2020 Photography Education Schedule Announcement - New Zealand | Australia | UK | Online {Auckland wedding-family photographer}

Hello Beautiful People!

Happy New Year! This year was so amazing for me with 3 live workshop and one online one and many more exciting plans awaiting ahead. As you asking about 2020 plans, Im happy to do a Photography Education Schedule Announcement:

New Workshop Dates 2020 Announced!

7 February - one-day mini-workshop in Melbourne, Aus;

20-22 March - class at Phlock Conference in Manchester, UK;

23 March - 4-weeks online Class at Click Photo School;

26-27 April - Auckland, New Zealand;

8-9 June - Sydney, Aus;

November - TBC, New Zealand;

- 4-weeks online Class at Click Photo School.

More Details and Sign Up at workshop page, or Contact Us with any questions!

It’s going to be an amazing experience! I can not wait to share my knowledge, my heart and my soul with all incredible artists and support your development.

Please share this info with your friends-photographers who may be interested.

Let the adventure begin!

Hope this year brings more openings, discoveries, harmony and balance with new directions!

P.S.: I still will be taking limited number of weddings and sessions as I love my beautiful couples and families and I would love to document so special for them moments in a beautiful, emotional and real way!

Warmly,

Olga

Auckland Workshop

Bracu - Dianna and Jae {Auckland wedding photographer}

Im so excited to share with you gorgeous moments at Bracu where Dianna & Jae celebrated their special moments with close friends and family in South Auckland, Bombay hills at stunning olive estate. It was a honour for me to be their wedding photographer and document all emotional, beautiful and real moments!

Couple shared their love story: “ We knew each other's existence since 2013 but met eachother as single people in 2015 through mutual friends' outrageous night out. We started off as friends but wasn't smooth as Dianna thought Jae was cocky. Jae took interest and started feeding Dianna lots of his special homemade brownies to bribe her. However love portion in the brownies did not work , Dianna was not interested and rejected Jae initially . Jae started to have different approach and started to play hard to get. Dianna realised that she had feelings for Jae and started dating on boxing day 2015 down at the rock cliff at the mission bay view point. We have been dating since then so It has been almost 4 years now! We got engaged on September 2018.”

The proposal: “He took me to a nice restauarant after work for dinner. Then blindfolded me and said we were going to a desserts restaurant. Jae tried to take me to the place where we had our kiss and started dating properly down the rocks at mission bay view point. But it was raining and we couldn't go down to the rocks. Jae also prepared a story book of photos of our 4 years together to show me and went through our highlights of the relationship . Jae popped the question outside in the rain while I was kindly holding up the umbrella. Then we went to have some movenpick ice cream to relax.” Amazing love story!

Great Creative Team:

Wedding planner - Katrina MCs - Jisu Han and Min Lee Celebrant - Nicola Taylor Ceremony Dress - Lisa Holst design Reception dress - dressmaker Polly Make up - Ellie Choi Hair - Jade Freestone Engagement Ring - Culet Wedding bands - Guthries Flowers - little leaf florals props-event essentials, pretty prop shop, auckland event hire Signs- Vistaprint Suit- possibly three wise men? not entirely decided yet Jae's shoes-Barkers Dianna's shoes- custom made from Korea Diana's jewellery- Alma J Bridal and Auckland wedding photographers - L & L, Levien & Lens photography

Enjoy highlights of couples photo gallery in Bracu, stunning Auckland wedding venue with everything on one site:

Elopement | Wedding photography Giveaway {Auckland weddings photographers}

This Time of the Year! It’s time to share the LOVE!

I decided to giveaway an elopement | wedding package to one lucky couple who are getting married in 2020-2021 season!
For a little, over two weeks I’ll be accepting entries from engaged couples who are searching for their perfect photographer to document their most special day - elopement | wedding. I would LOVE to capture these special moments that will be treasured forever! Whether you’re local or far away, this giveaway is an incredible opportunity to have your story captured as real and romantic as it was. Can't wait to hear from you!
Tag your friend who may be interested!
For entries simply visit the L & L page below and fill the form:
www.levienphotography.com/wedding-photography-giveaway
Entries will be closed on 8th January {my birthday!}, the winner will be announced on 27th January 2020.
Let the adventure begin!
Good luck!

* This Wedding giveaway cannot be sold, traded, transferred, or exchanged for cash or any other item of service. This giveaway is not in any way affiliated with Facebook or Instagram.

