Our brides share genuine planing tips and photos from their weddings in Hawke’s Bay and beyond and the families we’ve documented talk about the experience of a photo session with us. Search by location, venue, style of wedding or family shoot and be inspired to make some history of your own.
Rebecca and Ben wanted a relaxed Hawke’s Bay wedding that let them slip out unnoticed at sunset to get some epic wedding photography at Te Mata Peak so a walk and fork-style ceremony and reception at nearby St George’s Restaurant in Havelock North made for the perfect wedding.
Read MoreThe love business has had so much heart break this year with the postponement and in some cases cancellation of weddings that I thought it was time to ‘share the love’ quite literally with this little blog featuring the elopement of Andrea and Robin recently at exclusive Hawke’s Bay retreat, The Farm at Cape Kidnappers.
Read More“COVID-19 has really made us appreciate how wonderful it is to celebrate love, family, and great friendships,” says newlywed Ash Jain, who shares her experience on how to press pause on one plan and reinvent another truly beautiful one with under 100 guests during a time that is less than ideal for anyone planning a wedding.
Read MorePulling off a stylish but authentically rustic Hawke’s Bay wedding in the backyard you grew up in isn’t easy, but Hayden and Hayley made it look that way. Learn how they did it and explore some beautiful wedding photography locations around Waipatiki and Bay View.
Read MoreWhen the world is turmoil and all of us wonder what lies ahead, it felt pretty darned good to be part of Ben and Michelle’s wedding yesterday. Quite possibly one of the last like this we will see for a while. Which is one reason I wanted to share these images with everyone.
Read More‘My wedding day was the best day of my life, I got to marry my best friend. The anxious tummy drives you mad all day but the electric emotional reveal walking towards your soulmate makes it all worth it.’
Read MoreIf good things take time, it makes sense that truly GREAT things can take what seems like forever. Joe and Debbie’s absolutely spectacular Hawke’s Bay wedding at Craggy Range Winery proved this, taking place 17 years after they met, fell in love and created their family.
Read MoreEvery wedding is special for me to shoot but when I already have a personal connection to the bride, the buzz and energy is just that little bit higher for me.
Read MoreSometimes the stars align and I find myself working with a couple who think and feel about weddings so much like I do that the buzz, for me, almost has echoes of being a bride all over again. I felt that way when I first met Christel and Dan and they told me that not only were they to be ‘Mr. & Mrs. Eva’, but that they were getting hitched at the same location as me and loved the style and feel from my own ceremony so much that they’d used a photo from it for their invitations.
Read MoreWeddings are all about turning long-held dreams into reality, but for Neil and Jenny, their wedding turned to a nightmare before it even began. Having paid their venue in full, it went into receivership, taking with them thousands of dollars worth of hard-earned savings. It seemed like a saddest end to what should have been a fairytale story for this couple, until the Napier wedding industry pulled together to help give them the dream they had saved so hard for…
Read MoreThe pressure of planning what we’re all told will be the best day of our lives can all seem a bit much right at the start of the process, so I thought the way Mirize and Alistair elected three aspects that mattered most to them and focused their ideas and energy around them was a brilliant way to create a wedding with wow that was unique to them. The top billing thing for them was location. They wanted a place that was central for guests coming from across New Zealand and Australia and somewhere that was an awesome destination in its own right, not just for a wedding.
Read MoreThe first thing I ask a couple when they are considering working with us on their wedding day is ‘what elements are most important for you?’ This helps me understand who they are as a couple and how Andrew and I can work with them to create bespoke photography that reflects all their priorities. Every couple is different but the ones we enjoy working with the most talk about a sense of celebration and a focus on friends and family ahead of styling and colour schemes.
Read MoreThese days thanks to the beautiful but relatively new tradition of getting hitched in the great outdoors, we don’t get to document many church weddings. That made Natalia and Andy’s day a real treat for us, as there is a sense of ceremony, history and spiritual significance that comes from exchanging vows in a church. With a cathedral-length veil, morning suits and a long row of little attendants to lead the way, the ceremony almost had the feel of a royal wedding…and who doesn’t like a bit of that?!
Read MoreIt is hard to imagine anywhere with more beautiful views of New Zealand’s ruggedly beautiful coastline than The Farm at Cape Kidnappers. But the exclusive nature of the luxury lodge has meant I haven’t been able to share images from a real wedding shot there before. So I’m really excited that Rob and Angela so generously have let me do so, but also that their tiny wedding was perfect in every way - not just beautiful to look at, but emotionally quite special to be part of.
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