Encore St Kilda Beach wedding photos: Jacquie and Steve stroll along the beachside boardwalk at dusk under a soft pink and lilac sky, St Kilda
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Encore St Kilda Beach Wedding Photos: Jacquie & Steve

Encore St Kilda Beach · 10/18 Jacka Blvd, St Kilda VIC · Melbourne

Beach Wedding · Waterside Wedding · Region: VIC - St Kilda · City: Melbourne · Venue: Encore St Kilda Beach

Flower crowns on a lace tablecloth, a vintage blue convertible and a bridal party laughing on the foreshore while kites danced in the sky behind them. Jacquie and Steve’s day ran from a white South Yarra church to the old trees of the botanical gardens, then down to Encore St Kilda Beach for a pink and orange sunset on the boardwalk and a reception that ended with everyone sitting on the dance floor. We were there for every bit of it.

The gallery
Wedding invitation tucked among pink roses in the garden at home, the first detail of Jacquie's wedding morning.
Navy bridesmaid dresses hang on either side of the beaded lace wedding gown against a bright window.
Ivory satin bridal heels with pointed toes resting on a white lace cloth.
A row of gold strappy sandals for the bridesmaids lined up on their white shoeboxes.
Bridal bouquet of ivory and blush roses beside a rose gold perfume bottle on lace.
Three small framed photo charms of loved ones wrapped around the stems of the ivory rose bouquet.
A flower crown of small white roses and greenery circles a beaded ivory clutch on the lace cloth.
Engagement ring resting on a blush pink rose in the middle of the bridal bouquet.
Jacquie laughs in a white robe as she talks with a woman facing her, her hair already pinned up for the day.
Close view of the beaded floral lace on the wedding gown, lit from behind by the window.
Jacquie in a white robe and her bridesmaids in matching navy robes glance back over their shoulders by the window.
Still in her robe, Jacquie reaches out to touch the lace gown hanging in the bright bedroom window.
Jacquie and a loved one in pale blue lace stand either side of the hanging gown, silhouetted by the window.
In black and white, a loved one in a lace dress kisses Jacquie in front of the gown on its hanger.
A bridesmaid in navy fastens the tiny buttons down the back of the lace gown, its long train spread across the carpet.
Jacquie gazes out of the window as a bridesmaid in navy works on the lace shoulder of her gown.
A smiling bridesmaid in a navy halter dress helps another adjust the lace at the bride's shoulder.
Two pairs of hands work up the long row of covered buttons on the back of the lace gown.
Bridesmaids in navy gather around Jacquie at the big bright window to finish dressing her, one holding a bouquet.
Jacquie looks back over her shoulder at the window while two bridesmaids crouch to fix the gown.
In black and white, Jacquie fixes an earring while a bridesmaid tucks a loose strand of hair into place.
Seated in a leather armchair, Jacquie slips on her garter with a bridesmaid's help, her ivory heels waiting on the carpet.
A little flower girl in white stands in the bedroom doorway, three smiling loved ones close behind her.
Jacquie lets her long veil fall through her fingers beside the curtained window, looking down at the lace.
Jacquie holds her ivory and blush bouquet at the window, soft side light falling across her face.
Looking down at her bouquet of garden roses, Jacquie stands in the soft glow of the window in her lace gown.
Jacquie sits on the armchair by the frosted window, her veil and train spilling across the carpet.
Seated portrait of Jacquie in her veil and lace gown, holding the bouquet with its little photo charms.
Jacquie stands with a bridesmaid in a navy wrap dress, matching ivory bouquets held side by side.
Jacquie and a blonde bridesmaid in navy smile together in front of the bright window.
Arm in arm with a smiling bridesmaid in navy, Jacquie poses with her bouquet before leaving home.
Jacquie beams beside a short haired bridesmaid in navy, both holding ivory rose bouquets against the light.
Jacquie and a dark haired bridesmaid in navy and rose gold sandals pose by the window.
Jacquie bends to take the hand of the little flower girl in her white tulle dress and flower crown.
Jacquie stands in the middle of her five bridesmaids in navy, every one of them holding ivory roses.
In black and white, Jacquie stands side on against the glass with her bouquet, the veil and lace in silhouette.
Her dad grins from the doorway in a dark suit as the flower girl in her flower crown peeks in beside him.
Kneeling on the kitchen tiles, a woman in black lace settles a flower crown on the little flower girl's head.
Two little girls in white tulle get ready on the kitchen tiles, one wearing a crown of small white blooms.
A woman in black lace pins a white rose corsage onto a loved one's silver embroidered dress.
Jacquie stands between her dad in a dark suit and a loved one in silver blue embroidery in front of the window.
Her dad bends to kiss Jacquie's hand as a loved one in silver blue laughs beside them at the window.
Jacquie and a loved one in an embroidered silver blue dress smile at each other in the window light.
Jacquie checks her veil in a tall mirror, framed between the curtains and a blurred bouquet in the foreground.
Holding up her lace skirt, Jacquie steps out of the brick house and down the front steps in the sunshine.
Two wedding bands sit in an engraved wooden ring box on sunlit timber boards.
Steve's tan leather shoes laid out on a timber stair with a matching belt, cufflinks and a tie bar.
A kitchen knife pierces a new hole in a tan leather belt on the stone benchtop.
