Wet weather wedding photos

Well there’s the aviary at Gold Creek, those beautiful birds there would enhance any photo.

There’s also the “Genuine Tudor English pub,” which Oh I’m sorry, I just cannot type for laughing now…..

Holden Caulfield said :

I was going to suggest the front entry at Parliament House, but the nervous nellie security guards start to panic if you pull a camera out anywhere to take a non “touristy” shot.

It’s a public location so there shouldn’t be a problem although there are rules against commercial type photos from some locations there. Just have a word to the guards before setting up and there should be no problems, or just wait until one of them comes across for a chat. They don’t always, it depends on the guard on duty. They see enough photographers up there at odd hours that they aren’t too bad about it. Just don’t get in the way of others and block foot traffic too much.

And if it’s cloudy and rainy, you’ll get much nicer pictures. The light works much better, the colours really kick up, peoples’ eyes aren’t scrunched up and their skin looks softer. A ski resort photographer I knew reckoned he always sold more photos taken on cloudy/snowy days, he tried not to take shots on sunny days.

Erm, stating the obvious here, but what about the covered vernadah at the Kurrajong.

I was going to suggest the front entry at Parliament House, but the nervous nellie security guards start to panic if you pull a camera out anywhere to take a non “touristy” shot.

Not sure who your photographer is, but I suspect they would have experience with this issue and most likely have a few locations up their sleeves.

My wedding was supposed to be outside, but it rained so we had a back-up, luckly. The good thing was it stopped raining after the ceremony, so we had our photos at the Botanical Garden, which looks awesome after a shower. The shots were great.

Ha! Well putting aside that the good looks of my bride off-set the negative effects of me being in the pics, yes – they were great shots, with the ability to get perfect lighting a big plus, and the whole situation was very comfortable to boot.

Gungahlin Al said :

Wet weather led to our wedding photos being in the photographer’s studio.
Afterwards we realised how rare studio wedding shots are…

Were they good though ?

Wet weather led to our wedding photos being in the photographer’s studio.
Afterwards we realised how rare studio wedding shots are…

ian potter house, by the science dome, is a great setting with lots of alcoves and balconies to use to cover from rain (and it is only key that youstay dry, the photographer can sort themself out! then the dome next door is also good, as is film and sound archives and a host of other buildings in and around anu.

or you could go for a more urban look and hunt out some undercover spaces in civic – upstairs at that plaza where electric shadows used to be, for instance, in the rondola in glebe park…

happy wedding!

I’d consider going into the aviary at Gold Creek, and involving some of the beautiful birds there in shots…

Though it’s still a bit outdoorsy

Maybe something in or around the National Museum of Australia.

If it is at the chapel in Gold Creek, the photos could be quite stunning with the rain showing through the glass wall behind you. I wonder if you could even place some coloured lights outside to show it off better?

One friend got married in the rain, and it was kind of romantic hearing the rain on the roof.

We had a naming ceremony for one of our daughters at the Atrium. It is lovely.

You could possibly even get some quite romantic photos in a lavishly decorated hotel room, and I mean that in an innocent way. But something kind of rich and lush and royal-looking.

I’m with Grundy!

It doesn’t rain in Canberra. And I won’t believe it does until I’m wet.

It wont rain…
This is canberra remember!

The forecast is for 5 days of rain… I doubt we get 1 day. 🙂

The Atrium at the Hyatt (rear entrance) is always full of photographers and Brides – I imagine you need to ask them for the okay but it looks very photogenic

Nice shots to be had in front of the fireplace at the Kurrajong, also consider the rose garden at OPH if it’s just drizzling.

The sculpture garden at the National Gallery. You can get some really nice shots amongst the mist over the pond.

The copper dome at the ANU creates as undercover area and is quite visually dynamic. Also check out ANU House as it has an enclosed courtyard surrounded by nice covered walkways. You might need to check out if you would be allowed to take photos there.

Go for a drive this weekend and see what else is around that area.

Also, Kurrajong might have some interesting areas you can look at- ask the staff where other people have posed in the past and see what you find.

PS- Have a wonderful wedding day!