Cass and Jordan got married in early December, starting their day at the Geelong Botanic Gardens and finishing it at Industry26 in Geelong West. Two very different spaces, one very relaxed couple. If you know them, “anything to do with eating and drinking” is basically their love language, and that easygoing energy carried through the whole day.
The ceremony: Geelong Botanic Gardens
Cass and Jordan said their vows on the Conifer Lawn, one of the Gardens’ more secluded ceremony spots, tucked in among mature trees just minutes from the Geelong waterfront. With around 150 guests, the Gardens gave them exactly what they wanted: a proper garden wedding without needing to leave the city.
Jordan arrived by bus with the groomsmen, Cass followed with her dad, and the girls walked her down while the boys waited with me at the ceremony spot. Cass had one more trick up her sleeve before the real first look too. Her idea was to send Jordan’s brother out first, dressed head to toe in an op-shop wedding gown, for a fake first look that had Jordan genuinely fooled for a few seconds before the real Cass showed up. Worth every bit of the Gardens’ greenery as a backdrop for the reveal that followed.
One thing worth knowing if you’re considering the Gardens yourself: there’s no wet weather backup on site, so Cass and Jordan had Industry26 on standby in case the weather turned. It didn’t, but it meant zero stress either way.
The reception: Industry26
From the Gardens, everyone moved to Industry26 (you’ll also see it written as Industry 26) on Pakington Street, and the whole feel of the day shifted with it. Cass and Jordan had gone for an industrial warehouse look with bright flowers running through it, and Industry26’s raw brick, greenery and open deck over the old railway line gave them exactly that without needing to build a single thing.
A big part of why the reception ran so smoothly comes down to Trine and Jase, who own the place. They’re brilliant to deal with, easygoing and genuinely hands-on the whole night, and it shows in how relaxed the room feels even at full capacity. It’s always a pleasure shooting a wedding there because of it.
The wedding party walked in around 6:45, straight into cake cutting and speeches, then a first dance to a cover of “Yellow” by Coldplay once the formalities wrapped up. Later in the night, the DJ ran a “Fireball” game, Pitbull’s song as the cue, with a lucky dip prize of a free shot at the bar for whoever grabbed the right slip of paper. It’s the kind of detail that tells you exactly what kind of night it was.
What Cass and Jordan told me they wanted most from their album was the candid stuff, the laughing, the looking at each other, walking and holding hands rather than posed lineups. That’s exactly the brief I love shooting to, and this pair gave me plenty to work with all day.
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