Beaumaris Motor Yacht Squadron wedding photos: Bec and Brent walk hand in hand along the sea wall as late sun sparkles on the bay, Melbourne
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Beaumaris Motor Yacht Squadron Wedding Photos: Bec & Brent

Beaumaris Motor Yacht Squadron · Beaumaris VIC · Melbourne

Waterside Wedding · City: Melbourne · Venue: Beaumaris Motor Yacht Squadron

A pink vintage sedan pulling up beside the cliffs, vows under a white arbour with the bay glittering behind, and a first dance that turned into a full routine on the parquet floor. Bec and Brent’s Beaumaris Motor Yacht Squadron wedding in Beaumaris, on Melbourne’s bayside, was blue sky, blush pink and sunshine on the water from the first beer to the last dance. We had the best time with them, from the lawn by the jetty to the cliff tops at Sandringham and back for the reception.

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A navy bow tie rests on a brown leather belt with a brushed silver buckle, set out on a mossy rock for Brent.
Brent's polished tan lace-up shoes sit on a lichen-covered rock among fallen leaves before he dresses.
Brent's navy suit jacket hangs from the verandah at the Best Western Plus Buckingham International in Highett, sun flaring through the leaves.
A red-haired groomsman laughs as he loops a navy bow tie around Brent's collar while they get ready.
Seen through a doorway, the groomsman fastens Brent's bow tie as Brent smiles towards the camera beside the curtains.
A loved one in pale blue lace holds Brent's arm and smiles up at him as he buttons his navy jacket.
Brent pulls the loved one in pale blue lace into a warm hug by the bedroom window, her smile wide.
A groomsman pins a white rosebud buttonhole to Brent's lapel in the doorway of the hotel room.
Brent checks his navy suit, black bow tie and white rose buttonhole in a tall mirror by the window.
Brent stands on a brick path under a leafy tree between an older man in a navy suit and a woman in white lace.
Brent laughs beside a loved one in blue and white lace, her hand resting on his jacket in the dappled shade.
Brent and four groomsmen in navy suits with white rose buttonholes line up in the shade of a feathery tree.
Brent grins at the front as his groomsmen fall in behind him along a shaded brick path.
The groomsmen tip back their beer bottles together under a leafy tree before heading off to the ceremony.
Brent and his groomsmen clink beer bottles in a laughing toast beneath the spreading branches.
The groomsmen huddle close and hold their beers out in a circle while Brent laughs in the middle.
Bec looks upward as eyeliner is brushed along her lash line, her hair already swept into a low bun.
A loved one in a red patterned robe pins Bec's soft low bun into place as Bec gazes down.
Bec smiles at her reflection in a small hand mirror, a vase of bright flowers glowing by the window behind.
Still in a grey singlet, Bec cuddles a small brown and white dog dressed in a tiny tuxedo among leafy plants.
Bec stands between sheer curtains with a pink and white rose bouquet, window light glowing through her lace halter bodice.
A loved one settles the veil into Bec's hair while a bridesmaid in blush waits beside her with the bouquets.
Bec and her four bridesmaids in long blush pink dresses hold pink and white rose bouquets against a deep green hedge.
Smiling side by side, Bec and her bridesmaids stand in front of the tall leafy screen with posies held at the waist.
Bec laughs with her bridesmaids as they turn towards each other, blush chiffon bright against the green leaves.
Bec and her bridesmaids lift their pink and white rose bouquets high, everyone laughing in the sunshine.
Bec stands between a loved one in a red dress with a gold belt and her dad in a navy suit and red tie.
Bec, a bridesmaid, a loved one in red and her dad smile together in front of the leafy green hedge.
Bec and her dad gather with a loved one in red, a bridesmaid and a man in a lilac shirt and bow tie.
White chairs and a white arbour wait on the waterfront lawn at Beaumaris Motor Yacht Squadron, the bay glittering beyond.
Bec arrives in a pale pink vintage sedan trimmed with ribbon, the green bayside cliff rising behind the club gate.
Guests in sunglasses and hats wait in the front row of white folding chairs, an older loved one holding a walking stick.
Guests in sunglasses chat on white chairs on the lawn with the glass windows of the BMYS clubhouse behind them.
Rows of guests fill the white chairs either side of the white runner as the flag lifts above the waterside lawn.
Brent waits beside the arbour with his groomsmen at Beaumaris Motor Yacht Squadron on Beaumaris Bay, the jetty behind them.
A bridesmaid in a long blush gown smiles as she walks down the white runner across the sunny lawn.
Another bridesmaid carries a small rose posy along the aisle at BMYS as guests line the lawn behind her.
A bridesmaid glances down at her pink rose posy with a smile as she steps along the white runner.
A blonde bridesmaid beams on her walk down the aisle at Beaumaris Motor Yacht Squadron in Beaumaris, her blush skirt swinging.
Bec's dad walks her across the lawn towards the aisle as she looks down at her bouquet with a shy smile.
Framed by the arbour's sheer drapes, Bec and her dad start down the runner at Beaumaris Motor Yacht Squadron.
Brent watches as her dad brings Bec down the aisle on the bayside lawn, both of them smiling.
Bec wipes away a happy tear as Brent holds her hand under the white arbour at BMYS, guests watching on.
Brent grins at Bec as they hold hands at the arbour, the jetty and open water of the bay stretching out behind him.
The groomsmen stand in dark suits by the water at Beaumaris Motor Yacht Squadron on Beaumaris Bay, eyes on the aisle.
The bridesmaids hold their rose bouquets beside the lattice arbour, deep blue water beyond the waterfront lawn.
Bec and Brent face each other under the arbour at Beaumaris Motor Yacht Squadron, their wedding party lined up against the bay.
Guests applaud as Bec and Brent share their first kiss under the arbour, open blue water stretching to the horizon.
Bec signs the register at a white table by the water as Brent and two older loved ones look on.
Bec and Brent kiss over the register at BMYS, the timber jetty and calm water stretching out behind them.
Every guest crowds around Bec and Brent in front of the arbour, arms in the air, with the bay filling the horizon.
Bec and Brent pose at Beaumaris Motor Yacht Squadron in Beaumaris with an older loved one in a hat and another in sparkling blue.
Bec and Brent stand under the arbour's pink and white flowers with two older loved ones, open waterfront views behind.
Bec and Brent with her dad and three loved ones at Beaumaris Motor Yacht Squadron on Beaumaris Bay, the jetty behind.
Bec and Brent stand under the arbour with her dad, a loved one in red, a bridesmaid and a man in a blue suit.
Bec and Brent gather with a bridesmaid, a loved one in pale blue lace and two men in dark suits on the BMYS clubhouse lawn.
Bec and Brent walk back up the aisle hand in hand and grinning, the arbour and the bay behind them.
Bec and Brent grin at each other as they stroll along the footpath beside a busy bayside road, his beer in hand.
The wedding party lines up along a clifftop rail high above the bay, blush dresses beside dark suits.
Bouquets and fists go up as the wedding party cheers on the clifftop path, the waterfront spread out below.
Bec and Brent kiss at the top of the curved stairs of the cream Sandringham Band Rotunda, palms on either side.
Brent leads Bec down the curving rotunda staircase, tall palm trees and bright blue sky behind them.
Bec and Brent walk down the rotunda stairs in Sandringham Beach Park while their wedding party lines the balconies above.
Brent and his groomsmen line the sweeping rotunda staircase, each with a hand on the rail, palms behind them.
The groomsmen stack themselves on the rotunda steps, with Brent grinning in front of the group.
Bec and her bridesmaids lean on the balcony rail under the rotunda's cream canopy, smiling down with their bouquets.
In black and white, Bec and Brent stand in silhouette on the rotunda balcony as bright sky flares behind them.
Brent and his groomsmen stand in a row at a clifftop rail, the bay a sheet of blue behind them.
Bec laughs with her bridesmaids at the clifftop lookout, their blush gowns bright against the blue water below.
The wedding party stands on the red sandstone cliff tops of the Sandringham foreshore, long shadows stretching from the sunlit water.
Arms and bouquets go up as the wedding party waves from the cliff edge, the sun blazing across the bay.
Bec and Brent kiss on the sandstone rocks at the water's edge as sunlight sparkles across Port Phillip Bay.
Bec and Brent walk hand in hand along a stone sea wall, light glittering off the bay behind Brent.
Brent leads Bec along the sunlit bayside sea wall, the two of them sharing a smile above the shimmering water.
Bec and Brent kiss at a timber waterfront lookout on the cliff as the low sun blazes across the water.
Bec and Brent sit together on a green bench against a sandstone wall, shaded by leafy coastal trees.
Bec, now in a short lace dress, walks hand in hand with Brent along the footpath as traffic passes.
Bec and Brent swap smiles as they stroll back along the street, her sheer overskirt trailing beside her.
Bec and Brent walk hand in hand along a palm-lined bayside street in the soft late afternoon light.
A four-tier cake with gold leaf, gold quilting and a Bec and Brent topper waits by the window at BMYS.
Brent spins Bec across the parquet floor during their first dance as guests cheer from the waterfront reception room.
Bec and Brent strike matching poses mid routine on the dance floor at Beaumaris Motor Yacht Squadron as guests laugh along.
Brent reaches for Bec's hand as she twirls out across the parquet, the bayside room watching on.
Bec and Brent hit their moves under a mirror ball at Beaumaris Motor Yacht Squadron in Beaumaris, lights scattering across the floor.
Brent points and Bec throws up a hand as their first dance routine kicks into a big move.
Bec and Brent fling their arms out wide in matching poses as dots of light scatter across the BMYS reception room.
Brent kisses Bec as they slow down on the dance floor, tiny points of light dancing on the wall of the waterside room.
Bec leans into Brent's arms and smiles as they sway together under the glittering lights of the BMYS clubhouse.
A loved one in pale blue lace dances cheek to cheek with a smiling man in a white shirt and grey tie.
A bridesmaid in blush and a red-haired groomsman hold hands and grin at the camera on the busy dance floor.
A bridesmaid and a groomsman with a pink rose buttonhole beam as they dance at Beaumaris Motor Yacht Squadron, Bec smiling behind.
A bridesmaid smiles as a groomsman in a white shirt and pale pink tie pulls a funny face mid dance.
A blonde bridesmaid and a red-haired groomsman laugh as they dance at Beaumaris Motor Yacht Squadron in Beaumaris.
Brent cuddles the loved one in pale blue lace on the dance floor, both grinning at the camera.
Bec dances cheek to cheek with a smiling older loved one in a white shirt and grey tie at BMYS.
Bec's dad dances with the loved one in a red dress on the parquet floor of the bayside reception room.
Bec dances with her dad on the crowded floor, both smiling as the party carries on around them.
Late in the night, Bec and Brent kiss by the dark window beside the cake at Beaumaris Motor Yacht Squadron on Beaumaris Bay.
The wedding story

