Grafton NSW country wedding photos: Lynan and Andrew walk hand in hand through long sunlit grass with bushland behind them, near Grafton
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Grafton NSW Country Wedding Photos: Lynan & Andrew

A family farm · Grafton, Clarence Valley NSW

Country Wedding

Log benches on the lawn under a crepe myrtle in full pink bloom, three bridesmaids hoisting the groom off his feet and a walk through the cattle paddock at golden hour. Lynan and Andrew’s country wedding on a family farm outside Grafton, in the Clarence Valley, ended with long tables in a timber shed, a band under purple lights and dancing on the grass beneath festoon bulbs. We loved every sunny, happy minute.

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Green farm sheds tucked below a hill of gum trees under a big summer sky in the country around Grafton, NSW.
Pink bougainvillea and tree ferns spill over the brick verandah of the groom's country house, a ladder resting on the pergola.
Three dark red ties and a matching bow tie laid out on a polished timber bench for the groom and his groomsmen.
Four wristwatches with navy and silver faces set out on small black cushions against green felt.
Brown leather Chelsea boots wait on a tiled verandah at the groom's rural home near Grafton, a vine trailing across the floor.
Andrew fastens the cuff of his crisp white shirt in the lounge room, soft window light behind him.
A groomsman settles the red bow tie around Andrew's collar as he looks out towards the window.
A groomsman with a top knot straightens Andrew's collar while they both laugh and another mate watches by the clock.
Andrew and his three groomsmen share a beer on the timber deck among tall gum trees outside Grafton.
The groom and his mates line up along the deck railing with drinks in hand, bush rising behind them.
Wind chimes frame a view over green paddocks, a windmill and the gum covered hills of the Clarence Valley.
Andrew stands in his navy jacket on the verandah beside the wind chimes, the farm garden soft behind him.
Andrew smiles from a leather armchair in his navy suit and red bow tie, a brick wall beside him.
The two wedding rings rest together in Andrew's open palm against the sleeve of his navy jacket.
Andrew looks down as he sets the silver watch on his wrist, his red bow tie bright against the white shirt.
In black and white, Andrew checks his bow tie in an ornate mirror under the ceiling fan.
A bottle of dark rum and glasses of ice wait on the polished timber bar for the groom's party.
Andrew pours rum over ice at the timber bar, framed country pictures on the brick wall behind.
Andrew laughs with his groomsmen as they lean on the bar with a drink before heading to the ceremony.
The groom's party gathers at the long bar of a brick games room near Grafton, a pool table under green lamps.
Andrew grins across the bar at his mates in white shirts and red ties, the rum bottle in the foreground.
Andrew in his navy suit with an arm around a sandy haired groomsman in the leafy country garden.
Andrew and a groomsman with a top knot pose with arms around each other among palms and red flowers.
Andrew and a smiling groomsman in a red tie stand together on the lawn beside a stone garden wall.
The groom and three groomsmen in navy trousers line up under pink bougainvillea in the Clarence Valley near Grafton.
Andrew and his groomsmen crouch and laugh in a mock tough pose in the garden of the country house.
A ceiling fan turns above a wide window looking out over a flat paddock and gum trees in the Clarence Valley.
Lynan's lace gown hangs against a white door, the light showing through its open back.
A bottle of perfume beside a white lace garter tied with a small navy bow on a soft white cloth.
Lynan's nude strappy heels on a timber table beside a bouquet of red proteas and gum leaves.
Bouquets of red proteas, a white bloom and gum leaves with twine wrapped stems laid along timber chairs.
The wedding invitation showing Lynan and Andrew together hangs from a bare branch beside deep red flowers.
Lynan smiles as a bridesmaid in a floral robe clips back her dark curls.
Lynan laughs with two bridesmaids in matching navy floral robes in the bright white hallway.
Lynan and her bridesmaids raise glasses of bubbles in navy floral robes at a country home outside Grafton.
Lynan reaches up to her lace gown on its hanger, still in her navy floral robe.
A bridesmaid fastens the open lace back of Lynan's gown in front of white double doors.
Two bridesmaids in short white dresses tie Lynan into her lace gown in a long white hallway.
Lynan smiles barefoot in her lace gown as a bridesmaid in a white dress laughs along the hallway.
A loved one in a purple pleated dress and lilac scarf steps in, a woman in coral holding glasses behind her.
Lynan laughs and looks down at her gown, the lace bodice and a slim bracelet catching the light.
A bridesmaid buckles Lynan's sandal as she sits on a pale green sofa holding her lace skirt.
Lynan glances over her shoulder at a tall window onto the country near the town of Grafton, NSW, her lace train on the tiles.
Lynan smiles at her reflection in a tall mirror, her hands clasped in front of her lace gown.
Lynan and her three bridesmaids in short white dresses hold native bouquets in front of a bright window.
Lynan laughs with her bridesmaids, a bouquet of red proteas and gum leaves soft in the foreground.
Close on the bouquets of red proteas, banksia and gum leaves held at the waist by the bride and bridesmaids.
Lynan and her bridesmaids laugh in a row with their bouquets against the white window light.
Lynan throws her head back laughing as her bridesmaids gather close with native bouquets on a country morning near Grafton.
Lynan with a blonde bridesmaid in a white dress, both holding red protea bouquets by the window.
