About Us

I grew up in South Africa and photography eventually became a serious hobby. So much so that I photographed my first wedding in highschool. After that I studied photography for 3 years at Technikon Natal in Durban, graduating in 1994 with a National Diploma in Photography. I joined Republican Press as one of their 3 staff photographers. My job was to accompany journalists of their many notable magazines on assignments, both around South Africa and internationally. I continued photographing weddings alongside my magazine work. After several years I relocated to New Zealand and became a citizen.

I married Rachael in 2005 and we started a family shortly after. Alongside photographing weddings, I've continued doing editorial work for NZ publications: Mindfood, NZ Woman's Weekly, Next, North & South and Woman's Day.

I've been living in NZ for 25 years. This is home. When I'm not at weddings or editing photos, I live on a lifestyle block near Palmerston North, raising our 7 children with my beautiful wife, walking the dogs, and occasionally putting out fires as a Volunteer Rural Fire Fighter. I’m a big fan of 80’s and 90’s rock music. I love a juicy steak and an ice cold Moa Pilsner and I'm quite partial to classic cars, good coffee and Whittaker's chocolate. I’ll always choose chocolate mousse at your reception if it's on offer and I have a tradition of taking a piece of wedding cake home for Rachael at the end of the night if there's any left. I love weddings. I love photographing what happens at weddings. I always get a bit emotional at weddings. I'm a big advocate of people getting married and having children. You're probably next, and I highly recommend it.

Meet Sophie

Sean's my dad. I've been learning the art of photography on the job, assisting him at weddings over the past 3 years. I'm his second photographer at larger weddings when needed. I'm great with children; they don't tend to run and hide when they see me with a camera, because I'm not scary at all. I love capturing the ladies getting ready and mingling with guests at the reception. They often ask me to capture photos with their friends as the party gets going. In my spare time I'm an avid reader and artist. I like drawing portraits of people. On wedding days I love getting creative with my camera and focus on capturing details and moments that would otherwise be missed by most people.