Sitting on the edge of the bed, Steve laces up a tan leather shoe over a navy sock.
Steve fastens the cuff of his crisp white shirt in a bright white bedroom.
Steve knots his navy tie in front of the white wardrobe doors, glancing off to one side.
Dressed in his navy suit and tie, Steve adjusts a cuff and smiles against the white wardrobe doors.
Groomsmen in casual clothes thunder up the open timber staircase on the wedding morning.
Steve heads down the timber stairs in his suit while a fluffy golden dog naps on the living room floor.
Steve crouches by a black roller door to give a fluffy golden dog a cuddle before the ceremony.
A groomsman in a white shirt fastens Steve's cufflink in the bedroom, both concentrating hard.
Close view of a gold cufflink and tie bar against Steve's navy suit sleeve and white cuff.
Steve stands between two smiling loved ones on a timber deck in front of a lattice fence.
Two men in navy suits kneel by a corrugated roller door as one tips a beer to the other's lips, two more laughing beside them.
Steve and his five groomsmen in navy suits stride down a sunny brick laneway together.
Six grinning men in navy suits and white rose buttonholes line up between a brick wall and a rusted metal fence.
Steve and a bearded groomsman share a laugh, arm in arm, against a graffiti covered roller shutter.
Guests fill the timber pews beneath the dark arched timber ceiling of St Thomas Aquinas Church, South Yarra.
A stack of cream order of service booklets printed in gold with the couple's names and monogram.
Guests wait in polished pews along the red carpet inside St Thomas Aquinas Church, chandeliers hanging overhead.
Three women in the front pew smile up at the camera, an order of service booklet open on one lap.
Jacquie rides to the ceremony in the back of a vintage blue convertible trailing white ribbon down a leafy street.
Her dad laughs beside Jacquie in the back of the blue convertible as a fist punches the air from the front seat.
Gathering her veil and skirt, Jacquie steps out of the blue convertible onto the footpath.
Jacquie and her dad pose beside the vintage blue convertible on the street outside the church.
Bridesmaids in navy wait on the footpath outside St Thomas Aquinas in South Yarra, one wiping away a happy tear.
Steve and his groomsmen stand in a row at the front beside the officiant in white, hands clasped.
A bearded man in a dark suit escorts a loved one in silver blue lace down the red carpet aisle.
A blonde bridesmaid in navy holds the flower girl's hand as they walk down the aisle between ribboned pews.
Guests turn in the pews as the bridesmaid and the little flower girl make their way under the arched timber ceiling.
The flower girl toddles down the red carpet behind a bridesmaid at the Church of St Thomas Aquinas, guests smiling from the pews.
A short haired bridesmaid in navy walks in under the dark timber ceiling and glowing chandeliers.
A dark haired bridesmaid in navy walks the aisle with ivory roses as another waits at the far end.
Smiling at a guest, a bridesmaid in navy carries her bouquet past pews tied with tiny white flowers.
Jacquie's long veil trails behind her as she stands ready at the back of the aisle with her bouquet.
Looking back down the long red aisle of St Thomas Aquinas Church to Jacquie and her dad waiting at the doors.
Shot low from the back, Jacquie walks the red carpet on her dad's arm towards the altar and the waiting groomsmen.
Jacquie beams as she walks in on her dad's arm, a guest holding up a phone to film them.
Steve grins as Jacquie and her dad reach the carved timber screen and white flowers at St Thomas Aquinas Church, South Yarra.
Her dad and Steve share a smile at the front as Jacquie looks on, the groomsmen lined up behind them.
Steve looks across at Jacquie with a small smile as her dad stands proudly beside her.
Holding Jacquie's hands, Steve grins at his bride while the groomsmen watch from behind.
Jacquie's dad and a loved one in silver blue lace stand in the front pew, an order of service in hand.
An older couple wearing white rose flowers smile along the pew with their gold printed booklets open.
Two loved ones walk back across the red carpet past Jacquie and Steve, seated at the front of St Thomas Aquinas in South Yarra.
A loved one in a grey suit and striped tie gives a reading at the brass lectern beside white altar flowers.
Seen between guests' heads, Jacquie and Steve sit side by side before the carved altar, listening.
A loved one in shimmering champagne lace reads at the microphone, white flowers on the altar behind her.
Jacquie and Steve hold hands on their chairs at the front of St Thomas Aquinas Church, her veil pooling on the red carpet.
Steve gives Jacquie's hand a squeeze and a sideways look as they sit together during the readings.
The bridesmaids sit along the front pews with their bouquets in their laps, booklets open, a videographer filming behind.
Five groomsmen in navy suits sit in a row with white rose buttonholes, following the service in their booklets.
An older guest with white hair and fine glasses watches the ceremony intently, a white rose pinned to her dress.
Older guests in the pew listen quietly to the readings, an order of service resting on the ledge.
The five bridesmaids stand in a row with ivory roses beneath the tall arched windows of the Church of St Thomas Aquinas.
Five groomsmen stand with hands clasped along the red sanctuary steps, a carved timber statue in the niche behind.
Jacquie and Steve laugh as they face each other holding hands in front of the white draped altar.
Steve slides the wedding band onto Jacquie's finger, tall white candles glowing on the altar behind.