Lynan and a platinum blonde bridesmaid laugh with eyes squeezed shut, bouquets held low.
Lynan and a bridesmaid with long light brown hair smile together with their bouquets in the window light.
Lynan stands between the woman in a coral floral dress and the loved one in purple in a white room.
The loved one in purple takes Lynan's hands around her bouquet for a quiet moment before she leaves.
Lynan looks out from the screened verandah over a fenced paddock in the Clarence Valley, her lace train across the tiles.
Close on Lynan gazing through the verandah screen, red proteas and gum leaves in her hands.
Lynan stands at the verandah screen in her lace gown, flat country paddocks of the Clarence Valley near Grafton behind her.
Lynan looks down at her flowers on the verandah, a lone gum tree and a fence line behind her.
Lynan turns her head towards the light, a gum tree and a little timber shed in the paddock outside Grafton.
Lynan looks down at her bouquet in front of the screen, a country paddock and tall gum trees blurred behind her.
Lynan smiles at the camera from the verandah, her native bouquet held low and the paddock pale behind her.
Lynan stands in her lace gown with her bouquet in a bright tiled living room, smiling before she leaves.
Summer sun and clouds over a green lawn and a line of gum trees on the farm, Grafton, NSW.
A crepe myrtle in full pink bloom arches against a pale sky above the ceremony lawn.
Guests gather on the grassy rise beside an enormous pink crepe myrtle for a country ceremony in the Clarence Valley.
Rough cut log benches fill with guests beside the flowering crepe myrtle, a timber shed and bush covered hills behind.
A timber framed chalkboard welcome sign for Andrew and Lynan stands on the lawn in front of the farm garden.
Ceremony fans in a timber box on a weathered fence post, with a hand painted sign asking guests to take one.
A little boy in braces and tan shorts marches across the grass holding a ceremony fan in each hand.
Andrew greets guests by the log benches on the sloping lawn, gum trees and hills rising behind.
Guests settle along a long log bench on the farm near Grafton, big grey sheds on the rise behind them.
Andrew and his groomsmen wait at the rustic timber arbour under the huge crepe myrtle in pink bloom.
Andrew waits beside the celebrant at the arbour, groomsmen behind him and a white iron table set for signing.
Lynan smiles beside her dad in his navy suit as they step off the white bus on the red dirt.
Bridesmaids in short white dresses walk down the grass from the big shed in the Clarence Valley near Grafton.
A blonde bridesmaid laughs as she walks down the sloping lawn past guests on the log benches.
A bridesmaid carries her native bouquet across the paddock lawn in front of a grey shed outside Grafton.
Lynan and her dad set off across the lawn from the bus, tall gum trees and farm sheds behind them.
From behind Andrew, Lynan and her dad walk down the lawn between guests in the Clarence Valley.
Andrew watches Lynan and her dad come down the grass aisle past the crowd and the sheds.
Lynan beams as her dad brings her to Andrew at the arbour, guests turning on the benches behind.
Her dad shakes Andrew's hand as he hands Lynan over on the ceremony lawn near Grafton.
Andrew holds Lynan's hands at the arbour as the celebrant begins, a shed and gum trees behind the guests.
Her dad stands beside a woman in a blue pleated dress, watching the start of the country ceremony.
A man in a navy suit and a blonde woman in a floral skirt smile at the couple from the front row.
Through the timber arbour, the couple face the celebrant before guests on log benches in country near the town of Grafton, NSW.
A man in a pink striped shirt reads into a microphone beside a woman in a red dress, groomsmen behind.
Lynan and Andrew hold hands under the crepe myrtle in the Clarence Valley near Grafton, bridesmaids watching behind.
Guests stand and sit along the log benches on the sloping grass, a grey farm shed behind them.
Readers face the crowd under the crepe myrtle canopy as guests listen from the log benches.
Lynan smiles up at Andrew beneath the pink crepe myrtle blossoms, a bridesmaid at her side.
The front rows of guests listen from log benches with the bush of the Clarence Valley behind them.
Her dad and the woman in blue sit in the front row on a log bench, guests packed in behind.
An older woman in a purple top and a grey bearded man in a navy blazer smile from a log bench.
A woman holding a ceremony fan smiles beside a white bearded man at the end of a log bench.
A smiling couple in navy share a log bench at the country ceremony, the woman in a floral skirt.
Three bridesmaids in short white dresses smile under the crepe myrtle branches with their native bouquets.
The whole ceremony gathers under an enormous crepe myrtle in pink bloom on a farm outside Grafton.
Three groomsmen in white shirts and red ties stand under the crepe myrtle trunks beside the arbour post.
Her dad and the woman in blue smile from the log bench as the vows go on.
Her dad sits with the woman in coral and older women in polka dots and purple along the front bench.
Rows of guests fill the log benches on the paddock lawn near Grafton, the big grey shed behind.
Guests in summer clothes sit along the log benches, a modern grey house on the hill behind them.
Andrew smiles at Lynan during the vows as the celebrant holds the microphone and a tablet.
A woman in a dusty pink dress and a man in a mint shirt and bow tie listen from a bench in the Clarence Valley.
An older woman in purple sits between a woman in polka dots and a man in a checked shirt on the bench.
Her dad and the woman in coral laugh along with the ceremony from the front log bench.
The woman in blue laughs and her dad bows his head grinning on the front bench.
The couple, three groomsmen and a reader in a mint shirt stand at the arbour in the Clarence Valley near Grafton.
Andrew smiles at Lynan as the reader in a mint shirt speaks into the microphone under the crepe myrtle.
A toddler in white sits on a woman's lap among guests in floral dresses at the ceremony.
Guests on log benches across the paddock lawn outside Grafton, a grey shed and gum trees behind them.
Guests standing and seated on the country hillside watch the vows, the big grey shed above them.
Guests fill the sloping lawn, bush covered hills on one side and the long grey shed on the other.
The first kiss under the crepe myrtle in full bloom near the town of Grafton, NSW, as the bridal party claps.
The woman in blue and her dad clap with the front rows on the log benches after the kiss.
Older guests clap from the log benches at the farm wedding near Grafton, the grey shed behind them.
Guests clap and cheer from the log benches as the ceremony ends on the country lawn.
Lynan signs the register at the white iron table beside Andrew and a posy of proteas and gum leaves.
Andrew signs the register at the white iron table, a red flower pinned to his navy lapel.
A woman with long blonde hair in a red and blue patterned dress leans over the white iron table to sign the register.
A woman in sunglasses and pearls signs the register as Andrew watches from his white iron chair.
A woman in a pink floral dress bends to sign beside Andrew, a posy of proteas and gum leaves in front of her.
Lynan and Andrew beam from white iron chairs at the signing table on the farm lawn outside Grafton, her hand on his.
Lynan and Andrew rest their ringed hands on the signed certificate beside native flowers and a silver pen.
Lynan and Andrew sit at the signing table with the bridesmaids and groomsmen under a spreading tree at their country wedding.
Lynan and Andrew stand before their guests at the timber arbour, the bridal party either side under the pink crepe myrtle canopy.
Guests on log benches clap the newlyweds, tall gum trees on the hills of the Clarence Valley behind them.
A woman in a floral skirt and a man in a dark suit clap with the crowd, the long shed and a paddock fence behind.
Lynan and Andrew walk hand in hand away from the arbour as newlyweds, the bridal party smiling behind.
Lynan and Andrew kiss in the aisle between log benches under the crepe myrtle at a country wedding in the hills around Grafton, NSW.
Lynan holds Andrew's hand as they walk up the grassy slope under the blossoming crepe myrtle, her lace train trailing.
Friends in white shirts and dresses rush in to hug Lynan and Andrew on the grass, tall bush trees behind.
A woman in a navy top and floral skirt hugs Lynan as a bridesmaid waves, cars parked along the paddock under a blue sky.
Every guest gathers with the couple and bridal party for one big group photo before the pink crepe myrtle on the farm near Grafton.
The whole crowd throws their arms in the air for the newlyweds in front of the flowering crepe myrtle at the country ceremony.
Lynan and Andrew chat with a white haired man in a checked shirt holding the order of service and a woman in polka dots.
Lynan and Andrew pose with the woman in a pink floral dress beneath the crepe myrtle on the farm lawn.
Her dad chats with three guests on the open grass, a small white shed and paddock fence behind in the Clarence Valley near Grafton.
Lynan and Andrew stand with her dad, the woman in blue and a couple in navy beneath the pink crepe myrtle.
Her dad and the woman in the blue pleated dress stand either side of the newlyweds in front of the blossoms on the country lawn.
Lynan and Andrew stand with a woman in a navy top and floral skirt and a man in a pink shirt and navy suit.
The reader in a mint shirt and bow tie and a bridesmaid in white join the couple beside the flowering crepe myrtle.
An older couple in polka dots and a checked shirt stand with the newlyweds under the crepe myrtle at the country wedding.
Her dad, the woman in blue and older guests in polka dots and checks line up with the couple in the Clarence Valley.
Lynan and Andrew with a woman in a red dress, the man in the pink striped shirt and a groomsman in a red tie.
Smiles all round as the couple stand with friends in red, pink stripes and a red tie under the crepe myrtle on the farm.
Empty log benches and two white iron chairs wait beside the crepe myrtle after the country ceremony, gum trees and hills beyond, outside Grafton.
Friends, the loved one in purple and a little one in a woman's arms gather with the couple under the pink blossoms.
The loved one in a purple pleated dress stands between Lynan and her dad, Andrew and the woman in blue alongside.
Lynan and Andrew share a kiss in the middle of the bridal party line under the blossoming crepe myrtle near Grafton.
The groomsmen bow their heads laughing and the bridesmaids look on as Lynan and Andrew kiss under the pink blossoms.
The bridesmaids squeal and wave their bouquets as the groomsmen laugh and Lynan sips bubbles beside Andrew.
The bridal party walks arm in arm across the lawn past the flowering crepe myrtle, the couple in the middle, in the Clarence Valley.
Laughing arm in arm, the bridal party strides towards the camera under a big blue country sky.
Andrew and Lynan stand with his three groomsmen in white shirts and red ties below the crepe myrtle in pink bloom.
Andrew carries Lynan in his arms and steals a kiss as his three groomsmen grin beside him.
Lynan laughs as Andrew holds her in his arms, the groomsmen cheering and waving around them on the farm lawn.
Andrew stands with Lynan and her three bridesmaids in short white dresses and protea bouquets beneath the pink blossoms.
Lynan and her three bridesmaids hoist Andrew sideways into the air, bouquets and all, at their country wedding near the town of Grafton, NSW.
