Pauline and David got married in France and have chosen beautiful Aoteroa for their honeymoon. They have contacted me to create together a special series of images celebrating their love and showing a little bit of the incredible New Zealand landscape. We met at the Hunua Falls about one hour from Auckland city on their way to the Coromandel. Here is a few pix taken just a couple days after their arrival. Enjoy!

It’s one of those weddings I could do in black and white: there is something original and modern about it. Melanie and Mark got married at the Officer’s Mess on the cliff top looking out to Rangitoto between Takapuna and Devonport. The ceremony was personal and very moving. We did the formals on the top of North Head, one of the many volcanoes in Auckland. Here we could enjoy a 360 degree view over Auckland and use the ageing bunkers as well as the long grass and flowers surrounding us. What a setting!

I most recently worked on a project that, as a photographer, I was really excited about – My very first homosexual wedding!! It was beautiful!! The setting for both the ceremony and reception for Barry and Michael’s wedding was the back of their flowery house in Titirangi (Auckland, NZ), right in the heart of the bush. There was lots of emotion and great energy amongst the guests, It was definitely a special ceremony to be a part of.

It was on a beautiful sunset day, with no wind but the lovely couple of Rochelle and Anthony at Muriwai Beach (west Auckland). Their engagement session was a blast of love, colours and joy. Accompanied by the loyal and crazy black Skyla the photoshoot was even more fun. These two got engaged by the beach, its beauty and eternity.

If the love of your life proposed on-top of the Sky Tower, you would definitely say yes! Yes?? Well, Natalie said no, rather-not here. Natalie (nurse) and Ari (great basket ball player) love the country. And so, this lovely country photoshoot on a beautiful summer day, in the fields of Pukekokhe, was born. The lovers, who are best-friends and great accomplices, had fun together and made the session easy and fun.

Here is a few tips for you to get ready for your engagement or couple session and make the most of it. First of all it’s important to pick up the right location : one that is meaningful for you two. It can be a park, somewhere in the city : an area, a restaurant or by the beach, by a river… Once you have chosen I will  tell you what is the best time for the location depending on the light.

If you try too hard to hold their head in a certain position the chin can end up being too far up or down. I’ll let you know if that’s the case though. Sometimes there’s the subconscious reflex of miming the position of the photographer’s head, slightly sideways and tilted down, and it doesn’t look quite right!