I've known Kelly for about almost a decade now - which is one of those comments that makes me realise time waits for no man. Unless your name is Scotty. He's known Kelly for far longer than I have and never forgot her after their paths went in different directions after a childhood friendship. But fate has a way of making things happen just when they should...

Alex and I last caught up a year ago when he was four and I promised treasure if he joined me in a pirate hunt among the autumn leaves of Havelock North. I'm not sure he's forgiven me yet for not delivering, however he showed up with his game face on when we met a year later for some soccer at Waipatiki beach in winter.

The job title 'photographer' describes so many very different occupations, and the people that slot under that definition are often as different as chalk and cheese. I became a photographer not because I love gear or even because I specifically love taking photos. It's mostly because I love people, and being up close and personal with the big moments of their lives, and feeling like I contribute something a little worthwhile by saving those memories for them.

With a blossoming industry based around the creation of the picture-perfect wedding, it has become very easy for the focus to fall on 'things' rather than what I feel really matters at a marriage; connections, history, feelings and - most importantly - people.That belief is the reason why Breanna and David's wedding was one of my favorites of the summer