Exchanging rings, Jacquie and Steve share a smile as they hold hands before the carved altar.
Jacquie and Steve share a kiss at the front as a smiling bridesmaid and a clapping groomsman look on.
An older couple in the pew clap and laugh after the kiss, a guest behind them taking a photo.
Smiling guests applaud from the pews, a little flower girl in her crown perched on a lap in the middle.
Rows of smiling guests clap beneath the stained glass windows of St Thomas Aquinas Church, South Yarra.
Her dad and a loved one in silver blue lace clap from the front pew, grinning at the couple.
Jacquie and Steve stand before the tall carved timber altar screen and white flowers of St Thomas Aquinas Church.
Jacquie signs the register at the white draped table, a lit candle and her bouquet in front of her.
Steve signs beside the officiant as Jacquie and her smiling bridesmaids look on across the candlelit table.
A bridesmaid in navy with a braided updo takes her turn to sign the register.
Jacquie and Steve trade a smile while a bridesmaid signs at the table inside St Thomas Aquinas in South Yarra.
A bearded groomsman leans over the register to sign in turn, a tall white candle glowing beside him.
Jacquie and Steve look up together from the signing table, pen in hand, white flowers on the altar behind them.
Jacquie's hand rests on Steve's over the signed papers, her new wedding band sitting beside the engagement ring.
The whole bridal party gathers behind the signing table as Steve kisses Jacquie at the Church of St Thomas Aquinas.
Guests applaud along the pews behind her dad and a loved one in silver blue, both laughing as they clap.
Guests seated along the pews smile towards the front, one holding an order of service on her lap.
Older guests clap and beam from the timber pews of St Thomas Aquinas Church, rows of smiling faces behind them.
Steve and Jacquie share a grin at the front, groomsmen in navy on one side and the bridesmaids' white bouquets on the other.
Jacquie stops at the end of a pew to take the hands of a loved one in silver blue lace, her veil down her back.
Steve reaches across the pew to shake hands with a beaming guest in glasses, Jacquie and her bouquet just behind him.
Jacquie wraps a white haired guest in a floral jacket in a big hug at the pews while the officiant smiles nearby.
Jacquie bends to kiss a white haired guest in navy, who cradles the ivory rose bouquet in both hands.
Arm in arm, Jacquie and Steve head back up the red carpet past standing guests, the carved altar far behind them.
Grinning newlyweds Jacquie and Steve walk back up the aisle under the arched timber ceiling of the Church of St Thomas Aquinas.
Guests lean out of the pews with phones raised as Jacquie and Steve walk up the red carpet, beaming.
In black and white, Jacquie and Steve step out through the church doorway into bright daylight, her long veil trailing behind.
Outside by the bright blue doors, a laughing guest in red lace and glasses admires Jacquie's ivory and blush bouquet.
Smiling guests in floral dresses wait on the leafy street outside, a little boy in a navy shirt among them.
Steve grins beside the vintage blue convertible on the street, a white rose buttonhole and gold tie bar on his navy suit.
A loved one in a black lace top laughs with Jacquie outside after the ceremony, a guest with a camera behind her.
Every guest gathers on the street for one big group in front of the white patterned facade of St Thomas Aquinas Church, South Yarra.
Arms fly into the air as the whole crowd cheers in front of the church's blue doors, the newlyweds in the middle.
Jacquie and Steve stand by the white wall and blue framed window with two loved ones, each holding a little flower girl in a crown.
Jacquie and Steve stand between her dad, a loved one in silver blue lace and an older couple, dappled light on the white wall.
A closer family group with Jacquie and Steve beneath the blue framed window, her dad smiling at the far right.
Two white haired loved ones flank Jacquie and Steve against the side wall of St Thomas Aquinas in South Yarra.
Jacquie and Steve smile with two white haired loved ones, one in a floral jacket and one in purple with a white rose corsage.
Jacquie and Steve line up with six family members along the sunlit path beside the white rendered church wall.
A larger family group of twelve gathers with the couple under the blue window, leaf shadows dancing across the white wall.
Family members laugh in a long row with Jacquie and Steve, a woman in red at one end holding a white handbag.
The extended family and their children crowd onto the path beneath the white gable and blue window of the Church of St Thomas Aquinas.
Jacquie and Steve with her dad, a loved one in silver blue lace and two friends holding the flower girls in white tulle.
Jacquie and Steve join an older couple, a white haired loved one and two bridesmaids in navy by the church wall.
Jacquie and Steve stand with three older loved ones beside the white wall of St Thomas Aquinas Church, South Yarra.
Jacquie and Steve smile with a loved one in champagne lace, a man in blue and a white haired woman holding a navy clutch.
Two blonde bridesmaids in navy and two young men in dark suits join Jacquie, Steve and an older couple by the wall.
Jacquie and Steve with a bearded groomsman and a bridesmaid in a navy slip dress under the blue framed window.
The whole bridal party in navy lines up either side of the couple in front of the white gable of St Thomas Aquinas Church.
In black and white, Jacquie's veil lifts high on the breeze as she and Steve stroll across the lawn beneath towering palms.
Jacquie and Steve walk hand in hand across the sunny lawn at St Kilda Botanical Gardens, tall palms against a clear blue sky.
