I’ve been shooting weddings for a while now, it’s been a hot minute to say the least, and I’ve always been fascinated by level of production that goes into the styling for each and every single day. Some people like DIY and others reach out too fabulous professionals to turn anything into reality. When Em from YWC Productions and Rach from Botanica Bird reached out to me asking if I would be interested in throwing back the curtain on the styling for a wedding, of course I jumped at the idea and signed on! These Two are two of the best in the game, hands down! I’ve been obsessed with Rach’s (BB) work ever since we meet in 2017 and Em (YWC) is easily a master of design, the aesthetics she can pull together - my god!!
I knew from the start it was going to be BIG, not only were they planning on filming the actual bump in and the two day setup but we also wanted to showcase the planning and shopping that happens prior to each event. This meant waking up 2am to travel with Rach to the Sydney Flower Markets - something I was incredibly excited about!! It’s pure madness, mixed with business and the best smelling warehouse. I can confirm however that I did get kicked out once for filming - but that wasn’t going to stop me.
Straight from the Markets to Dalwood Estate, we bumped in; the chairs, tables, lighting, cabling, florals, dishes, styling props, fabric, accessories all arrived and they moved with almost unspoken precision. Rach and Em made it all seem effortless. I was in awe, I couldn’t believe that they do this every week, week after week and with such attention to detail.
I do have to point out that my favourite part of this entire experience was witnessing Rach foraging skills first hand. They had the idea to hang very large branches from the ceiling of the reception venue and decorate them with cascading flowers/ foliage. When they got to the venue, no large branches were in sight - so what did Rach do, she started searching. Low and behold she and I found them down near the riverbank and asked the care taker of the estate, with the help of the tractor - next minute this giant machine is delivering these two huge branches, and then BAM they’re tied up and strapped to the ceiling. It was phenomenal!
I don’t want to waffle on to much, I might just let the video and photo’s below do all of the talking for me!
Shoutout to all of the wonderful Vendors that helped make this production what it was:
