Melissa & Brett live in Cananda but came back home to NZ to be surrounded in their closest family and friends on their wedding day. I didn’t get to meet Melissa & Brett before the wedding but it didn’t matter in the slightest. When I arrived at Melissa’s parents house the morning of the wedding, Melissa was calm, collected, absolutely radiant and ready to marry her man. I LOVED that we had photographs before the ceremony – wedding days always seem to go more smoothly when the majority of photographs are taken before. Melissa & Brett, thank you so much for the incredible privilege it was to capture your beautiful intimate wedding. I wish you a lifetime of happiness together xx

First look time…

On to the ceremony..

I LOVE Mantells. I could shoot their all day, it was seriously amazing! Every corner was beautiful.

A few weeks ago I was incredibly fortunate to fly to beautiful Queenstown to capture Melissa & TeMarae’s wedding at the Heritage Hotel. I photographed their engagement a few months back and got to know a little more about this couple, I saw how they interacted with each other and it was beautiful to watch. Melissa & TeMarae’s wedding was everything I knew it would be and more. I love how they chose to do a first look and have photographs before the wedding, to maximize the time spent with closest family and friends. It was such a relaxed, beautiful occasion that I felt privileged to be part of xx

First look…

A few photos surrounded by Queenstown’s breathtaking scenary.. there was so many gorgeous options for photo locations it was quite overwhelming!

The ceremony was held on the balcony of the Heritage Hotel overlooking the lake.

Melissa & TeMarae surprised guests with a cruise around the lake on Queenstowns iconic vintage steamship, Earnslaw.

Sailing off into the night..

Sonjia & Seleni’s wedding was on a glorious sunny day (love). Lots of people think it must be hard to photograph a wedding when there is no cloud cover, and although I’ll admit it isn’t as easy, I love that sun-flare and gorgeous light I get on a clear sky day. The vibrant colours, the joy and celebration and the passion that Sonjia & Seleni’s guests so obviously had for this couple were my privilege to capture. xx

The songs were sung with passion. I won’t lie, it gave me goosebumps.

Could not get over the gorgeous little flower girls eyes!

Sonjia is a dancer, hence her amazing flexibility!

Stuart & Olivia won my engagement photo shoot competition last year. I chose the winner based on the most ‘creative’ proposal story – subjective I know! Whenever you put the word ‘creative’ into something, it always will mean different things to different people. So despite the bad choice of wording for my competition criteria, Olivia & Stu just stood right out to me. I mean what could be more creative than an accountant who made an incredibly unique art exhibition to propose to his girlfriend! (Check out their proposal story in the comments section down the bottom of this post) During Olivia & Stu’s engagement shoot I got a strong sense of how much these two meant to each other. Immediately, I was SO excited for their wedding as I knew it would be an amazing reflection of their unique, creative and loving relationship. Olivia & Stuart, thank you for being an inspiration. xx

Olivia is a dancer so during the photos she practiced one of the moves with the boys… such a brave bride! You can check out their amazing dance here.

Their venue at the Waikato Performing Arts centre looked incredible! The ‘glow’ theme was carried throughout.

Each guest had a personalised favour.