Andrew grins as the bridesmaids and Lynan hold him up level in the air, gum trees and a sunny paddock behind.
Andrew walks arm in arm with Lynan and her bridesmaids, all of them laughing as they cross the grass.
Close and laughing, Andrew links arms with Lynan and three bridesmaids holding red protea bouquets.
Andrew smiles at Lynan as they walk hand in hand through the long grass, a stand of bush behind them.
Lynan and Andrew walk away hand in hand up the slope through long country grass towards tall gum trees.
Small against tall gum trees, the couple wander up the grassy slope in the late afternoon in the Clarence Valley near Grafton.
Lynan and Andrew walk towards us hand in hand through long green grass, tall gums glowing in the afternoon sun.
Lynan lifts her lace train and smiles as she walks with Andrew through the long country grass in soft backlight.
Lynan and Andrew gaze at each other in warm golden backlight, his red bow tie and her lace bodice glowing.
Andrew dips Lynan for a kiss in the long sunlit grass, her bouquet of proteas swinging behind him.
The full bridal party lines up in the long grass among tall gum trees on the farm, the low sun glowing behind them.
The bridal party wanders away down a track into the gum trees, small against the bush outside Grafton.
The bridal party walks towards us through the long grass and gum trees, Lynan and Andrew hand in hand in the middle.
Long shadows stretch across the grass as the bridal party strolls through the sunlit country bushland, a groomsman reaching out.
Lynan and Andrew walk through a wide grassy paddock past a dead grey tree near Grafton, sun flaring over the bush.
In black and white, the couple stand close in the long grass beneath the bare branches of a dead tree as the sun flares.
Andrew wraps his arms around Lynan from behind in the long grass, golden hour light glowing through her hair in the Clarence Valley.
In black and white, Lynan and Andrew kiss beside a fallen log under the twisting branches of an old tree, the sun flaring.
Lynan smiles as she walks hand in hand with Andrew through the sunlit country paddock, proteas swinging at her side.
Lynan glances back at Andrew as they walk hand in hand, the low sun flaring through the trees behind.
Lynan beams at Andrew as they stroll through tall grass under a stormy sky on farmland near the town of Grafton, NSW.
Andrew and his three groomsmen walk arm in arm through the grass, laughing with the sun sinking behind the gum trees.
The bridesmaids come striding towards us arm in arm with Lynan, hair flying as they laugh in the long grass.
Lynan and her three bridesmaids laugh as they walk through the paddock, bouquets of proteas and gum leaves in hand.
Lynan and her bridesmaids walk close together, smiling straight at the camera in the soft evening light.
Evening haze softens the long grass, gum trees and distant hills of the Clarence Valley near Grafton.
Tiny under a huge pale sky, Lynan and Andrew walk down a two wheel track through the paddock below wooded hills.
From high on the bank, Lynan and Andrew stand tiny on the stony edge of a still creek in the Clarence Valley.
Lynan and Andrew walk along the pebbly creek bank, the still water mirroring the trees and the bright sky.
Lynan and Andrew pick their way along the stony edge of the creek near Grafton, sunlight glinting off the water.
In black and white, Lynan and Andrew kiss at the water's edge, the creek reflecting the trees around them.
Barefoot Lynan lifts her lace skirt as Andrew helps her over the creek stones, seen from the bank above.
Lynan and Andrew stroll hand in hand through the cattle paddock outside Grafton, dark cows grazing around them below bushy hills.
Barefoot Lynan walks hand in hand with Andrew down a grassy farm track, a hill rising behind them.
Andrew stands in the paddock with a hand in his pocket, his red bow tie bright against his white shirt.
In black and white, Andrew looks off to the side in his suit and bow tie, trees soft behind him.
Lynan looks back over her shoulder as her lace train trails across the green paddock, a fenced hillside of the Clarence Valley beyond.
In black and white, Lynan swings her lace skirt and bouquet in the open grass of the country property, a big shady tree behind.
Lynan and Andrew walk back past the crepe myrtle, the log benches and the timber shed, the bushy hills around Grafton, NSW behind.
Lynan and Andrew look across the grass to the open timber shed where guests are gathering for the reception.
A white window frame on a timber easel holds the seating plan in white script, dried grasses and gum leaves tied to one corner.
A semi naked two tier cake trimmed with gum leaves, tiny white sprays and pink daisies sits on a timber slab in the shed.
A toddler in a floral dress stands barefoot on the gravel as guests dine at long tables in the farm shed near Grafton.
A blonde woman in a pale blue dress opens the speeches with a microphone in the slab walled shed, string lights overhead.
A bridesmaid and a groomsman raising a drink lead the bridal party in under festoon lights past hay bales on the lawn.
A blonde bridesmaid and a groomsman in a red tie hold hands high as they make their entrance across the grass.
A smiling bridesmaid walks in arm in arm with a groomsman holding a beer, a garden torch burning beside the lawn.
The couple walk in under festoon lights strung between timber poles past hay bales on the lawn in the Clarence Valley near Grafton.
Lynan and Andrew come in with their arms in the air, bouquet raised high, under the strung bulbs.
Guests stand and clap under the timber trusses and fairy lights as the couple arrive in the open sided shed.
Guests laugh over dinner at long timber tables in the open sided shed outside Grafton, a purple marquee and caravans on the lawn beyond.
