St Brigid’s & Hubert Estate · Yarra Valley, Victoria

Carla & Joseph

2 March 2024

A church full of family, a first dance before dinner and the Yarra Valley at last light.

Chapter / GETTING READY

The bow tie committee.

A black dinner jacket and white bow tie hang against a dark door.
Joseph’s polished shoes, bow tie, socks and glass laid out on timber.
A woman adjusts Joseph’s white bow tie.
Joseph laughs beside an older man as he gets ready.
Joseph’s polished shoes and patterned socks before leaving.
A woman kisses Joseph’s cheek after helping him dress.
Hands pin a white flower to Joseph’s lapel.
Joseph laughs in his black dinner jacket and white bow tie.
Joseph’s friends reach across to straighten his collar.
Perfume, white flowers, earrings and pale shoes laid out for Carla.
Carla’s lace wedding dress hangs in front of a sheer curtain.
Carla holds her wedding dress up beside the window.
A woman helps fasten the back of Carla’s dress.
Carla laughs while putting on her earrings.
Carla looks down at her lace dress in soft window light.

Chapter / ST BRIGID’S

A place in the pews.

The red-brick façade of St Brigid’s beneath a blue sky.
Sunlight falls across the altar and pews inside St Brigid’s.
A baby reaches towards the person holding them in a church pew.
A small boy in a dark suit waits outside the church.
Guests fill the pews beneath the church’s arched ceiling.
Joseph’s friends wait together at the front of the church.
Two small boys walk up the aisle together.
Carla walks into the ceremony on an older man’s arm.
A young girl watches the ceremony from behind a pew.
An older woman follows the service from a printed booklet.
A man holds two wedding rings on a small white cushion.
Carla smiles towards the priest.
Joseph places a ring on Carla’s finger.
Carla and Joseph exchange vows in front of the priest.
Carla and Joseph smile together as they listen in church.
Carla carries her bouquet down the church steps, her veil lifting as Joseph follows.
Guests gather outside the red-brick church after the ceremony.
Carla embraces a guest outside the church as others gather around.

Chapter / EVERARD PARK / HUBERT ESTATE

A little misbehaviour.

Joseph kisses Carla’s head among the trees at Everard Park.
Carla and Joseph lead their friends along a gravel path.
Carla and her bridesmaids lean together, laughing.
Joseph laughs as his friends crowd around him and touch his face.
Carla and Joseph hold hands as they walk away through the trees.
The couple embrace among the rocks and trees, Carla’s skirt gathered in her hands.
Carla and Joseph stand below their wedding party at Hubert Estate’s concrete entrance.
Long shadows stretch ahead of Carla and Joseph in a concrete passage.

Chapter / HARRIETT AT HUBERT ESTATE

Dinner will have to wait.

Late sunlight catches the curved roof and windows at Hubert Estate.
A close view of blue and green textured tiles at Hubert Estate.
Heart-shaped sunglasses rest beside Carla and Joseph’s printed menu.
White flowers decorate the tiered wedding cake.
Timber beams rise above the reception tables and chairs.
Flowers and place settings arranged on a reception table.
Carla and Joseph enter the reception between their applauding guests.
Carla and Joseph begin their first dance in the evening light.
Guests join hands and dance together around the couple.
A guest holds a small child while dancing.
Carla and Joseph dance close together among their guests.

Chapter / AT THE TABLE

The room listens.

Carla and Joseph smile at their table with glasses raised.
A man speaks into a microphone as the wedding party listen.
Carla lifts a hand to her face during a speech.
A guest raises a glass across the reception table.
A guest smiles with his chin resting on his hand.

Chapter / A MOMENT OUTSIDE

Enough sky for two.

Carla and Joseph appear small against a broad pastel evening sky.
Carla and Joseph jump above the horizon together.
Carla and Joseph cast long shadows in an illuminated concrete passage.
A bright point of light glows between the couple as they kiss.
The last colour in the sky reflected in still water.

Chapter / THE EVENING

The heart-shaped ones.

Carla reads her speech with Joseph smiling beside her.
Joseph speaks to the guests from the reception table.
Carla wears white heart-shaped sunglasses on the dance floor.
A young girl looks over an adult’s shoulder among the dancers.
A guest laughs in white heart-shaped sunglasses.
Joseph dances with his arms stretched out beside Carla.
Joseph and Carla hold hands on the dance floor.
Joseph plays a pair of small hand drums during the party.
Carla laughs with both hands raised as she dances.
Carla and Joseph embrace inside a warmly lit concrete doorway.
The couple stand at the end of an illuminated passage, their shadows stretching towards the camera.