Jai - Baby photography lifestyle session

Catching up with the blog posts - as I am a wee bit behind!

Had a fantastic lifestyle photo session with Jai recently - and the results are wonderful. Jai will celebrate his first birthday early in the new year and was full of laughs (and strawberries at one stage) with wonderful expressions from those big blue eyes and long eyelashes.

We held the session at a park very near his home and Jai was let "loose" to explore and play games with the "silly" photographer and parents who were great "baby wranglers". A great time was had by all - and look forward very much to photographying Jai again in the future

Outdoor shots with children (if weather permits) is my location of choice. We work around sleeping times for childrens sessions - as it is very important that the child is not tired. I would rather postpone a session if a child is tired or unwell.

Everyone should enjoy the experience and the results will speak for themselves

Helen and Pete

We really look forward to weddings like this – down at our “local” Castaways. Helen and Pete have had us booked for a very long time - and we have gotten to know them both really well. The engagement photo session a few months ago was a blast, and so much fun! They had an enlargement matted, and had this on their wedding gift table – so that guests could sign the border.
I started the day off up in Ponsonby in the morning – where Helen, Amanda, mother of the bride Sue and junior bridesmaid Cheyanne were getting their hair and makeup done. It was very rowdy and fun, and of course the champagne helped. Nathan (who is a celebrity stylist) was awesome…! Such a great guy (yes he was gorgeous too) and so very talented. I met Vanessa from Indigo Moon – who was filming the video. (The best looking videographer I have met and so nice ). The girls were transported back to the Castaways by Gangster Cars – and I managed to grab a shot as they whizzed past our house on the way to the beach.
Nothing was going to stop this excited bride - and Helen arrived in style, walked down the isle, in her gorgeous Jane Yeh gown, by her Dad Keith – carrying lovely red roses by Sanda Seel.
Pete had such a wide grin as Helen joined him near the cliff edge over looking Karioitahi beach – it made my heart melt. The para gliders were out in force as usual - swooping above the ceremony – down onto the beach. The many visitors from the UK probably hadn’t seen anything as extraordinary as that – and many of them – all though covered in sun screen soon felt the bite of the sun. Seonid Horne was the celebrant and performed a lovely ceremony, as always.
Off the Karioitahi beach in the 4 wheel drives we went - for a photo shoot - which was a lot of fun and then back to the gorgeous reception at Castaways. The sunset was stunning that night and we got some amazing images.
Congratulations Helen and Pete!! – we enjoyed our day with you so much, and your family and friends were brilliant… We have some awesome photos…. Just a few revealed, enjoy these.. More to follow..(((( Big Hugs))))

Liz and Albert

Liz and Albert were married at St Anthony’s Church in Waiuku recently. Liz and Albert’s wedding was a lot of fun and it was great to be photographing again in our local town.

We "grabbed" Liz and Albert for a private photo shoot on their way to their wedding reception on a family farm on the Awhitu peninsula. After an awesome late afternoon photo session, high up on the hills at the very old Kohekohe Church overlooking farmland and the Tasman Sea - we headed up the peninsula to the reception.
The location photos with the bridal party were taken on the farm as the storm clouds rolled in – giving a dramatic backdrop over the stunning valley views. The girls, wearing gowns from Modes were as stunning, as the guys were cool and we have some great photos to show you :)
The marquee was huge, with a great dance floor and the catering was from the Spit Roast Catering company
Congratulations to Liz and Albert - a wonderful couple – All the best guys! We will catch up with you again soon.