Melbourne home wedding photos: Shermaine glances back as Raj leads her up a grassy slope beneath tall leaning trees, her tulle train behind, Melbourne
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Melbourne Home Wedding Photos: Shermaine & Raj

Home wedding · Melbourne

Rainforest Wedding · City: Melbourne

Tea poured cup by cup in a sunroom full of window light, vows under a white flower arch beneath tall trees, then a drift of pink smoke on the lawn. Shermaine and Raj kept their whole wedding at a private home in the hills east of Melbourne, moving from red lace for a round of tea to a full white gown and, by nightfall, a mint and peach outfit made for dancing. We were there for every toast, every speech and every laugh.

The gallery
Tall forest trees and a white blossom tree tower over balloons and a striped awning at the couple's rainforest home in the hills.
Red paper lanterns hang from the verandah eaves behind a branch of white blossom, with the forest canopy above the roof.
Red lanterns, a hanging basket of purple flowers and a wine barrel line the green verandah above the rainforest garden.
Sprays of tiny pink flowers tied with raffia bows hang from the verandah rail beside a small reception sign.
A branch tree hung with dozens of snapshots stands by a window of the rainforest home beside a red and white tea set.
A red and white heart shaped tea tray with a teapot and six small cups sits beside cream and red roses.
A twine wrapped jar of cream and peach roses and feathery greenery sits on a verandah shelf among trailing pink buds.
Glass drink dispensers of iced red punch with orange slices wait on the verandah bar beside jars of black straws.
Rolling carts of wine glasses, big BAR letters and a chalk menu stand under red lanterns on the verandah of the rainforest home.
A photo wall with a framed there's no place like home sign rises above a guest table of candles, petals and jar favours.
Raj leans on the verandah rail under red lanterns, framed by tall trees and the rainforest garden around the house.
Raj smiles down from the verandah in a crisp white shirt before the rainforest wedding, framed by leafy shrubs and red lanterns.
Raj smiles at the verandah rail between two red paper lanterns, the leafy forest garden filling the frame behind him.
A hessian and timber sign with two lovebirds and a heart reads Two Souls One Heart on a white wall.
Engraved cufflinks in their box, a black silk bow tie and a bottle of cologne laid out for Raj's getting ready.
Raj grins from a sheepskin covered chair in his white shirt, his burgundy jacket hanging by the shutters of the rainforest home.
Shermaine sits in a floral robe with her hair already pinned in soft curls while her makeup is finished.
A red paper cut-out of a cartoon bride and groom sharing a kiss decorates the white wardrobe doors.
Shermaine's tulle ball gown hangs in the tall sunroom windows above a rockery, with bare branches and rainforest trees outside.
A long grazing table of bread, cheese, fruit and a two tier cake runs beneath draped fabric in the sunroom.
A two tier buttercream cake ringed with green sprigs and topped with tiny white flowers waits on a timber stand for the rainforest wedding.
Watercolour floral invitations and a kraft envelope tied with twine and lace lie on white tulle with green berry stems.
Baskets of baguettes, a cheese board, crackers and fruit crowd a timber trestle at the grazing table.
Blush faux fur ankle strap sandals rest on a fold of white tulle among Shermaine's wedding details.
Pearl drop earrings in a velvet box, a pearl pendant and a crystal bottle with a blush ribbon lie on white tulle with green berries.
Two wedding rings sit on a timber tree slice beside Shermaine's bouquet of white orchids, cream roses and blush plumes.
A fine sparkling bracelet lies across green berries and leaves beneath a white orchid on soft tulle.
A white orchid trails from Shermaine's bouquet of cream roses and blush plumes with long sprays of green foliage.
Shermaine smiles into a small mirror as she fastens a pearl earring, her red lace dress just in view.
Shermaine fastens her pearl earrings in a tall mirror, wearing a red lace dress with sheer long sleeves.
Shermaine sits on the bed in her red lace dress with her white wedding gown hanging on the wardrobe behind her.
Shermaine and Raj sip tea from red and white cups side by side at the sunroom windows, forest greenery behind them.
Shermaine feeds Raj a spoonful from a red cup in the sunroom, the rainforest garden green through the glass behind them.
Shermaine tips her head back laughing as she and Raj sit with tea cups under the tall sunroom windows of their rainforest home.
Her dad claps beside a loved one in a beaded champagne gown as guests gather with phones to watch the tea.
Raj and Shermaine serve tea to an older man in a patterned cap, garden steps climbing the rainforest hillside beyond the windows.
An older couple in a patterned cap and a red and gold wrap sip tea while Shermaine and Raj wait beside them.
Raj laughs holding a red envelope beside Shermaine in red lace, the grazing table and draped fabric behind them.
Raj and Shermaine pose with an older man in a patterned cap and a woman in orange and gold silk under festoon lights.
Shermaine and Raj smile with two older guests in a red patterned cap and an orange silk wrap inside their rainforest home.
Guests in suits and a pale pink coat crowd the doorway by a wall clock to watch the tea on the rainforest wedding day.
Her dad laughs with a cup of tea beside a loved one in a beaded champagne gown as Raj and Shermaine look on.
Her dad fastens a gold watch around Raj's wrist while a woman in a denim jacket looks on.
Shermaine wipes her eye beside Raj while guests raise their phones and an older couple watch from their chairs.
Shermaine looks down as a loved one in a beaded gown holds out a fine chain necklace in her palm.
A woman in denim fastens a necklace at Shermaine's neck as a guest in blush lace smiles with a folded napkin.
Raj grins as a woman in a denim jacket fastens a fine necklace around Shermaine's neck at their rainforest wedding.
Raj smiles warmly as a guest holds his hand, framed between the shoulders of two women in the foreground.
Shermaine dabs a tear with a tissue in her red lace dress as Raj smiles gently beside her.
A loved one in a pearl beaded gown hugs Raj as Shermaine laughs beside them in red lace.
Shermaine and the loved one in champagne beading share a cheek kiss and a hug while Raj grins behind them.
Her dad and a loved one in a beaded champagne gown stand with Raj and Shermaine before tall sunroom windows and forest beyond.
Shermaine and Raj stand between her dad and a loved one, with rockery steps climbing to the rainforest garden outside.
Raj and Shermaine hand tea to an older couple seated on timber chairs while a woman in denim holds the tray.
An older man sips tea beside a smiling woman in a red lace dress and black coat by the sunroom glass.
Raj bows low to pass tea to a smiling woman in red lace and a black coat as the man beside her laughs.
A woman in a black coat over red lace hands a gift to Shermaine and Raj, garden steps climbing toward the rainforest outside.
A guest in a floral black top throws her arms wide with a red envelope as she waits on the tea chair.
Shermaine bends to clasp the hands of a seated guest in a floral black top, the rockery and rainforest beyond the tall windows.
Raj bows to offer tea to a laughing guest in a floral black top as a woman in denim holds the tea tray.
A seated couple flash peace signs and smile with red envelopes on their laps beside the photo tree.
Raj leans in to pass a cup of tea to a seated man in a navy blazer as the woman beside him smiles.
A seated couple sip their tea while Shermaine and Raj wait, stone steps climbing the rainforest garden outside the glass.
A man in a navy blazer pats Raj's shoulder and the woman beside him takes Shermaine's hand under windows full of rainforest trees.
A guest in a pale blue embroidered shirt beams on the tea chair as the woman beside him laughs out loud.
