Clucas Cup - Ice figure skating photography

As many of you already know, ice skating is one of my favourite activities to do, together with photography, and when both of them comes together its a dream come true.

It was a honour for me to be asked by NZIFSA to be an official photographer for Clucas cup - Selection ice figure skating competitions with top skaters competing first event of the season in New Zealand, including Dwayne Li, Petra Lahti, Renee Tsai, Cara Tang, Mirika Armstrong, Nicca Wu, Mia Chen and other talented NZ figure skaters (including my daughter Anna-Bella).

It was fire on ice with all the passion, grace and power. Such a beautiful moments to photograph!

Enjoy highlights of these competitions!

I can not wait to photograph more competitions this season together with Nationals that coming in October.

Exciting times ahead!

Graduation photo shoot - Auckland Domain (couples and family photographer)

Graduation is such a special day and deserve a special celebration with a photo shoot to create memories for years to come.

We met with Lysea and her family (husband and mum) at Auckland Domain.

It was a very special session with turned from graduation to a small maternity and family photo shoot (so many occasions in one!).

Perfect time to celebrate! It was a honour for me as photographer to capture all these special moments.

Enjoy highlights of this graduation shoot in Auckland Domain:

One location - variety of photos {Auckland engagement-wedding photographer - photography education}

Sometimes just one location with one source of light can take your breath away and make it magical with great variety of photos. It happens to me pretty much at every Auckland engagement photo shoot or wedding, where I’m searching for light, inspiration and creativity, and aim for a great variety of photos, which important for most photographers.

Light is a big moving part of every creative process. For me, personally, location take play as well. It’s important to consider colour, texture, space and available light at every location.

Next comes compositional choices with leading lines, symmetry, reflection, negative space and plenty of other techniques, including choosing a focal point and shooting range (far away, middle range or close up to get more intimate feel). Choice of lens is important as well, that’s why I often using two camera bodies with two lens or have a 24-70 mm zoom lens on me to get more variety of photos.

By the way, my online photography workshop “Love, Light and Laughter” coming soon on 9 June 2025 at Click Photo School, not long to go now! Perfect education for photographers to discover your voice and best way to express it!

Enjoy highlights on our recent proposal session with Zoe & Marshall in Winter Gardens, Auckland Domain, where we explored a few little spots around the pavilions, and one particular spot became my favourite.

It offered a great light, solid backdrop, opportunity to capture different range of shots, including anonymous portraits and negative space, and intimate couples photos as well.

Proposal in Winter Gardens: Marshall and Zoe (Auckland wedding photographers)

The groom planned a perfect proposal in Winter Gardens: Marshall knew Zoe’s parents get married in Winter gardens (Auckland) and this location is very special to her, that’s why he decided to ask her hand at this epic location, very popular with many couples and wedding-engagement photographers.

Even rain can’t stand on the way of this proposal! We decided to meet in one of the pavilions and Marshall asked his friends to come over to help with his plan.

I arrived to location early, looking for happy couple, secretly pretending to be interested by shooting flowers (I did enjoy colourful lines of beautiful creations, but been as a man on the mission, acting as a spy and hoping to not miss the most important moment to capture. Luckily, Marshall sent me their selfie beforehand, so at least I knew how couple looks like.

Then moment has come. They both walked in the Winter Gardens, Marshall fall on one knee in one of the flower rows, Zoe looked very surprised and happy. She said YES and everybody around been clapping, applauding to happy couple (and there was lots of people as everyone tried to hide from the rain under cover).

Couple took hugs and congratulations from their friends and we continued to take some photos around Winter Gardens (luckily weather settle down by then, even though we found plenty of spots providing some cover).

Enjoy this quick proposal sneak peek! I can not wait to move through couple’s final gallery. Contact me with any question!

