Old Treasury Building wedding photos: Greg and Pat kiss on the lawn under arching plane trees, her long train trailing across the grass in Melbourne
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Old Treasury Building Wedding Photos: Greg & Pat

Old Treasury Building · Melbourne VIC

Heritage & Historic Venue Wedding · Urban City Wedding · Region: VIC - Melbourne CBD · City: Melbourne · Venues: Hosier Lane · Old Treasury Building

A white vintage car on a red carpet, a little girl peeking at the rings, then vows beside a black fireplace in the Thomas Hyde Room. Greg and Pat’s Old Treasury Building wedding in the Melbourne CBD was small, warm and full of children’s giggles, and it rolled straight into a city portrait loop: a bronze fountain and plane trees in Carlton Gardens, painted walls in Hosier Lane and bluestone Gothic doorways. We were right there with them, champagne in the back seat included.

The gallery
A white vintage wedding car with ribbons rolls toward the Old Treasury Building on Spring Street, palms and city towers behind.
A chauffeur in a peaked cap holds the door as a young man in blue steps onto a red carpet in the Melbourne CBD.
The chauffeur takes a young guest's hand as she steps from the vintage car onto the red carpet outside the Old Treasury.
Greg stands on the red carpet by the white vintage car in a black tuxedo, hand on his jacket button, a city street behind.
Pat and Greg smile on the red carpet outside the Old Treasury Building, her bouquet of blush and white roses in hand.
A little girl with a red gift bag grins up at Pat by the heritage building as a guest in pink lace smiles.
A guest bows to a giggling little girl in pink as Greg reaches out to greet arrivals on the street in central Melbourne.
Family line up with Pat and Greg along the historic sandstone balustrade of the Old Treasury Building Museum under its banners.
Pat and Greg walk hand in hand beside the wide sandstone steps, palms and city towers rising behind them in the Melbourne CBD.
Pat and Greg kiss between tall iron lamp posts on the heritage terrace of the Old Treasury, city towers behind, in black and white.
Pat and Greg embrace beside an ornate lamp post base, historic facades and glass towers lining the street behind.
A bigger family group gathers with Pat and Greg before the tall sandstone columns of the Old Treasury Building in the Melbourne CBD.
Greg straightens a guest's tie by the historic entry as a young man in a blue suit grins behind them.
A guest in pink lace and a man pose with a toddler and a little girl on the heritage terrace in central Melbourne.
Pat and Greg stand with an older couple on the terrace of the Old Treasury Building on Spring Street, a tall palm behind.
Pat and Greg laugh with a little girl in pink and a small boy kicking up his leg against the city towers.
A young family smiles in front of the tall red doors of the historic Old Treasury Building in the Melbourne CBD.
A guest in blush lace cuddles the little girl in a white bow on a heritage sandstone ledge, both beaming.
Pat and Greg climb the stone steps into the Old Treasury as the little girl in pink skips ahead, palms and city towers behind.
Two diamond bands curve around a brushed gold wedding ring resting on a white ring cushion.
Pat and Greg wait beneath a small chandelier in the historic corridor, arched timber doors and red carpet behind them.
An older couple sit in the front row with hands folded, smiling before the ceremony in the historic registry room.
Greg and Pat stand side by side in the Thomas Hyde Room before framed prints and a spray of flowers.
The celebrant opens the ceremony beside the black fireplace and gilt mirror as Pat and Greg listen in the heritage room.
A guest in a floral dress holds the white ring cushion as the little girl in pink leans in for a look.
Three guests sit in the front row on striped timber chairs, hands folded, watching the vows at the Old Treasury.
A guest in pink lace holds a little boy with a dummy beside two young guests in the front row in central Melbourne.
Greg and Pat hold hands at the signing desk in the Thomas Hyde Room, a spray of blue and pink flowers behind.
Greg smiles down at Pat as they hold hands through the vows in front of tall timber blinds in the Melbourne CBD.
Pat and Greg break into laughter mid vow, hands joined beside the wooden desk in the historic room.
Guests and children watch from timber chairs inside the Old Treasury Building on Spring Street, the little girl on the front seat.
A guest in a white jacket and pearls sits with hands folded by timber blinds during the heritage registry ceremony.
An older guest in a grey suit and pink tie watches the vows with a soft smile.
Pat smiles at Greg as they hold hands before the black fireplace and gilt mirror heaped with flowers at the Old Treasury Building.
Greg slides the wedding ring onto Pat's finger beside the white ring cushion on the wooden desk.
Pat places the ring on Greg's finger above the ring cushion in the historic Thomas Hyde Room.
Greg and Pat share their first kiss as newlyweds beside the signing desk and the room's heritage fireplace.
Pat and Greg hold each other and grin by the timber blinds and old radiator at the Old Treasury after the kiss.
An older guest claps while a guest in a white jacket lifts a red phone to film the newlyweds in central Melbourne.
Young guests and a woman in a floral dress clap from the timber chairs as the little girl looks on.
