Crown Perth wedding photos: Mac and Jofil share a kiss on a sunny riverside lawn with the city skyline across the water in Perth.
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Crown Perth Wedding Photos: Mac & Jofil

Crown Perth · Great Eastern Hwy & Bolton Ave, Burswood WA · Perth

Ballroom Wedding · Urban City Wedding · City: Perth · Venue: Crown Perth

A veil that took off in the wind, groomsmen leaping on the riverbank with the city skyline behind them, and storm clouds rolling in right on cue for the wedding party walk. Mac and Jofil got ready at Crown Perth in Burswood, travelled out for their ceremony, then came back to the resort for portraits high above the Swan River and a reception in the ballroom. We were there with them from the first grin to the room reveal, and it was a joy.

The gallery
Jofil and a groomsman in a bright blue suit throw hand signs in front of the hexagon mirrors at Crown Towers Perth.
Jofil hugs a groomsman from behind with a huge grin, hexagon mirrors catching the room on his ballroom wedding morning.
Jofil laughs beside a groomsman in a pale pink tie, the mirror wall reflecting their city hotel room.
Jofil stands shoulder to shoulder with a tall groomsman in blue, dressed for a ballroom reception at Crown Perth in Burswood.
Jofil and a grinning groomsman in a pink tie strike a relaxed pose, ready early for an urban riverside wedding.
Jofil stands between two loved ones in teal satin and a blue suit, all dressed up for the ballroom celebration.
Jofil laughs with a bridesmaid in a dusty pink wrap dress, their reflections caught in the hexagon mirrors above the city.
Mac, in an off-shoulder lace gown, smiles between two loved ones at a window at Crown Perth, city towers outside.
Bridesmaids in dusty pink, two flower girls in pink tulle and family gather around Mac by the bed before the ballroom party.
Mac steps from a white car onto a red carpet as her long veil streams out in the wind under a blue sky.
Her dad, masked and in a dark suit, walks Mac into the church between tall stands of white and pale blue flowers.
Looking past her dad and Mac's lace shoulder, Jofil waits at the front as masked guests and a choir in white look on.
Mac's lace train and long veil trail along the carpet as her dad leads her up the aisle towards Jofil.
At the front of the aisle her dad stands with Mac while Jofil waits beside her, the lace train pooled behind.
Mac and Jofil stand with guests, several in white suits, in front of the timber panelled platform after the ceremony.
Friends in pink, burgundy and pale blue line up either side of the newlyweds at the front of the church.
Mac and Jofil pose with the groomsmen in blue suits, pink ties and white buttonholes between the timber pews.
Two flower girls in puffy pink tulle hold their posies in front of the couple and a row of family.
A big group of young guests crowds around the couple, one woman in a floral dress cradling a baby.
Three bridesmaids in dusty pink hold white bouquets tied with blue ribbon beside the couple and three younger guests.
The couple poses with two women in pink lace and floral dresses, a woman in a camel coat and two men in navy.
Four little ones in white, navy spots, a pale blue jumper and cream stand in front of the couple for a family group.
Mac cradles a baby in white while guests in pink and a man in a purple floral shirt gather around the couple.
A bridesmaid in dusty pink and a man in a grey blazer flank the couple between the columns of white and blue flowers.
Two women in floral dresses and a man in a patterned shirt smile with Mac and Jofil at the front of the church.
A woman in a beige belted dress and another in a pink lace gown join the couple in front of a purple drape.
The couple stands with a bridesmaid in pink, a man in a blue suit and a woman in navy holding a small posy.
Close and smiling, Mac and Jofil squeeze in with a bridesmaid in dusty pink and a young woman in a navy pinafore.
A masked loved one holds up a phone for a video call while Mac beams and Jofil laughs behind his hand.
Hands gather around a phone screen showing a grid of faces joining the wedding on a video call.
Mac and Jofil smile outside the church in Jandakot, her long veil trailing across the car park.
Jofil dips Mac back with a laugh outside the pale green church, her white bouquet held close.
The newlyweds pose beside a white stretch limousine in the church car park under a big cloudy sky.
Jofil and Mac hold up the video call screen with two loved ones in teal satin and a blue suit, all grinning.
Back at Crown Perth in Burswood, the groomsmen show off the bridesmaids' white bouquets in front of glass city towers.
Jofil kisses Mac as groomsmen pucker up and bridesmaids lean in laughing on the lawn before the ballroom reception.
The wedding party waves bouquets on the lawn beneath the curved urban tower of Crown Towers Perth as storm clouds gather.
Arm in arm, the wedding party marches across the lawn laughing under dark storm clouds, the urban skyline at their backs.
Shot from low on the grass, the wedding party cheers around Mac and Jofil's kiss on their ballroom wedding afternoon.
The wedding party lines the riverside path with the city skyline standing tall across the Swan River behind them.
Bridesmaids and groomsmen leap into the air on the river path, CBD towers and cranes lined up across the water.
Mac lifts her skirt as Jofil carries her bouquet along the riverbank lawn at Crown Perth, city towers across the water.
Jofil laughs with an arm around Mac as they walk towards us on the grass, the urban skyline hazy behind.
Mac and Jofil kiss on the riverbank at Crown Perth in Burswood, her lace train lifting in the breeze before the ballroom dinner.
Mac's ring rests on the invitation among white flowers, blue thistles and leaves, ready for the ballroom reception.
Jofil kisses Mac's forehead at Crown Towers Perth, their reflection doubled in the glass beside them.
Jofil hugs Mac from behind as she holds her bouquet, both smiling beside a glass balustrade high above the city.
Mac stands alone on a high balcony at Crown Perth, parklands, the river and the city edge stretched out below.
Seen through a pane of glass, Mac and Jofil become a soft silhouette against hazy city towers ahead of the ballroom celebration.
Jofil throws a fist pump while holding Mac's hand down a glass corridor with city views at Crown Perth in Burswood.
Jofil covers his face laughing as Mac holds his hand and smiles in the bright corridor before the ballroom reveal.
Jofil twirls Mac by the tall windows, her bouquet in one hand and the urban view soft behind them.
The wedding party lines up at a pale feature wall with timber sconces and hanging greenery at Crown Perth, the ballroom reception still to come.
Two flower girls in pale pink tulle hold posies with blue ribbons in front of Mac and Jofil before the ballroom opens.
Mac and Jofil stand together at the feature wall, trailing greenery and glowing sconces around them on their ballroom wedding day.
Mac and Jofil with the bridesmaids in dusty pink and their white bouquets at Crown Perth in Burswood.
The groomsmen in blue suits and pink ties stand either side of the couple at the sconce wall ahead of the ballroom party.
The groomsmen lift Mac sideways across their arms as she laughs, Jofil grinning beside her at Crown Perth.
Held high by the groomsmen, Mac raises her bouquet as Jofil kisses her, a playful ballroom wedding moment.
Mac and Jofil stand in front of the white stage with its J and M monogram in the Crown Ballroom before guests arrive.
Jofil and Mac press cheek to cheek before the candlelit monogram stage, the empty ballroom all theirs for a moment.
The wedding story

