I haven’t jumped from a plane or taken one to space, visited Antarctica, or driven an exotic supercar on the Autobahn – yet! However, I’ve done heaps of other cool stuff like: diving with great white sharks, surviving a cyclone, and being an honoured guest at a Fijian tribal wedding, while traveling to more than 26 countries shooting destination weddings, headshots & other commercial projects.   I love what I do. I love the excitement and thrill of shooting.

“When you love something – that’s when you know you’re meant to be doing it.”

Waking up in the morning and itching to start the day – creating, visualizing, designing, laying out new ideas, concepts, and collaborating with people on projects. I’ve never looked at what I do as a job! To me it’s exciting and ever changing – there’s always something new to explore…what can I do differently on this shoot? How can I make everyone relax and be themselves? What are the needs of the client that haven’t been discussed yet? How can I learn from the last shoot and apply it moving forward? I’m constantly looking at new tools to add to the toolbox and more innovative ways to use the ol’ faithful tools. I’ll never stop learning – I love to be on the leading edge, continually being educated; by other experts or by taking courses + workshops to always be ahead of the curve! Boring is something I will never let happen.

What Photography Is To Me

• Technically, photography = illumination + time. Vary either accordingly to alter the outcome.
• Non-technically, photography = capturing a subject to invoke emotion; a laugh, a smile, a tear, a “hmmm”, or an emphatic “wow”!

My goal in every photograph is a variation of both to stir your emotions so those moments will never be forgotten. I want you to wish you had commissioned a professional photographer before, but glad you did today – instead of tomorrow. My promise is never look back on a shoot and think “I should have pushed harder” or “Why didn’t I…” – I will always give my all to each photoshoot. Every shoot is a new and exciting challenge.  

Brief History

I remember my first camera very clearly, an old Brownie. I was 6. No idea where it came from or how I ended up with it. Was this little camera my inspiration to become a photographer? Realistically, probably not – but you never know if a seed was planted. As I grew up I knew I wanted to design + create things. I pursued mechanical engineering after high school – thinking I could become a designer by following this path. It did fulfill my left brain needs; but it “left” my right brain needing more. What I love about photography is utilizing of both sides of the brain – the right technical side; apertures, shutters, flashes, focal lengths, the physics of light; combining with the left side; creativity, expression, interpretation. Then both sides coming together in harmony to capture that moment of emotion. In my early 20s I embarked on a journey to Australia, Fiji and New Zealand to travel – this is where I really fell in love with photography. Something “clicked” when I was behind the camera – it felt incredibly natural and I haven’t looked back since.

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