A guest in a white jacket smiles beside a laughing couple holding a little boy with a dummy.
Pat signs the register at a dark wooden desk in the Old Treasury Building while Greg smiles, her blush roses on the edge.
Greg signs the register with a smile as Pat looks on in the historic registry room, roses on the desk.
Front row guests laugh in the Thomas Hyde Room as a little boy wriggles on a lap and the little girl sits nearby.
Four guests grin from the second row beneath framed botanical prints and timber blinds in the Melbourne CBD.
A guest in a floral dress leans in to sign as a witness at the Old Treasury while the celebrant steadies the papers.
A guest in a grey suit signs as a witness while Pat smiles and Greg watches at the desk.
The celebrant signs the papers as Pat and Greg smile from their chairs in the Thomas Hyde Room.
The celebrant announces the newlyweds beside the black heritage fireplace, Greg and Pat holding hands and smiling.
Greg holds up the marriage certificate with Pat and the celebrant before the gilt mirror at the Old Treasury Building.
Pat and Greg pose by the tall timber blinds of the historic room, her long lace train pooled across the red carpet.
Pat and Greg kiss beneath the tall timber blinds in central Melbourne, her train sweeping the carpet as a young guest watches.
Pat and Greg pose in the corridor outside the Thomas Hyde Room, her train spread across the patterned runner.
Greg and Pat gaze at each other under the chandelier, her long train fanned out along the heritage corridor.
Pat and Greg walk the patterned corridor of the Old Treasury Building Museum hand in hand with the little girl and a small boy.
Greg kisses Pat in the open doorway with the city street bright behind them, her train pooled on the carpet.
Pat and Greg step out through the tall red doors onto the sandstone steps of the historic Old Treasury Building.
An older guest shakes Greg's hand on the city footpath as Pat and a guest in a white jacket smile.
The little girl leaps into Greg's arms for a hug at the foot of the Old Treasury steps.
Greg kisses a little boy's cheek as a guest in pink lace holds him by the heritage entrance.
Pat crouches to hug the little girl in a big white bow outside the Old Treasury Building, East Melbourne, as guests laugh.
Pat and Greg pose with a young family on the sandstone steps below the open red doors in central Melbourne.
A young man in a blue suit shakes Greg's hand very formally as Pat smiles outside the Old Treasury Building on Spring Street.
Pat hugs a young guest in pink lace outside the heritage building as Greg looks on.
Greg presses his hands together and laughs as a young guest in pink greets him at the Old Treasury Building Museum entrance.
Pat and Greg stand with two young guests in pink and blue before the tall carved historic doorway.
Greg rests a hand on a young guest's shoulder as the four smile below the chandelier lit doorway of the Old Treasury.
A guest in a navy floral dress throws her arms around Greg for a big hug on the city footpath as the little girl watches.
Pat and Greg pose with a guest in navy florals and the little girl in pink by the stair rail of the Old Treasury Building.
The whole family gathers on the heritage terrace between palms and lamp standards, city towers rising behind in the Melbourne CBD.
Pat and Greg walk hand in hand across the sandstone terrace of the Old Treasury Building on Spring Street, her lace train trailing.
Pat glances back with a smile as Greg leads her past the historic colonnaded facade toward the palms.
Pat smiles over her shoulder as Greg leads her along the top of the Old Treasury steps toward the lamp posts and city towers.
Pat and Greg walk down the wide heritage steps beneath museum banners, her train flowing over the sandstone.
Greg guides Pat down the steps of the historic Old Treasury Building, its arched windows and columns above.
Pat and Greg stride hand in hand at the foot of the steps, the heritage facade and banners behind them in central Melbourne.
Pat and Greg embrace on the lawn before the bronze French Fountain, clipped hedges and old terraces around them.
Greg and Pat gaze at each other close up, holding her blush and white roses between the hedges of the heritage gardens.
The family crosses a puddled path laughing in central Melbourne, one guest carrying a long box and another hauling a blue esky.
Pat and Greg stand on the grass beneath a long avenue of historic plane trees in Carlton Gardens, her train across the lawn.
Pat smiles back as Greg leads her down the plane tree avenue, city towers rising at the far end.
Pat and Greg kiss on the lawn under arching plane trees in the Melbourne CBD, her long train trailing behind them.
Pat leans into Greg's embrace on the grass, plane trees framing an urban apartment tower in the distance.
Pat glances back over her shoulder as Greg leads her across the dappled lawn of the heritage gardens past a park bench.
Greg and Pat walk hand in hand toward the camera along the shaded lawn, a historic tiered fountain glowing behind.
Pat looks back over her shoulder holding Greg's hands on the grass beneath the leafy canopy in central Melbourne.
Pat laughs as Greg leads her across the grass of the historic gardens, her train flicking out behind past a park bench.
Pat stands alone with her blush roses on the lawn at Carlton Gardens, Carlton, her lace train sweeping the grass.
Pat gazes down to the side in a sparkling tiara and lace gown, her roses held low on the lawn.