Our Crown Perth wedding photos: a veil in the wind, storm clouds over the wedding party and the skyline across the Swan

Getting ready at Crown Towers · Ceremony in Jandakot · Family groups · Storm clouds at Crown · Skyline on the riverbank · Portraits up high · Ballroom reveal

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Hexagon mirrors and big grins

Jofil’s morning was one long laugh. He got ready in a room at Crown Towers with a wall of hexagon mirrors, and his groomsmen piled in one by one in navy and blue suits, patterned ties and pale pink shirts. Every pairing turned into a new pose: a bear hug, a shared grin, a cheeky hand sign. Mirrors like those are a fun extra for groom photos, because they throw back little slices of the room and make a simple portrait feel busy and full of life. Then two loved ones joined Jofil for a portrait of their own.

Pink tulle and a full room

Down the corridor, Mac was ready in an off-shoulder white gown with a lace overlay, and she stood between two loved ones for her first portrait of the day, smiling in front of the window. The room filled quickly. Bridesmaids in dusty pink, two flower girls in puffy pink tulle and family in their best gathered around the bed for a group frame. In a hotel room we push the furniture aside and put everyone with their backs to the wall and their faces to the window, so even a big group gets soft, clean light.

A veil in the wind

The ceremony was out in Jandakot, and the wind was waiting. As Mac stepped out of the car onto a red carpet, her long veil lifted and streamed out behind her under a blue sky full of clouds, while a bridesmaid reached to catch it. We kept shooting instead of stepping in, because a veil in the wind only gives you a second or two and never repeats. Inside, Mac’s dad walked her down the aisle between tall columns of pale blue and white flowers, her lace train and veil trailing on the carpet behind them.