Lynan smiles across the bridal table as her dad gives his speech, candles and native flowers along the timber.
Her dad speaks into the microphone in a checked shirt as the bridal table listens by the slab wall of the country shed.
Guests turn and clap at the long tables, festoon lights strung over the paddock beyond the shed in the Clarence Valley.
A man in a patterned shirt laughs at the speeches as guests dine beside a purple marquee and the band's gear.
The woman in blue and guests along a long table smile towards the speeches, candles and wine bottles in front.
Lynan glances over with a big smile from the bridal table, Andrew beside her and candles glowing along the timber.
The woman in blue laughs with a finger to her temple among guests at the long tables during the speeches.
The groomsmen and Lynan listen to her dad's speech below a Just Married sign on the slab timber wall.
Andrew and Lynan crack up laughing at the bridal table as a groomsman grins beside them.
The bridal party lines the long timber table under strung bulbs along the slab wall of the farm shed near Grafton.
The woman in blue holds the microphone and pauses mid speech in front of the slab timber wall and a speaker stand.
The bridal table smiles up at the woman in blue as she speaks, strung bulbs along the slab wall above them.
Guests at the long tables turn to watch the woman in blue speak, the open end of the shed glowing in the dusk.
Andrew and Lynan grin at the camera from the candlelit bridal table in the country shed, a groomsman and bridesmaids alongside.
Two women with microphones throw their arms in the air beside the band's gear and a purple marquee.
A silver vintage food van glows with fairy lights at dusk on the lawn, tall gum trees and festoon bulbs above.
Hay bales draped in calico and a cable drum table with beers wait on the lawn by the paddock fence outside Grafton.
A chalkboard reading take a photo sits above instant cameras, film packs and a box of tiny pegs on a cable drum table.
The open timber shed glows with strung lights at dusk under tall gum trees on the farm outside the town of Grafton, NSW.
Three guests in pale pink, florals and a blue shirt smile from their places at a candlelit dinner table.
The loved one in purple sits with an older woman in polka dots and pearls at the candlelit dinner table.
The woman in blue leans in for a photo with the older man in a checked shirt at dinner, a wine bottle in his hand.
A woman in pearls and a white haired man in a white shirt beam at the camera across the dinner table.
A smiling couple in glasses, she in peach florals and he in a striped shirt, pose at a candlelit table.
The man in the pink striped shirt gives a night speech under festoon lights at the country wedding in the Clarence Valley near Grafton.
The loved one in purple and the woman in a navy top laugh as the man in the pink shirt speaks, fairy lit trees behind.
Andrew and Lynan laugh along with the groomsmen at the bridal table, proteas and gum leaves along the timber.
Guests fill the long tables under the tin roof and strung bulbs as the night speeches go on in the shed near Grafton.
A groomsman in a red tie stands to give his speech at the bridal table below the Just Married sign.
Lynan and three bridesmaids in white laugh along the bridal table, Andrew in his red bow tie at the far end.
A groomsman in a red tie stands to speak into the microphone as the bridal table laughs beneath the string lights.
Two bridesmaids fuss over a third's hair at the bridal table while a groomsman speaks inside the farm shed in the Clarence Valley near Grafton.
Guests clap and laugh along a candlelit table at the country reception, a woman in olive green cheering in front.
A bridesmaid in white gives her speech from the middle of the bridal table in the open-sided timber shed outside Grafton.
Andrew speaks into the microphone with Lynan at his side, groomsmen and bridesmaids listening along the slab wall.
Seen past wine bottles on a guest table, Andrew and Lynan stand together for his speech at the bridal table.
Guests turn to listen as Andrew speaks beside Lynan under fairy lights and the tin roof, a country wedding in the Clarence Valley.
Andrew reads from his speech notes beside Lynan as three groomsmen in red ties listen at the bridal table.
A man in a checked shirt and black tie grins as older guests laugh around a candlelit long table.
Older guests smile along a candlelit table at the edge of the shed near Grafton, a caravan strung with lights on the lawn.
A woman holding a toddler and a man in a checked shirt look on from the table, a silver caravan glowing on the country lawn.
Andrew reads his speech to Lynan beneath the weathered Just Married sign on the slab wall, string lights glowing above.
Lynan reads her speech from a sheet as a bridesmaid presses a napkin to her eyes at the bridal table.
Bridesmaids laugh and lift a glass of bubbles as Lynan reads her speech, Andrew waiting behind her in his bow tie.
Lynan speaks into the microphone and smiles at Andrew under the Just Married sign on the farm shed's slab wall.
Lynan and Andrew hug after her speech as groomsmen clap from the bridal table in the country shed.
Guests laugh around a candlelit table, a lit food van and the band's purple tent glowing on the lawn of a farm beyond Grafton, NSW.
Little jars of orange preserves with brown paper tags sit at each place among champagne flutes and a sprig of grey green leaves.
Guests help themselves at a candlelit dessert bar with a chalkboard sign along the timber wall of the farm shed.
Lynan and Andrew cut their two tier naked cake dressed with native flowers on a rustic timber table.
Lynan and Andrew stand arm in arm beside the cake on a timber bench against the slab wall of the shed.
A groomsman and a woman in a rose print dress dance with a toddler on the farm lawn in the Clarence Valley near Grafton.