Pat tucks her hair behind one ear and smiles down, strolling across the grass of the historic gardens with her bouquet.
Pat looks over her shoulder to show the sheer lace back and covered buttons of her gown under the trees.
Pat flicks her long train across the grass as the tiered Hochgurtel Fountain glows white behind her.
Greg walks toward the camera with a hand in his pocket along the green avenue, a city tower block behind.
Greg glances aside with a hand in his pocket on the lawn in central Melbourne, a white rose on his tuxedo.
Greg smiles beside the leafy plane tree avenue, the path and lawn stretching back toward the city.
Pat and Greg sit on a timber bench in the heritage gardens with two young guests squeezed in beside them.
The four of them turn toward the camera on the park bench in the Melbourne CBD, Pat resting her roses on her lap.
Greg's hand with a gold band rests over Pat's hand with her diamond rings, roses tucked above.
Pat leans into Greg on the bench as their hands rest together beneath her blush and white roses.
Greg and Pat share a quiet look on the timber bench, her tiara catching the soft overcast light.
Pat and Greg sit with a young man in blue and a girl in pink on a green bench in the historic gardens.
Pat and Greg stand close on the dappled lawn under leafy trees in central Melbourne, her long train fanned to one side.
Greg and Pat hold her bouquet together and smile at each other on the shady lawn of the heritage gardens.
The whole family lines up with Pat and Greg on the grass of Carlton Gardens beneath a spreading canopy of plane trees.
The family walks toward the camera together across the lawn in the Melbourne CBD, the little girl in pink leading the way.
Pat and Greg stand with an older couple on the lawn, a pale historic building glimpsed through the trees.
Pat hugs an older guest in a white jacket and pearls while an older man in a pinstripe suit smiles.
Greg stands with four guests on the grass under leafy branches of the heritage gardens, everyone arm in arm.
Greg and five guests pose shoulder to shoulder on the lawn in central Melbourne, a young man in blue at one end.
A man lifts a waving toddler beside a guest in pink lace under the historic plane trees as the little girl holds Pat's bouquet.
Greg and Pat stand on the lawn with a young guest in pink holding the roses and a young man in blue.
Greg and Pat flank a young guest in pink lace who clutches the bouquet under the spreading trees of the heritage gardens.
Pat kisses the cheek of a young guest in pink lace who holds the blush and white roses.
Pat and a young guest in pink lace share a smile on the lawn in the Melbourne CBD, the bouquet held between them.
Greg stands beside a young man in a blue suit and striped tie on the lawn beneath the historic trees.
Greg and a young man in a blue suit grin side by side, the leafy park soft behind them in central Melbourne.
The little girl and the small boy sit giggling on the grass, his arm draped around her shoulder.
Pat and Greg pose under a clear umbrella beside the white vintage car, a row of historic brick terraces across the street.
Greg kisses Pat under a clear umbrella beside the white bonnet of the vintage car on a city street.
Pat and Greg stand either side of a painted doorway mural in Hosier Lane, graffiti covering every urban wall.
Pat and Greg walk hand in hand over wet cobblestones past a teal graffiti wall in a Melbourne CBD laneway.
Greg kisses Pat against a graffiti covered wall in Hosier Lane off Flinders Street, a green bollard beside them.
A young man in a blue suit and a young guest in pink lace stand before a painted roller door in the city laneway.
Pat and Greg pose by a giant bird mural in Hosier Lane opposite Federation Square as a passer by in a silver raincoat walks on.
Greg takes Pat's hand in front of the huge bird mural and bright urban graffiti in the Melbourne CBD.
Greg dips Pat into a kiss beneath a stone archway with iron gates, the white vintage car waiting in the city lane.
Pat and Greg face each other beneath a stone archway, historic Gothic sandstone buildings lining the lane beyond.
Pat and Greg stand close under the stone archway between heritage Gothic buildings, her train spread out, in black and white.
Pat smiles back over her shoulder holding her train as Greg waits by the bluestone doors of St Patrick's Cathedral.
Pat lifts her train and walks across the patterned forecourt toward Greg at the carved Gothic doorway in central Melbourne.
Pat and Greg kiss on the mosaic forecourt beneath the great Gothic window and historic bluestone walls.
Pat swirls her train across the forecourt cobbles as Greg watches beside the heritage bluestone cathedral.
Greg kisses Pat on the steps below a pointed Gothic doorway of St Patrick's Cathedral on Eastern Hill, her train cascading down.
Pat lifts her flowing train as Greg holds her from behind against the heritage bluestone wall and leadlight windows.
Greg kisses Pat as they stroll beside the tall arched windows of the bluestone cathedral in the Melbourne CBD.
Greg kisses Pat mid stride beside the arched windows of the historic cathedral wall, in black and white.
Pat and Greg walk hand in hand along the bluestone flank of St Patrick's Cathedral, East Melbourne, under green branches.
Pat and Greg raise glasses of champagne in the back seat of the vintage car after their city wedding, roses on her lap.
The wedding story

