Commercial - Restaurant opening "The Drawing Room"

The Drawing Room has hit the nail on the head.  A warm, darkly panelled space dotted with locally commissioned artwork and lots of gorgeous touches like the handsome elephant on the bar, feather boa fringed mirror and black and crystal chandeliers.  With a love of seafood, chef Trent Clarke has created a menu which makes it very hard to narrow choices to just one thing.  My favourite's the fried squid with orange caramel and pickled ginger.  Have a look at the photos of the launch night.  Delectable champagne cocktails and plenty of tasters of the menu made me feel like I've got the best job in the world.  Congratulations Zak and Trent, I look forward to coming back soon.

Portrait - Bella Jazz & Jake

These scrummy children belong to my cousin Grahem who lives in Wanaka, we don't get to see them all that often but everytime we do, they seem to have another addition and have grown a whole lot cuter....

A Beautiful Family...

It's never easy getting more than two people to look at the camera simultaneously, especially if some of them are under 5, so I thought I would share this extended family portrait I took a few weeks back, 'thankyou' to the Harris family for looking into my lens at exactly the same time!!!

FASHION COLLABORATION

A while ago I read a comment about how important it is as a photographer to shoot for yourself, I live in a small town surrounded by creative people, there isn't always the opportunity to do this sort of shoot, so I collaborated with Kristen to produce a body of work where we could explore and create something beautiful. BIG thankyou to Aisha our lovely model, and my sister Leanne for offering up her house for the location and helping with everything else.

Clothing and accessories were supplied by www.newbohemian.co.nz and Sisters in Mt Maunganui....

Engagement Session Rebecca & Matt

Rebecca & Matt are currently living in Melbourne but have decided to marry in their home town Mt Maunganui, they were back for a whirlwind visit with family and friends and just had time to squeeze in a engagement shoot with me!