Elmswood Estate wedding photos: Emma and Reece walk arm in arm along the vineyard slope, looking out over the valley under cloud, Yarra Valley
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Elmswood Estate Wedding Photos: Emma & Reece

Elmswood Estate · 75 Monbulk-Seville Rd, Seville VIC · Melbourne

Country Wedding · Winery & Vineyard Wedding · Region: VIC - Yarra Valley · City: Melbourne · Venues: Dalblair Bed & Breakfast · Elmswood Estate

Three blue suits lined up against the ranges, a bouquet of peach roses and lilac delphiniums, and a dog who wanted to be in every kiss. Emma and Reece’s wedding at Elmswood Estate in Seville put the vows on a timber deck above the vines, with the Upper Yarra Valley rolling away behind the floral arch. Then came a vineyard walk under big spring clouds, a jumping entrance into the glass Pavilion and a slip back outside for the sunset. We loved every minute with them.

The gallery
Reece's watch, cologne, cufflinks and two engraved wooden ring boxes laid out on a patterned bedspread at Dalblair Bed & Breakfast.
Gold cufflinks in a grey box beside the wooden ring boxes and a brown leather watch strap on a timber table.
Reece in a blue suit and burgundy tie leans over the bed to fold a white pocket square for his country wedding.
Reece fastens a cufflink at his white shirt cuff, a grey waistcoat showing under his blue jacket.
Smiling straight at us, Reece straightens both cuffs in his blue suit, grey waistcoat and burgundy tie.
Reece grins from a cream armchair beside a lamp on his Yarra Valley wedding afternoon.
Reece and his two groomsmen stand in matching blue suits on a gravel drive between clipped hedges in rural Seville.
Three blue suits stride up the tree lined gravel drive together, one groomsman chatting as he walks.
Reece and his groomsmen line up on flagstones in the garden, the Yarra Valley ranges and heavy clouds behind.
Reece stands beside a bearded groomsman in glasses, dark succulents at their feet and grey cloud over the country hills.
Reece and his groomsman in glasses share a laughing hug, farmland rolling out to the hills behind them.
Reece and his fair haired groomsman pose side by side on stone paving above green valley paddocks under a cloudy sky.
Reece and a groomsman shake hands for a mock formal portrait above the Yarra Valley, a big grey sky behind them.
Emma's ivory heels and her bouquet of peach roses and lilac delphiniums wait on a wicker chair at Elmswood Estate.
Pearl drop earrings, a necklace, perfume and a lace garter laid out on the wicker chair before Emma dresses at the winery.
Emma smiles in a white satin robe beside her strapless lace gown, hanging by the window of her Yarra Valley getting ready room.
Emma turns in her strapless lace gown by timber framed glass doors at Elmswood Estate, Seville, bouquet in one hand.
Smiling, Emma spreads the full lace skirt of her gown out to one side by the glass doors on her country wedding day.
Emma looks down and touches the lilac delphiniums in her bouquet, a fine necklace at her collarbone.
Emma sits on a white chair with her bouquet in her lap at Elmswood Estate in the Yarra Valley, timber walls behind her.
Seated with her bouquet, Emma smiles beside a loved one in a blue lace dress with silver hair before the vineyard ceremony.
Emma smiles from a white chair by the glass doors, peach roses and peonies resting on her gown on a rural spring afternoon.
Looking down at her flowers, Emma gathers a fold of lace skirt in a quiet moment at the Yarra Valley winery.
Emma stands in her strapless gown at Elmswood Estate, its long scalloped lace train spread across the floorboards.
Emma looks down at her bouquet by the timber glass doors, a sparkling comb tucked into her low bun.
Emma and her bridesmaid in a long lilac dress stand together with matching bouquets on a country winery wedding day.
Emma and her bridesmaid in lilac turn to each other and laugh, bouquets held at their waists, on a Yarra Valley spring afternoon.
Emma stands beside a smiling man in a grey suit and lilac tie, bouquet in hand, before the vows at the vineyard.
Emma, her bridesmaid, the man in the grey suit and the loved one in blue lace line up on a country spring day.
The man in the grey suit grins at Emma as she, her bridesmaid and the loved one in blue lace smile at the rural estate.
Emma glances over at her bridesmaid and smiles, the man in the grey suit and the loved one in blue lace behind.
The loved one in blue lace smiles up at Emma over the soft blur of the bouquet in the Yarra Valley light.
Emma looks down and smiles as the loved one in blue lace reaches over to fix her necklace.
Emma stands cheek to cheek with the loved one in blue lace in front of the timber framed doors at the winery.
The bridesmaid walks down the stone path past an old timber barn and red Japanese maples at Elmswood Estate, Seville.
Guests on white chairs fill the timber deck above the vineyard, the glass walls of the reception room behind them.
The loved one in blue lace waits in the front row among seated guests as the country ceremony is about to begin.
The man in the grey suit walks down the stone path from the old timber barn, hands clasped, past red maples.
Emma walks herself down the stone path at Elmswood Estate in the Upper Yarra Valley, roses and the glass reception room beside her.
Emma's long lace train trails across the deck as she reaches Reece under big clouds, vineyard rows beyond the rail.
Guests in the front row smile towards the arch at the winery, one holding a baby in a white headband.
The celebrant reads from her book into a microphone, vine rows and the far ranges blurred behind the deck rail.
The bridesmaid and the man in the grey suit, holding Emma's bouquet, laugh above the vines at Elmswood Estate in the Yarra Valley.
Two groomsmen in blue suits stand at the deck rail with the ranges and country bush behind, one grinning towards the couple.