Our Old Treasury Building wedding photos: vows in the Thomas Hyde Room, an esky in Carlton Gardens and colour in Hosier Lane

Red carpet on Spring Street · Vows in the Thomas Hyde Room · Hugs on the Old Treasury steps · Fountain and plane trees in Carlton Gardens · Hosier Lane colour · Bluestone at St Patrick’s Cathedral

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A red carpet on the footpath

Our morning with Greg and Pat began on the footpath, where a white vintage car pulled up and the chauffeur rolled out a red carpet. Greg stepped out first, buttoning his jacket and grinning, then Pat followed in a fitted lace gown with a long train and a bouquet of blush and white roses. Guests gathered along the street, and a little girl in pink was greeted with a theatrical bow. We shoot arrivals wide and low, because a red carpet, a gleaming old car and a city street tell everyone exactly where the day starts.

Lamp posts before the vows

Before anyone went inside, we lined the family up along the Old Treasury’s balustrade, under a museum banner of old portraits, then took Greg and Pat up between the tall iron lamp posts on the terrace. A quick kiss against the city towers became one of our favourite black and white frames of the day. Greg straightened a young guest’s tie by the entry, a guest in blush lace cuddled the little girl on a stone ledge, and the smallest boy in a black waistcoat refused to stand still. Grab these frames early, while everyone is fresh and still neat.

Inside the Thomas Hyde Room

Inside, Greg and Pat waited together in the corridor beneath a small chandelier, then walked in side by side. The Thomas Hyde Room is tiny and lovely, with timber blinds, framed prints on pale walls and a black fireplace topped by a big spray of flowers, so every guest sits within arm’s reach. A loved one held a white ring cushion while the little girl leaned in for a closer look, and an older couple sat in the front row with their hands folded. With only a handful of chairs, we tucked into one corner with a wide lens and let the moments come to us.

Rings, a kiss and a red phone

Greg held Pat’s hands and smiled down at her through the vows, and she beamed straight back at him. The rings came off the cushion and onto fingers, and then came the kiss, Greg leaning in with Pat’s hand resting on his arm. Behind them the room lit up: the older man clapped, a woman in a white jacket lifted a red phone to catch the moment, and a little boy sat wide eyed on a lap in the back row. We always turn at least once from the couple to the guests, because those reactions carry half the story.

