A Greyleigh Kiama Wedding
with a dance floor that never slowed down.
Grey skies the whole morning, which meant nothing but good news for me. I got to Greyleigh already knowing what kind of light I’d be working with that day — soft, even, forgiving on skin, the kind that makes a Greyleigh Kiama wedding look like it was lit for a film rather than a Saturday in May. Some weddings just have a certain energy the moment you walk in. This was one of them.
I’d actually met Stephanie before this. Two years earlier, at a wedding where she was the bridesmaid and the MC. Front row seat to the whole day, watching how I moved through a room, where I stood, when I disappeared. Not long after, she messaged me. Told me she loved the way I captured movement and wanted that same feeling for her own wedding. That’s a different kind of enquiry to get. She hadn’t just seen my portfolio. She’d stood next to it happening.
Long Distance, Then Kiama
Stephanie and James did six years long distance. Six years of time zones and airports and a relationship built mostly in the in-between, and now they live together in Perth, which on its own is the kind of ending most couples would take. But they also got a wedding at Greyleigh, on the South Coast, with a dance floor that I genuinely could not keep up with. It’s the kind of thing you notice as a photographer before you can explain it. Some couples hold back at the reception. These two didn’t hold back at all.
The Dance Floor at Greyleigh
I keep a gear minimal on me for exactly this reason, for the moments after the formalities, when nobody’s thinking about about the camera anymore. People were already gone. Arms up, shoes off, the kind of dancing that isn’t for anyone watching. That’s always where I find the real photos of a wedding, and Greyleigh gave us the room to let it get loud.
One more thing worth saying, because it’s stayed with me since. May 23rd is my own wedding anniversary. I didn’t plan that, and I didn’t need to say anything about it on the day. But there’s something in sharing your anniversary with two people who trusted you to document theirs. I won’t forget it.
If you’re planning a wedding at Greyleigh, or somewhere else along the South Coast, and you want photos with this same kind of movement in them, I’d love to hear about your day.
THE TEAM
Venue: Greyleigh Kiama
Videographer: Dion Cario
Celebrant: Melanie Jacklyn
Dress: LUV Bridal
Florals/Set up: Wyld Willa Rose
Hair+MUA: JR and Co Bridal
DJ: Ultimate DJs
