thank you Britt!
