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Since May

Since May so much has happened. This year I am a Canon EYEcon Mentor.  I feel honoured to have been asked, and excited about the opportunity of sharing our experience, knowledge, and philosophy, with the winner. Two months ago our building was brought down under the jurisdiction of CERA.  What was meant to be a [...]

Anna and Kevin had a colourful Autumn wedding

Too many days weeks and months have passed and I haven’t even mentioned weddings, loves, or crazy brides. At Easter … too long ago now … we were in Wanaka for the wedding of Anna and David. It was a great day with lots of beautiful skies and happy people. Anna looked amazing and Kevin [...]

Perth Speaking venue

Camera Electronic in Perth have very kindly let us use their facilities for our Earthquake Relief talk on the 10th of May. We are excited and looking forward to an intimate day with all of those people who put their hands up to come along. The address is 230/232 Stirling Street in Perth. Its not [...]

Overwhelmed

Jo, Ida , and I are overwhelmed and humbled by the by the generosity and kindness of the people we have known. (And some we have never even met) Yesterday was  a sad day for both of us as we came a significant step closer to our building coming down. We received notification that the [...]

We are doing a speaking tour

The first date set is Perth. We decided to work our way through the things that happened this year. People have been very good in supporting us and many have asked how they can help. ‘Come to our seminar!’ is the answer. We need help but we want to be able to give something back [...]

What next …. a month after the earthquake

We have so much to do! A stranger came up to us the other day and said we weren’t trying hard enough. She was referring to ‘saving the building’. I just wanted to cry. There are realities that we are facing which do not need the interference of the uninformed. We have engaged the efforts [...]

One week later – The Lyttelton Earthquake and Moda

Its weird that in 20 seconds the personal rituals built on over a lifetime of self obsessed needs suddenly change. The dreams of a future get destroyed, and the life we had has suddenly changed. No longer does the morning start with a cup of coffee and a paper down at the Lyttelton coffee Lounge. [...]

Day three after the quake

Today a crane suddenly arrived. It hoisted two men into the air to take down part of the wall for safety. It al started with a bunch of guys standing around an pointing high

Ouch that hurt

but we are safe thank goodness

Mel made me an amazing birthday cake

I wanted a small gathering of friends … I wanted no fuss. I wanted good food and wine. Pegasus Bay winery was perfect. … I escaped reasonably fuss free until this amazing cake came out … and blew me away. Mel makes amazing cakes (Check out Ida’s birthday duck) … but then there was my [...]

Gary and Sarah were married up in Coromandel

Jo had a wedding up just out of Coromandel. I came along as her slave … and it was a good reason to get out of Christchurch. It was a beautiful emotion-filled day celebrating the union of two amazing people. Jo’s blog has  great selection of images if you want to see more. Actually there [...]

January in a nutshell part 2

Some more images from January. Trents has always been a great place for photography. From Trents to a farm in Timaru. From the day the wedding was announced Josephines’ parents family and friends worked some amazing magic to turn the family home into a beautiful place for a wedding … the weather Gods were on [...]

January in a nutshell

Wedding Photography in Early January for Moda Fotografica

It was a big job

… and big jobs sometimes take a while … Here are some weddings from last year. Celeste and Peter were supposed to get married on a cliff overlooking the sea. But it rained. A lot. That didn’t stop them from being happy. From a wedding in the rain to another wedding in the rain … [...]

Why did we go to the show?

Family photographs

Two more to go

Last weekend we had the first of the three Lyttel Bridal shows. It was a wonderful intimate event. We had the chance to talk to brides and grooms at a personal level without the rush and busy-ness of  the bigger shows. Thanks to Louise Anderson, Craig from Lovelight, Jo from a Grand Affair,  Georgie from [...]

A Bridal show for Christchurch

A small bridal show for Christchurch people. There will be dress makers, videographers, caterers, venues and photographers

Andy and Ragni were married in Christchurch at the Roses Chapel

It was an absolute joy to photograph the wedding of Andy and Ragni. They wanted great photographs and worked with me to get what they were looking for. I have to say that their bridesmaid did an amazing job of helping out and Chelsay the makeup artist did a fab job as well.

A rather bleak day for a wedding in Queenstown

It started off well but when the sun was hijacked by bad weather and the rain made an appearance we had to change our plans. Michael and Danielle were married in Queenstown at the end of September. They wanted something simple in their photography. This is the thing I love about being a wedding photographer. [...]

Catching up

Its been too long … and I have said it before. 1900 aftershocks later we are still waiting for what the Geo people call equilibrium. Equilibrium is the dissipation of the energy created in the big quake. Aftershocks are how that dissipation happens. We are putting all of the bits back together but are still [...]

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