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.
“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 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 MoreWe are mostly Hawke's Bay wedding photographers, but for that reason, we love the chance for a good old-fashioned roadie to discover new creative spaces for wedding photography and to tell different stories. It's especially cool (literally and figuratively!) when the roadie is to Waihi Beach right bang smack in the middle of winter.
Read MoreRochelle and Mark imagined a wedding that was 'a bit traditional but with pops of fun and colour and a spash of glam'. The Mission provided the perfect backdrop for that when we all came together for their spring wedding day.
Read MoreI met Rachel at a wedding at the start of the season.When she told me she was planning her own big day I immediately started a subliminal 'pick me, pick me' chant, which turned into what I call 'The Photographer's Dance of Joy' when she booked me a little while later. What a fox. Add to this a 110-watt smile brought on in the presence of new hubby Dan, and you have a recipe for incredible wedding photography.
Read MoreKathryn & Craig's wedding was in the last of the April light at the picture-postcard-perfect country church, Christ Church at Pukehou. A reception at Sileni Estate winery followed. Photography by Eva Bradley.
Read MoreWas it love at first sight or third sight? It depends who you ask for the answer. I was lead to believe that the first date may have needed a lick and polish but in the end love conquers all. Mr. & Mrs. Hayden started out as a long distance love affair that ended with "I do" and "I'm moving home!"
Read MoreThe Farm at Cape Kidnappers is one of the most beautiful destination wedding venues in New Zealand. 6,000 acres of jaw-dropping land and seascapes wrap around the rim of the Pacific Ocean along the rugged coastline of Hawke's Bay.Rustic luxury dominates the architecture, which takes its cue from the original woolshed still operating at this exclusive New Zealand wedding venue
Read MoreHow to Get The Girl rule no. 1: when a pretty lady asks you to dance, turn her down. That trick worked like a charm for Henry, who swiftly followed up with rule no. 2: corner her on her way home and ask her out to dinner.The rest is history for Mr. & Mrs. Pennington, although it sure is a history worth telling.
Read MoreMost weddings end on the dance floor, but for Alice and Duncan that was where it all began. In a star-crossed DJ-meets-dancer moment of modern love, these two met and life was never the same again.Fast forward a few years and the late-night club was replaced by a glorious Hawkes Bay winery wedding.
Read MoreWhen Philly walked down the aisle towards her soon-to-be-husband Nick, it seemed like the planets had momentarily aligned to create wedding perfection right here on earth. Beautiful summer's-end light made the distant ocean sparkle and the vines shine. Throw in a bit of happy-ever-after and you easily have one of life's great moments unfolding.
Read MoreWhen is it sexy for a Kiwi bloke to cry? When he sees his future wife walk around the corner in a sunlit garden, on the arm of her father and about to say 'I do'. Tanya and Mal showed me and their guests what love is supposed to be at their Te Awa wedding on a bright spring afternoon. And I didn't even have to resort to my usual stack of questionable jokes to get the crew laughing during our wedding party shoot.
Read MoreA truly autumnal wedding filled with low light, deep colours, and two people in love...and laughter. Rob and Caroline Herbert were married at The Old Church in Meeanee, Hawkes Bay.
Read MoreLove is a little like a maze...sometimes you take a few wrong turns to find the right path. Long-term soul mates Rose and Jeremy Jones are one of those lucky couples who went right past all the dead-ends to lucky-in-love right from the start.
Read MoreWhen tiny blonde pocket rocket Melissa turned up at my studio with a grin and told me to think 'Big Fat Gypsy Weddings' when I imagined her dress, I had mixed feelings. Would she be lost amid a haze of tulle and tiaras? Would she even fit in the car? None of my fears came true, but a fairy tale did, starting with 'that' dress.
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