Black Brewing Co Wedding - Jedd & Kelsie

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Black Brewing Co is one of my favourite wedding venues in Margaret River. This blog will outline why Black Brewing Co is such a popular choice for engaged couples planning their wedding.

Suppliers:

Getting ready - Regency Beach Club

Location Black Brewing Co
Furniture – Yallingup Event Hire
Celebrant – Celebrant Dunsborough
Flowers – Zest Flowers
Dress – Oxford Bridal
Suits – Institchu
Cake - Cheese Louise  
Hair – Diana Cheetham
Makeup - Diana Cheetham

Black Brewing Co is situated on the scenic Caves Road just sixteen minutes by car from Dunsborough and twenty five minutes from Margaret River town centre.

This makes it very convenient for your wedding guests to book accomodation locally.

Black Brewing Co has beautiful architectural features and landscaped gardens that make my life as a wedding photographer that much easier.

Built with locally sourced granite stonework Black Brewing Co has a unique contemporary architectural style that complements the surrounding landscape.

You approach the cellar door along thick jarrah decked walkways that border large native garden beds and beautifully simplistic ponds. The mirrored reflection of the waters surface further continues the beautiful pattern of the buildings stonework. A feature that I really love about the place.

A large feature wall with fifteen oak wine barrels gives a very unique Margaret River styled wedding backdrop that is used a lot for wedding photos.

This venue has an abundance of spectacular scenes to photograph the bride and groom and their wedding party. The best part is that they are all super close to each other which cuts out walking too far in high heels.

Using the natural window light and art pieces on the walls to highlight Jedd’s amazing blue eyes!

Using the natural window light and art pieces on the walls to highlight Jedd’s amazing blue eyes!

Primarily the boys getting ready shots are about capturing the various stages of transforming from regular guy to Bondesque dude haha. There can be some funny moments as people get their heads around winchesters and fixing button holes. I often lend a hand on that front.

Jedd looking super cool and relaxed with a beer. The simple tree background allows Jedd to be the main feature without the distractions of the other properties in the background.

Jedd looking super cool and relaxed with a beer. The simple tree background allows Jedd to be the main feature without the distractions of the other properties in the background.

The girls have it sussed as they pop a bottle of bubbly before getting dressed. A nice reward for all the hours of work already gone into their hair and make up preparations. Kelsie booked her accomodation at Regency Beach Club as well so it was super convenient for wedding suppliers and friends and family on the day.

“The decisive moment” captured right there, Henri Cartier-Bresson would have been proud of this one.

“The decisive moment” captured right there, Henri Cartier-Bresson would have been proud of this one.

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A component of documentary photography is to use sequences of photographs to tell stories. This is a beautiful moment shared between Kelsie, sister and close friends who are her bridesmaids on her wedding day. By taking more than one photo, you get a sense of the fun and relaxed time they had together.

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Photographing the details is a big part of photographing at the brides house. It’s important to capture all the memory triggers like the stunning wedding dress from Oxford Bridal which Kelsie purchased in Perth.

The main bedroom at Regency Beach Club has some beautiful natural light which I love to work with.

The main bedroom at Regency Beach Club has some beautiful natural light which I love to work with.

Getting closer to Kelsies beautiful wedding dress concentrates on all the wonderful fine details created by the talented Oxford Bridal.

Getting closer to Kelsies beautiful wedding dress concentrates on all the wonderful fine details created by the talented Oxford Bridal.

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Allowing the moment to happen naturally gives people a chance to be themselves and have fun together. I picked this spot at the house because it has really nice flattering light and a clean simple background with no distractions. I just asked the girls to have a chat, they have so many fun and natural photos from this moment to look back on.

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Photographing a variety of natural and directed photographs means everyone is happy and nothing is ever missed. Notice how relaxed and happy everyone looks.

Beautiful bouquet from Zest Flowers in Dunsborough. I love their fantastic creations.

Beautiful bouquet from Zest Flowers in Dunsborough. I love their fantastic creations.

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Documentary wedding photography is about photographing hundreds of tiny moments like these. Later on when you see them all together, it’s what you have to transport you back to what it was like. Or, perhaps show you some things you did not get to see.

