NZIPP Iris Awards winner {Auckland lifestyle wedding photographer}

Im so excited and honoured to announce that few of my images have been AWARDED this weekend at NZIPP Iris Awards, most reputable New Zealand Awards.

It was my first time entering, its really scary to put my work out there and at the same time I feel its motivates me and made realised there way to go and I need to push myself and progress! 
Thank you so much to my awesome clients who have made this happened, for your support and treasured time together!

Huge congratulations to all talented photographers and friends who had outstanding recognition - check out full results here http://infocus.org.nz/
Thanks Evoke Studio for amazing quality prints!
Wedding Classic and Wedding Creative {Bronze}

Wedding Creative Award

Wedding Classic Award

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Landsendt Tropical Garden wedding published {Auckland couples-engagement photographer} Paper and Lace

I just found out beautiful Maria & Ben's wedding in Landsendt Tropical Garden {Auckland} been published in Paper & Lace!

What amazing news and great pleasure to see these amazing moments featured again!

Love every single moment of this beautiful wedding full of special traditions including Tonga's mat.

Creative team:

Photographer Olga Levien from Levien Lens Photography
Planner/Stylist Taryn Liddy (Event organizer at Landsendt)
Flowers The Botanist
Venue & Catering Landsendt, Oratia, Auckland.
Hair Charlotte Zieleman
Makeup Karina Jonassen from Face Me Make Up Atistry & Hair Styling
Cake Trish Bonnici (Cousin)
Celebrant Minister Fatafehi
Brides Dress KellyLin Couture
Jewellery Grandmothers necklace and earrings.
Shoes Windsor Smith from Andrea Bianni
Bridesmaids Dresses Kilt
Grooms Suit Cambridge Clothing Company
Tradional Tongan Ta’ovala Mat 100 years old and passed through the family.
Rings Alan Woods Jewellery
Music/Singer Pat Mose
DJ Percy Afeaki

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Father's Day feature by Fearless Photographers {New Zealand award-winning wedding photographer}

What a great news come this morning: my picture from Ngawaiata & Sefo wedding been chosen for Father's Day gallery by Fearless photographers, great community of best wedding photographers in the world! It's great place to be and Im happy to represent a New Zealand wedding photography :) Its not an actual award but its great when your images get acknowledgement and take place in beautiful emotional gallery by so talented photographers around the world, Im so honoured!

Fathers and brides {or fathers and grooms} relationship are so special and I love to capture these unique moments on the wedding day. 

"Weddings mark an important new phase in the life of a child and a family, and dads—whether they wear their feelings on their sleeves or tend to be more restrained—are rarely untouched by the emotions and meaning of the milestone. Especially for the father of the bride, walking his little girl down the aisle is a deeply meaningful and long-awaited experience.  
 
As these images by Fearless Photographers show, dads are an integral and meaningful part of the wedding day!" Fearless photographers

Enjoy this Father's Day gallery by Fearless photographers and have a look at this beautiful moment with Ngawaiata and her father just before the ceremony, so treasured memories! Love every single moment of their wedding!

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Butterfly Creek Minions birthday party {Auckland NZ event photographer} Nazar 1 year old

What a great place for 1 year old birthday party - Butterfly Creek {Auckland, NZ}. I been trilled invited to photograph this event by Nazar's parents - Alena and Kirill. Its so special for me as I seen this gorgeous boy one year ago when I been doing his lifestyle newborn photos and I just love this family and really appreciate they shared with me so special moments! After the photo shoot couple said I became their personal family photographer, its a great pleasure for me to capture family storytelling!

Party started from put up Minions decorations at cafe - balloons what Nazar just loved! Meeting guests - parent's best friends {and my clients / friends as well because I photograph for them special events-memories few times during last year, it was unforgettable and amazing to see them again!}. Then come time to have a Minion birthday cake with sign "Nazar is one!" and later on had a walk around Butterfly Creek watching animals, butterflies, had a ride on the train and just laughing and having fun!

