Coombe Yarra Valley · Coldstream, Victoria

Dominique & Chris

4 March 2022

A garden ceremony, a changeable sky and a dress saving something for after dark.

Chapter / FERNY CREEK / SHERBROOKE

A little composure.

A tree-framed view across the hills before Dominique and Chris’s wedding.
Two wedding rings resting on a timber surface.
Chris and his attendants raise their glasses while getting ready, in black and white.
Chris smiles while fastening his shirt collar beside a window.
Chris smiles in profile in his dinner jacket.
A swimming pool framed by lush tree ferns and gardens.
Dominique’s wedding dress hangs in front of shelves of books.
Jewelled wedding shoes arranged on a stack of books.
Dominique holds a small fan near her face while getting ready, in black and white.
Dominique applies makeup while looking into a handheld mirror.
Dominique’s silhouette and full skirt beside a bright window, in black and white.
Dominique holds out the skirt of her beaded wedding dress.
Dominique shares a smile with a man in a bow tie, in black and white.
Dominique and her attendants walk out through the garden.

Chapter / COOMBE / THE ITALIAN GARDEN

Under a changeable sky.

The long garden path and clipped hedges at Coombe Yarra Valley.
Dominique smiles through the window of a cream vintage car.
Attendants lift Dominique’s veil as she steps from the car.
Dominique and her father share a kiss beside the heart-shaped garden urns.
The celebrant walks through Coombe’s garden carrying a folder.
Guests sit in rows beside the garden aisle, some holding drinks.
Young attendants approach the garden ceremony with a bridesmaid.
Chris watches the entrance with his attendants, in black and white.
Dominique approaches along the garden path, seen past foreground flowers.
Guests applaud as Dominique arrives at the ceremony.
Dominique walks into the Italian Garden with her father.
Guests watch from chairs beside the garden aisle.
Children gather beneath the trees beside the garden ceremony.
A guest reads into a microphone while the wedding party listens.
Chris smiles while reading his vows into a microphone.
Dominique smiles towards Chris during their vows.
Dominique slides a wedding ring onto Chris’s finger.
Dominique drinks water while a witness signs the wedding register beside Chris and the celebrant, in black and white.
Dominique and Chris kiss beneath the floral arch.
Dominique and Chris walk back through their guests after the ceremony.
Dominique and Chris walk hand in hand, with their guests and gardens behind them.
An elevated view of the couple and guests gathered across Coombe’s lawns.
Dominique laughs while greeting a guest after the ceremony.
Dominique calls out and reaches towards guests as she and Chris cross the lawn.
A guest beams as Dominique reaches to embrace him on the lawn.
Dominique embraces a guest wearing novelty glasses, in black and white.

Chapter / THE GARDENS

The long way round.

Dominique shares a quiet moment with her bridesmaids beside the garden steps.
Dominique and Chris beneath the outdoor spiral staircase.
Dominique and Chris in silhouette beneath the trees, in black and white.
The wedding party stands beside Coombe’s pool, reflected in the water.
Dominique and Chris smile at each other between the garden gates beneath the deer ornaments at Coombe Yarra Valley.
Chris leads Dominique along a garden path as she looks back.

Chapter / AT THE TABLE

Try keeping a straight face.

Dark clouds gather above Coombe’s clock tower.
A young guest studies the menu beside a woman at the reception table.
A guest smiles with his hands clasped beside a laughing woman at the reception table.
Alice Zaslavsky addresses the guests at the reception.
Dominique swirls her full skirt as Chris dances beside her in the sunlit reception room.
Three bridesmaids read together from their speech notes.
Dominique and Chris laugh and applaud at the reception table.
Dominique and Chris smile towards a speaker, in black and white.
Dominique and Chris raise their hands while laughing at the table, in black and white.
A guest laughs with her glasses raised in one hand during the reception.
Dominique and Chris kiss at their table in front of the glowing heart artwork.

Chapter / BACK OUTSIDE

Almost dark enough.

Dominique and Chris walk hand in hand beneath the dark arching trees, in black and white.
Dominique rests her head against Chris’s shoulder.
Dominique and Chris walk away down the garden path beneath a darkening sky.
Dominique and Chris embrace as her skirt sweeps out between tall garden hedges.
Dominique and Chris stand apart beneath clear umbrellas on the rooftop.
A warm shaft of light catches Dominique and Chris against the darkness.
Dominique and Chris stand beneath illuminated umbrellas under a deep blue evening sky.

Chapter / THE MICROPHONE RETURNS

One more thing.

The D and C heart-shaped neon artwork glowing among warm reception lights.
A wedding guest reads a speech into a microphone.
Guests listen to a speech around the reception tables, in black and white.
Dominique looks towards a speaker and applauds at the reception table.
A wedding guest gestures while giving a speech.
Dominique and Chris laugh together during the speeches, in black and white.
Chris addresses the room with a microphone.
Guests laugh around a reception table, in black and white.
A guest smiles towards a speaker in soft backlight, in black and white.
Chris leans towards Dominique while holding a microphone at the reception.
Dominique gestures while speaking beside Chris, in black and white.

Chapter / AFTER DARK

The dress has other ideas.

Dominique holds Chris close as light falls across the floor during their first dance.
Dominique’s full skirt glows in blue light during the first dance.
Dominique turns beneath a guest’s raised hand on the dance floor.
Dominique dances with her arms raised beneath warm-coloured light trails.
Two wedding guests look towards the camera on the dance floor, in black and white.
A wedding guest makes an animated gesture beneath trails of warm light.
Dominique dances beside the trumpet player.
Dominique sings into a microphone while a man smiles beside her.
A wedding guest dances beneath a swirl of light, in black and white.
Two wedding guests embrace and raise an arm in front of the brick wall.
Guests dance together beneath sweeping trails of coloured light.
Two guests embrace on the dance floor; one wears heart-shaped sunglasses.
Dominique sings into a microphone among dancing guests and warm light trails.
Two wedding guests laugh together on the dance floor, in black and white.
Chris dances beside a smiling guest in blue light.
Dominique and Chris pose beside their neon heart in pink and turquoise light.
Dominique sprays champagne beside Chris in front of their neon heart, wearing novelty sunglasses.

A LITTLE MORE STRANGE.