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Elyse & Ashlin - Crab Farm Winery
Apr 10, 2018
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Elyse & Ashlin - Crab Farm Winery
Apr 10, 2018
Eva Bradley

Ashlin and Elyse got hitched in Hawke's Bay at a lovely, laid-back little winery called Crab Farm, just on the edge of the coastal settlement of Bay View, near Napier. The wedding they wanted was 'chic boho' with a chilled and relaxed vibe. "That's why we chose Crab Farm, because it ticked all those boxes'.

Apr 10, 2018
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Hawke's Bay Country Wedding - Nikky & Sam.
Mar 8, 2018
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Hawke's Bay Country Wedding - Nikky & Sam.
Mar 8, 2018
Eva Bradley

Hawke's Bay weddings pose a bit of a conundrum: coast or country? There is so much of both that it can often be hard to decide, so Nikky and Sam found a little off-the-beaten-track place where they could combine both. Clifton Cafe is authentically Kiwi. From the red corrugated iron through to the simple number-8 fencing wire separating the paddock from the wide expanse of the South Pacific Ocean. Under a home-made floral arch in front of their friends and family, this is Nikky and Sam's love story. We hope you enjoy it!

Mar 8, 2018
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BENEATH THE PEAK - SOPHIA & DOUGLAS
Feb 19, 2018
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BENEATH THE PEAK - SOPHIA & DOUGLAS
Feb 19, 2018
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A picture is said to tell a thousand words, and in so many ways I find this to be true when photographing people in love. But I still believe in the power of words to put love in context, generate emotion and record history in the same ways we do with our cameras. Douglas' speech after he married his childhood sweetheart, Sophia, was so honestly written that I asked if he would let me share it with you. This is their love story, told by our images...and his words...

Feb 19, 2018
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WEDDING PHOTO OF THE YEAR, 2017
Feb 13, 2018
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WEDDING PHOTO OF THE YEAR, 2017
Feb 13, 2018
Eva Bradley

It's moments, rather than poses, that matter most on a wedding day. Congrats to MJ for winning our 2017 Wedding Photo of the Year competition. See all the best of the season that was right here.

Feb 13, 2018
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Get Outta Town! James & Jo beside the Lake
Jan 14, 2018
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Get Outta Town! James & Jo beside the Lake
Jan 14, 2018
Eva Bradley

James and Jo's great love began 14 years ago and it was amazing to see how the emotional energy created by a wedding day was able to take them both back there to the feelings we all remember from the start of a relationship.

Jan 14, 2018
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A Backyard Country Wedding - Abby & AJ
Jan 1, 2018
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A Backyard Country Wedding - Abby & AJ
Jan 1, 2018
Eva Bradley

There are a couple of things key things that, as a photographer, contribute to making a wedding really memorable and special for me. First, it's good, old-fashioned chemistry. A couple who are IN LOVE, all capitals. It's nothing to do with how they look, it's all about how they are together. Secondly, it's a location that isn't just beautiful, but historical. A place that has generations of family memories layered on it, and I'm a big part of making some more very special ones.

Jan 1, 2018
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YOU CAN'T RAIN ON THIS PARADE - Kelly & Scott
Nov 14, 2017
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YOU CAN'T RAIN ON THIS PARADE - Kelly & Scott
Nov 14, 2017
Eva Bradley

Occasionally people ask if I ever get bored shooting weddings (I've shot about 600, so it's a fair question!). I can confidently say 'no' because, for me, it's not the wedding that excites and interests me, it's the people. And even though it's bound to happen someday, I've yet to shoot the same bride twice. And I've never shot a bride like Kelly. She is a free spirit, a courageous, strong woman with the softest heart. When I found out she was getting married on my 40th birthday at Waipatiki Beach, I knew I had my party plans sorted.

Nov 14, 2017
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BLAIRE & KHAN - Waihi Beach winter wedding
Sep 20, 2017
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BLAIRE & KHAN - Waihi Beach winter wedding
Sep 20, 2017
Eva Bradley

We 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.

Sep 20, 2017
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KATY + ANDREW - ESKDALE COUNTRY WEDDING
Mar 14, 2017
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KATY + ANDREW - ESKDALE COUNTRY WEDDING
Mar 14, 2017
Eva Bradley

London locals, Katy and Andrew really wanted a proper Kiwi home-coming for their wedding, and so the lovely little locations of Eskdale and Bay View (where Katy grew up) set the scene for a gloriously simple and beautiful Hawke's Bay country wedding.