How special for every parent this first year! At first we counting days from moment when baby was born, then weeks, months and finally first year coming, feels like ever, but at the same moment gone really fast!

Enjoy this video and gallery!

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Ataahua Garden Venue open day {Tauranga - Bay of Plenty lifestyle wedding photographer}

Dear brides, if you still looking for perfect venue, I want to share with you amazing news: Ataahua {Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, NZ} is having an open day with a lot of wedding vendors and a lot of goodies to take.

Its truly beautiful garden venue with a lot of photography opportunities, I had a honour to capture special moments of Jess and Jase's stunning wedding there. Such a stunning couple, atmosphere and people around. I been truly amazed of level of service and attention to a couple and all wedding guests from Ataahua stuff. That was a treasured moments and beautiful memories!

So have a look at this stunning place if you still searching for perfect venue for your wedding!

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Inspiration board #4 - couples | engagement photography {Auckland wedding photographer}

Who wants to get more inspiration in couples photography? Here we go!

Today I am sharing with you my Pinterest board with chosen couples | engagement photographs from photographers all around the world with intimate couples moments. Feel free to visit this board and share your ones!

Im always happy to see new ideas, styles and also get some inspiration, feel the mood for my Auckland wedding photography. Love to be inspired and create something new :)

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My 365 Project. May 2016 {Hamilton NZ lifestyle wedding photographer}

This month May brought colder and rainier weather and also a lot of positive moments in my 365 project - capturing lifestyle moments with kids i between shooting weddings in Hamilton NZ, Auckland and surrounding areas :)

Kids grow so fast, its just unbelievable! So treasured moments with little ones...

I shoot 2 weddings {my sweet number per month as I prefer to give my complete attention to my awesome clients and my family with two little ones :)} and I got incredible 6 sessions with returned clients {some of them done with me couples, maternity and now a newborns photo shoot!}. I am so happy to see my clients {who became friends} again and their little ones grow during the years. Its such a special for me moments! {few little newborns what I shoot last year became a big 1 year old boys and I been so glad their parents sharing with me so special moments of celebrating their so important first year! I also got a new awesome clients and spent a beautiful time at their places with lifestyle sessions around their house and capturing for them everyday moments with family. So special to document your story and these moments!

Im sharing with you my favourite lifestyle photographs during this busy month {I surprised I even manage to find time to shoot my own kids!}

Enjoy this gallery!

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Landsendt Tropical Garden Wedding published {Auckland NZ lifestyle couples photographer}

It's a big honour to get almost each wedding published in different magazines around the world as Im just in love with my terrific clients, their special moments deserved to go viral :)

This time Landsendt Tropical garden Maria & Ben's wedding been featured in Brown Sparrow, what a great news. Their stunning lifestyle photos took us into warm and cosy venue with a lot opportunities for great pictures!

I remember this wedding with warm feelings, there was so much great people with big hearts! I just love every single moment of this gorgeous event!

Happy future together!

Enjoy this publication!

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Boy on the bike track {New Zealand lifestyle photographer}

We had a beautiful place for a walk near our house - a bike track at reserve, kids just love it and I love it too! There so beautiful light coming through the trees just before the sunset.

I know, I know what you think, but Im not just a mom, Im a lifestyle wedding photographer so Im always seeking for light, locations, composition. You just see the moments and can't help yourself and just capture it. Of course if you have your camera ready :)

So here we go, fresh gallery with my 4 years old son for difference (yes, big boy now, just turned this big date, one year to go till school time! eek).

Enjoy this gallery and don't put attention on mud on his face and on the clothes, I not clone it out as its just part of the story - walking on the track just after heavy rain :)

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Parnell Rose Garden Wedding published {Auckland NZ wedding photographer} Ultimate Wedding Magazine

What amazing news coming from overseas: Olga & Zydon's Parnell on Rose Garden wedding published in Ultimate Wedding Magazine UK, check out their gallery!

