Sharon + Nick’s Spring Wedding

Time flies, Sharon and Nick had a great wedding day a couple of months back and one of my favorite so far of the season. Not only because they showed how much they were in love but that I got to shoot around Cromwell. We had met a couple of times before the wedding and one of them for an engagement session so if you haven’t seen it check it out! and I had really been looking forward to shoot their wedding.

The ceremony was at the beautiful Bannockburn church and the reception was held at The Golden Gate lodge in Cromwell. Sharon and Nick had really transformed it and it looked amazing on the day.

Fullmoon shots of Minaret Station Lodge Wanaka

I was just going back through some files and saw that i forgot to post this shoot! Hard to even think about how cold and snowy it can be here when its been around 28 degrees for weeks now!!This was shot a few weeks back after the last big snowfall we had. Matt phoned me up and asked if its possible to shoot in the fullmoon and I said sure that will work , only problem was I was in hospital for a unruly appendix! Second day back from hospital and I packed my bags for an exciting helicopter shoot at night! We flew up in the afternoon to get some more day and evening shots.

Then it was all just a wait for the moon… It really got pitch black and it was not until after midnight the light started to come back but we had to wait to around 2 am until the moon finally got up at the right spot and gave us light enough to fly. Door off from the heli and -10 could only mean very cold when we actually started flying… it was s surreal feeling to take off and fly at night. After a while you got used to the light and we worked our way around the mountains and rivers to get the shots we wanted.

Wanaka Heli Wedding

Winnie  and Alex had a great Heli Wedding here in Wanaka. I was shooting for the brand new Wanaka & Queenstown Wedding business,  heliweddings.co.nz and we had so much fun.

We did some shots down by the lake before heading back to Mountainrange lodge to meet the helicopter for heli shots up on Coromandel Peak. A beautiful and sunny day with a bit of wind which Winnie found out by having her  veil fly away. A quick catch by our pilot saved the day.

Chinese Destination Wedding in Queenstown

Ester and Andre had an amazing Destination Wedding in Queenstown. The morning started out with a traditional Chinese  Tea Ceremony at  The Gamekeepers Lodge and Ester wore a beautiful pink dress for it.  Then back to Arrowtown to redo hair and make-up and get in to the wedding dress for their ceremony at Stoneridge Estate. We did some location shots with the blossoms at Stoneridge before heading to the airport to fly with Heli line to The Ledge  for some classic Queenstown mountain shots. The flowers were done by Sarah from the Flowerrroom.

7 International Loupe Awards 2011

Photographers from over 90 countries entered this years prestigious International Loupe Awards , so It felt great to take home 7 Awards!  Last year I got a Loupe award for a heli wedding in Queenstown and i’m proud to say that I scored  high with my weddings again, but this year I also won awards for my commercial work. Here are two of my favorites. The first commercial/fashion award is of local model Charlotte Gardiner with makeup by the very talented Gena Bagley. The Second shot “The running girl” was for a worldwide campaign for a client of ad agency Interbrand. Feels good to get recognition for all the hard work and big thanks to all my clients – weddings couples and corporates!