Smiling at the camera, Jacquie and Steve walk towards us over the grass, a row of tall palms rising behind them in bayside St Kilda.
Two groomsmen, one with a beer bottle in hand, watch a red football sail over the lawn among the palms and old trees.
Arm in arm, the bridal party in navy and ivory roses strolls along the grass beside a path lined with tall trunks.
The full bridal party links arms in a long row on the lawn beneath the palms of the botanical gardens in St Kilda.
Shot from low, the laughing bridal party strides arm in arm under tall palms and a bright blue bayside sky.
Her dad and a loved one in silver blue lace stand arm in arm on the grass in front of a huge spreading tree.
A beaming older couple, he in a blue suit and glasses, she in navy floral lace, pose in the dappled shade of the lawn.
Her dad and a loved one in silver blue lace laugh arm in arm with an older couple in blue on the sunny lawn.
Jacquie's veil streams out sideways as she and Steve embrace on the lawn among the towering palms of St Kilda Botanical Gardens.
Steve holds Jacquie close beside a tall palm trunk, her long veil billowing out across the grass in the breeze.
Hand in hand, Jacquie and Steve trade a glance as they walk beneath tall palms on a sunny afternoon in bayside St Kilda.
Jacquie, her dad and a loved one in silver blue lace stand with two attendants under an old tree in St Kilda's botanical gardens.
Her dad roars with laughter as Jacquie, a loved one in silver blue lace and two attendants squeeze in close on the lawn.
Steve stands with an older couple in blue and two blonde bridesmaids in navy beneath sweeping old branches on a bayside afternoon.
Laughing together, Steve, the older couple and two blonde bridesmaids huddle close under the spreading tree.
Jacquie poses with two blonde bridesmaids and a loved one in navy lace under a spreading tree at the botanical gardens in St Kilda.
Jacquie stands in the middle of Steve and his five groomsmen in navy suits, everyone grinning in the bayside sunshine.
The groomsmen hoist a laughing Jacquie up in their arms on the lawn, her ivory heels kicking in the air.
Steve walks in the middle of the five bridesmaids in navy slip dresses, all of them laughing with their ivory bouquets.
Jacquie and Steve kiss under the huge sweeping branches of an old tree at St Kilda Botanical Gardens, sunlight bursting through the leaves.
Steve leads Jacquie by the hand beneath the twisting limbs of the old tree, her veil floating out behind her over the mulch.
Steve looks across at Jacquie as they walk hand in hand over the sunlit lawn, her veil drifting behind.
A relaxed walking portrait of Jacquie and Steve on the grass, soft afternoon light and a palm blurred behind them in bayside St Kilda.
Jacquie walks alone beneath the timber pergola on a gravel path at the botanical gardens in St Kilda, her veil trailing.
Under the vine covered pergola, Jacquie smiles straight at the camera, her long veil spread out on the gravel beside her.
Jacquie lets her veil swing out behind her as she turns under the timber pergola beams in St Kilda's botanical gardens.
Steve stands with his hands in his pockets, looking off to one side against dark green shrubs and a low brick edge.
Steve smiles at the camera on a gravel path between two low brick walls, leafy trees soft behind him.
Kitesurfers skim the bay off the St Kilda foreshore, bright kites dotting the sky above the waterfront towers along the shoreline.
The bridal party lines up on the waterfront sea wall near the beach in St Kilda, kites and the city skyline behind them.
Groomsmen and bridesmaids laugh into the bright sea light as they walk the shoreline promenade by the water with Jacquie and Steve.
A beach wedding portrait of Jacquie and Steve on the St Kilda foreshore sea wall, kites over the bay and her train lifting.
Face to face by the shore, Jacquie and Steve smile as her windswept veil streams out over the bay, a kite overhead.
Jacquie and Steve kiss on the sea wall as kitesurfers carve across the bay beside the beach in St Kilda.
Seen through her blowing veil on the waterside walk by the beach, Jacquie smiles up at Steve, his cream rose buttonhole in focus.
Steve looks down with a shy smile beside Jacquie, old timber jetty posts standing off the shoreline behind them.
Backlit sign for Encore St Kilda Beach on a pale timber wall inside the waterfront venue, steps from the sand.
Welcome sign on a timber easel with the couple's names in navy script, topped with white roses and ferns for the beach reception.
Lantern centrepiece of blush roses on a rose gold sequin runner under fairy lights at the bayside tables of Encore St Kilda.
A find your seat board stands on a wooden easel beside stacked logs inside the reception room by the beach.
A garland of white and blush roses with ferns runs along the waterfront bridal table, candles glowing in glass a stroll from the beach.
A cookie favour and thank you tag on a navy menu beside the rose gold runner at the beach reception by the bay.
Table number, cookie favour and navy menu on a rose gold runner, set for a shoreline dinner at Encore at the St Kilda Sea Baths.
Advice cards printed with love in gold script around a rose gold glass box on a waterside table at the beach reception.
Three tier semi naked cake with fresh roses and greenery on a white lace stand at Encore St Kilda Beach, beside the bay.
Her dad and a loved one in silver blue lace punch the air as they make their grand entrance at the reception by the beach.
Her dad and a loved one in silver blue lace dance hand in hand into the bayside room at Encore St Kilda.