It was such amazing event full of magical moments of love. I remember this couple with warm feelings, in love in our photo shoot at Parnell Garden and St Heliers beach where Olga & Zydon spent such romantic moments, walking on the rocks and even moved into the water, what a brave and fun loving guys!

Thank you so much for sharing with me so special moments! Happy future together!
Great creative team on this wedding:
Celebrant: Andrew Brook / MC and dance teacher: Valeria Antipenko / Music: Nikeil Deo / Arch and Wishing Well: Covers Decoration Hire / Dress boutique: Nouveau Riche Boutique / Make-up Artist: Grayson Coutts Makeup Artistry / Photography: Levien & Lens Photography / Reception: Parnells on the Rose Garden

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Look what inside the box! {Auckland-Waikato-Bay of Plenty lifestyle wedding photographer} Queensberry Album

Your wedding is a beautiful event with so special memories. But when time is gone only one thing will remind you about it - your stunning photographs in album, press book or wall print! 

I just love to get beautiful pictures printed especially if its done in the best New Zealand professional laboratory - Queensberry {Im usually shooting weddings around Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions and always come back for prints to this high quality print company}.

Opening package with wedding album inside from Queensberry is like opening a Christmas present :) It's so exciting! Such amazing product {some of my wedding clients been joking they need a special gloves for open this album! :) }

Look what inside this magic box! It's a gorgeous Flushmount 14x10 Album with Juliette & John's wedding photos in Castaways, Auckland.

Enjoy this gallery!

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New Zealand wedding photographers workshop {South Island -Queenstown-Wanaka NZ lifestyle couples-engagement photographer}

What an exciting news I received this week: Two Mann, best wedding photographers in the world, coming in New Zealand with their workshop and I had a honour to be in the limited list of talented wedding photographers from NZ, Australia and USA who will participate in this workshop in December 2016 in South Island {Queenstown-Wanaka area}.

As a professional lifestyle wedding photographer I know that learning process is endless and never stops, I am taking any opportunity on my way to learn a new skills, practice, look at photography and life from different angle and improve myself and my photography level, and get inspired.

I will be happy to share with you a review on this amazing workshop with my experience at the end of this year. I am happy to be in company of amazing Fearless photographers  with so talented people as Erika and Lanny from Two Mann Studio.

If anyone planning to be married at 2-11 December 2016 in South Island {Queenstown-Wanaka and surrounding areas} Im happy to capture your special day moments with no extra travel charge with special offer {as Im anyway will be there for workshop on 6-8 December!}, so exciting to shoot at such a picturesque and legendary place on breathtaking South Island! 

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One little girl and her big day {Hamilton NZ lifestyle photographer}

I want to share with you today and few lifestyle photographs from one big day of one little girl leaving in Hamilton, NZ. Yes, its my little one and I taking pictures for family storytelling and my 365 project what Im keeping up second year in a row.

Its amazing what moments, emotions and events you can capture when you just following your little one and keep camera close - ready for lifestyle moments to happen.

Sometimes images just unexpectedly happen: right moment at right time with good light and  composition :) Thats all what we need! 

Im so happy when I look back at photographs of last year 365 project and see how my little ones grow, so fast, its such a treasured memories! I just thought I need to capture how my little one love to dress up and change a few outfits during the day and only those ones what she really liked (where she took it from? Im not so fussy, believe me! ha-ha :)

Enjoy this gallery!

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ClickinWalk 2016 Auckland {New Zealand lifestyle wedding photographer}

Last sunday I been happy to took part in worldwide ClickinWalk in Auckland, New Zealand next day after shooting wedding in Hamilton NZ. A little bit more about it from official website:

"The online relationships that have blossomed within the Clickin Moms community of over 16,000 photographers are heartwarming. ClickinWalk is an opportunity for women who know one another in the virtual world to come together in the physical world and bond with others who share their passion for photography.  This event is designed not only to give women (and men) an occasion during which to nurture friendships and professional networks, but also to provide a chance to challenge both their photography and creative skills."