Her dad laughs at right with guests in coats and a black floral top, all watching the tea round unfold.
A man in an embroidered teal shirt sips tea as Shermaine and Raj wait with a woman in denim holding the tray.
A man in an orange patterned shirt laughs over his tea cup as Raj and Shermaine wait on their rainforest wedding day.
A man in an orange patterned shirt hands Raj a red envelope as the woman behind him reaches for Shermaine.
A guest in black with red embroidered flowers presses her hands to her face, moved, as Shermaine and Raj wait with tea.
A guest in a black top with red embroidery cups Raj's cheek as Shermaine laughs beside him holding a red envelope.
Raj bows with a cup of tea for a seated couple while Shermaine smiles, the rockery garden and forest green beyond the glass.
A guest in a grey cardigan hugs Shermaine in red as Raj laughs beside the grazing table.
Raj clasps hands with a seated man in a grey shirt as he passes the tea, forest light bright in the windows behind.
Raj and Shermaine share a group hug with a man in a grey shirt and a woman in black beneath tall windows and rainforest treetops.
A young man in a black suit laughs with a tea cup as Shermaine and Raj crack up in the sunroom.
Shermaine hands a cup of tea to a young man in a black suit and floral buttonhole, stone steps climbing the rainforest hillside behind.
A young man in a black suit drains his tea while Shermaine and Raj smile and a woman in denim holds the tray.
A young man in a black suit grins and claps his hands as Shermaine laughs behind her hand in the sunroom.
A young man in a black suit throws his arms around Raj in a laughing hug as Shermaine smiles by the grazing table.
A young man in a black suit hugs Shermaine as Raj looks on and a woman in denim smiles by the windows to the forest.
Her bridesmaid offers tea to Shermaine and Raj, now seated together on the tea chairs by the photo tree.
Seated together in the sunroom of their rainforest home, Raj sips tea as Shermaine laughs and her bridesmaid looks on.
Her bridesmaid leans in to take Shermaine's hands as Raj sits smiling beside her on the tea chairs.
Shermaine laughs up at her bridesmaid in blush lace while Raj grins beside her, with the forest garden through the glass.
Shermaine hugs her bridesmaid, whose blush lace gown laces up the back, as Raj laughs beside them.
Raj hugs her bridesmaid by tall windows looking up the rainforest hillside, a woman in denim tending the tea tray.
Three young men in suits take cups from the red and white tray held by a woman in denim as the couple smile.
Raj points playfully as a guest in a dark suit holds his tea cup, Shermaine laughing beside the photo tree.
Young men in navy suits share a laugh over tea with a guest in a leather jacket as Shermaine watches.
Shermaine hands cups of tea to a row of young guests in suits and a leather jacket, the patterned tray in front.
Raj passes a cup of tea to a smiling guest in a black leather jacket as a man in a navy suit waits his turn.
Raj laughs over a cup of tea with three young men in suits and a bow tie, festoon lights strung overhead.
Young men in suits hand back their cups as Shermaine laughs, tall windows framing the rainforest treetops above.
Raj touches his ear and grins as a guest in a dark suit holds Shermaine's hands and a woman in denim laughs.
A guest in a black leather jacket clasps Shermaine's hands while Raj stands by in front of tall windows onto the rainforest.
A young man in a navy suit and bow tie takes Shermaine's hand with a smile as guests in suits look on.
Raj and a row of young men in suits swap red envelopes in front of the tall sunroom windows and rainforest garden.
Shermaine laughs as young men in suits wave red envelopes, Raj grinning beside her by the photo tree.
Raj bows to clasp hands with a seated man in a beige suit as Shermaine laughs, the garden rockery climbing to the rainforest outside.
Raj takes the hands of a smiling woman in navy and florals on the tea chair, the man in beige beside her.
Shermaine hugs a woman in navy and florals as Raj and a man in a beige suit smile on the rainforest wedding day.
A smiling young woman in a cream wrap leads a crowd of guests watching the tea, including a baby in a tiny navy suit.
A young man in a navy suit grins among guests in coats, with red lanterns and forest trees in the windows behind.
Her dad laughs in the middle of the crowd beside a loved one in beaded champagne, a toddler held up at left.
A seated guest in a navy suit covers a grin with his hand over his tea as the woman in pink beside him giggles.
Raj clasps hands with a seated guest in a navy suit while Shermaine throws her head back laughing.
Guests crowd together in laughter, a toddler in a navy suit held high, with red lanterns and rainforest green in the windows behind.
A seated guest in a navy suit gestures mid story with his tea cup as a woman in denim laughs with the tray.
Guests film and cheer from the living room doorway, a toddler on one man's arm and forest green in the far windows.
Seen from behind in red lace, Shermaine faces a cheering crowd of guests filming the tea round inside their rainforest home.
Raj shakes hands with a laughing guest in a navy suit as Shermaine cracks up beside the photo tree.
Raj hands a cup of tea to a seated guest in a navy suit, tall windows behind opening onto the rainforest garden.
A seated guest in a trench coat fastens a gift on Raj's wrist as Shermaine helps beside the tea tray.
Raj clasps hands with a guest in a dark denim shirt as Shermaine smiles under tall windows full of rainforest green.
A guest in a navy shirt pulls Raj into a big hug beside the glowing wood heater as Shermaine claps.
Raj lifts a glass jar as Shermaine and a guest in a black leather jacket laugh, forest greenery bright in the windows.
A young man in a camel coat hands back his tea cup as guests pack the room of the couple's rainforest home.
Raj passes tea to a guest in denim while Shermaine laughs and a young man in a camel coat waits his turn.
Shermaine bursts out laughing as a cup is passed to her, framed between two guests with the rainforest garden in the window.
An older man in a red patterned cap and grey suit sits beside a woman in an orange and gold silk wrap as guests film.
Guests in red lace, a trench coat and suits stand filming the tea round inside the rainforest home.
A woman in a camel coat hands Shermaine and Raj a gift while a woman in denim holds the tea tray, forest greenery outside.
Shermaine in red lace hugs a woman in a camel coat as Raj leans in and a woman in denim pours tea behind them.
A young man in a beige suit beams holding a baby in a tiny navy suit as guests watch the tea in the sunroom.
A smiling woman in a trench coat holds a baby in a navy suit as a man in an orange patterned shirt reaches in.
Three smiling women lift babies and a toddler in navy suits toward the tea tray as a crowd of guests films behind them.
Little boys in navy suits gaze wide eyed from loving arms as a red and white tea tray is held out to them.
Raj hands a red envelope to a toddler held by a woman in a trench coat, the rockery climbing the rainforest hillside outside.
Raj bends to hand red envelopes to the little ones as a woman in black laughs and Shermaine smiles in red lace.
Shermaine and Raj line up with family holding babies and a toddler before tall sunroom windows and the rainforest beyond.
Every couple in the family group kisses at once, Shermaine and Raj in the middle, before windows full of tall forest trees.
Couples steal kisses all along the family line by the glass doors, with Shermaine and Raj sharing their own in the centre.
Shermaine in a red off-shoulder lace gown with a train stands with Raj at the glass doors of their rainforest home.
Shermaine and Raj sit side by side on timber chairs beside the photo tree, a potted palm and rockery behind the glass.
Shermaine takes a red envelope from a seated man in a navy blazer while a woman in denim holds the tea tray.
Raj and Shermaine bow to clasp the hands of a seated man in a navy blazer, stone steps of the rainforest garden beyond the glass.