Our Beaumaris Motor Yacht Squadron wedding photos: a pink vintage car, vows beside the jetty and a first dance with moves

Getting ready in Highett and at home · Lawn ceremony at Beaumaris Motor Yacht Squadron · Clifftop wedding party photos · Sandringham rotunda and cliffs · Reception and first dance

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Bow ties and beers

Brent got ready at a hotel in Highett, and we started with the small things: a navy bow tie and a silver belt buckle resting on a rock, and his jacket hanging from the verandah in the sun. Inside, a groomsman helped Brent with his bow tie, and a loved one in pale blue lace straightened Brent’s jacket and then pulled him in for a laughing hug. Outside under a leafy tree, five navy suits raised their beer bottles for a toast. Tree shade like that is gold on a bright day: it keeps faces even and the suits rich.

Lace by the window

At home, Bec sat for the last touches of her makeup, eyes closed, while we waited for the moment she looked into the mirror. Her gown had a lace halter-neck bodice and a long flowing skirt, and we stood her between sheer curtains so the window light came through behind her and lit up the lace. A loved one carefully settled the veil into her hair. Then the bridesmaids came out in blush pink against a deep green hedge, bouquets of pink and white roses in hand, and we could hardly get a frame where somebody was not laughing.

A pink car by the cliffs

Bec arrived at Beaumaris Motor Yacht Squadron in a pale pink vintage sedan with ribbons on the bonnet, the green cliff rising behind the gate. Down on the lawn, guests in sunglasses filled rows of white chairs on either side of a white runner, the flag lifting above them in the breeze. The bridesmaids walked down one by one in their long blush dresses. Then Bec’s dad walked her down the runner, and Brent waited at the arbour with the bay and the jetty stretching out behind him.

Vows with the bay behind

The ceremony sat right on the edge of Port Phillip Bay. The white arbour, dressed with pink and white flowers, framed Bec and Brent against open blue water, with the bridesmaids on one side and the groomsmen on the other. We shot it wide from behind the guests to show just how close the water was, then tighter from the side for the vows and the rings. Afternoon sun reflecting off the bay acts like a huge reflector, which is why faces glow in waterfront ceremonies even when the sun is behind the couple.

