Happy one year anniversary {Auckland wedding photographer}

Its a one year from beautiful and emotional Daria & Dmitry's wedding and I want to say - Happy one year anniversary! It was amazing and so special wedding in Russian Orthodox Church and New Zealand Royal Yacht Squadron (Auckland, New Zealand). 

We also done a post-wedding photo shoot with couple on Kariotahi beach, and it was unbelievable successful! We got amazing windy and emotional photographs {published in few international magazines and blogs and also got a NZIPP Iris awards in Wedding Creative category (Bronze)}.

Happy future together! 

Enjoy to look back in their wedding video and gallery!

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Highwic historic house-museum winter wedding {Auckland NZ lifestyle weddings photographer} Sherrie & Simon

Sherrie & Simon celebrated their special day in Highwic {historic house in Epsom-Newmarket, Auckland NZ} in the middle of the winter. Couple fly over from Australia where they living to organise their wedding in New Zealand, as all groom's family lives mainly in Auckland. As a lifestyle wedding photographer I captured a lot of beautiful weddings with many amazing moments, but I never been in such a special venue having so much heritage and special atmosphere in each room. Love it! Ceremony near fireplace and beautiful piano, wooden walls and candles around, unforgettable memories and so many photo opportunities around!

Sherrie & Simon have really unusual story of proposal, I never heard anything like this, original as a couple: "We had been excitedly discussing the prospect of getting engaged for a month or so. Simon was in his second week of travelling Europe of a 4 month trip. I awoke one morning to find that he had changed our relationship status on Facebook to engaged, a flood of congratulatory comments and “likes” had already found the event before I had. I was shocked but giggling with excitement. Our haphazard engagement reinforced our resolve and brought much needed comfort to me in times the distance was nearly too much to bear."

Simon was really excited to see all his friends and family in New Zealand and celebrate this wedding day in warm and cosy atmosphere with around 45 guests sharing their love and feelings. Sherrie  had a hands full to organise everything from overseas! Its might be so overwhelming! 

We spent amazing time with couple taking pictures after the ceremony around the historic museum, having ride in retro car to Cornwall park nearby and also had a sneak from reception at Billiards House and taking some night shots under the big tree {as Sherrie shared with me how much she loves forestry atmosphere and would love to have stunning photographs near the trees}. I loved to create something beautiful for this amazing couple.

Thank you for sharing with me so special moments! Happy future together!

Great Creative team:

Venue - Highwic

Celebrant - Sue Eustace Celebrant & JP
Makeup - Phoenix Cosmetics
Flowers - Roses Florist
and Levien & Lens Photography - New Zealand {mostly Auckland, Northland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty} and destination wedding photographer - Nationwide, International | lifestyle - timeless couples photography

Enjoy this video and gallery!

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Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron | Russian Orthodox Church | Auckland wedding photographer

DARIA & DMITRY

What a great traditional wedding I been photographing in Russian Orthodox church in Auckland and Royal New Zealand Royal Yacht Squadron last weekend. Daria & Dmitry - amazing couple, so beautiful and crazy in love! It was such special moments to capture!

It all started at a small Russian church where guests, parents and groom patiently been waiting for brides appearance. It was just a magic moment when the bride come to the groom on the little passageway. 

Ceremony been in Russian orthodox traditions. Not my first time taking pictures on traditional ceremonies like this, but every time its so special. I just love this atmosphere and some moments when souls come together to start new life.

There was not much space to move around but I tried to do my best in these conditions and capture special moments from different angles. 

Then was congratulations, family shots, way to Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron - amazing place for reception, and our small location shoot near the water, yachts, Harbour Bridge with view on Skytower from the  balcony and amazing pictures! Pity starts to rain but we manage to get through it really fast :)

Our guests been waiting for young couple to come in and been introduced by our host Anna Moroz (wedding MC). She with her husband Andrey (DJ) done an amazing job with organised different contests, games and running all evening smoothly with fun and relax atmosphere. Well done! Highly recommend this team for your special event! :)

Evening was full of different traditional events (karavai ceremony, prayers and speeches, different activities (magic heat, guess the bride, guess the groom, bride bouquet toss, groom bow toss), family candle ceremony) and a lot of dancing! Everyone had so much fun! Grooms friends lift him and his bride up to the air, what fun!

It was a pity to leave this wedding but so many enjoyable moments to move through the pictures when I downloaded them to computer. Amazing moments!

Enjoy it!

Daria & Dmitry, wish all the best to you, your & family, happy future together, harmony and understanding!  

Gallery:

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