Shermaine and Raj stand with a smiling man in a navy blazer and spotted tie in the bright sunroom.
Raj offers tea to a woman in a green floral outfit with a sheer mint wrap as a man in a navy suit looks on.
A man in a navy suit hands Shermaine a gift while a woman in denim holds the tea tray by the open glass doors.
Raj and Shermaine swap red envelopes with a couple in navy and green florals near the grazing table, forest light in the tall windows.
Shermaine and Raj stand with a woman in a mint wrap and a man in a navy suit below tall windows onto the rainforest treetops.
A long family line in suits and bright silks stands with Shermaine and Raj across the sunroom, tall trees filling the high windows.
Her dad and a loved one in beaded champagne join Shermaine, Raj and an older couple, garden steps climbing the rainforest hillside behind.
Shermaine and Raj stand between an older couple in a red cap and orange silk and her dad and a loved one in beaded champagne.
Shermaine and Raj pose with her dad, a loved one and a young pair in blush and black, bare forest trees high in the windows.
Her dad and a loved one laugh beside Shermaine, Raj and a young pair in blush and black, log steps climbing the rainforest garden behind.
A big family group with babies in navy suits gathers around Shermaine and Raj, her dad and a loved one at the centre.
Babies in arms and relatives in red lace and florals line up across the sunroom of the rainforest home with Shermaine and Raj.
Shermaine and Raj stand with her dad, a loved one and four women in red, florals and black before windows onto the forest hillside.
Her dad and a loved one stand with Shermaine and Raj among women in red, white lace, black florals and blue prints.
Relatives in red, navy and florals line up with Shermaine and Raj beside the chocolate fountain, the rainforest canopy high in the windows.
Shermaine and Raj share a group photo with her dad, a loved one and friends holding a baby beside the photo tree.
A big crowd of young friends and family in suits and gowns gathers around the couple below windows full of forest canopy.
Shermaine and Raj pose with a man holding a toddler, a woman in a trench coat and an older couple by the garden steps.
Shermaine and Raj smile with a woman in red lace, a man holding a baby and a friend in blush silk, the rainforest rockery outside.
Shermaine and Raj smile with a man in a charcoal jacket and two women in black embroidery and navy by the glass doors.
Raj and Shermaine wrap their arms around a young man and a young woman in navy, wine barrels and rockery stones outside.
Shermaine and Raj stand with friends in a grey cardigan, a bow tie suit and a navy peacoat, rainforest greenery beyond the glass.
Shermaine and Raj pose with an older woman in red lace, a man in glasses and a younger couple at the sunroom doors.
Shermaine and Raj stand with a smiling friend in a green and navy print dress, the rockery of the forest garden behind.
A young man in a floral bow tie and a woman in a red floral dress hug the couple inside their rainforest home.
Shermaine and Raj stand with two young men in navy suits and a friend in a green floral outfit with a sheer mint wrap.
Shermaine and Raj laugh with friends in a black coat, a blue shirt, a long scarf and a violet off-shoulder dress, rainforest trees outside.
Shermaine and Raj pose with a young man in a black suit, a woman in teal and black leather and a woman in lilac ruffles.
Raj and Shermaine smile with a friend in a camel coat and a friend in denim beside the mossy rockery and garden steps.
Pretzels, dried fruit, chocolate truffles, celery and a spray of white orchids spill across timber crates and baskets on the grazing table.
Fruit, a wrapped cake and gift boxes tied with red ribbon bows sit on a lace cloth beside a jar of pink roses.
Rustic loaves, focaccia and baguettes sit in timber crates among glossy leaves and wildflowers for the rainforest wedding.
A two tier buttercream cake stands by a gold platter of peaches and passionfruit, with red dried blooms and feathery green sprays behind.
Older guests in a teal scarf, red and an orange silk jacket study the photo tree, the forest garden bright through the glass.
Guests fill their plates along the grazing table of fruit, cheese and bread, the buttercream cake standing at the far end.
Her bridesmaid in blush lace fastens the back of Shermaine's off-shoulder white gown with its full tulle skirt.
Shermaine smiles down in her off-shoulder white gown and pearl pendant as her bridesmaid fastens it in a quiet room of the rainforest home.
Shermaine glances back with a wide smile as her bridesmaid laces up the tulle skirted gown behind her.
Raj in a burgundy tuxedo with black satin lapels and an orchid buttonhole laces his shoes on the edge of the bed.
Raj looks down at his laces, a white orchid and berry buttonhole pinned to his burgundy jacket on the rainforest wedding day.
Raj ties the laces of his polished black brogues, burgundy cuffs over a white shirt and a silver watch at his wrist.
Shermaine rests a hand on her bodice, a pearl pendant at her throat and sheer tulle falling from her shoulder.
Shermaine looks down in soft light, sheer tulle draped off one shoulder, with a pearl pendant and a fine sparkling bracelet.
Shermaine smiles over her shoulder, a hand on her satin bodice and a pearl drop earring catching the light.
Shermaine fixes a curl in a tall mirror, the row of buttons down the back of her off-shoulder gown in view.
Shermaine smiles at her reflection in a tall mirror, ready in satin and tulle for her rainforest ceremony.
Shermaine dabs perfume on her wrist, her profile soft in front and her reflection sharp in the tall mirror.
Shermaine sprays perfume on her wrist beside the tall mirror, loose curls falling from her low bun.
Her bridesmaid kneels beneath the full tulle skirt to buckle Shermaine's blush ankle strap sandals.
Shermaine sits on the bed in a sea of tulle with her bouquet of white orchids, cream roses and blush plumes.
Her dad and a loved one in a beaded champagne gown settle the veil in Shermaine's hair as she sits holding her bouquet.
A loved one cups Shermaine's chin with a smile while her dad looks down at her, the veil now in place.
Raj waits at the flower arch with his groomsman and the celebrant as her bridesmaid wipes a tear, tall forest trees behind.
Jars of white flowers wrapped in hessian hang on twine from bare branches over the petal scattered lawn of the rainforest garden.
Her dad and a loved one walk Shermaine across the lawn beneath the rainforest canopy as guests film from the aisle.
Shermaine walks in veiled on her dad's arm with a loved one beside her, tall forest trees towering over the guests.
Her dad reaches out to the guests as he leads Shermaine through the crowd, sunlight on her veil and tulle skirt.
The celebrant films on her phone as Raj and his groomsman wait smiling at the flower arch for the rainforest ceremony.
Her dad and a loved one walk a veiled Shermaine down the petal scattered aisle as guests film all around them.
The celebrant opens her folder at the flower arch as Raj and his groomsman grin, the mulched bank of the rainforest garden behind.
Raj beams beside the celebrant and his groomsman as her dad brings Shermaine to the white chairs under the forest canopy.
Her dad laughs as he hands Shermaine over at the arch, the celebrant waving in front and guests filming under the trees.
A loved one in beaded champagne looks on, eyes shining, as Raj and his groomsman face the seated guests below tall rainforest trees.
Guests in bright silks and suits watch from the white chairs as the ceremony begins, forest greenery rising behind them.
Shermaine stands veiled at the arch with her long tulle train over the petals, the LOVE letters on a table under the rainforest greenery.
A garland of white roses, baby's breath and silvery leaves trims the signing table beside a candle and two folders.
Seated guests in green, orange and red silks and navy suits follow the vows on their phones beneath the rainforest trees.