An older couple in a blue suit and navy lace throw their arms up as they enter the waterfront room beside the beach.
The older couple twirl into the waterside reception at Encore St Kilda Beach, guests at the long tables turning to watch.
A bearded groomsman and a blonde bridesmaid in navy stride in hand in hand, guests smiling along the tables by the beach.
A groomsman throws a dance move as a blonde bridesmaid in navy laughs her way into Encore at the St Kilda Sea Baths.
Groomsmen and bridesmaids in navy dance in between the tables under fairy lights, the waterfront room a few steps from the sand.
A groomsman and two blonde bridesmaids shimmy into the beach wedding reception at Encore St Kilda, guests cheering from the long tables.
A bridesmaid in navy throws her arm high with a bearded groomsman as they burst through the black curtain at the beach reception.
Arm in arm, a groomsman and a dark haired bridesmaid in navy walk past smiling guests into the waterfront room at Encore St Kilda Beach.
A bearded groomsman and a bridesmaid in navy laugh together as they make their entrance beside the warm timber wall, the shoreline just outside.
Jacquie and Steve make their grand entrance at Encore St Kilda, bouquet held high, for a reception right on the beach.
Guests rise to their feet filming on phones as Jacquie and Steve walk down the long waterfront reception room by the sand.
Her dad claps and a loved one in silver blue lace films the newlyweds' entrance at Encore at the St Kilda Sea Baths.
Guests clap from the bayside tables as Jacquie and Steve walk hand in hand through the beach reception towards the bridal table.
Older guests stand and applaud along the long tables beside the bar at Encore St Kilda Beach, the bay just outside.
Seated older guests turn to watch the entrance, a candle lantern and white flowers on their waterside table by the beach.
Guests by the bright windows smile towards the bridal table, a phone held up in front, at the waterfront reception on the beach.
The groomsmen raise beer bottles behind the flower garland on the bridal table at Encore St Kilda, big windows facing the shoreline.
An older couple in a blue suit and navy floral lace lean in together at a bayside table, all smiles at the beach reception.
A white haired loved one in a floral jacket sits cheek to cheek with a man in glasses at waterfront Encore St Kilda Beach.
Two loved ones in navy floral lace and black and white lace sit close together at the bayside reception beside the sand.
A guest with a moustache and glasses cuddles up to a smiling woman in a navy dress at their table by the beach.
A guest in a leopard print top and a man in a purple shirt sit arm in arm at the shoreline reception by the water.
A guest in pearls and black sequins sits by a man in a striped tie at the bayside Encore at the St Kilda Sea Baths.
Eight friends in bright floral dresses crowd together around their table at the beach wedding reception on the bay.
A man in glasses and a red tie sits beside a woman in black with red roses at waterside Encore St Kilda.
A dark haired woman in black lace and a man in a white shirt smile together at their table by the shoreline.
Jacquie with her dad, a loved one in silver blue lace and six friends and family by the timber wall at Encore St Kilda Beach.
A guest in black lace leans her head close to a smiling man in an orange tie at the beach reception by the bay.
A guest in a tartan tie and a blonde woman in coral lean in close for a photo on the waterfront at Encore St Kilda.
A woman in navy lace and a man in a grey jacket smile at their table in the bayside room near the beach.
A grinning older man in glasses wraps his arms around two young men at the long tables of Encore at the St Kilda Sea Baths.
Jacquie stands among six friends in bright dresses, one cradling a tiny baby, at the beach wedding reception.
Steve and six mates line up against a black curtain at Encore St Kilda Beach, beers in hand and big grins all round.
Her dad grins at the lectern as he gives his speech at the beach reception in St Kilda, a bearded groomsman taking a drink.
Guests roar with laughter during the speeches at Encore St Kilda, an older man in glasses laughing hardest of all.
Steve gives a sideways look from the bridal table as Jacquie listens during the speeches at the waterfront reception by the beach.
Guests laugh along at the long tables under strings of fairy lights during the speeches at Encore at the St Kilda Sea Baths.
The bridal party sit along the head table behind a garland of white roses, drinks in hand, at the waterfront reception by the sand.
A bridesmaid in navy dabs her eyes with a white napkin at the bridal table, the bright bayside room behind her by the beach.
A guest in black lace with a rose corsage smiles through the waterfront reception speeches at Encore St Kilda Beach.
A guest in a checked tie wipes his eye during the speeches as the long table around him smiles, the beach just outside.
Jacquie claps with her bridesmaids in navy at the flower-lined bridal table at Encore St Kilda, right by the bay.
Jacquie wipes away a tear as the bridal party applauds a speech at their beach wedding reception.
Steve grins beside Jacquie as two groomsmen in navy listen to the speeches at Encore at the St Kilda Sea Baths, right on the beach.
Her dad claps behind a loved one in silver blue lace as she pauses at the lectern during the speeches at the waterside reception.
Late sun pours through the bayside windows as Jacquie laughs behind her hand beside Steve at the bridal table at Encore St Kilda Beach.
Guests listen closely to a speech, a woman in black lace resting her chin on her hand, a few steps from the sand.