A silver haired guest in a leather jacket and green skirt smiles in the front row beside a baby in a floral dress.
Reece holds Emma's hand under the twig arch as she brushes a happy tear from her cheek during their Yarra Valley vows.
Emma beams at Reece beside the twig arch, smoothing her hair back with one hand during the vineyard vows.
The loved one in blue lace smiles from her seat on the deck beside guests in dark suits at the country ceremony.
Front row guests in suits and the loved one in blue lace laugh along during the vows, wine barrels behind them.
Emma and Reece hold hands and gaze at each other under the floral twig arch on the deck at Elmswood Estate.
Emma slides a gold wedding band onto Reece's finger as the celebrant holds her book open beside them in the Yarra Valley.
Seated and standing guests laugh and grin during the country ceremony, the glass reception room behind them.
Reece kisses Emma under the floral twig arch at Elmswood Estate, Seville, with the vineyard and ranges beyond.
An older couple and guests clap and laugh in their seats on the winery deck after the first kiss.
The loved one in blue lace holds a tissue as the men beside her clap in the front row.
Emma and Reece rest their hands, new rings on, over the signed certificate on the white iron table.
At a little white iron table at Elmswood Estate in the Upper Yarra Valley, Emma and Reece smile with their wedding party.
Reece leans in to kiss Emma at the signing table while their wedding party smiles behind them in the country garden.
Emma and Reece walk back up the aisle hand in hand as guests clap, the vineyard and valley behind them.
Everyone squeezes onto the deck at Elmswood Estate in the Yarra Valley for one big group with the ranges behind.
Confetti flies over the guests as Emma and Reece kiss in the middle of the crowd at their winery wedding in the country.
Emma and Reece stand with two couples on the flagstone paving among the Japanese maples at Elmswood Estate.
Emma and Reece pose with the loved one in blue lace and a man in a navy suit by red maples in the winery garden.
Emma and Reece stand with the loved one in blue lace and three men in suits in front of a Yarra Valley maple garden.
Emma and Reece line up with two smiling young men in grey suits on the flagstones among red maples at the rural estate.
Emma and Reece stand with a silver haired woman in green and a man in a grey suit on the paving at Elmswood Estate, Seville.
Emma and Reece pose with an older couple and a younger couple on the paving beside lavender at the rural winery.
Emma and Reece smile with a woman in a navy wrap dress and a man in a dark suit among the country garden maples.
Reece holds their black dog on a lead beside Emma under the arch at Elmswood Estate in the Yarra Valley, vineyard rows beyond.
Reece crouches and kisses Emma under the floral arch while their black dog grins at the camera, country views behind.
Reece kneels with their black dog between the vine rows at Elmswood Estate, smiling as he holds its flower trimmed lead.
The wedding party walks across the lawn towards us with the black dog leading the way, country trees and a timber shed behind.
Framed by soft vine leaves, the wedding party and the dog line up in the vineyard at Elmswood Estate, Seville.
Reece, Emma, the bridesmaid and the man in the grey suit smile in the Yarra Valley vine rows as the black dog wanders ahead.
Emma looks back over her shoulder, hugged by her bridesmaid and the man in the grey suit above the country valley.
Emma and Reece stand with the dog in front of leafy vine rows and old timber posts under a cloudy spring sky.
Holding hands, Emma and Reece walk across the grass at Elmswood Estate in the Yarra Valley towards gum trees, paddocks and the ranges.
Emma glances back with a smile as Reece leads her by the hand past the vines on a winery walk.
Emma and Reece smile at each other as they stroll hand in hand through long grass on the rural hillside.
Emma looks up at Reece and smiles over her bouquet of roses, peonies and delphiniums in the Yarra Valley vineyard.
Emma and Reece rest their foreheads together with eyes closed, his rose buttonhole soft against the country sky.
In black and white, Emma and Reece touch foreheads and close their eyes in a quiet close portrait.
Arm in arm, Emma and Reece walk down the vine rows at Elmswood Estate in the Upper Yarra Valley towards the ranges.
Reece carries the bouquet while Emma lifts her lace skirt off the grass and laughs, the country valley stretching behind.
Reece kisses Emma between the vines at Elmswood Estate as she holds her skirt, grey blue clouds stacked behind.
The wedding party cheers among the vines with bouquets held high against a moody Yarra Valley sky.
Emma and Reece face each other on the stone path in the rose garden at Elmswood Estate, Seville, distant hills beyond.
Emma and Reece stand close on the stepping stones beside red maples, the country hills under a soft white sky.
Emma smiles back over her shoulder beside Reece, her long train sweeping past roses and a red maple at the winery.
A groomsman and the man in the grey suit burst into the Pavilion with big dance moves as guests cheer from the tables.
A bearded groomsman gestures to the crowd as he walks the bridesmaid into the country reception between the tables.
Emma and Reece make their entrance through the timber glass doors at Elmswood Estate with a thumbs up and a wave.
Guests stand and clap as Emma and Reece walk hand in hand into the glass walled winery reception room.
Reece lifts Emma off her feet for a kiss on the gravel track, bouquet raised into the sunset glow over the vineyard.
Emma and Reece embrace beside the vine rows at Elmswood Estate in the Yarra Valley as the low sun backlights the leaves.
Reece kisses Emma's forehead on the gravel track, her lace train curling across the path in the last country light.
Emma and Reece hold each other at the white fence above the vineyard at Elmswood Estate, Seville, the ranges blue at dusk.
The wedding story