A guest in a green floral outfit and sheer mint wrap films the vows on her phone from the white chairs.
An older couple in a red patterned cap and an orange and gold silk wrap watch the vows intently from their chairs.
Raj gazes at Shermaine through her veil under the leafy branches of tall rainforest trees.
Her dad and a loved one in a blush beaded wrap sit side by side in the sun, watching the vows.
A loved one in a blush beaded wrap sits beside a young man in a black suit and orchid buttonhole, both intent on the vows.
Her bridesmaid holds Shermaine's bouquet of white orchids and cream roses before log stumps and a mulched forest bank.
His groomsman grins with his eyes closed, holding a timber ring box beside the white rose and ivy arch.
Shermaine and Raj join hands before the celebrant as guests fill the white chairs at their rainforest ceremony under towering trees.
Guests in suits, bright silks and a red patterned cap watch and film the vows from the chairs and the garden edge.
Her dad, a loved one and a young man in black watch from the front row, guests and rainforest treetops behind them.
Shermaine and Raj hold hands for the vows, her veil still down, as her bridesmaid and his groomsman look on at the arch.
Guests gather around a garden table with a white balloon, tall forest trees and the roof of the house behind them.
Guests watch from a timber picnic table and the grass beneath the rainforest canopy, one man filming the vows over the crowd.
An older guest in a burgundy fleece films from the end of a row of white chairs, jars of baby's breath on stumps beside him.
Guests line the aisle among white chairs and jars of baby's breath on stumps, bare trees and forest green behind them.
Shermaine looks down through her veil as she holds Raj's hands, a pearl drop at her neck and a white bloom behind her.
Shermaine and Raj say their vows under a round arch of greenery and white flowers in a clearing of the rainforest garden.
Guests in a red blazer, a cream coat and a checked jacket watch from the back rows, tall trees against the bright sky.
Her dad and a loved one sit with hands clasped in the front row as guests laugh and film in the rainforest shade.
Guests in green, red and orange silks and dark suits smile from the front rows as the crowd behind films the vows.
Her dad claps and a loved one in blush laughs from the front row while guests stand filming under the trees.
Guests film and smile as two white balloons float among tall rainforest trees above the ceremony.
Raj laughs as he reads his vows into a microphone while the celebrant holds the folder and Shermaine smiles beneath her veil.
Jars of baby's breath sit on tree stumps along the petal strewn aisle of the rainforest ceremony, Shermaine's tulle train beyond.
Her dad sits quietly in the front row beside a loved one in blush, a jar of baby's breath in the foreground.
A loved one in blush wipes away a tear during the vows as her dad sits still and a young man rubs his eye.
Guests in a green embroidered gown, dark suits and black leather film from behind the chairs under leafy rainforest trees.
Guests in coats and checks fill the white chairs and stand behind them, bare branches and tall forest trees overhead.
Shermaine laughs under her veil as Raj slides on her ring and the celebrant cracks up holding the microphone.
Raj places the ring on Shermaine's finger as the celebrant holds the microphone, dappled light on the rainforest floor behind them.
Older guests in a grey suit and a red jacket listen from the chairs as rows of guests stand behind them in the afternoon sun.
Seated guests in navy quilting, blush and red watch the vows while young guests behind them film on their phones.
Shermaine smiles through her veil as she speaks her vows into a microphone, leafy green shrubs behind her.
A woman in a red cardigan over orange and gold silk sits close to an older man in a patterned cap beside the aisle.
Raj lifts Shermaine's veil under the round greenery arch as her bridesmaid and his groomsman smile beside the LOVE table.
Shermaine and Raj share their first kiss under the white flower arch, the LOVE letters and white chairs around them in the rainforest garden.
Shermaine and Raj share their first kiss under the flower arch as her bridesmaid and his groomsman smile beside them.
Her dad and a loved one in a beaded champagne gown clap from the front row as guests applaud under tall forest trees.
Front row guests, among them an older man in a red patterned cap and a woman in orange silk, beam in the rainforest garden.
Raj in a burgundy tuxedo, black bow tie and orchid buttonhole looks at Shermaine through her veil, leafy trees on the bank behind him.
A white LOVE sign stands before vases of green and golden sand and a jar wrapped in a gold wire heart on the damask table.
The celebrant pours white sand into the glass jar beside slim vases of green and golden sand on the ceremony table.
Shermaine and Raj stand with hands clasped behind the sand table, its green and golden vases framing a white LOVE sign.
Raj pours golden sand into the shared jar as the celebrant in blush reads from her folder in the rainforest garden.
Shermaine bursts out laughing as Raj tips his sand into the jar, the celebrant reading on beneath the forest greenery.
Shermaine pours green sand into the jar while Raj watches, white roses on the arch and a mulched rainforest bank behind them.
Her bridesmaid in blush lace holds an orchid bouquet beside his groomsman with a timber ring box, tall trees shading the mulched slope.
A guest in a navy suit films the sand pour on his phone as rows of guests watch the ceremony in the rainforest garden.
The celebrant in a blush jacket speaks with an open folder as Shermaine and Raj listen beside the white flower arch.
A woman in a green embroidered gown films on her phone as seated guests look on under leafy trees.
A man in a blue suit and mirrored sunglasses stands with a woman in a leather jacket among guests under the rainforest canopy.
Seated guests watch the vows, an older man cradling a toddler in a navy suit, with petals scattered across the forest lawn behind.
An older man holds a toddler on his lap as the woman in a red puffer jacket beside him smiles at the little one.
Her dad stands by as an older man in a red patterned cap signs beside Raj and a smiling Shermaine.
An older man in a red patterned cap bends close to sign the register as Raj holds the page flat beside him.
Her dad leans in to sign as Shermaine watches closely, a garland of white roses and baby's breath along the table edge.
The celebrant in a blush jacket and long beaded necklace signs while Shermaine waits, the shady forest floor behind them.
Shermaine signs in her off shoulder gown and pearl pendant beside a wall of ivy at the rainforest ceremony.
Raj signs beyond a runner of white roses as Shermaine and the celebrant laugh behind him.
Her dad signs once more as Shermaine, the celebrant and Raj lean over a garland of white roses and baby's breath.
An older man in a red patterned cap signs the register while Shermaine beams beside a long garland of white and blush roses.
A young man in a navy suit and glasses chats with a woman in a mint chiffon scarf and floral skirt, champagne in hand.
Guests raise champagne on benches before the white house, tall trees and a single white balloon rising over the rainforest garden.
Her dad squints into the sun and raises his champagne flute beside the white rose arch.
Her dad laughs with a champagne flute in dappled forest light beside the ivy and white rose arch.
Shermaine and Raj rest their ringed hands on the certificate beside a silver pen, white roses and baby's breath.
Shermaine and Raj smile side by side at the signing table, the sunlit mulch and trees of the rainforest hillside behind them.
Shermaine and Raj kiss over the signed certificate, white orchids and roses spilling along the table in front.
Shermaine and Raj sit at the signing table with her bridesmaid, her dad, a loved one, his groomsman and two older guests behind.
