The Hunter Valley in NSW Australia is the ideal location for a romantic elopement. The rolling lush green hills spotted peppered with vineyards to please all tastes. There are speciality shops that…

The Hunter Valley in NSW Australia is the ideal location for a romantic elopement. The rolling lush green hills spotted peppered with vineyards to please all tastes. There are speciality shops that sell all sorts of delicacies from cheese to fudge. And when you would like to stay the night, a romantic luxurious hotel or a quaint bed and breakfast is never far away.

Sydney couple Sabrina and Gary chose the Hunter Valley's picturesque Willow Tree Estate as their elopement destination for its diverse gorgeous gardens complete with a cute gazebo for when the weather turned wet - which it did. As a lovely blessing, the rain stopped the moment they kissed when celebrant Maree Callaghan pronounced them husband and wife. Raleigh, their most obliging host at Willow Tree Estate and myself, Laura from LK Photography were both honoured to be their witnesses. Sabrina wore a simple white dress with her long dark hair out the way Gary likes it. Gary looked handsome as he took his new wife into his arms while holding their adorable 6 month old baby daughter Sienna.

Their wedding ceremony by Maree Callaghan was short, sweet and happy followed by an hour of elopement photography where I photographed their wedding portraits in both a formal and candid style. The diversity of the gardens gave them variety in scenery for each of their portraits and their easy going personalities allowed me to be a little more creative in shooting angles and ideas as well as during the photo editing process.

After their photography was a sumptuous lunch at the Willow Tree Estate with plans to visit more wineries and cheese locations the next day. Fuss free and affordable, an elopement weekend in Pokolbin at the Hunter Valley was the ideal wedding for romantics Sabrina and Gary.