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Top Nine - Best of 2019 {Auckland wedding - engagement - maternity - newborn-family photography}

This year was just amazing and Im so excited to share with you Best of 2019 - beautiful, emotional and real moments from wedding - engagement - maternity - newborn and family photography.

It was amazing and crazy busy year: with shooting 24 weddings and 17 photo shoots, including one styled shoot, traveling to Bali, Germany, Austria {Europe}, Melbourne, Australia and South Island of New Zealand {Christchurch, Auckland, Gore}; running 3 live photography workshops {two in Auckland and one in Melbourne}, and 4-weeks online workshop Love, Light & Laughter at Click Photo School. Such a beautiful time! I just loved to share my knowledge, my love and my soul!

I progressed in my ice skating, participating in Adult World Championship in Oberstdorf, and won some gold and silver medals on New Zealand Nationals, as well as participated with my synchro team in Australian Nationals, where we got very close to 3rd place with just 0.1 points of difference in scores!

Lot of hard work for the next year and exciting plans ahead! Practice and progress in everything I do!

I can not wait to see what next year brings!

My focus for the next year is harmony, balance, capture only limited number of weddings and sessions, concentrating on personal and educational projects/photography workshops, family and myself, keep doing ice skating and participating in international competitions. I hope to improve my level in everything I do. Having a good sport hobby allowing not only keep healthy body and mind, but also come back refresh to my photography and business. So important to find time for yourself!

Enjoy this look back in some favourites from the last season - best of 2019, including my Top 9 on instagram - on my Personal and Business accounts!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

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LLF Best Images from 2019 Kids Contest {Auckland family-children-newborn photographers}

Im so thrilled to share with you exciting news: one of my images took a place in LLF Best Images from 2019 Kids Contest. Its such a pleasure for me, Auckland photographer, to be included in the best international family-children-newborn photographers Award. This is a truly amazing honourable mention.

Thank you to Lookslikefilm and to my beautiful family clients that make this moment happen!

Enjoy highlights of best photographs in this publication and my photo below:

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Karekare - Piha - Muriwai beach - West Auckland pre-wedding photography

I would love to share with you amazing session with Doris & jacob at Karekare - Piha - Muriwai Beach and Riverhead Forest - stunning West Auckland locations, just perfect for pre-wedding photography. Couple made their way from Hong Kong to this beautiful destination. It was a honour for me, New Zealand wedding and engagement photographer to capture so special for this couple moments.

The highlight of the session was not only beautiful and emotional, natural and romantic moments in their relationship, but also 4 different outfits! So amazing and just perfect!

Enjoy highlights of this photo gallery:

One session - Four Dresses {Pre-Wedding New Zealand - Auckland engagement photographer}

I’m so excited to share with you a sneak peek from one session with four dresses!!! Doris & Jacob come to pre-wedding session in New Zealand from Hong Kong, couple contacted me as an Auckland engagement photographer to take some beautiful and emotional natural photos at the beach.

We could not limit the session just to one beach so decided to travel around stunning New Zealand West Coast - begin from Riverhead forest, then Muriwai Beach and travel to Karekare Falls and Piha Beach. All this travelling totally worth it!

Such a breathtaking environment!

Enjoy this quick sneak peek with Doris & Jacob in Auckland, New Zealand.

Muriwai Beach Pre-Wedding photo shoot {Auckland engagement-maternity photographer}

Beautiful moments at Georgiana & Codie Muriwai Beach Pre-wedding photo shoot in Auckland. Its such a pleasure for me engagement-wedding-maternity photographer to capture so beautiful and emotional moments for this couple.

Enjoy highlights in the gallery!

Couple shared their story: “ We have been together eight years - we got together in first year at university and have been together ever since. We met at our first year hall and bonded over a mutual love of tv shows and procrastinating from study”. Proposal: “Codie was so concerned with making it a surprise and I was so suspicious (we had already bought the ring so I knew it was coming) that he surprised me at home and THEN took me out to a lovely regional park where we had bubbles and strawberries. It was lovely! He was so nervous and it was so sweet haha “ So romantic story!

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Forest Engagement Session {Auckland pre-wedding photographer}

Enjoy highlights of Riverhead Forest engagement session with Tracy & Chris, such a pleasure for me as an Auckland re-wedding photographer to capture these special for couple moments.

We meet with Tracey & Chris at the afternoon and had such amazing time, walking and talking and capturing some beautiful, emotional and real moments.