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A little direction again here to pop Kelsie into some nice natural flattering light. After a quick tidy up, closing a few doors etc the girls could get ready without direction as I moved about getting some different angles.

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I really love this photo of Kelsie and her bridesmaids enjoying fanning out her veil. I always keep an eye out for little moments like this.

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I spotted this couch with the mid grey wall behind and had it earmarked for a portait of Kelsie once she was dressed. The dark grey wall and beautiful window light makes Kelsie’s skin tones pop. I always use natural lighting, it gives a natural retouched look. Shadows, wrinkles etc are removed naturally with light and exposures I use.

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Regency Beach Club in Dunsborough is a great pick for a wedding, the lighting and decor of the properties is so easy to work with when photographing the bride and groom getting ready before their big day.

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Everyone is excited as we arrive at Black Brewing Co

Black Brewing Co has acres of stunning vineyards that make beautiful backdrops for wedding photography.

Black Brewing Co has acres of stunning vineyards that make beautiful backdrops for wedding photography.

A fantastic example of a beautiful Margaret River wedding backdrop. The mid greens of the grape vines makes your skin tones look beautiful.

A fantastic example of a beautiful Margaret River wedding backdrop. The mid greens of the grape vines makes your skin tones look beautiful.

Ceremonies on the large deck at Black Brewing Co. I love the background views overlooking the lake and surrounding trees.

Ceremonies on the large deck at Black Brewing Co. I love the background views overlooking the lake and surrounding trees.

Sneaky photo of Jedd awaiting his bride to walk down the aisle at Black Brewing Co. The gardens look stunning.

Sneaky photo of Jedd awaiting his bride to walk down the aisle at Black Brewing Co. The gardens look stunning.

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I had a message from Kelsie’s mum leading up the wedding to try and capture the surprised look on Kelsie’s face when she notices her beloved fur baby at the altar alongside Jedd.

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Using sequences of photos rather than just taking one allows the narrative to unfold. I love Kelsie’s various expressions but I also love her fathers reactions. Fantastic memories to have I reckon.

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Black Brewing Co has a wonderful decked area for their wedding ceremonies which is overlooking a spectacular tree lined lake. The backdrop for photography during the ceremony includes the brewery where they host their wedding receptions.

Jedd and Kelsie ceremony at Black Brewing Co next to their beautiful arbour from Yallingup Event Hire and stunning flower arrangement from Zest Flowers

Jedd and Kelsie ceremony at Black Brewing Co next to their beautiful arbour from Yallingup Event Hire and stunning flower arrangement from Zest Flowers

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I love emotional wedding photos like this and I am amped to photograph as much emotion at every wedding ceremony. Just look at the mans expression in the second row, a reaction to a joke during the ceremony. It’s really nice for families to have photographs to remember like this, everyone being themselves and so happy.

Natural wedding photo of guests laughing during the ceremony at Black Brewing Co.

Natural wedding photo of guests laughing during the ceremony at Black Brewing Co.

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The tree line surrounding the lake at Black Brewing Co frames the property nicely. You feel like you are in the middle of no where.

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Exchanging of the wedding vowels can be funny one minute, nerve racking the next and of course there are the tear jerking moments too.

Exchanging of the wedding vowels can be funny one minute, nerve racking the next and of course there are the tear jerking moments too.

Natural wedding photographs like this are a big part off my photography style. Having memories of the emotions of the day will be incredibly valuable to my clients in years to come.

Natural wedding photographs like this are a big part off my photography style. Having memories of the emotions of the day will be incredibly valuable to my clients in years to come.

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By photographing the emotions for my clients they can look back through their day and get a feeling of what it was like to be their. Your day will go so quickly. There are so many people to catch up with and spend time with it can get full on for you. My job is to photograph hundreds of memories for you, as many different aspects, moments and details as I possibly can. This will give you a visual story to refer back to.

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Wedding guest spontaneously laughs during the wedding ceremony at Black Brewing Co.

Wedding guest spontaneously laughs during the wedding ceremony at Black Brewing Co.

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I love this portrait of Jedd and Kelsie just after their first kiss at Black Brewing Co. The excitement on their faces is beautiful to see. All that planning, conquering those nerves of being the centre of attention. Well done guys!