A man in a checked shirt, a boy, a woman in pale blue polka dots and a young woman in navy pose under festoon bulbs.
A blonde guest in a black floral dress and a man in a white shirt with a drink smile inside the fairy lit shed.
Guests smile from long candlelit tables that stretch beneath the trees on a country night outside Grafton.
Four mates in collared shirts huddle arm in arm at a long table, grinning at the camera inside the lit shed.
The band plays under purple lights, a singer with a tambourine between two guitarists on the grass.
Lynan and Andrew share their first dance on the country lawn near Grafton as guests watch in a ring beneath the festoon bulbs.
Lynan and Andrew sway close for their first dance while guests in summer dresses look on from the edge of the grass.
Guests line the edge of the grass as Lynan and Andrew dance, a vintage caravan glowing on the farm in the Clarence Valley near Grafton.
Andrew holds Lynan close for the dance, guests in red and blue dresses watching under a bright stand light.
Lynan looks up at Andrew as they dance under a string of bulbs, a light on a stand glowing behind them.
Andrew dips Lynan low on the grass as guests laugh and film from the edge of the country dance floor.
A bridesmaid in white and a groomsman in a red tie dance hand in hand on the grass beside the lit shed.
Lynan and Andrew hold hands close for their dance, guests gathered under the lit shed eaves at this country wedding around Grafton, NSW.
A laughing bridesmaid in white dances with a groomsman whose red tie hangs loose, the fairy lit shed behind them.
A bridesmaid in white and a groomsman with a top knot dance in front of the band's purple lit tent.
Lynan laughs as Andrew twirls her out across the farm lawn outside Grafton, a string of festoon bulbs above.
The woman in the blue pleated dress dances close with a man in a checked shirt and black tie.
A woman in a pink satin dress smiles in the arms of a man in a green checked shirt among the dancers.
A woman in a navy top and floral skirt dances with a groomsman in a red tie beneath the festoon bulbs.
Andrew laughs as he dances with the short haired woman in the floral skirt on the grass.
Lynan takes the hands of a guest in a checked shirt and glasses as couples dance around them on the lawn.
Lynan throws her head back laughing as she swings hands with the guest in the checked shirt and dark tie.
A bridesmaid in white dances with a man in a pale blue shirt and tan chinos who pulls a funny face.
The guest in the checked shirt spins Lynan by the hands among the dancers at the country party.
A groomsman in a red tie and the woman in the rose print dress, holding a toddler, smile in front of the band.
Lynan and the guest in the checked shirt dance on the grass of the family farm in the Clarence Valley as friends film them.
An older couple, he in a striped shirt and she in a peach floral dress, dance hand in hand inside the candlelit shed.
Andrew stands arm in arm with a man in a salmon pink shirt and dark tie on the lawn under festoon bulbs.
An older couple in polka dots and a gingham shirt dance close near the band's purple lights at the country reception.
Two young women in black and white dresses spin hand in hand on the grass as the party goes on.
The woman in the blue pleated dress and a short haired woman in a floral skirt pose arm in arm on the lawn.
A guest in a floral sundress and a man in a pink striped shirt smile together by the shed's glowing bar sign.
Andrew, a groomsman in a red tie and a woman in a navy floral dress raise drinks outside the lit shed on the farm.
Guests in a loose circle laugh as a bearded man in a cream shirt drops into a dance crouch at this rural wedding near Grafton.
Lynan stands in the middle of a row of friends holding drinks on the dark lawn, an envelope in her hand.
Friends lift Lynan sideways in their arms, all laughing, her long lace train hanging towards the grass.
A guest in a little black dress and a man in a gingham shirt and navy tie pose by a timber post in the shed.
An older man in a checked shirt and navy tie sits between two smiling women at a candlelit table.
A white bearded man in a white shirt hugs a smiling woman in black at a candlelit table late in the night.
Three older guests laugh and hug at a long table, one raising a beer, in the candlelit farm shed in the Clarence Valley near Grafton.
Lynan stands with a row of young men and a woman in a white dress on the grass beside the shed.
The guest in the checked shirt dances with fists clenched as the crowd fills the lawn at a country wedding outside Grafton.
A crowd of guests gathers around Lynan with arms in the air outside the timber shed late at night.
Lynan poses with the woman in the blue pleated dress and three older guests, the band tent and lit shed behind.
Three women in floral, pale blue and red dresses throw their arms up and pull faces on the dance floor.
Five guests sit along a rough cut log bench on the dark grass of the farm, a country night in Grafton, NSW.
Young men and a woman in a navy floral dress pose by a timber pole, one kneeling with a thumbs up.
Four guests sip from cups and saucers on a hay bale on the grass, a rural touch late at night in the Clarence Valley.
The woman in the blue pleated dress leads a line of laughing young guests dancing barefoot across the grass.
Eight women, most in white, crowd together laughing with drinks under a hanging chalkboard sign on the slab wall.
A dark haired woman in a short white dress laughs as she dances with friends, the lit shed glowing behind.
Guests mingle and dance beneath festoon lights strung from the open-sided shed, the band tent glowing purple, on a farm near Grafton.
The lit timber shed, a food van, the band tent and strings of festoon lights glow across the dark farm in the Clarence Valley.
The wedding story