Couple shared their story: “Weve been together 7 years...following 2.5 years long distance, we moved to London together and have been home 3 years back in nz. Have ticked the boxes of our first home, two fur babies and got engaged. We love travel and adventure both in our own country and abroad!” Proposal happened: “At Waiwera, a place very special to us and where Chris felt he knew I was the one for him. We went up on our 6th anniversary and in walking on the beach, fireworks in the background again symbolising our first weekend away 6 years ago... Chris got down on one knee and proposed! Surprised me for sure!” So beautiful and romantic story!

(this photo shoot come together as a call for my photography workshop Love, Light & Lighter. I appreciate couple helped to other photographers education}

Happy future together

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Family | Kids | Maternity | Newborn photography in Auckland {Muriwai Beach}

Im so excited to announce a new direction in my journey - Family | Kids | Maternity | Newborn photography in Auckland, as well as my educational projects for photographers {Ebook “Tales of the Moments” and live and online workshops “Love, Light & Laughter”.

As a mum and photographer myself I treasure these moments with my kids, they growing so fast. I had a lot of inquiries from my past wedding clients about maternity/newborn shoots and can’t accomodate them all till now.

I decided to do a big leap in my photography, business and lifestyle and take on ONLY limited number of weddings {10! per year comparing with over 40 weddings last season!} and also switch focus to short couples, family sessions and elopements to spend more time with my family. My kids 6, 7 and 12 years old need my attention and support.

I’m very excited to move deeper into the new revenue and switch attention from big events to intimate sessions with ability to capture closer even more love and connection! I appreciate your support! Spread the word around!

I recently did a shoot with Natalia’s family and it was just incredible! Enjoy these highlights in photo gallery and let me know if you would like to book a session {only limited number of spots left this year}!. Get in before the Christmas!

• Do you want to watch me shooting this family | kids photo shoot and learn everything from me? Join 4-weeks online workshop at Click Photo School “Love, Light & Laughter”. I can not wait for this adventure begin {28 October}

and… we are moving a house, again! Not far though, just around the corner from Hobsonville to Whenuapai :) I’m also thinking about creating in-home studio {work in progress}. I can not wait for new personal projects and collaborations!

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Workshop for photographers in Auckland done {New Zealand wedding photographer}

Im so excited to share with you a quick news and sneak peek from my recent workshop for photographers in Auckland. We done amazing discoveries, soul searching, few creative shoots, portfolio critique, all things business and so many Ah-Ha moments! So amazing people joined from all around New Zealand and not only wedding but also family photographer.

Thank you to a great Creative team:

Couples: Georgiana & Codie, Tracey & Chris, Makeup - Lipstick & Co team @lipstick_and_co_team Dress designer - Harriett Falvey @harriettfalvey Venue - HU’s Art Farm @husartfarm .

• Do you know you can learn "Love, Light & Laughter" online at 4-weeks full on workshop @clickphotoschool {details in bio}. Dont forget to grab your seat! Begin 28 October . Only ONE week to go!
  #learnlovelightlaughter .

  Enjoy highlights from our workshop!

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Family of four - Muriwai Beach photo shoot {Auckland couple-kids photographer}

Im so excited to share with you a sneak peek with family of four - Natalia & Sam with their sweet daughters on Muriwai Beach {Auckland}. This photo shoot was just incredible, full of love, light & laughter, with couple and kids photos. Its a great honour for me another photographer and my friend, Natalia - Little Lovely NZ, trusted me to do photo shoot of her beautiful family!

Enjoy this quick sneak peek!

• watch me shooting this session in my online workshop at Click Photo School, only two weeks to go now!

Contact me with any questions!

Forest + Beach Pre-wedding photo shoot {Auckland engagement photographer}

Im so delightful to share with you amazing forest + beach pre-wedding photo shoo with Hui & Alwen. Couple made their way from Hong-Kong to Auckland for their engagement session, it was a please to be their photographer.

We went to Riverhead forest first and then moved to the Muriwai Beach. It was amazing light and atmosphere. Such a magical comparing with original shooting date when was pure rain. Couple took a gamble and reschedule for their very last evening in Auckland, they moved to airport right after the session.

Enjoy highlights of this romantic photo shoot in the gallery! Let me know if you have any questions!

• For photographers: “Love, Light & Laughter” online workshop open for registration at Click Photo School. Reserve your spot early to ensure availability!

