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A wet wedding at Clearwater

Bethaney and Lee were married under the threat of heavy rain last Friday.
Their ceremony was personal.
Once they were married the rain cleared.
I love the challenges and experiences of photographing weddings.

The video of the WPPI album

This was a presentation I did with my talks in the UK last year.
I am curious about any interest in a talk in May this year on the album design process.
I am looking at two or three locations in the UK … Let me know if you are interested.

We won … again … but this time it is really big … its WPPI

WPPI wedding album award woohoo!

Suddenly it was March

The weddings of Jacqui and Henry, Sheryl and Mike, Jacqui and James, Jenna and Adam, Gabriel and Janet, Katie and Simon, Jeremy and Jane and Kate and Greg … all over the place!

Zoe and Nick were married in Christchurch

The weather was predicted to go bad …. REALLY BAD.
I’m not criticising the judgment of weather forecasters but it created an unnecessary sense of foreboding for the day as ugly weather was on its way (supposedly). The ugly weather never showed …. Ballantynes made a few extra umbrella sales that day.
I love the crazy unpredictable [...]

Carly and Pete were married in the country … and it rained

This summer has seen the best and worst of weather in Canterbury.
One day it is sunny then the rest it rains … well it seems like that
There is a wonderful myth … we call it an optimistic truth … that when it rains on your wedding day you will have a marriage filled with good [...]

A quick look at a recent wedding

Time suddenly disappeared as I spent last week photographing four weddings, the buskers festival, and having a birthday.
I have seen enough acrobats and jugglers to see me through the year. Weddings I can never get enough of, And birthdays … even though I was spoiled, one a year is good enough for me.

I will post [...]

A Kaikoura Wedding

Actually this was a wedding in two parts.
A Laotion service in Christchurch
Part of the ceremony required the bride and groom to ask their families for forgiveness  for any wrong they may have done in their past. This allows them to make a fresh start in their new lives together. Very cool.
And a few days later [...]

The calm before the storm … its eerie

Weddings in storms and weddings in Tekapo at the Church of The Good Shepherd

The Leica way

I wish I had a Leica M9

Wedding Album of the Year … Again!

I won Wedding album of the Year at the NZIPP awards

Albums galore

Now is the time we make albums for all of those people that waited.
If you are looking at an album now is the best time to get it made.
The thing about photographing weddings is that the photography is just the beginning of the creation of the story.
This is where we get to flex our creative [...]

Images with music

I was working on something for a friend … their wedding images with some music.
I put in a bit of Tom Waits and a beautiful rendition of Pokarekare ana.
There is the power to move people in the right combination of music and images.
Quentin Tarantino talks of this power. He talks about the true Cinematic experience. [...]

Who are The Wedding Assassins?

The Wedding Assassins are cool.
We all want to be an assassin … its true.
Their language is hip.
They look fantastic.
Their website is in transit …. watch this space! but is cool anyway
They have only been around a short time but are already doing fantastic things.

Wedding Photography in Christchurch for Mel and Dave

A misty Autumn wedding

Wedding Photography in Martinborough for Nicole and Darryl

It was a busy Easter
So from Wanaka I went to Wellington … well really Martinborough.
Nicole and Darryl had a spectacular day at Parehua in Martinborough.
Hugs
Johannes

Christchurch Wedding Photography, Jeremy and Jo got married at St Barnabas

Jeremy and Jo were married on Saturday.
We were lucky enough to be a part of their great day, We were proud to be there.

A Christchurch Wedding for Charlotte and Peter

Wedding Photography in Christchurch by Johannes van Kan

Christchurch Wedding Photography at Lansdowne Homestead

Wedding Photography at Lansdowne Homestead Just our of Christchurch.

Wellington Wedding Photography

This weekend was spent in Wellington photographing a wedding in Eastbourne and Pencarrow.
What a fabulous place to marry.
Sophie and Richard were married at home.
Wellington turned on a fantastic day.
I love working with new challenges. I am lucky to have the trust of my clients to express my own way of seeing their wedding.

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