Sera & Will’s Story
A Wedding Ceremony at The Grounds of Alexandria
Sera & Will’s Wedding Day
As a South Coast wedding photographer, I was delighted when Maeve and Eamonn decided on Interbane House in Stanwell Park as the venue their beautiful garden wedding and reception. With it’s beautiful architecture and terraced garden overlooking the beach, it’s a venue that ticks every box.
We started the day with the boys getting ready at Interbane. I then headed over to photograph the girls getting ready at their nearby Airbnb. I so love the photograph I captured of Maeve’s mum Sue as she places her bracelet on Maeve’s wrist. The love in Sue’s eyes is so deep and authentic. These are the shots that I hope couples will come to treasure over the years, utterly candid and capturing their truth.
Here I also got to meet the absolute star of the show, Maeve and Eamonn’s baby son Banjo, who has to be the best kid I’ve ever photographed, he was so at ease with the camera.
So back to Interbane, to get ready for an amazing and deeply heartfelt ceremony witnessed by family and friends.
A wedding for me is not just a celebration of the couple’s love for each other but also the love they share with their whole family. Maeve and Eamonn are both writers by trade and this showed in their vows. As their love story was told I was able to quietly move around and capture beautiful reaction shots of their nearest and dearest as the ceremony unfurled.
After a round of celebratory drinks I took the couple (and Banjo) and bridal party over to Bald Hill, with it’s stunning ocean views towards Stanwell Park Beach serving as our background for bridal portraits.
As evening approached and a cool sea breeze picked up, it was time for speeches.
“Just wanted to express our appreciation and thanks for all of Brendan's work on our wedding day. Brendan was so friendly and had great ideas for us for photos and made everything feel so easy and enjoyable and took away a lot of our nerves.
Brendan was great to communicate with, was punctual and had great ideas for locations to make us look like superstars. I saw a few of his photos of us on his camera and I was already in awe of them. Cannot wait to receive them. Very excited.
By already looking at his website and seeing the quality of photos he has, there is no need to look elsewhere because they are perfect quality compared to so many others I have seen. With all of our gratitude.”
— Sera and Will