Raj kisses Shermaine's cheek at the signing table as her dad and family stand close beneath the forest canopy.
Shermaine and Raj crack up at the signing table as her dad and the family group laugh along in the rainforest sunshine.
A grinning man in a tan suit and a guest in a leather jacket raise champagne among the white chairs under tall trees.
A guest in a blush coat raises her champagne and a camera as cheering guests stand among the white chairs on the forest lawn.
Shermaine and Raj hold up their certificate with the celebrant under the white rose arch, tall rainforest trees behind them.
A loved one in a blush wrap and her dad lift champagne flutes beside guests in suits along the aisle.
Front row guests in green, orange and red silk and a patterned cap hold champagne as the crowd cheers behind them.
Rows of guests lift their glasses and cheer beneath bare branches and tall trees in the rainforest garden.
Shermaine and Raj raise their champagne under the flower arch, the mulched slope of their rainforest home rising behind.
Raj laughs as Shermaine squeezes her eyes shut, both holding champagne high under the greenery arch with forest trunks behind.
A guest in a blue suit lifts his glass and a microphone to lead a toast as her bridesmaid smiles below the rainforest hillside.
Her dad and a loved one raise their flutes with guests in suits and a deep green gown under leafy branches.
A guest cheers with his arm high as front row guests in green and orange silk lift champagne beneath the rainforest treetops.
Her dad, a loved one and guests stretch their champagne flutes skyward, a white balloon caught in the trees behind them.
Shermaine and Raj drink champagne with linked arms beside the white roses and ivy of the arch.
Guests in green, orange and red silk and dark suits hold their champagne up and cheer, the white house through the trees behind.
A young man in a black suit shouts a cheer beside her dad and a loved one as glasses go up all along the aisle.
An older man in a patterned cap grins behind his sunglasses as a woman in red and orange raises her glass under the forest canopy.
An older man in a patterned cap laughs as a woman in a leather jacket cheers with champagne at the rainforest wedding.
Shermaine and Raj throw their champagne flutes high and laugh under the white rose arch.
Shermaine and Raj cheer with glasses raised under the arch, her full tulle skirt spread over the petals and the rainforest bank behind them.
Raj grins with his flute held high as Shermaine laughs beside him, the ivy arch framed by dark forest trees.
Her dad puts his fingers to his lips to whistle beside a loved one as guests cheer with champagne along the aisle.
Three men in suits raise their glasses by a stone garden wall as a guest in green silk smiles at the rainforest ceremony.
Two women in a leather jacket and a blush coat smile with champagne and a camera as a guest films on his phone.
A woman in sunglasses and a navy coat lifts her champagne flute with a smile beneath leafy rainforest branches.
An older man with a moustache pulls Shermaine and Raj into a big hug, white balloons hanging in the trees above.
Shermaine and Raj kiss in the petal strewn aisle as guests with champagne gather around the white chairs and tall trees.
Everyone at the wedding gathers on the slope behind Shermaine and Raj for one big group, the rainforest canopy rising above.
The whole crowd throws their arms up and cheers behind Shermaine and Raj, tall forest trees filling the sky.
A guest in a sage blazer hugs Shermaine tightly as family in silk, suits and a patterned cap mingle on the lawn.
Shermaine laughs and gestures as she chats with guests, her bridesmaid in blush lace nearby under the rainforest trees.
A beaming man in a quilted leather jacket hugs Shermaine as guests with champagne mingle on the petal scattered grass.
Shermaine opens her arms wide as Raj shakes hands with a smiling man in a quilted leather jacket by the brick garden steps.
A guest in a cream coat hugs Shermaine as Raj laughs nearby and a loved one in blush watches with her glass.
Shermaine bows her head and laughs as guests in a cream coat and a navy suit greet her by the low brick steps.
Raj and Shermaine laugh together as friends congratulate them among tall trunks in the rainforest garden.
A grinning guest in a mustard jacket sits on a timber picnic table beside a friend in navy, both with champagne.
Shermaine laughs with her hands out as a woman in sunglasses and a pale blazer greets her among guests on the lawn.
Two friends strike a cheeky pose at the arch, a man in an orange patterned shirt kneeling with the bouquet for a woman in red.
A friend in an orange patterned shirt crouches and points as the woman in red laughs and points back under the rainforest arch.
Kneeling on the petals, a friend in orange offers up the bouquet to the smiling woman in red under the arch.
Shermaine and Raj kiss beneath a white umbrella printed with just married, green trees soft behind them.
Raj grins down at Shermaine under the just married umbrella as she laughs with a hand on her chest among the forest greenery.
Shermaine and her bridesmaid in blush lace stand arm in arm under the white rose arch, a mulched rainforest bank behind.
Shermaine and her bridesmaid press their cheeks together and beam, the orchid bouquet in her bridesmaid's hand.
Shermaine stands at the arch with three friends in a navy coat, a red floral dress and a teal coat, tall rainforest trees above.
Shermaine and Raj line up with four friends in front of the arch, white petals scattered over the forest floor.
Friends in navy squeeze Shermaine and Raj into a laughing group hug in front of the white rose arch.
Shermaine and Raj crack up as a friend in a navy suit and a friend in a navy dress wrap them in a tight hug.
A friend in a blue and green lace dress leans her head on Shermaine's shoulder beside Raj at the rainforest arch.
Shermaine and Raj hold hands under the round arch of greenery and white roses, glass lanterns and petals at their feet.
Raj smiles in the foreground as Shermaine waits under a leafy tree, her long tulle train spread over the lawn of the rainforest garden.
Shermaine smiles at Raj as he walks toward her, her train fanned across the grass beneath tall forest trunks.
Shermaine and Raj hold hands on the grass for their rainforest portraits, her tulle train swirling beneath a leafy tree.
Raj kisses Shermaine under a leafy tree, her orchid bouquet resting against his burgundy jacket and her train across the grass.
Shermaine and Raj kiss in a drift of pale smoke on the long grass, bare branches and a tall rainforest trunk behind them.
Shermaine smiles through a haze of pink smoke as Raj stands close behind her, soft forest light on her tulle train.
Raj kisses Shermaine's cheek as pink smoke curls around her flowing train on the grass of the rainforest hillside.
Pink smoke drifts around Shermaine and Raj as they lean in close, sunlit trees glowing behind them.
Raj kisses Shermaine as pale smoke rises over the long green grass at the edge of the rainforest.
Shermaine looks back over her shoulder as Raj leads her across the long green grass by an old timber fence, the hills behind.
Raj leads Shermaine up the long grass toward tall bare trees at the forest edge, her train sweeping out behind her.
Shermaine glances back with a smile as Raj leads her through the long grass toward a leaning tree and the rainforest beyond.
In black and white, Raj kisses Shermaine's forehead in the long grass by an old timber fence, her train spread out behind.
Shermaine smiles up at Raj with her veil drifting over her shoulders, long grass and a timber fence soft behind them.
In black and white, Shermaine smiles softly beneath her veil as light falls across her bare shoulders.
Shermaine rests a hand on Raj's shoulder and smiles up at him under leafy branches in the rainforest sunshine.
Raj carries Shermaine's long train as she lifts her tulle skirt to step across the grass in blush sandals under forest boughs.
Shermaine laughs and hitches up her tulle skirt as Raj carries her train behind her past a tall trunk on the rainforest slope.