Engagement session - Muriwai Beach {Auckland wedding photographers}

Im so excited to share with you a engagement session sneak peek with gorgeous Cherrie & Cecil at Muriwai Beach . Couple made their way from Hong-Kong before their wedding. Such a pleasure to be their photographers and document so many romantic, real and beautiful moments.

Couple shared their story: “We met ten years ago at the University. We took the same class in Philosophy, which was compulsory. Then we were being assigned to the same group for a project. We went out to a restaurant near the campus for noodles on our first date.”

Need to mentioned weather in Auckland at this time of year very changeable with lots of rain, we even rescheduling their session. Luckily this day was great. We had just enough sun to capture the beautifu of Love & Light and all connections.

Enjoy this session photo gallery!

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Before and After | Editing Workflow and Post-processing {Auckland engagement | wedding photographer

I never shared here my Before & After, what I do in my editing workflow and post-processing. There a lot of magic and work to enhance the world around, bring some colours, pop the subject, make background looks beautiful and my couples look their best, and add some contrast, as our cameras just can’t often translate how we see the world and how we feel it! Of course it all starting on location with getting it right in the camera, creating connections, compose boldly and choosing the right angle and perspective to translate emotions. But it also a lot of time afterwards working on details and bringing your vision to reality!

As an Auckland engagement and wedding photographer I traveled all around and visited many beautiful places at photo shoots, but my heart belongs to stunning West Coast Beaches {Piha, Muriwai, Karekare, Bethells etc}.

As an Artist Im bringing my vision in the final process creating beautiful, emotional and real photographs that connects to couple love and storytelling.

Enjoy my Before & After to see what I changed in post-processing Jess & Jason pre-wedding session. Watch me shooting and editing this photo shoot in my online workshop “Love, Light & Laughter” at Click Photo School {registration open now, spaces fill out quickly, get in first}.

Before {SOOC - straight out of camera image}

AFTER - EDIT

BEFORE

AFTER {EDIT}

BEFORE {SOOC}

AFTER {EDIT}

BEFORE {SOOC}

AFTER {EDIT}

Let me know if you have any questions!

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Love - Light - Laughter - pre-wedding session in Auckland {engagement - wedding photography}

Im so excited to share with you my recent session on Muriwai Beach. Great news its been filmed for my online workshop “Love - Light - Laughter” at Click Photo School. You can see me creating connections and shooting this pre-wedding session in Auckland with Synthea & Nathan, such amazing couple, just had their engagement and preparing for upcoming wedding in may. Such an exciting time!

This beautiful photography gallery truly reflect all emotions, real moments and document feel of adventure. Couple been dancing, walking in the water. Once I even got washed out by unexpected wave {luckily camera was save}.

Enjoy highlights in photo gallery:

Clickin Walk 2019 - Karekare Beach + Falls {Auckland lifestyle family-wedding photographers}

Im so excited to share with you photos from very special event - annual Clickin Walk 2019 on Karekare Beach and Falls, where women {Auckland lifestyle family-wedding photographers, Clickin Moms} comes together once a year to meet, chat and take some photos on the way.

This time we met on amazing setting with gorgeous landscapes - wide open Karekare Beach, place where famous Piano was filmed.

We usually rotating location {last year it was Auckland City, previous year Muriwai beach}, and this time it was just perfect for finding peace and tranquility in a nature setting.

Enjoy highlights in photo gallery. What a pleasure to organise and meet so many wonderful people!

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Don’t forget to secure your space for online workshop “Love, Light & Laughter” at Click Photo School {28 October}. Spaces are limited to ensure best possible experience. This time we go deep and personal!

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Best of 2018 | 2019 - family-kids personal photos {Auckland wedding engagement photographer}

BEST OF 2018/2019 {AUCKLAND FAMILY-NEWBORN PHOTOGRAPHER | NEW ZEALAND WEDDING-ENGAGEMENT PHOTOGRAPHERS}

This season pass so quickly, one of the best so far! . I mostly benn shooting in Auckland {family-newborn photographer} and travel around New Zealand and beyond {to Pacific Islands, Germany, and Bali as wedding engagement photographers with my husband Matt - associate}. i would love to share with you best family, newborn photos as I already shared top wedding-engagement photos of the season.

As a photographer and mum I treasure all these special moments that fly by so fast! Enjoy highlights of this season in the gallery.

Contact me with any questions!

P.S.: Im so excited about my upcoming workshop “Love, Light & Laughter” at Click Photo School. It’s going to be amazing 4 weeks full of learning, inspiration, new friendships and personal feedback and growth. I would love to have you join!

