Family of four beach session {Auckland couples-kids-newborn photographer}

Exciting time with Rebecca & Todd at their yearly family of four beach session at Muriwai, Auckland. Couple with kids made all their way from Thames to Auckland for their photo shoot. They have tradition to take photos every year from the moment when their children was newborn. Its such a honour for me to document special for them moments, especially as Rebecca is a photographer herself {no pressure ;)}

We met at one afternoon before the sunset. The weather unfortunately went dark and gloomy, but we get maximum out of it and shoot at the rocks. Kids had lots of fun.

{by the way, next run Love, Light & Laughter photography workshop at Click Photo School is 28 June. Registration open now! Secure your spot early!}

Enjoy highlights of their photo gallery:

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Family photo shoot in Auckland

Amazing time with Cathryn & Steve at their family photo shoot in Central Auckland.

We met at their place at Kohimarama and did some indoor photos with their little one and then took an extended family to the park nearby for more natural photos, documenting their family time together.

Such a great photo session just before the New Year. Such a pleasure to be their photographer and capture so beautiful memories for years to come!

Enjoy highlights of this family photo gallery:

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Best Moments of the year 2020 {Pre-wedding natural fine art and documentary photography in Auckland}

As new year begin, its time to share with you best moments of the year 2020 {pre-wedding natural fine art and documentary photography in Auckland and beyond}.

Enjoy these photo gallery with my favourite moments from engagement, weddings and family photo shoots {I may miss some as there so many galleries to look through and still few not edited from the end of 2020 ;):

By the way, today is my birthday, what a great way to celebrate - remembering these moments!

Thank you so much to my awesome couples for this amazing time!

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Happy New Year! {Auckland wedding | couples photographer} Top 9 on Instagram

Happy New Year! It was not an easy year 2020 with lots of up and downs, but its great to finish on the positive note and look forward to next year, what it brings to us {and me, Auckland wedding | couples photographer}.

It’s time to look back at this amazing year and reflect, sharing best of 2020, top nine on IG!
This year been not easy with lots of changed plans, but everything happening for a reason!
I enjoyed slow down time with family, teach three online workshops, still managed to shoot lucky weddings, couples and family shoots. and won a few awards {The Voice, SLR Lounch etc}

It was an incredible experience ❤️
Another exciting year ahead!

Enjoy my Top 9 on Instagram {personal and business accounts}: I can not wait to see what next year will bring!

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French Bay wedding - Diane & Jared with kids {Auckland weddings photographers}

Such a beautiful moments on this French Bay wedding where Diane & Jared celebrated their special moments with kids, family and friends. Its such a honour to document these special moments as Auckland weddings photographers. We gad such amazing time at couple’s engagement shoot before the wedding at Muriwai Beach {photos turned just amazing!}

Couple shared their story: “We have been together 21 years and engaged for 8 years. This has been a long time coming. Diane was 17 and Jared was 18 when we got together. It was a typical teen romance that evolved as we have grown and now with our three children in tow.” The proposal: “The proposal was a surprise for Diane, even after 12 years. We had taken a weekend away to the Coromandel together and Diane planned it all with a detour to Cathedral Cove. Jared thought it the perfect time to catch me unaware and got down on one knee to propose.”

It was a wonderful day full of love and laughter.

Enjoy highlights in the photo gallery:

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Tales of the Moment {Online class and Instagram Hub}

Hello Beautiful People!
It happened totally unexpected, but our “Tales of the Moment” {our online class and Instagram hub as well} just featured 2202 images and reached over 20k followers in less then 2 years! Who could’ve think it’s possible when we been starting this adventure with creating this hub to support our online learning, featuring talented artists and creating a community!
We have such an amazing community of artists-storytellers and great team of moderators: Tania Fragoso , Tatiana Dely, Megan Bochette, Manuela Franjou, Hollie Jeakins, Alana Green and curator Olga Levien. Congratulations to our community!
Thank you so much for your constant support and love! We have over 250k beautiful, emotional and real moments under the main tag #talesofthemoment !
This week theme is #totm_backlight 
Our Ebook/Online class “Tales of the Moment” transformed and grow into the online workshop “Love, Light & Laughter” with more deep learning and personal experience with individual assignments video feedback and live chats. I’m so excited to teach again soon {next run of the 4-weeks workshop 8 June at Click Photo School, registration open NOW! Spaces are limited, only 24 are left at this moment}.