Shermaine and Raj stand close beneath drooping evergreen boughs, her tulle train spread over the grass and forest litter.
Shermaine and Raj smile together, her bouquet of white orchids, cream roses and blush plumes held against soft green boughs.
Shermaine gazes up at Raj with a wide smile, her pearl pendant and bouquet catching the light on the rainforest lawn.
Raj glances down and holds Shermaine's hand as she smiles, a huge twisting forest trunk rising behind them.
Shermaine and Raj smile at each other hand in hand among the tall slender trunks of the rainforest.
Shermaine laughs as Raj leads her by the hand under the low, golden green boughs of a forest giant.
Raj strides ahead laughing with Shermaine in tow, her tulle skirt sweeping over the leaf litter of the rainforest floor.
Shermaine smiles over her shoulder in front of a massive twisting trunk, her long train trailing across the forest floor.
Shermaine glances down at her bouquet with a smile, the huge gnarled trunks of the rainforest garden behind her.
Raj stands with a hand in his pocket and a quiet smile, the empty white ceremony chairs behind him on the lawn.
A red paper cutout hangs on a timber screen among potted plants, pink blossom and tall rainforest trees rising behind.
Shermaine and Raj stand arm in arm by the photo tree hung with snapshots inside their rainforest home, pink blossom in the windows.
Her dad laughs with a glass of wine among guests gathered indoors as a man in a beige suit films on his phone.
A woman in a blush coat and a woman in a green embroidered gown smile among guests crowding in beside the grazing table.
Guests in a red cardigan, grey coats and an orange patterned shirt gather by tall windows onto the steps of the rainforest garden.
Guests line the sunroom windows, among them a man with a microphone and a smiling man holding a baby in a navy suit.
An older couple in orange silk and a patterned cap sit in carved chairs as guests in suits and green silk gather around them.
Shermaine and Raj laugh beside the photo tree as a young man in a navy suit speaks into a microphone by the two tier cake.
Raj throws his head back laughing with Shermaine in her off shoulder gown while the speaker checks his notes on his phone.
Guests in a grey coat and a red cardigan smile as they listen to the speeches, the rainforest hillside green through the sunroom windows.
A young man in a checked tie and white orchid buttonhole grins among laughing guests packed into the reception.
The rainforest wedding reception in full swing, Shermaine and Raj giggling by the photo tree as the speaker in navy holds the microphone.
An older man in a red patterned cap and a woman in an orange silk wrap sit up front as guests crowd behind.
An older man holds a toddler in a navy puffer jacket close to the buttercream cake ringed with tiny green sprigs.
Shermaine laughs with her hands out and Raj steps back grinning as the speaker in navy finishes a line, the forest garden beyond the glass.
Guests in denim, teal and a blue velvet jacket squeeze into the hallway, smiling up at the speeches.
Raj laughs toward the seated guests as Shermaine stands in white tulle by the photo tree inside the rainforest home.
Her dad and a loved one in a beaded champagne gown listen to the speeches, each holding a glass of white wine.
Raj takes the microphone and laughs, Shermaine beaming beside him in her gown and veil, rainforest greenery in the glass behind.
Raj speaks into the microphone with a smile as Shermaine stands in her full tulle skirt, tall windows to the forest garden behind.
A woman in an orange silk wrap covers her face laughing while the man in a red patterned cap and guests around them roar.
A crowd of smiling guests in a blue dress, a fur trimmed coat and a blush coat fills the room for the rainforest wedding speeches.
A man in a pink shirt and two friends in grey coats grin by the snack table, stone steps rising to the trees outside.
Women in a blush coat, an emerald embroidered top and a black leather jacket smile together in the front row of the crowd.
Shermaine reads her speech from her phone into the microphone as Raj listens with his hands folded beside her.
Raj stands with his hands folded as Shermaine speaks into the microphone, an older couple raising glasses before the rainforest rockery.
A loved one in beaded champagne holds the bride's orchid and rose bouquet, standing beside her dad as they listen.
Shermaine reads from her phone with the microphone while Raj holds a tissue ready, a rockery of forest greenery through the window.
Raj gently dabs Shermaine's eye with a tissue mid speech, a red paper heart on the window and the rainforest garden outside.
A woman with short auburn hair wipes a tear with a tissue during the speeches as guests look on behind her.
A loved one in beaded champagne smiles through the speech with the bouquet, her dad laughing beside her with a glass of wine.
A loved one in a beaded champagne gown gives a speech into the microphone as Shermaine and Raj listen by the forest windows.
Shermaine beams at the loved one in beaded champagne mid speech, Raj smiling beside her against the green rainforest garden.
A young man in a grey suit and pink rose buttonhole reads a speech from his phone as Shermaine and Raj watch.
Raj pokes his tongue out and Shermaine clutches her chest laughing as the young man in grey keeps reading, rainforest plants at the window.
Her dad laughs with a wine glass in a crowd of grinning guests as a young man in black sips from a cup.
Wide view of the speeches under tall sunroom windows framing blossom trees and the rainforest hillside, guests gathered round the cake.
A young man in a navy suit raises his arm to cheer as guests behind the seated older couple throw their hands up too.
A woman in a checked blazer and purple dress gives a speech from a card as Shermaine and Raj smile against the rainforest greenery outside.
A young man in a checked tie and orchid buttonhole raises a gold cup with a cheeky grin during the toasts.
Shermaine and Raj rest the knife on the two tier cake in front of the glass doors to the rockery of the rainforest home.
Shermaine and Raj laugh as they slice into the buttercream cake together, guests smiling over their shoulders.
Guests in coats and a blush dress stand under festoon lights and draped fabric, watching the cake cutting at the rainforest wedding reception.
Shermaine and Raj raise their champagne flutes high and cheer by the cake, the forest rockery dark through the glass doors.
Guests lift glasses and a gold cup in a cheering toast beside the cake and a chocolate fountain in the sunroom.
A packed room of guests thrusts glasses and plastic cups into the air, laughing and shouting a toast at the rainforest party.
The young man in navy sings into the microphone as the woman in an orange silk wrap and guests raise their glasses.
Shermaine, Raj and a line of guests hoist wine and beer glasses under tall windows, the rainforest trees dark against the dusk sky.
The older man in a red patterned cap lifts his glass with the woman in orange silk as the whole crowd cheers around them.
Her dad clinks glasses with Shermaine and Raj as men in suits and an orange patterned shirt join the toast under windows of rainforest treetops.
The young man in navy leans in to sing his toast into the microphone while Shermaine, her dad and guests cheer with glasses up.
Her dad shouts a cheer with his glass high beside Shermaine and Raj, the tall rainforest canopy dark in the windows above.
Laughing guests in a bow tie, leather jacket and mint silk raise gold cups and glasses, filling the room to the doorway.
A woman in a teal coat smiles with her drink as guests behind her hold up phones and cups to cheer the couple.
Raj roars into the microphone with his glass high as Shermaine and a friend with a checked tie laugh beside the cake.
The young man in navy belts out a song into the microphone, eyes shut, while Shermaine and a crowd of guests raise their glasses.
Shermaine lifts her wine and a guest in a beige suit sings along as the man in navy leads the toast, forest dark above.
