Wedding

Megan and Chris’s wedding, The Boatshed, Wellington.

A portrait of Megan taken at the same front entrance to the hotel.

Megan and Chris had their wedding on Friday February 3, 2012 at The Boatshed, which is at Frank Kits Lagoon on Wellington’s waterfront. Megan got ready at the Wellesley Boutique Hotel. The ceremony started at 4pm upstairs in the Boatshed function centre. 1/2 of the space was set up as a chapel with chairs facing [...]


Wedding slidehow for Tracey and Darcy Topp

I have worked through a highlights package slideshow of yesterday’s wedding photos, Saturday December 17, 2011. Tracey and Darcy got married at the Pines on Wellington’s south coast. We took bridal portraits at the Rydges Hotel in Wellington and also at a film studio in Island Bay.


Wedding portfolio edit – editorial style

Today I started an edit of my wedding photographs which have an editorial style. This is an area where I would like to explore more with the weddings I am shooting, using my existing skill set as an editorial photographer capturing moments that hold meaning for the people involved. This I think is different from [...]


Fantastic wedding at Tarureka Estate this weekend

Steffi and Timon's wedding party jump at Tarureka Estate, Featherston January 15, 2010.

On Saturday, I shot a wonderful couple getting married at Tarureka Estate, Featherston. Featherston is about an hour out of Wellington, in the Wairarapa. The couple, Steffi and Timon are from Wellington. One of the cool things for me about the day was that Steffi is also a photographer. We were able to have lots [...]


Wedding photos from Christchurch 12 November, 2010 posted

Anna looks back over to the guests at the wedding during the ceremony.

I just posted the slideshow selects that were shown at the wedding reception on my site from Anna Hutchison and Steve Golden’s wedding yesterday. There will me more shots posted as the post production proceeds. To view the entire gallery, click on the image below:


Location Scout Museum Building, Massey University

View of the stairwell with stained glass windows and railings. A great spot for a bridal portrait.

Today I met with Phillip Harris, Campus Events and Conference Coordinator at the Museum Building, Tokomaru, Massey University of Wellington. He was gracious with his time and showed me around the venue, answering all my questions. I started my tour by getting some shots of the outside of the building. The covered entrance makes for [...]


Wellington Wedding Show video posted

My sister Kim and I at the Mark Tantrum Photography booth

The official video from the Wellington Wedding Show has been posted- My assistant Lily and I are featured at around the 17:20 mark. Its a long video but cool in that it documents all the vendors from the show. One thing that I noticed watching the beginning is how many photographers there are in the [...]


Booth at the Wellington Wedding Show

The Mark Tantrum Photography stand at the show.

Here is a photo of the Mark Tantrum Photography booth from today. A big shout out to my sister for helping out with the morning shift and to my assistant Lily for being there to help with the long afternoon session. Thanks also to my nephew Calvin for lending me his extension cord this morning. [...]


New website updates- Bridal Shoot Posted

Click on image to view new gallery posted on my site

Tonight in preparation of the upcoming Wellington Wedding Show that I am exhibiting at, I have done some website updates. Most importantly, I have featured a new gallery of images from Edita’s Bridal Shoot in San Jose, California. As well as the new gallery, there are updates to the random image generator at the home [...]


Anatomy of Master File

The finished 'Master File' as seen in my portfolio

I am currently updating my wedding and portrait portfolio. When I choose a photo to showcase to clients, I then try to get the best of the image by creating a “Master Image.” This is a multi layered Photoshop file, that builds up the best elements I like in the photo. To illustrate- here is [...]


Location Scout Murrieta’s Well Winery 7/25/09

A view of inside Murrieta's Well winery function space with twinkle lighting and tables set out

Some highlight photos from location scout at winery- early afternoon about 4.30pm.


Location Scout – San Francisco Presidio

Eucalyptus grove in San Francisco Presidio as seen from the road

This is the location scout from the Main Post Chapel and San Francisco Film center in the Presidio. First, I went to visit with the representative with the Main Post Chapel because their opening hours are 10am-2pm only. I got there at noon, and checked the perimeter. Its a very cute spot with good shelter [...]


Wedding in Santa Cruz mountains

Couple walking together in winnery along Santa Cruz Mountains skyline

On Thursday, I did a shoot for a family I know who’s daughter married an Australian in New Zealand and were having a wedding reception here in California. The reception party was held at the Thomas Fogerty Winery located in the Santa Cruz mountains on Skyline. The evening was balmy and warm, with outside decking [...]


Amanda and Jacob’s wedding September 20, 2008

Here is a sampling from wedding photos I shot for Amanda and Jacob last weekend. We started coverage at Amanda’s parents house. We grabbed some candids and portraits there in the lovely gardens at side of the house. I especially liked the Japanese inspired Zen garden section. From there we went to Holbrook park in [...]