A blonde guest in black presses a white napkin to her eyes during the speeches at Encore St Kilda, the beach outside.
A white-haired man in a grey suit with a rose buttonhole speaks at the lectern, the waterfront windows glowing behind him.
Steve grins at us, bottle in hand, while Jacquie and her bridesmaids smile at Encore at the St Kilda Sea Baths beside the shoreline.
The bridesmaids in navy lean in laughing as the groomsmen clap along the candlelit bridal table at the beach reception.
Five bridesmaids in navy laugh behind a garland of white and blush roses at the waterfront bridal table at Encore St Kilda Beach.
Jacquie's dad and a loved one in silver blue lace laugh out loud at the waterside reception as the couple look on.
Jacquie and Steve rest their hands together on the knife to cut a three-tier semi naked cake trimmed with roses at their shoreline reception.
Jacquie and Steve cut the cake beside the window at Encore St Kilda, palms and a sunset bay glowing outside.
Jacquie and Steve walk hand in hand along the timber boardwalk beside the sand, waves rolling in off the bay under a pink sky.
Steve looks back at Jacquie as her lace train sweeps the boardwalk by the water at St Kilda Beach under a blazing orange sunset.
Jacquie and Steve stand close on the waterfront boardwalk as her train flares behind her, the sand and waves glowing at sunset.
Arm in arm on the boardwalk, Jacquie and Steve smile at us on the beach with St Kilda Pier stretching along the horizon at sunset.
Jacquie and Steve stroll towards us along the boardwalk by the water, the beach and surf soft pink behind them.
Jacquie and Steve share a kiss on the boardwalk at St Kilda Beach on Port Phillip Bay as her train lifts in the breeze.
Seen from behind, Jacquie and Steve gaze out over the sand to the bay under a pink and violet sky.
Jacquie gathers her train and glances back as they stroll the beach boardwalk, St Kilda Pier on Port Phillip Bay behind the waves.
A bridesmaid in navy beams at the lectern while a groomsman lifts a green bottle like a microphone at the waterfront bridal table.
Steve roars with laughter beside a grinning Jacquie during the speeches at Encore at the St Kilda Sea Baths, a stone's throw from the beach.
A bearded groomsman points high mid speech at the lectern, his white rose buttonhole bright against his navy suit, by the bay.
Four groomsmen in navy clap and laugh at the bridal table at Encore St Kilda Beach, a guitar waiting by the bayside windows.
Jacquie and Steve both wipe away happy tears at the flower-lined bridal table under a glowing globe pendant at their beach wedding.
Guests lean in laughing along the long tables at Encore St Kilda, rose gold runners down the middle and the beach just beyond.
Guests at a long table turn and smile for us, the waterside room beyond packed with tables beneath criss-crossing fairy lights.
Jacquie and Steve speak to a full room from beside the dance floor at Encore St Kilda Beach, fairy lights draped across the waterfront room.
Steve reads his speech at the lectern with Jacquie close at his side as the groomsmen listen, a short walk from the shoreline.
A white-haired guest in a floral jacket smiles as the man beside her applauds the speeches at the bayside reception.
From behind Jacquie and Steve at the lectern, the whole room looks back at them under hundreds of fairy lights beside the beach.
Jacquie and Steve begin their first dance at Encore St Kilda as guests gather to watch around the edges of the waterfront room.
Steve twirls Jacquie under his arm in a warm wash of light, a glittering globe pendant above the bayside dance floor.
Jacquie gazes up at Steve as they sway through their first dance at Encore at the St Kilda Sea Baths, steps from the sand.
Jacquie spins beneath Steve's raised hand during the first dance, her lace train swirling across the floor at their beach wedding.
Guests film from the edges as Jacquie and Steve dance under a canopy of fairy lights at Encore St Kilda Beach, just off the sand.
Jacquie reaches out to the cheering guests with one hand, holding Steve's with the other, in the waterfront reception room.
A blonde bridesmaid in navy laughs as she dances with a bearded groomsman at Encore St Kilda, the beach just beyond the glass.
A bearded groomsman with a huge grin dances hand in hand with a bridesmaid in a navy dress by the water.
A bridesmaid in a navy wrap dress dances with a groomsman at Encore at the St Kilda Sea Baths, the beach dark outside.
A groomsman with a golden rose buttonhole swings a bridesmaid in navy across the polished floor, both laughing, steps from the sand.
A woman in blue floral lace and a white-haired man in glasses dance at Encore St Kilda Beach, metres from the surf.
Her dad leads a loved one in silver blue lace in a slow dance, both smiling, on the bayside dance floor.
Jacquie laughs as she dances with a white-haired man in glasses and a navy tie at Encore St Kilda, right by the beach.
A groomsman with a cream rose buttonhole dances with a guest in black lace in the middle of the crowded floor by the water.
A guest in a purple cardigan dances with a bearded groomsman at Encore at the St Kilda Sea Baths, the shoreline outside.
Jacquie dances with a grey-haired man in a grey suit and striped maroon tie beside the tall waterfront windows.
Three friends hug as a young man in a dark suit crouches in front, all grinning, on the dance floor near the shoreline.
A guest in a floral dress and mint wrap hugs a bearded groomsman beside the glowing Encore St Kilda Beach sign.
Jacquie dances with the crowd as a man behind her holds up a cardboard face mask, two friends laughing at the beach reception.