A loved one in beaded champagne, her dad and Shermaine raise their glasses high under tall windows open to the evening forest.
Raj twirls Shermaine across the timber floor for their rainforest wedding first dance as the older couple in orange and a red cap look on.
Shermaine laughs as Raj spins her by the glass doors, her tulle skirt sweeping the floor of the sunroom.
Raj leads Shermaine under his arm in a spinning first dance, her long veil and train fanning across the timber boards.
Shermaine throws one arm out and laughs as Raj holds her hand, festoon lights and the dark forest glowing in the windows.
A guest in a mint silk wrap squeals and dances with Shermaine as a young man in a bow tie pulls on his jacket behind.
A young girl in a dark floral dress twirls under Shermaine's raised hand on the dance floor beside the grazing table.
Shermaine dances hand in hand with a laughing guest in a blush coat past the long grazing table of the rainforest house.
A girl in a green floral dress, a woman in navy and guests in suits sway and chat on the sunroom dance floor.
Shermaine and a smiling woman in a cream trench coat hold hands for a photo beside the grazing table.
A woman in an orange silk wrap and red cardigan joins hands with Shermaine and Raj in a circle dance.
Raj and Shermaine dance with the woman in orange silk as the man in a red patterned cap smiles behind them.
Shermaine sings out and reaches for a friend in denim as guests throw their arms up under draped fabric.
Shermaine pumps a fist on the dance floor with friends in a purple dress and a green floral wrap as the rainforest party heats up.
Raj points to the ceiling and grins, arm in arm with friends in a pink shirt and a paisley tie under the dark forest windows.
Shermaine laughs mid dance in a tangle of friends in denim, mint silk and pink, everyone shouting with joy.
A guest in a mint and floral silk outfit dances in the middle of a clapping circle as Shermaine and Raj cheer her on.
Friends in leather jackets, a lilac dress and navy suits dance in a row with thumbs up on the sunroom floor.
A man in a bow tie and black scarf sings along in a ring of dancing friends by the chocolate fountain.
Her dad holds a red envelope at a timber barrel bar under glowing red lanterns on the verandah, the rainforest dark behind.
Shermaine and Raj smile with a bearded guest in a blue shirt by the wall clock in the hallway of the rainforest home.
A woman in a denim jacket dances with her glass and one hand in the air as guests clap around her.
A man in an orange patterned shirt starts a conga line behind a woman in denim as guests laugh with their wine.
The conga line snakes through the sunroom, a man in orange silk holding the shoulders of the woman in denim ahead.
Guests in a denim jacket, orange silk shirt and maroon jumper conga past laughing friends across the sunroom.
A woman holds a toddler in a red puffer jacket as the dancing crowd fills the room under strings of festoon lights.
A woman with auburn hair reaches for the conga line behind the man in an orange patterned shirt as a girl in lilac watches.
A group of guests in coats and a fur trimmed hood smile together in the lounge as the evening party carries on.
A couple in a leather jacket and a navy suit with a bow tie sit close on the night verandah, dark forest behind.
A couple in a navy suit and white coat pose by the BAR letters under red lanterns on the rainforest home's night verandah.
Her dad raises a glass of white wine among friends in a denim jacket, a puffer vest and a yellow rain jacket.
Five friends in a grey coat, a white cap and a rainbow print skirt smile by a red paper cut artwork.
A family group with a toddler in a striped jumper sits by a timber dresser of bottles and a wine barrel.
A young woman in a peach wrap flashes a peace sign from a friend's shoulders as he holds out two fingers to the camera.
The young woman in a peach wrap and coral dress cuddles her partner in navy by a photo wall strung with fairy lights.
A smiling couple pose with a little boy in a grey vest and bow tie in front of the grazing table.
The older man in a red patterned cap and the woman in an orange silk wrap and red cardigan sit side by side smiling.
Shermaine twirls under Raj's raised hand in her mint and peach outfit, a sheer mint wrap flying out on the dance floor.
Raj spins Shermaine as her full peach skirt with gold trim fans out wide in front of the dark forest windows.
Shermaine turns with her back to the camera, gold beaded mint top and peach skirt swirling as Raj grins and holds her hand high.
Raj kisses Shermaine mid dance in her mint and peach outfit by the sunroom doors of the rainforest home.
Shermaine shrieks with laughter dancing with friends in emerald velvet and a green floral outfit on the timber floor.
Shermaine in mint and peach poses with friends in leather, emerald, green florals and orange silk on the rainforest wedding dance floor.
A friend in a peach wrap with a glass of wine and a woman holding a little boy beam together on the dance floor.
Shermaine dances with arms out in her mint wrap and peach skirt as friends in green florals and emerald twirl around her.
A woman in red lace and a black cardigan dances hand in hand with a laughing Shermaine on the busy dance floor.
Shermaine in mint and peach squeezes in with a woman in a trench coat and a man carrying a little boy in grey sneakers.
Raj throws an arm round a friend in a grey suit while Shermaine laughs with her wine, the forest garden dark through the doors.
Shermaine and Raj lean together for a portrait in front of the sunroom doors, the rainforest rockery lit softly outside.
Shermaine and Raj stand in a line of friends in emerald, navy, leather and a bow tie under the tall glass doors.
A friend in a leather jacket and paisley skirt and another in a navy suit and bow tie flank Shermaine and Raj.
Shermaine and Raj pose with a friend in green florals and three young men in navy suits on the timber floor of the rainforest home.
Shermaine and Raj gather with six guests in coats, cardigans and a red embroidered dress for a family photo at night.
Shermaine hugs a friend in an olive jacket as a man in a beige suit holds a baby in a striped bow tie beside Raj.
Her bridesmaid in blush lace joins Shermaine in mint and peach and Raj for a portrait late in the rainforest wedding party.
Shermaine and Raj share a group hug with a woman in red lace, a young man in navy and a friend in a peach wrap.
Shermaine and Raj stand arm in arm with friends in a white top and a checked shirt, the forest black beyond the doors.
A friend in a green floral outfit and sheer green wrap leans in with Shermaine and Raj for a laughing photo.
Shermaine and Raj smile with a friend in a cream coat and a man in a paisley tie on the sunroom dance floor.
Shermaine and Raj stand in the middle of eight relatives in denim, puffer jackets and a plaid scarf on a cool rainforest night.
A close crop of Shermaine and Raj between the friend in a cream coat and the man in a paisley tie, all smiling at night.
Her bridesmaid in blush lace and a young man with a checked tie and orchid buttonhole crowd in with Shermaine and Raj.
The young man with the checked tie kicks out a leg and roars with laughter beside Shermaine and Raj.
Raj and his friend with the checked tie kiss Shermaine on both cheeks as she bursts out laughing.
Raj scoops Shermaine up sideways in her mint and peach outfit as she flings an arm out laughing and friends cheer behind.
Shermaine laughs with her arm thrown wide while Raj carries her sideways, her sheer mint wrap and peach skirt spilling over his arms.
Raj cradles Shermaine sideways and they touch foreheads, both laughing, her gold beaded top glinting in the warm light of the rainforest house.
A painted canvas of the couple on an easel is ringed with colourful guest fingerprints signed in pen for the rainforest wedding.
Lights glow from the house through the dark treetops as night settles over the rainforest garden after the party.
The wedding story

