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Maryssa & Shaun held their wedding at the beautiful Glendhu Station in Wanaka. The ceremony spot looks over Lake Wanaka and is absolutely breathtaking… but it had nothing on Maryssa’s beauty, as you can see by Shauns reaction as she came down the aisle to meet and marry him. After making it offical in front of their loved ones, we got some photos with their bridal party around Glendhu Station, then the couple whisked away in a chopper to Coromandel Peak for some serious wedding goal photos. Coromandel Peak is quite famous for it’s hero shot, overlooking the lake and mountains, it’s pretty ..read more

Polly & Matthan’s intimate wedding was held up Deer Park Heights surrounded by amazing views every way you look… The location is a working farm so there are animals freely roaming the paddocks, including some uninvited buffalo that wanted to eat the whole flower arch setup. We didn’t want Polly attacked holding her flowers mid ceremony, so we changed the location further up the hill last minute, where the buffalo couldn’t get to. Except for that, it’s pretty cool having random animals witness you get married at their home. Polly’s highlight of the day was being able to feed her favourite a ..read more

The stars truely aligned for Courtney & Dan’s wedding day! New Zealand’s border only opened 2 days earlier for the Aussie couple to sneak in, and they made it back home after their honeymoon, only to go straight into a Covid lockdown! They had the ceremony at their celebrants; Erin Hill’s amazing house overlooking Lake Hayes with a handful of their closest buds to witness. We then headed off in a helicopter for a double landing to find some epic backdrops and snow in the middle of Winter, stopping at the always breath-taking Remarkables then Vanguard Peak for a snow fight a sunset. It was ..read more

2020 hasn’t been a great year for weddings worldwide… But Covid-19 didn’t stop adventurous couple Lucretia and Jayme, instead they wanted to make the most of a shit situation. The gorgeous young couple got engaged the weekend before NZ went into Level 4 lockdown so they used this that time to think about what was really important to them. A wedding wouldn’t have been right without their overseas family so they decided to screw waiting until the borders opened and they booked their Queenstown winter elopement to happen 3 months from their engagement! They wanted a fun, romantic and intimate day ..read more

Morgan & Matthew are the sweetest couple who choose to have an intimate wedding with just their very closest family and friends in Queenstown. The English couple live in Queenstown, but their immediate families flew all the way from the UK to celebrate with them and visit where they now call home. But unfortunately, days before their wedding, Covid-19 broke out in NZ. Half the family/guests arrived in NZ after they announced the 2 week quarantine, so they weren’t aloud be present at the wedding they had flown across the world for because they were self isolating in their Air BnB down the r ..read more

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When Renee & Mark first booked me they had me locked in for covering their whole wedding day, my photo booth booked, the works. Then after a couple of months of planning they emailed and said they have done a 180. They didn’t want to have a big wedding the following Summer, instead they wanted to elope this Winter. I was stoked as I love helping to plan elopements. You can pick the best time of day for photos, theres no hurry in returning to your guests, and the day is purely about your love (and epic photos). We planned to fly to Fog Peak in Wanaka because there was a good chance they wou ..read more