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Wedding photographer
Newcastle & the Hunter

(02) 5550 7136
A bride with a flower crown looks up at her groom in a pale suit, golden light behind them
A bride and groom walk out through their guests under falling petals, and he dips her for a kiss
A bride and groom laugh together on a lawn under the trees, her veil caught in the breeze

Wedding photographer Newcastle

Weddings, elopements and engagements across Newcastle, the Hunter Valley, Port Stephens and the Central Coast, from a studio in Cooks Hill. Every frame stays black and white until you choose it.

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Weddings, elopements and engagements

A bride and groom embrace, foreheads together, in black and white
A couple walk hand in hand across a mirror-flat salt pan, reflected below them
Her hand and engagement ring in focus as the couple kiss behind it

Weddings

The whole day, from getting ready to the last song. Two of us shoot it, one on the two of you and one on the room, so nothing is missed while you are busy being married.

  • 8 to 10 hours
  • Two photographers
  • Your gallery in six weeks

How a wedding day runs 

Elopements

Just the two of you and a celebrant, or a handful of people on a headland. Short and quiet, and photographed with the same care as a day for two hundred.

  • 2 to 4 hours
  • Beaches, vineyards, headlands
  • Help with the permit and the plan

Planning an elopement 

Engagements

An hour somewhere that is yours, a few months before the wedding. You get used to the camera and to us, so on the day you forget we are there.

  • 1 hour
  • Your street, your beach, your local
  • Five prints of the ones you choose

Booking an engagement shoot 

Stories from the contact sheet

Four weddings, three frames each, the way they come off the roll. The one circled in red is the frame the couple picked first. Hover a frame to bring it up in colour.

The couple on a carved marble staircase, her veil trailing down the steps
01 ▸ 01APICK
Close on the couple, cheek to cheek, her bouquet at the edge of the frame
02 ▸ 02A
The couple framed by a carved timber doorway, his arm around her
03 ▸ 03A

Hannah & Tom Merewether, Newcastle Sample story

The couple sit on the edge of a cliff above misty ranges, her dress spread around them
04 ▸ 04A
The bride stands with her bouquet, the hills fading into the mist behind
05 ▸ 05A
The couple on a ridge at sunset, pine trees and fog below them
06 ▸ 06APICK

Priya & Sam Pokolbin, Hunter Valley Sample story

The couple on a rocky headland, small against a wide sky
07 ▸ 07APICK
The bride's hair and skirt catch the wind as the groom walks ahead
08 ▸ 08A
The couple on wet rocks at the water's edge as the sun goes down
09 ▸ 09A

Mia & Jack Nelson Bay, Port Stephens Sample story

Close on the bride laughing up at the groom through her veil
10 ▸ 10A
The couple hold hands below a tall cliff
11 ▸ 11A
Their hands joined, her ring catching the light
12 ▸ 12APICK

Ella & Josh Terrigal, Central Coast Sample story

What couples wrote on the sheet

Hannah and Tom kiss in the city at night, a street sign glowing behind them

We circled forty of them and couldn't pick a favourite. She caught Dad crying before he'd even walked me in.

Hannah & Tom, Merewether, March Sample review
Priya and Sam small under a lone tree as the sun sets over the water

Rain all morning, and somehow every photo looks like it was planned that way. We stopped worrying by ten.

Priya & Sam, Pokolbin, October Sample review
Mia on a red rock outcrop by the sea, her veil lifting in the wind

Eight of us and a celebrant on a headland. The gallery came back in three weeks and it reads like a story, start to finish.

Mia & Jack, Nelson Bay, June Sample review

Questions couples ask first

How much does a wedding photographer cost in Newcastle?

It depends on the hours, whether you want a second photographer, and whether you want an album. A two-hour elopement and a ten-hour day with two of us are very different jobs, so we quote for your day rather than print a list. Send us the date, the place and roughly how long you'd like us there, and we'll send the collections that fit, with everything they include.

Do you photograph weddings in the Hunter Valley, Port Stephens and on the Central Coast?

Yes. Newcastle, the Hunter Valley, Port Stephens and the Central Coast are all home ground, so there's no travel fee anywhere from Terrigal up to Nelson Bay and out to Pokolbin. Further afield, we charge travel at cost and tell you the figure before you book.

Will our photos be in black and white?

Only the ones that suit it. Your gallery comes in colour, with black and white versions of the frames that work better that way. This site stays black and white until you choose a frame because that's how a contact sheet looks before the picks are made; your gallery doesn't.

What's the difference between an elopement and a small wedding?

An elopement is the two of you, a celebrant and two witnesses, sometimes a handful of family, with two to four hours of photography somewhere that means something to you. A small wedding usually has a reception. Either way it's a legal marriage in NSW, so the Notice of Intended Marriage still has to reach your celebrant at least one month before the day.

Is an engagement shoot worth it?

For most couples, yes. It's an hour somewhere you like, a few months before the wedding, and it's where you find out that being photographed isn't as awkward as you expect. On the day you've done it before, and it shows. It's included in our full-day collections, or can be booked on its own.

How long until we see our photos?

You'll get a preview of around thirty frames within a week. The full gallery takes about six weeks for a wedding and three for an elopement, because every frame is edited by hand, not run through a preset.

How far ahead should we book?

Saturdays from September to April usually go 12 to 18 months ahead. Weekdays, winter and elopements are easier, sometimes only a few weeks out. Send us your date and we'll tell you straight away if it's free; a deposit holds it.

The day is yours.

Tell us the date and where it is. We'll tell you straight away if we're free, and what the day would look like with us there.

Check your date(02) 5550 7136

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