Our Melbourne home wedding photos: tea in the sunroom, vows under a flower arch and pink smoke on the lawn

Getting ready at home · Tea with family in the sunroom · Garden ceremony under the flower arch · Smoke and long-grass portraits · Speeches and cake in the sunroom · Dancing and lanterns on the verandah

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A house dressed for a party

We arrived to red paper lanterns swinging along the verandah and a bar cart under the eaves with big white letters and a chalk menu. Inside, a grazing table ran the length of the sunroom, a framed sign on the photo wall said there’s no place like home, and a little sign read two souls, one heart. Raj leant over the verandah rail in his white shirt and grinned down at us. When a couple marries at home, we photograph the house first, because those details are everything they made themselves.

Pearls, orchids and blush sandals

Shermaine sat in a floral robe while her makeup was finished, her hair already pinned into soft curls, laughing with the people around her. We gathered the small things on a white sheet by the window: pearl earrings in their box, a pearl pendant, the rings resting in a little timber slice, blush sandals and the invitations. Her bouquet was white orchids and cream roses. Flat window light on a pale surface is our favourite way to shoot details at home, because it needs no lamps and keeps every colour true.

Tea in the sunroom

Then Shermaine changed into a red lace dress with long sleeves, and she and Raj served tea to their families in the sunroom, one pair at a time on two timber chairs by the tall windows. Cups went round, hugs followed, and the loudest laughs came from the youngest guests on their parents’ hips. That sunroom was a gift for us: windows on three sides, so light reached every face without flash. We stayed low and wide to keep the couple, the guest in the chair and the garden all in one frame.

Family groups by the glass

Every round of tea ended with a photo, so by mid-afternoon we had built a whole family album against those windows. Big groups, small groups, cousins with toddlers and older guests in their best colours, all lined up with the garden beds stepping up the hill behind them. For groups at home we put everyone with their backs to the glass and stand inside the room, which keeps the light soft and even. Then Raj headed off to change into his burgundy suit and bow tie.

A white gown and a veil

In another room, Shermaine stepped into an off-shoulder white gown with a full tulle skirt. She checked it in a tall mirror, and we used the reflection to give her two faces in one frame. Her bridesmaid knelt under all that tulle to buckle her sandals, and then Shermaine’s dad and a loved one in a champagne gown settled her veil together while she sat with the bouquet in her lap. It was a quiet few minutes before a very busy afternoon, and we kept our distance so it stayed that way.

Vows under the flower arch

The ceremony was in the garden, under a round arch of greenery and white flowers set against a mulched bank and tall trees. White chairs lined a grass aisle scattered with petals, with jars of baby’s breath on timber stumps. Raj waited with his groomsman and the celebrant, and Shermaine’s dad and the same loved one walked her down. She exchanged rings with her veil still down, which looks beautiful through a longer lens. Then came a pour of white, green and golden sand into one jar, a kiss and the signing.

Champagne for everyone

As soon as the certificate was held up, glasses went into the air all over the garden, Shermaine and Raj raising theirs under the arch while her dad laughed with a champagne flute of his own. We climbed the slope behind the chairs for one big group of everyone, which is the quickest way to include every guest at a home wedding. Two friends struck a cheeky pose in front of the arch, and a white umbrella printed with just married came out for a giggle under the trees.

Smoke, long grass and tall trees

For portraits we walked to the bottom of the garden. A stick of pink smoke drifted between them for a kiss, catching the soft afternoon light under the trees. Then we took them out into a stretch of long green grass by an old timber fence, with the hills behind, and let the train spread out on the lawn. We kept one frame from there in black and white. Back among the tall trunks, they walked hand in hand while we stayed well back, letting the trees do the framing.

Speeches, cake and a lift

The reception filled the sunroom. Shermaine read her speech from her phone with Raj at her side, a loved one in a champagne gown spoke into the microphone, and one guest sang his toast with a glass in the air. Glasses clinked over a two-tier cake dressed with greenery, then came a spinning first dance and a packed floor. After dark the lanterns glowed red on the verandah. Shermaine changed into a mint and peach outfit for dancing, and Raj scooped her up sideways while she laughed. Guests added their fingerprints to a painted tree on an easel.

Photographer's venue notes

Their home in the hills east of Melbourne: tea in the sunroom and vows under tall garden trees

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How the house and garden shared the day

Shermaine and Raj used their home like a run of stages. The sunroom held the round of tea with family, every family group and later the speeches, cake and dancing. A quiet bedroom with a tall mirror was where the white gown went on. The ceremony sat at the bottom of the lawn under a round arch of greenery, the chairs facing a mulched bank, and the portraits took us further out to the long grass and the big old trunks. After dark the verandah, strung with red lanterns, became the bar and a cosy spot for night portraits of friends.

Light under tall trees

The big win was the sunroom. With glass on three sides it stayed bright even when it was packed with family, so we kept the couple facing into the room and worked without flash all afternoon. Outside, the canopy broke the sun into patches, which looked lovely on tulle but needed care on faces, so during the vows we kept moving to find clean shade. By the evening toasts the windows had turned deep blue and the forest went dark behind the glass, a beautiful contrast with the warm festoon lights.

Where we took Shermaine and Raj

For couple portraits we started at the bottom of the garden, where the pink smoke hung in the soft light under the trees. Then we headed out to the long grass beside the old timber fence, which gave us open sky and the hills behind for wider frames. The huge twisting trunks were our closing spot, because they make a couple look small in the best way. Back inside, the photo tree hung with snapshots made a sweet, personal backdrop for the two of them before the speeches.

Tips for a wedding at home

Clear a corner of the brightest room for family photos and keep it clear all day, because at a home wedding the groups happen in short bursts between everything else. Place the ceremony chairs where a slope lets your photographer climb behind them for a shot of everyone. Keep warm layers handy, as the evening turned cool and guests were in coats and puffer jackets by the time the dancing started. And save a few minutes for the sunroom after dark, when the black windows frame the party.

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