A guest in black hides behind a cardboard face mask while a friend in a floral dress laughs and reaches over at the bayside party.
A man in a grey tie and a woman in a black dress pose arm in arm at Encore St Kilda, the bay dark outside.
Light trails swirl as her dad and a bearded guest bump fists in the middle of the waterfront dance floor.
Her dad spins a loved one in silver blue lace through swirling light trails at Encore St Kilda Beach as Jacquie dances close by.
Five men in white shirts and ties line up arm in arm for a group photo at the bayside beach reception.
Five women in black lace, blue florals, red and a bright jacket gather beside the tables at Encore St Kilda, metres from the beach.
A guest in red lace laughs as a bearded man in a navy suit twirls her across the floor, a short stroll from the sand.
In swirling light, a man in a white shirt dances with a guest in tropical print at Encore at the St Kilda Sea Baths.
Guests sing and laugh under streaks of light on the packed waterside dance floor, a woman in a mint wrap mid cheer.
A bearded groomsman, bottle in hand, pulls a dance move for us on the bayside floor at Encore St Kilda Beach as light trails flare.
Jacquie chats with friends by the windows as a smiling guest in a white shirt holds a bottle, the beach dark beyond the glass.
Six guests crowd together on the bayside dance floor at Encore St Kilda, one woman crouching at the front in navy.
A wide-eyed guest in a dark suit points at us, bottle in hand, as a woman in navy leans in at the waterfront party.
A grey-haired man in a striped maroon tie dances down the floor at Encore at the St Kilda Sea Baths as guests clap.
A man in an orange tie and a guest in black lace dance arm in arm, both laughing, at the beach wedding party.
A bearded man in a navy suit playfully grabs a friend's chin as a guest in tropical print dances past at Encore St Kilda Beach.
Jacquie gathers her train and laughs as friends in loosened ties sing and wave around her on the waterfront dance floor.
Jacquie dances through a blur of light at Encore St Kilda, her train in one hand, the sand just outside.
Six friends in white shirts, florals and black raise their drinks together under a woven globe light by the bay.
A guest in navy dances with a white-haired woman in a purple satin jacket at Encore at the St Kilda Sea Baths by the beach.
A woman in a floral dress holds hands with a white-haired guest in a floral jacket as a friend films, at the beach reception.
A woman in navy sings into the microphone as the drummer keeps time by the bayside windows at Encore St Kilda Beach.
Six women in navy, red lace, pale blue, florals and polka dots pose arm in arm at the waterside reception.
Bridesmaids in navy and friends in florals dance in a line, pointing and singing, at Encore St Kilda on the beach.
Jacquie tosses her bouquet over her shoulder as bridesmaids and friends leap for it under the glowing globe light, sand just outside.
Six older guests squeeze in arm in arm, all smiling, under the fairy lit ceiling at Encore St Kilda Beach, metres from the shoreline.
Guests clap and cheer in a row at the edge of the bayside dance floor, fairy lights stretching across the room behind.
Jacquie and Steve pose arm in arm in the middle of the waterfront dance floor at Encore St Kilda, her train bundled in one hand.
Guests form a wide circle around Jacquie and Steve on the dance floor of their beach wedding reception beneath fairy lights.
Friends cheer and film on their phones at the edge of the dance floor at Encore at the St Kilda Sea Baths, by the water.
A guest covers his eyes with a laugh as the friends lined up beside him clap, metres from the sand.
Jacquie hugs a loved one in silver blue lace as smiling family gather close at Encore St Kilda Beach by the water.
A man in glasses rests a hand on Jacquie's back as she holds a loved one in silver blue lace close at the waterfront party.
A man in a white shirt hugs a loved one in silver blue lace at Encore St Kilda, beside the beach, as guests laugh nearby.
A grey-haired man in glasses claps a young man in a white shirt on the back as a bridesmaid in navy smiles, by the shoreline.
Friends in florals, black and coral lace hug and squeal with laughter at Encore at the St Kilda Sea Baths on the waterfront.
Jacquie hugs a blonde friend tight as a young man with a bottle and a laughing guest crowd in around them at the beach party.
A woman in blue patterned lace reaches up to Jacquie's face as older guests smile at Encore St Kilda Beach, the dark bay outside.
Jacquie dabs at a happy tear as the woman in patterned lace with a white rose corsage smiles up at her at the bayside reception.
A young man in a white shirt hugs a white-haired guest in glasses at Encore St Kilda, steps from the shoreline.
A guitarist sings into his microphone as Jacquie, Steve and friends sit cross-legged on the waterfront dance floor, the beach outside.
Everyone sits on the floor under a giant woven globe light at Encore at the St Kilda Sea Baths, arms raised to sing.
Jacquie claps as she sings along on the floor beside Steve, the crowd waving their arms behind them at the waterfront reception.
Jacquie and Steve sit by the guitarist and belt out the chorus at Encore St Kilda Beach, friends crowding behind on the bayside floor.
Guests seated on the floor wave their arms and sing at the beach reception, a young man in a black suit throwing both fists up.
Steve ducks low and leads Jacquie through an arm tunnel of cheering guests, her train gathered up, at the bayside party.
Jacquie and Steve walk out together past the long tables of Encore St Kilda, the beach waiting outside in the dark.
The wedding story