Every family, one by one

After the ceremony, the groups began at the front of the room, framed by timber panelling and those two tall columns of blue and white flowers. We worked through the list one family at a time: parents, brothers and sisters, aunties and uncles, friends in pink, a cluster of little ones in front, then the bridesmaids and groomsmen. The trick with a long list is to keep the couple in the same spot and bring each group to them, so nobody walks back and forth. Mac kept the same happy smile for every single frame, which is not easy.

Faces on a phone screen

Outside, a sweet moment broke out in the sunshine. A loved one held up a phone so that family who could not be there could join in on a group call, their faces filling the little screen in a grid. Jofil burst out laughing with a hand over his mouth, Mac beamed, and two loved ones posed with the couple while holding the phone up proudly between them. We moved in tight on the screen and the hands around it, because those are the frames that tell everyone later who was missing and how much they were thought of.

Storm clouds over the wedding party

A white stretch limousine waited outside, and we caught Mac and Jofil beside it before heading back to Crown Perth. There, the wedding party went wild on the lawn: groomsmen leaping with the bridesmaids’ bouquets, bridesmaids planting kisses on cheeks, and everyone cheering in front of the curved tower of Crown Towers. Then dark storm clouds rolled in. We crouched low and shot upwards, so the heavy grey sky filled the top of the frame while the whole party marched arm in arm towards us, laughing. Moody weather can make the best group photos of the day.

Skyline across the Swan

On the riverbank the clouds broke, and the Perth skyline stood up clear across the water. We lined the wedding party along the path for a classic frame, then asked them to jump, and they went for it, arms and legs everywhere. Then it was just Mac and Jofil, walking along the grass with the city behind them, Mac holding up her skirt and Jofil leaning in for a kiss. For a skyline frame we step well back and use a longer lens, which pulls the city closer so the towers stand tall behind the couple.

Reflections up high

Up inside the hotel, we found a quieter mood. Mac’s invitation and ring sat among white flowers and blue thistles, ready for a detail frame. Then we used the glass: Jofil kissed Mac’s forehead with their reflection doubled beside them, and we photographed Mac alone on a high balcony with the parklands and river stretched out below. Through a pane of glass, the two of them became a soft silhouette against the city towers. Jofil celebrated with a fist pump in the corridor, laughed until he had to cover his face, and twirled Mac by the window.

A lift and the ballroom reveal

Our last portrait spot was a pale feature wall with timber sconces and hanging greenery, which gave the whole wedding party a clean, bright backdrop. The flower girls stood proudly in front of Mac and Jofil, and then the groomsmen picked Mac up and held her sideways across their arms while she laughed. Then came the room reveal: the ballroom stage set with white flowers and a J and M monogram, and Mac and Jofil standing in front of it before a single guest walked in. Crown Perth wedding photos rarely get a quieter, happier moment than that.

Photographer's venue notes

Crown Perth, Burswood: storm clouds on the lawn, a skyline jump by the river and an empty ballroom reveal

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Coming back to Crown after the ceremony

Mac and Jofil started their day in rooms at Crown Towers, travelled out to Jandakot for the ceremony, then returned to the resort for everything else. That loop shaped our afternoon. Back at Crown we began on the lawn under the curved tower, walked the bridal party down to the riverbank path, then headed up inside the hotel for quieter couple portraits on a high balcony and along a glass corridor. A pale feature wall with timber sconces took the last groups, and the evening opened with the ballroom reveal.

Weather that changed by the minute

The afternoon gave us dark storm clouds over the lawn and then, a short walk later, a clear skyline across the Swan. Heavy cloud is wonderful for a lively group, because it adds drama without blowing out the white dresses, so we worked quickly while it lasted. The wind was part of the day too: it caught Mac's veil at the car and lifted her lace train on the riverbank, and we let it move rather than pinning everything down.

Our favourite spots inside and out

The lawn below Crown Towers puts that tall curve of glass behind a wedding party, which instantly tells you where you are. On the riverbank path the city lines up across the water, perfect for a jump with the whole bridal party. Up inside, the glass gave us doubled reflections and a soft silhouette of the two of them against the towers, while the hexagon mirrors in Jofil's room had already given his groomsmen a playful backdrop that morning. The sconce wall with hanging greenery was bright and even for big groups.

Tips for an off-site ceremony day

When the ceremony is away from Crown, build in a short pause on your return so hair, veil and makeup can be refreshed before portraits. Ask your bridal party to stay together as one group from the car to the lawn, which keeps the afternoon flowing. And ask your stylist to finish the room a little early so you can have a few quiet minutes alone in the ballroom before guests come in; standing together in front of the monogram stage gave Mac and Jofil one of the gentlest frames of their day.

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