Its a big honour to be invited to be an official photographer for New Zealand Ice Figure Skating Championships 2025 that took place in Auckland, NZ this year. Its a big sport event with many skaters coming from South and North Island and even from overseas.

4 days filled with passion, power and grace, such a pleasure to photograph, especially because I myself an adult skater and my daughter also skating in Basic Novice grade. If you ask, she did really well this year, ended up with a Silver medal in her grade. So much of a hard work and commitment to this beautiful sport!

Enjoy highlights of these exciting events with top level skaters representing New Zealand (Yahao - Dwayn Li, Petra Lahti, Renee Tsai and more talented upcoming skaters).

As you may know Im not only a photographer, but also adult skater and been fortunate to be asked to became an Official Photographer for New Zealand Ice Figure Skating Championships, Nationals competitions in Auckland, NZ {18-21 October 2022}. It was a pleasure to dive in sports photography, so similar to events/wedding photography when you need to keep focused at all times and watch for the right moment to happen, putting attention on lines, composition, body language, emotions - passion and grace that skaters express in their programs.

You need to be on point, pre-view the moment that just about ro happen. Knowledge of figure skating and all the skating elements, programs requirements and layouts definitely a bonus for ability to get things right in camera. It was a challenging task with many thousands of photos captured over 4 days, but also very rewarding.

So much beauty, grace and talent!

Enjoy this quick sneak peek! Final galleries will be ready in 3-4 weeks {not late to make your order at www.levienphotography.com/new-zealand-nationals

Let me know if you have any questions!