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Love and Light - Pre-wedding session in New Zealand {Auckland engagement photographer}

Love and Light - these two words perfectly describing this gorgeous pre-wedding session New Zealand - Auckland with Hui & Elwin {couple made their way from overseas and it was a honour to be their engagement photographer and document such emotional and real moments}.

Gorgeous Hui & Elwin! When couple made all the way to New Zealand from Hong-Kong for their couple's session, it was rainy, but they decided to take a gamble and move the session to their very last evening before fly out of New Zealand. Luckily sun come out this time for a couple of minutes and we manage to capture beautiful moments and connection, just before couple head to the airport form the beach. Such a great memories! Safe travels!

Enjoy this quick sneak peek, more pictures coming soon!

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• another exciting news - new online workshop with Click Photo School coming in October. It will be all about Light, Love & Laughter, creating connection and emotive imaginery. It’s going to be amazing 4 weeks full of learning, inspiration, new friendships and personal feedback and growth. I would love to have you join!

Mudbrick Vineyard Estate: Charlotte & Joseph {Auckland wedding photographers}

One of the last weddings of this season took place in Mudbrick Vineyard Estate {Waiheke Island, Auckland} in May, where Charlotte & Joseph celebrated their special day surrounded by close friends and family. It was a honour to be invited to document such magical moments as their wedding photographers.

Couple shared their story that been on the reception tables as well: “The tale of how they met is a classic modern-day romance. Charlotte and Joseph matched on tinder in 2015 over the Easter break when Joseph was down in Wellington visiting his family. They connected over similar pasts and spent the next couple of days playing 2 truths and a lie and getting to know each other. On the 6th of April 2015, a few hours before flying back to Auckland Charlotte and Joseph agreed to met up at a café in Wellington. While walking to the café Joe asked Charlotte ‘Have you ever watched friends?’ Charlotte played it cool, tried not to let her inner friends freak out and said ‘who hasn’t?’. He had mentioned to his sister that he was going on a tinder date and her response was ‘do you think she is going to walk in, see you and leave?’. It was then that she knew she would get along with his Family. From the start the relationship was long distance with Charlotte living in wellington and then moving further away to Sydney. Although the distance was hard on them both they knew that this was something different, special, and distance or not they needed to figure out just what this was…”

The proposal: “ In September 2017 Charlotte and Joseph were off on a holiday to Samoa.. Charlotte had a small hope that this trip might involve a proposal, knowing that joe had already gotten a ring and despite him telling her before the trip that it was not going to happen as he hadn’t had a chance to talk with her dad yet. The first 3 days in Samoa Charlotte and Joseph stayed in some beach front fales in a smaller village. These fales had no locks on the doors so we were advised to take anything of value with us when we were out during the day. After going out a few times the only valuables joe took with him was his phone and money so Charlotte came to the conclusion that he must not have the ring with him as surely he would not be that careless. Thinking now that the proposal was not going to happen on this trip Charlotte decided to give joe a hard time and point out all the beautiful places in Samoa that would be perfect for a proposal, little did she know that he was that careless and had the ring. After 4 days and about 6 perfect proposal opportunities pointed out by charlotte they went back to the main island in Samoa and checked into a resort. At dinner that night joe took the ring with him and was planning to propose. After dinner he asked charlotte if she wanted to go for a walk along the beach, thinking that sunset on the beach would be perfect. But charlotte’s response was “ Na, I don’t feel well, can we just go back to the room”. The next morning, with charlotte feeling a bit better they decided to go for a walk before breakfast. They walked out on this beautiful natural pier that was lined with palm trees and had a landing at the end. Charlotte was about to point out another beautiful location for a proposal when joseph shut her up by getting on his knee and asking her to spend the rest of their lives together, and of course she said YES!”

Such an amazing love story!

Great Creative Team: Dress- Stella york (from bridal brilliance); Makeup and hair- Olga Gill; DJ- Will Kapa; Acoustic singer- Alex London and Auckland wedding photographers - L & L - Olga & Matt {Levien & Lens photography}.

Enjoy highlights in photo gallery and contact me with any questions!

Learn how to capture storytelling on weddings at my upcoming workshop in October - Love, Light & Laughter at Click Photo School. It’s going to be amazing 4 weeks full of learning, inspiration, new friendships and personal feedback and growth. I would love to have you join!