Tales of the Moment ebook is still available in Click & CO store for a short amount of time!

Monthly favourites on Instagram:

Tales of the Moment: featured artists @ksenia_belanger @megsausted @olessmi @momma.sea @m.art_fotos @julieaudouxphotographie

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Best moments of the season {Auckland wedding-engagement-family photographer}

As there plenty of time to slow down, reflect and look back at self-isolation, I decided to put together some favourite best moments of the past season in Auckland with wedding, engagement and family photography. As a photographer Im so blessed to capture beautiful, emotional and real moments of my couples that put their trust in my hands, connecting to my style, vision and personality as well.

Enjoy this gallery highlights with some top weddings, pre-wedding | engagement couples photography and family | kids photos.

I can not wait when government take off all limitations when situation with Covid-19 will settle and we will be able again to have an amazing time and document some honest and stunning moments. Not long to go now!

SO many weddings and sessions got postponed as well as my live workshops in New Zealand and Australia. Luckily Im still able to run my online workshop Love, Light & Laughter at Click Photo School. Check it out if you want to push your photography to another level!

Family beach session {Auckland kids-newborn photographer}

Im so excited to share with you family beach session in Auckland. We spent amazing time with Howell family: Jenna & Darrel plus their two kids, such a honour for me as a wedding-family-kids photographer to share these spacial moments with four beautiful people in such a stunning location - Muriwai Beach, with amazing light just before the sunset.

This time was so amazing, I remember every single natural, emotional and beautiful moment with warm feelings. This time especially treasured for years to come as session happened just one week before the lockdown when country went to self-isolation. Bring back memories!

Enjoy highlights of this photo shoot on the spectacular beach with portrait / documentary candid moments!

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Announcement - L & L {Auckland wedding-family photographer}

Hello beautiful people!
As you may know New Zealand government announced Alert level 4 {Covid-19} which means we move to self-isolation and no gathering are allowed {indoors or outdoors}.
What it means for my photography clients? All scheduled sessions will be postponed {you have right to choose a new suitable date based on availability}.
I will be working with my wedding clients to find the best possible date that suits our calendars {you will receive a credit towards the new date, scheduling preferably one year from the original wedding date, but can be stretched further based on your needs and government advice on Covid-19 situation}. New contract may be required to secure your new date {all money already paid will be applied to the new date}.
I already announced a week ago my live workshops in Auckland and Sydney are postponed till next year.
Luckily, my online workshop Love, Light & Laughter still go ahead - begin 23 March at Click Photo School www.clickphotoschool.com/love-light-laughter
Only one day to go! Last Call, get in quickly! :)
My heart feels for everyone who have a big loss in this situation {all my friends, couples, small and big businesses etc}, but we need to come together and support each other!
Stay safe and healthy! #stayhome

P.S.: schools are closed from tomorrow, so my young kids are at home - homeschooling and Im sure getting crazy stuck inside. I will try to do my best to deliver all recent wedding galleries in a timeframe stated in the contract {8-10 weeks from the wedding}, but can’t guarantee it yet. Also expect some delays with editing services , as well as albums design. Thank you so much for understanding!

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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Love, Light & Laughter workshop in Melbourne - Australia {Auckland wedding photographers}

This experience at Love, Light & Laughter in Melbourne - Australia was just unforgettable. Its not been traveling from Auckland, New Zealand, meeting all the amazing photographers and share all the knowledge, information, skills, but also sharing my heart and my soul.

They took something from me and I learnt from them as well. So much memories in these two days full of learning, inspiration and new friendships.

I truly appreciate this experience and look forward to the next run of Love, Light & Laughter. Keep an eye on online workshop at Click Photo School {maybe in March 2020}.

Enjoy highlights of our creative exercises, shooting a small family session with Steph and her adorable kids and impromptu session with Jess & Tam {Jess been a workshop participant and step up to be a model, when our planned couple not turned up}. Everything happening for a reason.

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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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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!

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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.