Mar 14, 2017
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MICHALI + BREE - MILLAR ROAD
Mar 6, 2017
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MICHALI + BREE - MILLAR ROAD
Mar 6, 2017
Eva Bradley

After a long love affair, Michali and Bree made things official at Millar Road, high on the Hawke's Bay hills looking back to the coastline of Napier and in the heart of the beautiful Tukituki valley. "We picked the venue because it was somewhere different that most people hadn't herd of.

Mar 6, 2017
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BAILEY + JAMES - ORETI, LAKE TAUPO
Feb 21, 2017
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BAILEY + JAMES - ORETI, LAKE TAUPO
Feb 21, 2017
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It was a treat for us to take our creative show on the road to Oreti Village in the tiny lakeside settlement of Pukawa, on the western shores of Lake Taupo. A wilderness of native New Zealand bush and early Maori and Colonial history, the area promised us some exciting opportunities to play in a very different landscape from our normal haunts as Hawke's Bay wedding photographers.

Feb 21, 2017
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BEN + RUTH - COUNTRY WEDDING
Feb 3, 2017
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BEN + RUTH - COUNTRY WEDDING
Feb 3, 2017
Eva Bradley

Ben and Ruth are a chilled out Kiwi couple who believe in keeping it real. They wanted a wedding that reflected that, with a focus on friends, family and the things that matter rather than the complicated trimmings. A country wedding at the chocolate-box-cute church down the road from Ruth's parents' home was followed by a reception at the local hall of small Hawke's Bay settlement, Maraekakaho.

Feb 3, 2017
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GRAEME + LASI - NAPIER
Feb 2, 2017
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GRAEME + LASI - NAPIER
Feb 2, 2017
Eva Bradley

Graeme and Lasi have a big love, and so it went without saying their wedding would reflect that, with 400 guests and 42 in the bridal party creating a unique and truly awesome challenge for us...

Feb 2, 2017
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Getting hitched outside the box - Black Barn Market wedding
Oct 1, 2016
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Getting hitched outside the box - Black Barn Market wedding
Oct 1, 2016
Eva Bradley

There's a wish-list most couples have when it comes to the perfect wedding. But dreams are sometimes hard to transform to reality, so I was absolutely stoked with the way Sam and Gareth's Black Barn Market wedding finally came together.

Oct 1, 2016
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Matt & Jenna - Engaged. Te Mata Peak in the Golden Hour, by Eva Bradley.
Sep 21, 2016
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Matt & Jenna - Engaged. Te Mata Peak in the Golden Hour, by Eva Bradley.
Sep 21, 2016
Eva Bradley

Anyone planning a wedding knows they can be complicated. That's why we adore engagement sessions. They are, quite simply, about two people in love. There's no dress to fuss over, no bridal party looking on, no timelines to stick to beyond those set by Mother Nature and there aren't 100 people waiting for us to hurry up and be creative so the party can get started.

Sep 21, 2016
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Rochelle & Mark - Mission Estate Winery wedding by Eva & Andrew
Sep 11, 2016
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Rochelle & Mark - Mission Estate Winery wedding by Eva & Andrew
Sep 11, 2016
Eva Bradley

Rochelle 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.

Sep 11, 2016
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Kate & DK - A beautiful Oruawharo wedding in Central Hawke's Bay
Aug 26, 2016
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Kate & DK - A beautiful Oruawharo wedding in Central Hawke's Bay
Aug 26, 2016
Eva Bradley

Every time I've had an email from a bride asking me to shoot their wedding at Oruawharo in Central Hawke's Bay, I've rushed to my diary in a fever of excitement and always been gutted to discover I'm already booked. When Kate got in touch almost 18 months ago, I was like a kid in a candy story to discover I was free as a bird on her date. When we met at the grand old homestead for High Tea and a planning session, my excitement levels blew out entirely...

Aug 26, 2016
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Dan & Rachel - The Old Church, Meeanee, Hawke's Bay.
Mar 17, 2016
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Dan & Rachel - The Old Church, Meeanee, Hawke's Bay.
Mar 17, 2016
Eva Bradley

I 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.