I love this portrait of Jedd and Kelsie just after their first kiss at Black Brewing Co. The excitement on their faces is beautiful to see. All that planning, conquering those nerves of being the centre of attention. Well done guys!

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Walking back down the aisle and heaps of happy expressions, all off the cuff, wonderful spontaneous photographs that show all of the emotion of the day.

Jedd was literally getting pelters here as guests took aim with petals, pretty funny tradition I reckon. Love it!

Jedd was literally getting pelters here as guests took aim with petals, pretty funny tradition I reckon. Love it!

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I am hyper with my camera at this stage of a wedding, the wedding guests are always experiencing a spike in emotions right now and it’s my mission to photograph as many exchanges and interactions as possible. The bride and groom will just not get to see everything so it’s my job to get it all for them.

Brides sister banters best man as groom watches on. Theses are the type of exchanges which add to the directed photographs to complete the story of their day. Personality, character make awesome memories. I am naturally drawn towards characters in l…

Brides sister banters best man as groom watches on. Theses are the type of exchanges which add to the directed photographs to complete the story of their day. Personality, character make awesome memories. I am naturally drawn towards characters in life and I have a knack of seeing theses moments before they happen.

Aww so cute!! Reunited. This was a fantastic idea to surprise Kelsie with her gorgeous boy!

Aww so cute!! Reunited. This was a fantastic idea to surprise Kelsie with her gorgeous boy!

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These photographs were taken whilst photographing the family groups. I literally have eyes in the back of my head haha.

Love this photograph.

Love this photograph.

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Dad playing with his son alongside me as I photograph the family groups. I took six awesome shots of this fun time as Dad thew his boy in the air.

Dad playing with his son alongside me as I photograph the family groups. I took six awesome shots of this fun time as Dad thew his boy in the air.

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natural chaos wedding photo taken between family group photos

Something new I am photographing more and more is the part between family groups. Whilst Jedd on the left is interacting with family, Kelsie is distracted with the cute baby boy while his Mum fixes up his shoes.

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beautiful wedding photo of bride and bridesmaids laughing at Black Brewing Co
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Wedding photo at Black Brewing Coin the  amazing gardens

The gardens at Black Brewing Co are stunning. Lots of pretty scenes and all very close to one another which basically means you get to enjoy your experience of having photos taken without having to walk long distances and take so much time away from all of your wonderful guests.

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This row of trees frame portraits really well and the lovely green background allows skin tones to stand out. The lighting is perfect, very natural and flattering.

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How good is this! So happy so excited! Beautiful.

Formal wedding photo at Black Brewing Co in the beautiful gardens

I am a sucker for a tree tunnel, natural framing, lovely light. This one is traditional and I also do some more natural ones in a nice spot like this to give my clients variety. Whilst the older generations might like the traditional portrait the bride and groom might want a more natural image.

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This photo was taken with minimal direction. I wanted to wait and see what happened to not kill the moment. This is my reward.

pretty photo of bride and bridesmaids next to arbour with stunning Black Brewing Co lake behind them.

Then I could add a “have a look this way” and because they are having a fantastic time their expressions are just that. People look beautiful when they are happy and relaxed.

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natural wedding photo of groom and groomsmen looking really relaxed and happy.
groom looks at his stunning bride as they walk together.
bridal party photo in the beautiful gardens at Black Brewing Co

I love these mixed level group shots.

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A short walk from the ceremony area we are at the front of Black Brewing Co and there is a different feel to the photographs, more about architecture, the beautiful ponds, straight lines and sculptures. It is very funky and every way you turn there is a fantastic backdrop for a wedding photo.

playful fun bridal party photo with oak wine barrels in the background.

This is my favourite out of a bunch of shots taken of the bridal party and the barrels. It looks fun!

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Between the ponds at Black Brewing Co are decked boardwalks. I directed the bride and groom into a position to get a mirrored reflection of them in the water. The light off white colours of the stone walls reflects into the water, giving a lovely soft warm look.

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Bride and groom kiss with oak wine barrels in backdrop at Black Brewing Co.
Handy when one of your mates owns a Ferrari.

