▶Ballara Receptions · 1435 Main Rd, Eltham VIC 3095 · Melbourne
Kimberlyn and Michael’s wedding film: the ceremony, portraits and the reception, all at Ballara Receptions.
▶The film follows the whole day at Ballara Receptions in the order it happened: the ceremony, portraits and the reception.
Ceremony, Portraits and Reception: Ballara Receptions, 1435 Main Rd, Eltham VIC 3095.
Ballara Receptions is a garden wedding venue on Main Road at Eltham, in Melbourne’s north-east at the foothills of the Yarra Valley. The property started as tea rooms and became a reception venue in 1987; the chapel followed in 1996 and seats 100. The grounds are English-style gardens around a private lake with weeping willows, a jetty, a Victorian gazebo and a waterfall, and the ballroom has floor-to-ceiling windows over the gardens. It takes one wedding at a time, up to about 170 guests.
We photographed Lina and Matthew’s ceremony and reception here. Ballara’s gardens fold the bush right up to the lawn edges, so the frames feel enclosed and private even with a full guest list. We walked the fern paths at dusk and the gums filtered the light into ribbons. We have photographed and filmed further weddings at Ballara since.
On this day the whole film stayed on the property: the ceremony, portraits and the reception at Ballara Receptions.