Find inspiration for your Hawke’s Bay wedding or family photography session by looking at some of my recent work.
While boys dream of growing up and driving diggers, little girls dream of finding Mr. Right and having the perfect white wedding. Some of those dreams were doubtless had while Margot was a student sitting quietly in the beautiful chapel of her school, Woodford House
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 MoreFor a Hawkes Bay wedding photographer, the first country wedding of summer is an aphrodisiac a little like falling in love. Pair me and my lens with historic Greenhill Lodge with its jaw-dropping backdrop of rolling hills and it is hard to imagine a more perfect match
Read MoreFalling in love is not something that happens literally to people, unless you're Hamish, of course. Eight years ago he walked into a student flat in Palmerston North and was so overwhelmed when he saw his future wife for the very first time that he fell over the clothes horse. A few impressive dance moves the following night (which he busted out again on their wedding day) and Bridget was his. Forever, as it turned out.
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 MoreEmma & Matthew embraced the low-light loveliness of autumn for their wedding at The Mission Estate Winery in Taradale, Hawkes Bay. It is one of those beautiful New Zealand winery wedding venues that offers glorious photography opportunities all in one place.
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 MoreThe only thing better on a wedding day than the romantic low-lit spaces inside Church Road Winery is a splash of blue sky over the bright green vines in the hills above this Hawkes Bay wedding venue.
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.
Read MoreLike all good love affairs, my one with Andrew and Nikki Mills' wedding day started in the bedroom. Laid out on on the blood red brocade of the Old Church Villa's 'red' bed was a treasure trove of loveliness to photograph; sparkling diamonds, soft rose petals in muted hues, satin gowns and (sigh)...Badgely Mischka heels. Yes, it was love at first sight
Read MoreYou almost have to be careful what you wish for when planning a Hawkes Bay wedding. Blue skies and sunshine is perfect...but along with 35-degree temperatures, perhaps a bit too perfect! Beautiful shady and cool cloud cover arrived with Ryan as he made his way through the vines for his first look at wife-to-be Jenna, who waited outside Rush Cottage at Black Barn Winery for her Mr. Right.
Read MoreSometimes the stars align and a wedding day leaps right out of a bride and groom's fairytale imagination and into real life in front of my lens. Pete Spall & Emma Carter chose the family farm at Kereru (and nearby Gallery Cottage) as the backdrop for their Hawkes Bay country wedding, and it was one of those magical days when it feels like a spell has been cast over the day
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