Handy when one of your mates owns a Ferrari.

amazing candid wedding photo of guests laughing at Black Brewing Co

My clients choose me because they love how I photograph people being themselves. You might call me sneaky and I take that as a compliment haha.

Black Brewing Co wedding guests laughing during pre dinner drinks.
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natural photo of wedding guests having an amazing time at Black Brewing Co.

The pre dinner drinks shots are wonderful at getting a sense of how much fun it was at your wedding. Some of my clients prefer more time allocated to these photos than bridal party ones. I help my clients get a realistic idea of how many bridal party photos I can supply in a certain time frame and we work from there. Planning is essential so we are all on the same page. It also means that on your wedding day you know I am the timekeeper keeping everything flowing as per your wishes and it allows you to be far more relaxed and present on your wedding day.

Natural wedding photo of guests laughing together before reception at Black Brewing Co.

I was literally blown away when I walked into the wedding reception space at Black Brewing Co. The views overlooking the property are stunning. I love the lighting hanging from the ceiling, the wood panelling on the roof, those beautiful long dining tables and chairs supplied by Yallingup Event Hire and gorgeous flower displays from the talented crew at Zest Flowers

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beautiful photo of decorated interior with furniture from Yallingup Event Hire at Black Brewing Co.

All the thought, time and talent that goes into creating this is why I photograph the hell out of the reception styling. Lots of different angles, close up and extreme wides all come together to help you remember when your dreams all slotted into place.

photo of long dining table decorated with flowers from Zest Flowers.
Interior styles and decorated for wedding at Black Brewing Co.
close up photo of flowers supplied by zest flowers on table at Black Brewing Co.
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Styling detail photo of reception decor at Black Brewing Co.
photo of long dining tables at Black Brewing Co.
main bridal table with bouquet from zest flowers at Black Brewing Co
natural wedding photo of matron of honour reading her speech at wedding reception.

I love photographing speeches, I love the “banter” element that can cut close to the mark but they are delivered with that twinkle in the eye and love that makes it ok. The reactions I photograph are just priceless. Scroll through and you can sense the fun and joy it was to experience this special moment, I am really very privileged to share this special moment with families and loved ones.

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brides sister laughs uncontrollably at joke during speeches at Black Brewing Co.
natural wedding photograph of mother and father of the bride laughing out loud during speeches at Black Brewing Co.
documentary wedding photo in black and white capturing two guests enjoying the wedding reception.
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mother of bride laughs with famiy at wedding reception at Black Brewing Co.
wide angle room photo showing the guests having fun in the amazing wedding venue at Black Brewing Co.
happy wedding guest inside the wedding reception space at Black Brewing Co.
guests enjoys a laugh and joke with wedding guest at wedding reception.
wonderful candid wedding photo during speeches.
grooms mum laughing happily at Black Brewing Co.
laughing mother of groom during wedding speeches at reception at Black Brewing Co.
natural wedding photo of father of bride telling a joke.
two wedding guests enjoying their night sat at long wedding table supplied by yallingup event hire.
stunning photo of Cheese Louise Margaret River wedding cake .

Jedd and Kelsie go all in on the cutting of the cake. This was no ordinary cake though, this was a Cheese Louise stunning creation by Natalie, I photographed her wedding back in 2013 in Margaret River.

best wedding photo of bride and groom laughing while cutting their wedding cake.
bride and groom excited as they cut their cheese louise Margaret river cake.
best natural wedding photo of bride and groom massacring their wedding cake at Black Brewing Co.
emily joy music band playing at Black Brewing Co.

The incredibly talented Emily Joy Music can get any wedding pumping and soon as the first dance was over, wedding guests piled onto the dance floor to have a bit of fun.

beautiful black and white photograph of bride and grooms first dance at Black Brewing Co.
bride and groom first dance at Black Brewing Co.
Dancing with a near full pint takes skill, especially in a light coloured suit.

Dancing with a near full pint takes skill, especially in a light coloured suit.

Letting rip with vocals while dancing at wedding at Black Brewing Co.

Letting rip with vocals while dancing at wedding at Black Brewing Co.

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