Mar 17, 2016
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Pete & Emma - Craggy Range Winery, Hawke's Bay
Dec 28, 2015
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Pete & Emma - Craggy Range Winery, Hawke's Bay
Dec 28, 2015
Eva Bradley

We all know weddings are about love, commitment and happy every after. But one thing that became pretty clear as Emma and Pete's day went on is that it was also about having the most fun day of their lives, bar none. Happiness is one of the most intoxicating drugs, and by the time these two were spinning on the dance floor at Craggy Range Winery, my entire face was hurting from smiling so much.

Dec 28, 2015
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Innes & Carrie - The Mission Estate Winery, Hawke's Bay
Nov 2, 2015
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Innes & Carrie - The Mission Estate Winery, Hawke's Bay
Nov 2, 2015
Eva Bradley

The very first shot I took at Innes and Carrie's Hawke's Bay wedding pretty much set the tone for the rest of the day: Carrie was sitting cross-legged on the floor getting a massage from her Aunty. Being relaxed on your wedding day is something all brides aspire to but few can pull it off. 

Nov 2, 2015
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Ashlee & Nick - Ard Lussa Farm, Hawke's Bay
Jul 17, 2015
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Ashlee & Nick - Ard Lussa Farm, Hawke's Bay
Jul 17, 2015
Eva Bradley

Ashlee & Nick had their 'first look' beside the Maimai on the property they recently bought and will one day live on. I like to think that every time Nick now goes duck shooting there with the lads, he'll also remember the very first moment he saw his future wife. 

Jul 17, 2015
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Richie & Wendy - Palmerston North farm wedding by Eva Bradley
Jun 30, 2015
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Richie & Wendy - Palmerston North farm wedding by Eva Bradley
Jun 30, 2015
Eva Bradley

For Ashhurst dairy farmers Wendy & Richie, June 20th, 2015 was a day on the farm unlike any other. For a start, the milking shed was swapped for an in-home salon, where six already foxy besties rapidly turned into six smoking hot bridesmaids, and the girl everyone knows and loves in gumboots and jeans had her Cinderella moment and was transformed.

Jun 30, 2015
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Craig & Kathryn - Pukehou Church & Sileni Estate
Apr 24, 2015
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Craig & Kathryn - Pukehou Church & Sileni Estate
Apr 24, 2015
Eva Bradley

Kathryn & 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.

Apr 24, 2015
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Cole & Ellyce - The Old Church
Mar 31, 2015
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Cole & Ellyce - The Old Church
Mar 31, 2015
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A white dress with lashings of black lace, a Harley Davidson thundering down the drive and two people in love while the sun sets. Sounds like a wedding worth looking at. Cole & Ellyce were married at The Old Church, Napier, in March.

Mar 31, 2015
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David & Margot - Sileni Estate
Feb 16, 2015
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David & Margot - Sileni Estate
Feb 16, 2015
Eva Bradley

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

Feb 16, 2015
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Weddings at The Farm, Cape Kidnappers, New Zealand
Feb 10, 2015
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Weddings at The Farm, Cape Kidnappers, New Zealand
Feb 10, 2015
Eva Bradley

The 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

Feb 10, 2015
Eva Bradley
Brett & Shelley - Mana Lodge, Hawke's Bay
Feb 9, 2015
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Brett & Shelley - Mana Lodge, Hawke's Bay
Feb 9, 2015
Eva Bradley

There is something special about working with a couple who are high school sweethearts. A friendship and natural intimacy that has come from formative years spent walking along life's path together.

Feb 9, 2015
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Chris & Melissa - Greenhill Lodge, Hawkes Bay
Jan 6, 2015
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Chris & Melissa - Greenhill Lodge, Hawkes Bay
Jan 6, 2015
Eva Bradley

For 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

Jan 6, 2015
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Hamish & Bridget - The Old Church, Napier
Dec 23, 2014
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Hamish & Bridget - The Old Church, Napier
Dec 23, 2014
Eva Bradley

Falling 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.

Dec 23, 2014
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Duncan & Alice - The Old Church, Napier.
Nov 11, 2014
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Duncan & Alice - The Old Church, Napier.
Nov 11, 2014
Eva Bradley

Most 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.

Nov 11, 2014
Eva Bradley

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