Winter Wedding on Mountain top

Emma and Matt had a great wedding day and was very lucky with the weather. They had decided to have the wedding ceremony up on Mt Roy so we really needed a good day up there. We flew up in style with Wanaka Helicopters new Eurocopter.  Hardly any wind and and a refreshing 8 degrees made it probably the warmest winter day you can have up at that altitude!  After the ceremony they enjoyed some champagne and some photos before flying back to the airport. We did some more location shots down by the lake before they headed back to Oakridge Resort and the spa pools.

A rainy Wanaka Wedding at Tiri Tiri Lodge

It was one of the wettest days in Wanaka for a long time with no breaks in the rain all day. I always make sure I have additional lighting with me and lots of ideas for when these rainy day turns up which was needed.

 Tiri Tiri lodge  is a great venue and a good place to shoot a rainy wedding.  Shelley and John are from NZ but have been living in Geneva for the past 11 years.

It was a small  intimate wedding and it was easy to fit all guest inside for the ceremony.

Queenstown Autumn Wedding

Felicity and Trent booked me about 3 years ago so It was nice to finally meet them. The rain was pouring down all morning and we had a helicopters booked for locations shots before the ceremony…
It didn’t look like there was any chance of flying so we decided to go for our plan B  for the location shots but when Felicity was dressed and ready we got a call from the pilot and we were all go!!

We dashed to the airport and flew up to the top of Remarkables and got some really nice shots before heading back down for the ceremony and reception at Stoneridge Estate.

They had some nice looking Mazda’s as wedding cars and wanted some good shots of them so we headed down for a quick shoot at Lake Hayes with the sun setting behind the mountains. A great day with rain, sun and fun.

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Beautiful Wanaka Wedding by Mint Events

Lanee and David had an amazing wedding day in Wanaka. A really warm and sunny day and everything from ceremony to the smallest details was perfectly planned by Laura form Mint Events.  The ceremony was held down at the lakefront in Wanaka with Jools Macknight as the celebrant.

All the guest were enjoying the view and the great weather while having drinks served down by the lake before heading up to The Venue for the reception. We walked down to the beach for some location shots before beeing picked up by Wanaka Helicopter’s new Eurocopter and flown up to  Mt Roy.

We had one of the best day’s of the season up on the mountain and had a really relaxing time up there with drinks, canapes and photos. We landed back at the The Venue for the reception and  it was all redone in white inside with elaborate table settings and arrangements. A great wedding from start to finish.

Helicopter Ceremony on the Ledge in Queenstown

Michelle and Phil had a small and beautiful wedding ceremony up on the Ledge in Queenstown. Over the top Helicopters took the guests up late in the afternoon and after a short ceremony we got  some amazing images with the sun setting behind the mountains.

Wanaka Wedding at Cardrona Hotel

Angelina and Gavin had their wedding ceremony down at Glendhu Bay, one of the best spots for a ceremony around Wanaka. After some mix and mingle and formal photos of the family the guests were taken up to the Cardrona Hotel for the Reception. We stayed around  for some quick shots with the Bridal Party before taking off with a helicopter up to Mt Roy for some mountain shots.  We were a bit worried about the wind but it was perfect up there and we had a fun photo session before heading back down to the Reception. Angelina wanted some shots done at the iconic Cardrona hotel and we had fun playing around for 5 min before they headed in.

Queenstown Wedding at the Heritage Hotel

Wendy and Jaron had a lovely wedding at St Peters church in Queenstown. The ceremony was great with lots of laugther and joy. We did the formals outside the church before going off with the bridal party in vintage cars to some lake locations on the way up to the Heritage Hotel were the reception was. They had arranged a helicopter for some locations shots with just the two of them and the pilot from Alpine Choppers was a guest at the wedding and made the flight amazing. We had some really nice silvery mountain backdrops at the first location and a a snow landing with a waterfall carving out a cave under it. We got a very scenic flight back to the Heritage Hotel and arrived in perfect time for the reception.

Wanaka Wedding at Look Out lodge

Anita and Kerry had an amazing day at the Look Out Lodge in Wanaka. They both got ready at the lodge and the ceremony was held on the big lawn there which has unsurpassable panoramic views of the mountainous countryside. We did location shots around the lodge and Kerry’s uncle let us  use his helicopter for some more shots up on Mt Roy and we got some really nice ones with the dark rain clouds looming in the back. I  also had the chance to  catch up with Tessa & Bryce, a couple whose wedding I shot a couple of years ago.

Alpine Wedding in Omarama

Sally and Gerald had a lovely wedding in Omarama. Sally and the girls got ready at the family house Riverina on the Ben Omar farm and Gerald and the boys at one of the hotels Gerald manages. We did all the photos before the ceremony and had three helicopters taking the entire bridal party up in the mountains. The first location was spectacular but windy so we did a few quick ones before flying of again to lower altitudes and less wind. The ceremony was held at the Country Time Hotel and Sally’s Grand Dad was the celebrant. A friend of the couple was thinking of getting in to wedding photography so I did my best to show her how I work and shared tips on working as a photographer, its a great feeling to be able to help.