Signed beside the jetty

They signed the register at a white table on the lawn, the jetty and the bay behind them, and sneaked a kiss over the book. Family groups came next under the arbour, a few generations at a time, including an older loved one in a hat and another in a blue dress. Then Bec and Brent walked back up the aisle hand in hand, grinning. We took the wedding party up to the clifftop path above the lawn, where everyone lined up against the rail and threw their bouquets and arms in the air.

A rotunda with palm trees

For portraits we drove up the coast to Sandringham, where a cream rotunda with curved staircases and tall palm trees looks straight out over the beach. Bec and Brent walked down the stairs together while the wedding party filled the balconies above, a bit like a stage set. The groomsmen stacked themselves on the staircase for their own frame. In the shade under the rotunda we caught one silhouette of the two of them against the bright sky outside, which we kept in black and white.

Long shadows on the cliffs

The cliff tops at Sandringham are red sandstone, and as the sun dropped they turned warm orange. We stood the wedding party right on the edge with the sun behind them, so their long shadows ran back towards the lens and the water sparkled beyond. Then it was just Bec and Brent on the rocks, kissing with the sun breaking across the bay. Shooting into the sun takes some care: we let the highlights go bright and kept exposure on their faces. Walking back along the street, Bec had swapped to a shorter dress, perfect for dancing.

Gold leaf and a first dance

Back at Beaumaris Motor Yacht Squadron, the reception room overlooked the water. The cake had four tiers with gold leaf, a gold pattern and a topper spelling out Bec and Brent, with fresh flowers on top and at the base. Then came the first dance, and it turned out to be a proper routine. Brent spun Bec across the parquet floor, both of them flinging their arms out and dropping into matching poses, and the guests roared. We used a wide lens and kept low, so the whole room cheering made it into the frame.

Everybody on the floor

After the big routine the dance floor filled up fast. Bridesmaids danced with groomsmen, Bec danced with her dad and laughed through every step, and a loved one in red danced with him too. We bounced a light off the ceiling to keep the room warm and natural rather than flat. Late in the night, Bec and Brent slipped to the window beside the cake for a quiet kiss, with the dark bay and its little points of light behind. It was the perfect, softer finish to a full, happy bayside wedding.

Photographer's venue notes

Beaumaris Motor Yacht Squadron, Beaumaris: vows on the bay lawn, clifftop groups and a sunset sea wall walk

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Lawn, cliffs and the room upstairs

Bec and Brent kept their ceremony on the waterfront lawn, with the white arbour placed so the jetty and open bay ran out behind them, and the register table sat on the same grass by the water. Family groups stayed right there under the arbour flowers, which saved everyone a walk. From the lawn we took the wedding party up onto the clifftop path above the club for a quick, high group, then headed a short way up the coast to Sandringham for portraits. The evening came back to the reception room overlooking the water, where the parquet floor took over.

Bright sun off the bay

This was a blue sky, sunny afternoon, and the late afternoon ceremony put the bay in full glare behind the couple. The upside is that the water bounces light back into faces, so the arbour flowers and the couple stayed bright even with the sun beyond them. By the time we reached the Sandringham cliffs the sun had dropped low over the water and the sandstone had gone warm orange. We shot into it for long shadows, then turned Bec and Brent so the sparkle sat behind them as they walked the stone sea wall.

The spots that worked for Bec and Brent

The cream band rotunda in Sandringham Beach Park was the playful stop: its curved double staircase let Bec and Brent walk down together while the bridesmaids and groomsmen leant over the balcony rail above. Under its canopy the shade is deep, which suits a quieter frame against bright sky. On the clifftop, the timber lookout gave us a clean edge with nothing but water behind them, and a green bench against a sandstone wall under the coastal trees made a shaded rest. Even the stroll back along the palm-lined street gave us easy, laughing candids.

Tips from this bayside day

If your day looks like this one, plan a change of outfit for the party: Bec swapped to a short lace dress after the cliffs, which made the walk back and the dancing far easier. A breezy bay lawn lifts flags and long skirts, so give the bridesmaids a moment to settle their chiffon before each group. Leave room in the timeline to reach the rotunda and the cliffs and still return before the light goes. And if you have rehearsed a first dance routine, tell us where it starts, so we are already in position for the big moves.

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