Our Encore St Kilda Beach wedding photos: a blue convertible, kites on the foreshore and a guitar on the dance floor

Getting ready at home · Ceremony at St Thomas Aquinas Church, South Yarra · St Kilda Botanical Gardens portraits · Bridal party on the foreshore · Sunset on the boardwalk · Reception at Encore St Kilda Beach

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Roses, crowns and lace

Our day with Jacquie began in the garden, with the invitation tucked among pink roses, and then inside with two little flower crowns of white blooms and greenery resting on a lace cloth beside a beaded clutch. We shoot those details first, while the house is still calm. In her room, the lace gown hung in the window and Jacquie, still in her robe, stood looking at it with a loved one. Soon a bridesmaid was working through the row of tiny buttons down the back, and Jacquie was pulling the long veil out to its full length.

A silhouette at the glass

The room had one big bright window, and we used it twice. First for a quiet frame of Jacquie side-on against the glass with her bouquet, kept in black and white so the outline of the lace and veil did all the work. Then for something warmer: Jacquie between two loved ones, both of them beaming, the window light wrapping softly around all three faces. A bridesmaid in a navy dress joined her for a few frames too, with matching blush and ivory rose bouquets held side by side.

Beers by the roller door

Across town, Steve’s side of the morning was laid out on the floorboards: tan leather shoes, a matching belt, cufflinks and a tie bar. The groomsmen in navy suits thundered up and down a timber staircase, and then we took the five of them outside to a corrugated roller door and a weathered fence. Plain metal makes a strong, graphic background for a row of suits. Nobody stayed serious: two of the boys dropped to one knee while one tipped a beer into the other’s mouth, and the other two laughed with bottles in hand.

A blue convertible

Jacquie arrived at St Thomas Aquinas Church in South Yarra in a vintage blue convertible, standing beside her dad on the footpath for a quick photo before going in. Inside it was white walls, a dark timber ceiling and a red carpet, with gold order-of-service booklets waiting on the pews. A little flower girl in white and a flower crown led the way down the aisle, bridesmaids in navy followed, and then Jacquie walked in on her dad’s arm while we shot from low at the back to show the whole length of the church.

Readings and the register

Steve waited at the front with his five groomsmen and broke into a grin as Jacquie reached him. A loved one read at the lectern beside the altar flowers, and in the pews an older guest followed every word from the booklet. Small churches like this have lovely side light from tall windows, so we moved quietly along the side aisle for faces rather than backs. The kiss had the bridesmaids clapping, and at the signing table Jacquie and Steve looked up together, pen in hand, with a tall white candle glowing beside them.

Groups by the white wall

They walked back up the red carpet arm in arm through a church full of raised phones, and outside, a loved one in black lace could not stop smiling. The church’s white rendered wall and blue-framed window gave us a clean, bright backdrop for family groups, one of those spots that make formal photos easy because nothing in the background fights the faces. We worked through the families, then everyone squeezed in for one big group in front of the church, with the children at the front where we could see them.

Old branches and a pergola

St Kilda Botanical Gardens came next. The bridal party strode across the lawn in a long line of navy, white and ivory roses, and we photographed the families on the grass in the dappled shade of the trees. Then it was Jacquie and Steve’s turn under a huge old tree whose branches reach right across the path, with the afternoon sun breaking through the leaves behind them. We finished under a timber pergola on a gravel path, where Jacquie gathered up her veil and let it swing out behind her as she walked towards us.

Kites and a pink sky

Down on the St Kilda foreshore, the bridal party linked arms and laughed straight into the bright sea light, with kitesurfers’ kites hanging in the blue sky behind them. Then it was into Encore St Kilda Beach: glittering rose-gold table runners, a grand entrance through a black curtain with a bridesmaid’s fist in the air, and a bridal table edged with white flowers. A guest dabbed her eyes with a napkin, the cake was cut, and then the sky outside turned pink and orange, so we took Jacquie and Steve onto the boardwalk with the pier on the horizon.

A guitar on the dance floor

Back inside, the long tables sat under strings of fairy lights, and Jacquie and Steve had their first dance in the glow of a mirror ball. The floor filled fast: groomsmen dancing with bridesmaids, a guest hiding behind a cardboard face mask, and everyone singing along with phones up. Then came our favourite moment of the night. A guitarist sat down with his microphone, and Jacquie, Steve and their friends sat cross-legged on the floor around him, listening. We ended the night with the two of them walking out together, still grinning.

Photographer's venue notes

Encore St Kilda Beach, St Kilda: kites by the sea wall, a pink boardwalk sunset and a dance floor sing along

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Foreshore first, then the long room

Jacquie and Steve married in South Yarra and came down to the bay after their garden portraits, stopping first on the foreshore sea wall with the whole bridal party. From there it was straight into Encore, where long tables under fairy lights ran the length of the room beside the windows. The entrances came through a black curtain, the speeches and the cake followed, and when the sky lit up we slipped out to the boardwalk before heading back in for the first dance and the music.

Bright sea light, then pink and orange

The foreshore was full of bright sea light when we arrived, with kitesurfers carving across the bay, so we went for big, laughing frames rather than quiet ones. Inside, late sun poured through the bay windows across the bridal table during the speeches. The best colour came after that: as the cake was cut, the sky beyond the glass began to glow, and out on the boardwalk it turned pink, orange and violet behind the waves, with St Kilda Pier stretched along the horizon.

The spots we used for Jacquie and Steve

The sea wall gave us a clean, raised line for the bridal party, with the kites and the city towers behind them. Inside, the window beside the cake table framed palms and a glowing bay for the cake cutting. The boardwalk let us walk them towards us and away along the timber, her lace train sweeping behind. On the dance floor, the woven globe light and the canopy of fairy lights gave the first dance and the late sing along a warm glow from above.

Tips for a big reception by the bay

Keep an eye on the windows during the speeches and the cake: when the sky starts to colour, that is the moment to step out, even with dinner still going. A grand entrance works well in this room, and a curtain gives the bridal party something to burst through. And leave space in the night for something unplanned, because Jacquie and Steve’s friends sitting cross legged around the guitarist gave us our favourite frames of the evening.

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