28th Nov 2009, 9:47pm

I feel like I had been looking forward to this wedding for so long (not as long as Bailey and Justin of course!), Kawhia is such a cool place from a photography point of view...cute old buildings, beautiful colours...just MMmmmm! 

Bailey and Justin had planned to be married under the sacred tree but sadly the weather didn't oblige.  In the end though, it totally doesn't matter; two people were married surrounded by their family and friends and it was good!

So then we headed off looking for sheltered spots for our photos.  We found a few and we found some very un-sheltered ones too...Bailey and Justin (and their bridal party too) were great sports and willing to try pretty much anything.  And we were really lucky to be able to still use most of the locations we had scoped out so despite the weather we have heaps of great photos.

Check out the gallery now up on Facebook.

Congratulations Bailey, Justin and Jesse, you're a beautiful family!

22nd Nov 2009, 9:37pm

Today we had the honour of photogrpahing Marc and Aki's long awaited wedding at Mellow Manor.  Aki is the first bride who has ever told me that her dream wedding day included a bouncy castle!

Congratulations Marc and Aki, all the best!

We also had a special guest shooter with us today, Colleen Kiddie came over from Tauranga to hang out.  Thanks Colleen, it was great to have you along.

22nd Nov 2009, 7:13am

Apparently there was an accident and the power was off all over the place last night but I was so impressed with the way the caterers and the Rosenvale people just went to plan B and everything just fell into place.  Food was cooked on the BBQ and a generator appeared and the show went on :-)  Of all the things you think might go wrong on your wedding day...no power has never occurred to me.  Nice to know the people who needed to had it covered.

Greg and Alicia are such a gorgeous couple.  Greg says "When I first saw Alicia I thought 'Wow I wish I could get a girl like that' and now I'm married to her" then he cracks up and says "so be careful what you wish for!"

I love it :-)

22nd Nov 2009, 7:08am

These guys were gorgeous in the studio yesterday.  We often have face pulling competitions to warm up for the 'real' photos but in this case I just can't resist blogging the warm up...

I think Grandma is gonna luuurve this one ;-)

19th Nov 2009, 4:55pm

I had a go at shooting solo on Saturday and am loving the gorgeous pics of my friends Jayne and Dave and their two gorgeous sprogglings Alley and baby Nick.  Thank you for letting me take over your house and re-arrange your livings rooms.  

and I did all the photoshop work myself too :)  

16th Nov 2009, 7:32pm

Look at the awesome vintage ottoman I found today at the Sallies...

...the monkey on top I already had :-)

14th Nov 2009, 8:28am

My local NZIPP colleagues did pretty well this year in the Kodak Gold Awards!  We were comparing notes and decided to do a joint press release...an event that required a photo of course!  Thanks to Kelvin Teixeira of Look Photography for doing the honours.

Left to right: Helen Jones, Isaac de Reus, Nicola Inglis and Karyn Flett (Amber de Reus also bagged a couple of medals but couldn't make it for the photo)

Keep an eye out for us in the Hamilton press next week!

9th Nov 2009, 8:14pm

All of a sudden we're busy with family portraits which is so cool!

This weekend we got to hang out with John and Jane and their gorgeous boys.  John coached my son's soccer team this season and he was such a great coach.  He was so patient with the kids and always unfailingly positive and enthusiastic.  All of which makes him a great Dad too of course.  I just loved seeing the way they played together, particularly when they didn't know there was a camera pointing their way.

Actually they're pretty gorgeous when they're posing too, wouldn't you say?

3rd Nov 2009, 5:04pm

Kelly first emailed me back in May to ask about doing a relaxed family portrait session with her gorgeous kids.  It took a bit of planning but we made it happen this weekend!

Huge thanks to Karyn (of Photofever) for the lend of her studio in Te Awamutu (Kelly lives in Te Kuiti so we met half way to make it easier!).  Monkey enjoyed the trip too and put on a good show for the kids :-)

Such a cute family...

Thanks guys, can't wait to show you the rest!