A pen, a certificate, a train

Pat and Greg put their names to the register at a dark wooden desk, with her bouquet of blush roses resting on the edge, and then a loved one leaned in to sign as a witness. The certificate came out next, and Greg held it up proudly with Pat and the celebrant beside him. Pat’s long train needed a little choreography in the narrow corridor, so we stood at the far end and let it pool across the patterned carpet as Greg kissed her. The two smallest guests trotted along behind them, one carrying a tiny posy.

Hugs on the sandstone steps

The tall red doors swung open, and Greg kissed Pat right in the doorway with the street bright behind them. Out on the steps came handshakes, hugs and plenty of laughter: an older guest gripping Greg’s hand, a young man shaking it very formally, and the little girl leaping into his arms. We gathered everyone on the footpath for a group between the palms and the lamp standards, then walked Greg and Pat down the wide steps beneath the museum banners. Steps are a gift for a long train, which is why so many of our Old Treasury Building wedding photos happen right here.

A fountain and a blue esky

In Carlton Gardens a bronze fountain rose from a round garden bed, and we framed Greg and Pat between clipped hedges with a row of old terraces across the road. Then the whole family crossed a puddled path together, two of the men hauling a blue esky and a box between them, and everyone cracked up. Under the long avenue of plane trees, Pat flicked her train across the grass while Greg wandered a few steps behind. Soft cloud made the canopy glow without one hard shadow, so we could shoot freely in every direction.

Bench time and little ones

We sat Greg and Pat on a timber bench with two of the younger guests squeezed in beside them, then moved in close as Pat leaned into Greg, their hands resting together on her bouquet. Everyone wandered back in for family groups under the trees, in big lines and small ones, until the two youngest guests flopped onto the grass and dissolved into giggles. Little children give you about ten minutes in front of a camera, so we work quickly, keep the groups simple and save the silliest jokes for last.

Colour, bluestone and champagne

Back at the car, a clear umbrella came out and Greg kissed Pat beneath it beside the white bonnet. In Hosier Lane the painted walls changed with every step: Pat in white beside a giant bird mural, the two of them laughing in a graffiti doorway. Through a stone archway we spotted the car waiting, and at St Patrick’s Cathedral Pat swirled her train across the patterned forecourt in front of the bluestone doors, the dark stone making her gown glow. We finished in the back seat, two glasses of champagne raised and two very happy faces.

Photographer's venue notes

Old Treasury Building, Melbourne: an intimate registry ceremony and a showery city loop with the family

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From the footpath to the Thomas Hyde Room

Greg and Pat’s day at the Old Treasury Building moved in a neat line from the street to the steps, the terrace and then inside. The car pulled up right at the foot of the building, so the arrivals, the family lines along the balustrade and a first kiss between the lamp posts all happened before anyone walked through the doors. Inside, the room was small enough that we worked from one corner, and the corridor outside gave us a long, straight run for Pat’s train after the signing. Then it was back out through the red doors for hugs.

Cloud, puddles and a clear umbrella

There had been rain about, and it worked in our favour. Cloud sat over the city for most of the day, the paths in Carlton Gardens were puddled when we arrived, and skin stayed beautifully even, with the plane tree canopy glowing green and no harsh patches anywhere. When a few drops came back, a clear umbrella by the car turned the moment into a sweet portrait instead of a scramble. By the time we reached the laneway the cobbles were wet and shiny, which gave the painted walls a little extra colour underfoot.

Four stops in one loop

After the ceremony we kept the loop tight. In Carlton Gardens the bronze fountain gave us a centrepiece for the first embrace, then the plane tree avenue took over for walking frames and a bench big enough for Greg, Pat and two young guests. Hosier Lane brought the colour, and we chose one huge bird mural rather than chasing every wall. A stone archway with iron gates framed the waiting car, and on the forecourt at St Patrick’s the patterned paving and the dark doors gave Pat’s lace somewhere to shine.

Tips for a small city wedding with children

Two things made this day easy. With little ones in the family, we photographed the groups that included them early on the terrace and again on the lawn, then let the kids flop on the grass while we carried on with the couple. Keeping the car with us all day meant the champagne, the umbrella and the bouquet were always close, and the back seat gave us a final cheers to close the day. If your guest list is tiny, plan more stops rather than longer ones, and let the city do the rest.

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