Hi guys

Just over a week ago, our Perspectives crew headed out to photograph / film Stu & Tiffany’s wedding day, at St Georges Anglican church in Epsom, and their reception at Mantells.

In the morning, Mat & I headed around to catch up with Stu and his groomsmen.
They all had these custom cufflinks, which was really cool. Stu’s were the ‘Star Wars’ ones… which actually ties perfectly into the theme for the wedding… fairies & robots

Stu & two of his groomsmen played in bands together… and the house had plenty of Stu’s guitars around… which made for a cool rings photo

Stu & Tiffany have affectionately nicknamed their house ‘The Mauve Abode’ … in homage to the striking purple paint (which was already there when they bought it!). So it was only fair to get a few cool outdoor shots. I liked the way the light was falling through the roof overhead and the shadows it cast.

Meanwhile – around at the girls place – Amber, Jared, and Holly were busy with filming & photographing the preparations. Tiffany’s parents have a gorgeous big villa, filled with perfect light in abundance!

We headed down to the church, where Stu & his groomsmen saw to the final arrangements & waited for the guests to begin arriving. Rob – one of the groomsmen – looked very pious sitting all alone in the pews. I showed him this shot on the back of the screen – and he admitted he was actually looking for Samuel L. Jackson’s famous lines from “Pulp Fiction” in Ezekiel.

Just after signing the register, Stu & Tiff were standing over by this window, making for some cool contrasty light. Holly captured this image.

After a few shots outside the church, we headed down to the Winter Gardens by the Auckland Museum – where we raced around trying to beat the 5.30pm gate lockup!

These next two shots were taken in exactly the same place, just from different angles. The first going with the sun (it’s all natural light), and the second directly backlit (again, all natural light). It’s cool that you can achieve two totally different looks without needing to move!

Once the gardens closed, we spent 10 minutes down in this gorgeous little piece of bush – who would have thought this is in the centre of Auckland city!

Back at Mantells in Mount Eden, we floated around and captured the evening as it unfolded.

After the first dance, I don’t think we saw Tiffany off the dancefloor… this is the perfect picture of a bride just rocking out & loving her wedding day!!

Keep an eye out on our Perspectives Photo + Cinema Facebook Page over the next few weeks… for the release of Stu & Tiffany’s cinematic wedding film

Stu & Tiff – thanks so much for having us along to share a part in your amazing wedding day! We had such a great time with you all – and there are plenty more pics to follow

Isaac, Amber, Jared, Mat, and Holly.

Last year, we met up with this awesome couple from the Waikato… who came up (with their beautiful dog, Diesel) for an engagement session.

Here’s a couple more photos from that shoot…

Fast forward a few months… and the whole Perspectives crew was heading back down to the Waikato, where we photographed & filmed their wedding.

The film will be up on our blog in a while.. but we do have a few photos to share with you now

Mat and Isaac headed around to the boys in the morning – where a bit of clay bird shooting was going down. We kitted up in our earmuffs and tested out the focus capabilities of the cameras, trying to capture fast moving objects exploding!

It was pretty competitive – I don’t think the boys were giving Luke any ‘It’s your wedding day” concessions!!

We followed the boys back up to the house, where, after a dip in the pool – it was time to get ready & head out to Sarnia Park in Cambridge.

I noticed this cool canvas of one of the engagement photos up on the wall… so I popped it down & it became a cool backdrop for the rings photo.

Meanwhile… around at the girls place… Amber, Holly & Jared were filming / photographing the process of getting ready. Luke scored himself some bonus points by sending Tracey a gift & card.. and even managed to match her wedding jewelry!

Emily – one of Tracey’s bridesmaids – was just married a few weeks beforehand & all the girls were bridesmaids… so they were pros!

It was out to Sarnia Park – where we all reunited & took our positions to capture the ceremony as it unfolded.

We headed out to a few nearby locations for photos – and Diesel came along for a few too!

One of the jobs Luke had for the wedding was to organize the cars. So… he went out & bought this silver Cadillac! I don’t know if that’s quite what Tracey had in mind!!

Back at the reception, there were plenty of laughs…

We were staying around to catch the sunset… but, it was such a lovely blue day that it never eventuated! So instead, we headed outdoors at twilight to play with the fading evening light & the lighting around Sarnia Park.

It was a beautiful end to a stunning wedding day. We had such a great time with you guys!

One of the coolest things is that… even though most of the wedding stuff is all done & dusted… here are the fun things on the way you can look forward to… the release of the film … the rest of  the photos… finalizing the design of your Queensberry album… and actually getting the finished album back!

If you’ve enjoyed these photos – make sure you head along and ‘like’ our Perspectives Photo + Cinema Facebook Page – where you can stay updated with all our latest creations.

Until next time

Amber, Jared, Mat, Holly, and Isaac.