Our Elmswood Estate wedding photos: vows on the deck above the vines, a dog in the kiss and sunset through the rows

Groom getting ready at Dalblair Bed & Breakfast · Bride getting ready at Elmswood Estate · Ceremony on the deck · Vineyard portraits with the dog · Pavilion entrance · Sunset in the vines

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Cufflinks at Dalblair

We started with Reece at Dalblair Bed & Breakfast in Seville. His cologne, watch and cufflinks were laid out beside two wooden ring boxes engraved with both their names, and we photographed them before anyone moved a thing. Reece clipped his cufflinks in a blue suit, grey waistcoat and burgundy tie, then settled into an armchair by the window and grinned at us. A bright bedroom with one big window is all a groom needs: we turn him towards the light and the background takes care of itself.

Blue suits and the ranges

Outside, Reece and his two groomsmen strode up a gravel drive between clipped hedges, three matching blue suits walking in step. Then we lined them up in the garden with the mountain ranges sitting on the horizon behind them and the clouds stacking up overhead. Reece and a groomsman shook hands for a mock-formal frame and then fell about laughing. With a view this big, we shoot a little wider than usual and keep the horizon low, so the ranges and sky do the work and the boys still read clearly.

A bouquet in the glass room

Back at Elmswood Estate, Emma’s bouquet of peach roses, lilac delphiniums and deep burgundy blooms sat in a wicker chair with her ivory heels, beside her jewellery and a lace garter. Her strapless lace gown went on in a white room with timber-framed glass doors, and the light through them was soft and even. Emma turned to show off her train, sat with the bouquet in her lap and looked down at the flowers for a quiet moment. Diffused light like this flatters lace and skin, so we kept it natural.

