Having a client who knows what they want makes my job so much easier, and Jamie and Scott had a pretty good idea. Scott’s a good photographer himself and he had hired me because my style matched what he was picturing in his head. After our initial chat he went off and rounded up some [...]
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I’ve always wanted to shoot in the majestic theatres around Wellington, they are just full of awesome nooks and crannies. So when I met up with Jonathan Crehan to chat about his portrait session and he mentioned the St James Theatre I got rather excited. I may have squealed a little. Jonathan is a rather [...]
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Dave and Rehka live in England and hired me to be their wedding photographer through the awesome planner Charlotte Wood. I met them only days before the wedding and they were just so lovely I knew the day was going to be fun to shoot. Wedding Planner: Charlotte Wood Hair & Make-up: Dara Wakley Venue: [...]
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Simon and Jen had their wedding at Pravda in central Wellington recently and it was an absolute blast. The venue is a classy cafe by day and a restaurant by night, with a Russian theme to it that is beautiful. They have 2 young girls who looked so cute all dressed up and since Jen [...]
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I met Katherine and Tim almost a year ago and they seemed to be so laid back about their wedding that it was infectious, they made me relax. Skip forward quite a few months and their wedding day was just a pleasure, so easy to work with and such fun. She got ready at City [...]
The weather report for Jane and Andrew’s big day looked promising: Sunny with late cloud. Not the absolute perfect conditions for a photographer but pretty close. Needless to say, the boffins at the Met Service were bloody wrong. It rained. Having spent a fair amount of time in the UK, Jane and Andrew had hired [...]
I’ve been a fan of The Melvins since the late 90′s when a friend introduced me to their album Stag after a gig one night. It blew me away with it’s distorted, dissident but yet highly melodic tunes and I knew I was going out the next day to buy the CD (This is before [...]
Earlier this year Pretty Pictures, a business I have with my partner Jaime Leigh specialising in Pin up and Retro Photography, were a major sponsor of the Miss Burlesque New Zealand pageant in Wellington, New Zealand. We sponsored the People’s Choice Award which was won by the effervescent Miss Busty La Belle and as such [...]
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New Zealand magazine Pulp have a photography competition every year that is open to anyone and attracts some great talent, I was hoping to be one of those lucky people this year. Along with my partner Jaime Leigh, our two awesome models Lauren and Nicola, and some MASSIVE woolly socks we threw together this little [...]
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One of the main reasons I fell in love with my studio was the huge ceiling space. It was vaulted, had exposed beams and the monkey in me just wanted to build a cubby house up there. When I had the lamps on, the rafters would throw all kinds of great shadows around and turned [...]
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