It was a great opportunity to us, lifestyle photographers to meet each other, had a relaxable walk and talk and capture some images along the way :) I been proud to be one of the ClickinWalk leaders with Clair and we been thrilled to met amazing women-photographers in our New Zealand ClickinWalk. Time went really fast and we met sunset at Auckland Viaduct and Wineyard Quarter.  

Enjoy this gallery!

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Brigham - Herald Island, Auckland wedding published in Brown Sparrow {New Zealand couples-engagement photographer}

Its a great pleasure to receive a good news: Ailsa & Ropate wedding {Brigham - Herald Island, Auckland} published in Brown Sparrow! Im so thrilled!

What a great honour to receive an acknowledgement for New Zealand wedding photographs in world level publishers!

This wedding was just amazing, with warm atmosphere, full of love and fun moments! Ailsa & Ropate such a stunning couple. Im happy to look at their wedding pictures over and over again!

Enjoy this publication in Brown Sparrow!

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Adventures on the bike track {Hamilton NZ lifestyle wedding photographer}

My kids love to spend a lot of time on the bike track at reserve just behind our house in Hamilton, NZ (my son just learn how to ride a bike). I know, really lucky they can have a little adventures and explore areas around what they love to do!

I used the opportunity to capture these lifestyle moments in between of my wedding season :) I just love spent this treasured time with my kids and capture a family story, document our everyday moments.

Enjoy this lifestyle gallery with adventures on the bike truck! {you can see how active my little ones, hands full!} :)

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Mothers on wedding - Mother's Day feature {New Zealand lifestyle couples-engagement photographer}

Just prior the Mother's Day I decided to put together photographs with mothers and brides or brides-mothers :) on the wedding day. As a lifestyle wedding photographer Im lucky enough to document a unique stories, emotions, connection, candid moments during the day and something really special. Im travelling all around New Zealand and met so many wonderful people!

It's such a special moments on the weddings when mother helping the bride on getting ready moments, watching the ceremony with tears in her eyes, or laughing during the speeches on reception.

Also special how brides who are mothers themselves show their feelings towards their little ones, pretty flower girls and ring carriers. I especially love when you can meet on the wedding a few generations, its so treasured moments!

Enjoy this gallery with special for bride and groom people!

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My 365 Project. April 2016 {New Zealand lifestyle wedding photographer}

This year is a second one in 365 Project - everyday documenting my family lifestyle moments. Its helps me remember the treasured things, practice, progress, see light, develop editing style as Im doing it every day and apply my skills to my wedding photography.

As a couples-engagement photographer I travelling a lot and had really busy wedding season which is slow down now, but I still enjoy to find time and peace in mind for myself, slow down and capture a magic moments :)

Hope you enjoy this gallery with treasured everyday moments with my kids.

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Inspiration board #3 beach photography {Auckland-Waikato-Bay of Plenty wedding photographer}

Our series of sharing Pinterest boards is continues.

Today I want to share with you my beach inspiration board with photographs what remind us about summer, light, sun, water, clean lines etc.

I just love these tones, feelings and emotions. Love to use these emotions in my wedding and lifestyle photography!

Have a look at my board and feel free to share your boards :)

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Rainbow Spring Family fun {Rotorua wedding-engagement photographer}

We spent long weekend with family by doing different fun activities {mini-golf, bike track, Waterworld and big trip to Rainbow Springs in Rotorua, NZ}. It was a great holiday trip on first free weekend almost at the end of the busy wedding season {I still have a few weddings to shoot ;), a good opportunity to spend more time with my family and kids.

This trip to Rotorua was spontaneous and we found out its only 1.5 hours from Hamilton, fast and easy {I would love to shoot some weddings this way, happy to travel :)}! Kids had a lot of fun watching a bird show, go few times on the Big Splash, play at playground and watch wildlife at night time. It was so exciting to walk around the park in the dark with some ambient light available. Kids been amazed by all this beauty around! Happy and tired went to sleep in the car on the back way home :)

So exciting trip!

Enjoy this lifestyle gallery with personal moments!

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