A necklace and lilac

A loved one in blue lace stood beside Emma, and then reached over to fasten her necklace while Emma looked down and smiled. We got close for that one and kept the background soft. Her bridesmaid arrived in long lilac with a bouquet to match, and the two of them could not stop laughing. A man in a grey suit joined them for a group by the glass doors before heading out to the ceremony. These little moments in the room are often the ones families treasure most, so we always make time for them.

Down the stone path

Guests settled onto white chairs on the timber deck, the vineyard and valley spread out beyond the rail. The bridesmaid came first, down a stone path past an old timber barn, red Japanese maples and roses, under strings of festoon lights. Then Emma walked herself down that path and onto the deck towards Reece, who was waiting under a twig arch heavy with flowers. The celebrant read from her book, the rings went on, and Emma brushed away a happy tear. Front-row guests laughed and clapped through the whole thing.

Confetti on the deck

The first kiss under the arch got a cheer, and they signed at a little white iron table with the wedding party gathered round. Emma and Reece walked back up the aisle hand in hand, and then everyone squeezed onto the deck for one big group with the ranges behind. On three, the confetti went up. Family groups followed on the paving among the Japanese maples, where the dark red leaves gave a rich backdrop. Elmswood Estate wedding photos often have a lot of sky in them, and here the clouds were part of the story.

The dog gets the kiss

Then their dog joined in. A sleek black dog trotted onto the deck, and Reece crouched down beside the arch so Emma could kiss him while the dog leant into the frame. In the vineyard, Reece knelt with the dog between the rows, and the whole wedding party walked towards us across the grass with the dog leading the way. Dogs are best photographed early, while they are fresh and curious, so we built these frames in straight after the family groups.

Clouds over the vines

We walked Emma and Reece down between the vine rows for portraits, Emma lifting her skirt off the grass. They walked arm in arm with the valley in front of them, touched foreheads for a close frame, and kissed with the ranges and the grey-blue clouds stacked behind. The bridal party joined for a jumping frame, bouquets in the air. Overcast spring skies act like a giant softbox, so we can shoot in any direction without squinting faces or blown-out whites, and the gown keeps its lace detail.

Into the Pavilion and back out

The Pavilion doors opened and the bridesmaid and a groomsman came in leaping, then Emma and Reece followed with high fives all round. Later in the evening we slipped them back outside, because the cloud had broken and the sun was dropping over the vineyard. Backlit, the vine leaves glowed and Reece lifted Emma off her feet on the gravel track. We finished on the white fence at the edge of the rows, the two of them small against the valley and the blue ranges as the light went.

Photographer's venue notes

Elmswood Estate, Seville: deck vows above the vines, a black dog and a sunset slip back into the rows

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One estate, from dress to dusk

Emma stayed at Elmswood for the whole day, which made the timeline easy. She dressed in a white room with timber framed glass doors, then walked the stone path past the barn and the red maples onto the deck, where the vows happened under the twig arch with the valley behind. The signing, the big group and the confetti all stayed on the deck. Families gathered on the flagstones among the maples, the dog joined in at the arch and the vines, and the Pavilion took over for the evening.

Big spring clouds, then a clear sunset

Grey blue clouds stacked up over the ranges for most of the afternoon, which suited us well. They kept the light soft across the deck, so the lace held its detail and nobody squinted at the arch, and they gave the sky above the vines real drama. By evening the cloud had broken. The sun dropped low over the rows and lit the vine leaves from behind, and the ranges turned blue as the light went, the kind of finish you cannot plan but can be ready for.

Spots that showed off the ridge

The deck rail put the vines and the far ranges straight behind the vows, so every wide frame said where we were. The flagstones among the red maples gave family groups a rich, dark backdrop that stays even in any light. Down the sloping rows, walking the couple towards the view kept the horizon in the frame. The stepping stones in the rose garden offered a softer, closer setting, and the white fence at the edge of the vineyard gave us a calm final frame at dusk.

Tips from Emma and Reece

Keep an eye on the sky during dinner. When the cloud broke, we stepped Emma and Reece back out for a short walk to the gravel track and the fence line, and that glow became the last chapter of their gallery. If your dog is coming, dress up the lead the way they did with flowers: it looks lovely in every frame and keeps the pup close by. And for the big group on the deck, count everyone in and throw the confetti together.

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