A look at what happens with your photos after the wedding day is over.
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A behind the scenes look at how I approach the wedding day.
Read MoreAnatomy of a Wedding Photography Job | Part 2 - Pre-shoot Prep
A look at some of the things I do to make sure I am ready to photograph your wedding day.
Read MoreAnatomy of a Wedding Photography Job | Part 1
Being a wedding photographer is more than just turning up to a wedding and taking some photos. A look at what happens behind the scenes in the lead up to your wedding day.
Read MoreThe Bride and Groom Portrait
A must have shot - the bride and groom portrait.
Read MoreThe Accidential Wedding Photographer
Never Say Never. Reflections on becoming a wedding photographer.
Read MoreNew Brighton Beach Wedding
A lot can go wrong at a beach wedding.
Read MoreExpect the Unexpected
Expect the Unexpected.
Read MoreWedding Planning Flexibility
Wedding planning flexibility.
Read MoreWedding Reception Emotion
Wedding reception emotion.
Read MoreKatie and Aaron | Hanmer Springs Wedding
Katie and Aaron contacted me from Australia.
Read MoreGetting Ready for a Christchurch Wedding
When I first started photographing weddings back in 2007, every wedding felt like a sprint.
Read MoreInterview with My Wed
Interview with MyWed. A bit tongue in cheek at times, but a bit of fun answering their questions.
Read MoreCook Island Wedding - Behind the Scenes
Behind the scenes at a Cook Island wedding.
Read MoreWedding Photography: Cakes
You are going to laugh, but one of the things I love about wedding photography is finding the cake and taking some photos of it.
Visually I love wedding cakes because they are always so different. Prior to each wedding reception, I make a point of entering the reception area and finding the cake for some photos.
I love the moment when I come around a corner and discover the cake. It's a ha-HA moment, that reveals to me a little bit of the personality of the bride and groom.
Bride and groom icons on the cakes are nearly always different and are pretty cool. Then there are the knives supplied to cut the cakes - some are like swords out of the Middle Ages.
While I have always photographed the wedding cake by itself, I make a point these days to take a straight on vertical photo of the wedding cake at every wedding I do.
Why?
They look great paired with another detail photograph in a wedding book.
Some other quirky things I realised while pulling a few wedding cake photos from my image archive for this post:
...I've never eaten a single slice of wedding cake at any of the weddings I've photographed.
...I've photographed a number of weddings that didn't actually have a wedding cake.
...(Thankfully) I've never seen a wedding cake get accidentally knocked over at a wedding.
Long live the wedding cake in all its glory.
Wedding photography cakes.
Wedding photography cakes.
Wedding photography cakes.