Our Grafton NSW country wedding photos: log benches under a crepe myrtle, cattle at golden hour and dancing under festoon lights

Getting ready on the farm · Ceremony on log benches by the crepe myrtle · Bridal party in the long grass · Creek and cattle paddock portraits · Long tables in the timber shed · Band and dancing on the lawn

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Rum at the bar

Our day began under a huge blue sky, the green farm sheds tucked into the hillside below the gum trees. Inside, Andrew fastened his cuffs in a crisp white shirt, then pulled on his navy jacket out on the verandah, a set of wind chimes hanging beside him and the paddocks falling away beyond the railing. A bottle of rum and a few glasses with ice sat ready on the bar. Then he and one of his mates stepped into the garden, Andrew in his navy suit and bow tie and his mate in a white shirt and red tie, grinning like they had already won.

Lace, proteas and a mirror

Lynan’s lace gown hung against a white door with the light coming through its open back. Someone pinned the last curls into place while Lynan laughed, and a bridesmaid tied her into the dress in a bright white hallway. We like a mirror at this point of the day: one quick reflection shows both the bride and the people looking at her. The bridesmaids in short white dresses held up their bouquets of red proteas, roses and gum leaves, and a loved one in purple took Lynan’s hands for a moment before she stepped out.

A crepe myrtle in pink bloom

Lynan paused on the verandah with the paddocks and a single gum tree behind her, looking down at her flowers. Down the hill, guests were settling onto rough-cut log benches on the lawn beside an enormous crepe myrtle covered in pink flowers. A tree like that is a gift for a country ceremony: shade for the older guests, colour behind every group photo and something to frame the wide shots. One by one the bridesmaids walked down the grass from the big shed, bouquets low and smiling at the crowd.