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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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Family of four {Auckland newborn-kids photographer}

Winter is a perfect time to get some family photos taken {Like this family of four in Auckland}, especially when you just had a newborn. Such a precious memories of your kids, so treasured moments for mum and da and me as well as their photographer. Im as a mum of three myself totally feel connected to these beautiful people and their little ones! Such a beautiful and treasured memories!

This time I visit gorgeous house at North Shore where I met Meg, Mark and their two little ones - Lily and Zakki. Thats how this family describe themselves: “Mark is dad and he loves golf Meg is mum and she is ? Idk , - Lily is 18 months and loves the wiggles to bits , loves to dance , loves books, Zakki is just four days old . He is small dark and handsome. Bob is our ragdoll seal point cat . He is a good looking dude and he knows it. Jagger is our blue point ragdoll and she is a sweet doll”. You can get such a great vibe just from this awesome description!

Enjoy highlights of our session!

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• Learn how to capture storytelling moments in my upcoming online 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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Traveling Dress Project publication - Personal photography {Auckland fine art photographer}

Winter is a perfect time for recharge and bring in more creative vibe. One of the ways is Traveling Dress Project - a personal photography and way of collaboration with other photographers, from Auckland, around New Zealand and beyond, including Australia. Eight incredibly talented lifestyle and fine art photographers come together to choose one dress and send it to each other, taking pictures with their daughters in their personal photographer style. Its such a great way to try something new, get inspired and capture a few stunning photos , treasured memories with our family - little ones. My daughter been very excited to try this dress on, explore around the bushes at some rainy afternoon. You can see our photographs below and some more photos from all artists, shared these photographs when dress made a full travel around the globe.

Enjoy highlights and memories in The Traveling Dress Collective Blog publication and few our photos below

• learn how to find your Voice in any genre {including personal projects} at my upcoming online 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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Shoot & Share Contest Results - Best photos {Auckland wedding photographer}

Im so excited to share with you recent Shoot & Share contest results {this is a truly amazing competition/awards where only audience voting for best photos}. Its such a honour for me, Auckland wedding photographer to get acknowledgement , be notices from hundred of thousands of submitted photographs.

Quick statistics:

One of my photos got 5th place from 46000 submitted in Couple/Engagement Category; 3 photos became finalists in Engagement, Lifestyle/Documentary and Travel/Landscape category; 12 photos got in top 10% in their categories and 17 photos in top 20 % in their categories. Such amazing results, a bit better then last year.

Im so grateful, thank you everyone who voted and to my awesome couple who made this results come true; also thank you to my little one, her photo got in the finalist in Documentary category.

Enjoy highlights with best photos and contact me with any questions!

5th Place - Couple/Engagement

Finalist - Couple /Engagement

Finalist - Travel / Landscape

Finalist - Lifestyle / Documentary

The Best Images of 2018 - Dear Photographer {Auckland wedding-family photographers | Publications - Awards}

Im so excited one of my photos been included in The Best Images of 2018 by Dear Photographer Magazine and Community. Its such a big honour for me as Auckland wedding-family photographers to be in this international publication - awards.

The photo is chosen from one of my maternity sessions in Auckland on Muriwai Beach with beautiful couple Conny & Stewart at winter time in New Zealand. Such unforgettable memories and breathtaking photo shoot!

Enjoy it!

Conny & Stewart

Hobbiton Movie Set {New Zealand wedding-family photographer - personal}

Did you ever been in Hobbiton Movie Set, one of the most famous New Zealand attraction? Im as a wedding photographer cant help myself and capture some personal images in this beautiful setting!

You may noticed how quiet its been here over last couple of weeks/months. The answer is easy, I been giving more of my time to my family before busy wedding season start rolling {I actually almost don’t have a break during this winter, such a busy time all year long}. So Im keep shooting weddings, photo shoots, but also get an opportunity to sneak out to picturesque places for a few days with my family and kids.

This time we spent couple of nights in Rotorua and visited Hamilton Gardens on the way, Was-o-Tapu Thermal wonderland, Rainbow Springs and highlight of our trip - Hobbiton movie set. Need to mentioned my mum come over to New Zealand from Russia for a first time, so good to travel around and show our amazing country with tranquil and beautiful landscapes!

Enjoy highlights of our trip in this photo gallery!

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