I had the opportunity to interview Anna from Our Pacific, a travel company that specialises in holiday deals to the Pacific Islands. She is a Wedding Specialist and will help you organise your Fiji wedding smoothly. Future brides and grooms, here is an interview full of information that will comfort you with the idea of getting help from such an expert.

Pansy and John came all the way from China to enjoy the Aotearoa summer and for an intimate pre wedding photo shoot.  The two were playful, fun, partners in crime, in love… We went to different locations around Te Anau such as the Manapouri lake (maori for “lake of the sorrowing heart”), Te Anau Downs and some more secret valleys and rivers along the road to Milford Sounds.

Laure and Cyril travelled across the world to visit New Zealand and decided to get married during their trip. Only the celebrant and two witnesses attended the ceremony. And me of course, to capture this intimate and quite unique wedding.

Richard and Leteisha had a stunning wedding at the Mission Estate Winery in Napier, New Zealand. Their friends and family graced the event and we captured amazing moments throughout the whole day. I asked Leteisha what it takes to pull off a successful and stress-free wedding as the bride. Read the interview below to get tips on how to chose the right people to help plan your wedding, to make sure you stay calm and relaxed on  your big day.

Welcome to your video cast’s Sweet as Wedding, a weekly interview for you with a professional from the wedding industry to ensure that your wedding will be perfect. With your host, Anais Chaine Photography, an international photographer.

All anybody ever wants for their wedding is lots of love, laughter, tears (of joy of course), family and friends, crazy traditions and that special touch that makes it unique to you. Well, Laura & Dimitri’s wedding was this and more. Out in the lovely country, at the magnificent Chateau D’Epeyssoles (France), Laura and Dimitri exchanged nuptials.

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!