Her dad at the arbour

Lynan’s dad walked her across the lawn to a rustic timber arbour, where Andrew was waiting and could not stop smiling. They stood together in front of about a hundred and twenty friends and family, the shed and the hills behind. We worked from both ends of the log benches, long lens for faces and wide for the setting, because a farm ceremony tells two stories at once: the people, and the place they chose. Guests laughed, a couple in the front leaned in to each other, and before long the whole crowd was clapping.

Signing at the white table

The register sat on a small white iron table beside a posy of proteas and gum leaves. Lynan and Andrew signed with big smiles and turned to the guests, who stood and cheered. Then came a wave of hugs on the grass as friends rushed in with their arms wide. Under the crepe myrtle we lined up the families, the bridesmaids and the groomsmen in white shirts and red bow ties. Groups under a flowering tree are easy to light: the canopy softens the sun and the pink fills the top of the frame.

The groom gets lifted

The bridesmaids had a plan. Before we could finish the formal groups, the three of them and Lynan scooped Andrew up and held him sideways in the air, bouquets and all, laughing so hard they nearly dropped him. Then we set off into the long grass. Lynan and Andrew walked hand in hand through the paddock towards us, and the whole bridal party wandered off down a track into the trees. We hung back for that one so they looked small against the bush, the way a farm wedding should feel.

Golden hour on the creek

As the sun dropped behind the trees we turned Lynan and Andrew into the light. He wrapped his arms around her from behind in the long grass and the backlight glowed through her hair. The bridesmaids came striding towards us arm in arm, hair flying. Then we took the couple down to the creek, where the water lay still and caught the reflection of the trees, and we climbed up the bank to shoot them tiny on the stony edge. A creek at the end of the day is quiet, cool and full of soft reflected light.

Through the cattle paddock

On the way back the cattle had gathered in the bottom paddock, so we walked Lynan and Andrew right through them, the hills and gum trees behind and the herd watching with mild interest. We kept a long distance and a wide lens, so the animals stayed calm and the couple became part of the landscape. The last wide frame of the afternoon was the two of them strolling past the crepe myrtle and a pile of logs, with the timber shed and the hills behind. For their Grafton NSW country wedding photos, this was home.

Long tables and a band

The reception was in an open-sided timber shed strung with lights, with long timber tables, candles in jars and a Just Married sign on the slab wall. A guest in a pale blue dress opened the speeches with a microphone, the couple came in with their arms in the air, and the bridal table laughed through every story. Outside, a band played under purple lights, and the first dance happened on the grass beneath festoon bulbs. Then the floor filled: Lynan danced with a guest in a checked shirt, a little one twirled, and the shed glowed in the dark.

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A family farm outside Grafton: log bench vows under a crepe myrtle and golden hour in the cattle paddock

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How the farm day flowed

Everything for Lynan and Andrew happened within walking distance on the property. Lynan got ready in the house and paused on the screened verandah over the paddocks, then arrived at the ceremony lawn with her dad on a white bus that pulled up on the red dirt. Vows were on the sloping grass under the big crepe myrtle, with the register signed at a white iron table beside it. After the groups we wandered into the long grass, down to the creek and back through the cattle, and the evening moved into the open timber shed and out onto the lawn for dancing.

Summer light from ceremony to dusk

It was a hot, bright summer afternoon under a huge blue sky, and the late afternoon ceremony let the worst of the heat pass before the vows. The crepe myrtle did a lot of work here: under its branches the light stayed dappled but gentle, and the blossom gave us colour without any styling. As the sun slipped behind the gums, the long grass lit up from behind and a few heavy clouds rolled in, which gave us a moody sky over the paddock for a change of mood. By dusk, the festoon bulbs and the strung lights in the shed took over.

The places we photographed them

The verandah screen gave Lynan a soft, filtered window with the flat paddocks and a lone gum behind her, perfect for a calm portrait before she left the house. The grassy slope by the ceremony let us stand guests in rows for one big crowd shot with every face visible. Out on the farm, a dead grey tree in the paddock made a strong graphic shape against the flaring sun, the pebbly creek bank gave us reflections, and a two wheel track through the paddock let us show them tiny below the wooded hills.

Planning a farm wedding like this

Fans in a timber box by the ceremony lawn were a smart touch on a summer day, and guests used them all through the vows. Barefoot is the way to go at the creek: Lynan left her sandals behind and Andrew helped her over the stones, which kept the moment relaxed. Give the cattle paddock space and time, and move slowly so the herd stays settled. And put lights out on the lawn as well as in the shed, as Lynan and Andrew did, so the dancing outside glows instead of falling into darkness.

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