Wedding anniversary photo shoot on Muriwai Beach (Auckland engagement photographer)

Im truly excited to share with you recent wedding anniversary photo shoot with Elise and Jake on Muriwai Beach (Auckland). This beautiful people contacted me, couples and engagement photographer, just before their anniversary to have their traditional anniversary session that they take every year in different locations. Last one was at Blue Mountains in Sydney!

Next one still a mystery but we discussed a few exciting options. I just love this tradition to celebrate couples love documentating such a special for them moments every year!

Its now come to 5 years anniversary from their wedding day, such a big milesstone!

Couple travel all the way from South Island to take photos on West Coast Beach (we even missed one date as drove to the different locations - I been at Muriwai and couple drove to Piha due to navman mistake! Oh well! Luckily, we still finally met a week later at stunning secluded beach in Auckland and could share such special moments, memories for year to come!

Enjoy these photographs in a gorgeous gallery! Contact me with any questions!

Family photo shoot - 3 generations in Orewa (North Shore, Auckland photographer)

It was a pleasure to meet Wilson family for a photo shoot with 3 generations together (grandparents, two sons with their partners and little grandkids) in Maygrove Lake (Orewa, North Shore - Auckland). Such a pleasure to be invited to document as photographer these special moments for this beautiful family on the day of golden anniversary for head of their family.

Family sessions are always funs, especially when there a 3 generation together, celebrating life (and wedding anniversary!).

Location near the lake is stunning with pass around, bridges, blossoming on the water lilies and some trees cover, and even swing over the water. SO many photo opportunities!

Enjoy a quick sneak peek of this beautiful family session in Maygrove Lake (Orewa), more photos coming soon!

Proposal on the beach (Auckland wedding photographers

Exciting times with proposal on Brick Bay Beach (Sandspit, Auckland)! Alexanrde decided to propose to Casey on their romantic weekend in Matakana. Couple made their way from Hamilton, to spend weekend away, have a beautiful dinner at Brick Bay Winery and have a relaxed walk on the beach, where all action happened!

Surprised proposals are my favourites, pleasure to photograph for all wedding and couples photographers!

It required some spy work - I been hanging on the beach pretending to be interested in photographing swans in the ocean! Suddenly couple appeared and Alexandre dropped on one knee! Quick in action!

It was a great time on the beach with these beautiful souls, when we slowly moved from proposal to engagement session photos.

Congratulations to happy couple! Enjoy this quick highlight from the beach proposal - engagement session on the beach. Let me know if you have any questions!

Muriwai Beach pre-wedding session - Tony and Joey (Auckland engagement-wedding-family photographers) - City + Forest

Muriwai Beach such a perfect place for a pre-wedding session with gorgeous landscape and stunning golden sunset light. Tony and Joey made their way from Singapore and Switzerland to Auckland, New Zealand, two souls come together!

Before ended up meeting sunset on the beach, we met with couple to capture so special for couple moments in the city - Silo Park with urban landscapes with mix of concrete, nature and water views.

Next destination was forest with lush greenery and sheltered from sun location, following with Muriwai Beach, secluded beach with cave, favourite place to shoot engagement sessions, weddings and family photo shoots for all photographers (you can meet them or surfers there quite often!).

Three pre-wedding photo shoot locations, stunning couple - two beautiful souls and beautiful sunset in a beautiful setting! Love is all around!

Enjoy highlights of this engagement photo session and contact me with any questions!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year (Auckland engagement and wedding photographer)

Its this time of the year again, celebrating special events and success of the year, looking forward to next year exciting and making plans!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all the couples and families! It was such a pleasure to share with you all the beautiful, emotional and real moments in Auckland: engagement, pre-wedding photo shoots in stunning locations, family sessions on the beach, business branding headshots, gorgeous weddings with close friends and family! So many memories for years to come!

Enjoy these quick highlights of the year and Im looking forward to capture more meaningful moments next year - 2025! Exciting times ahead!

From my personal achievements - I been in World Winter Master Games in Italy and took 5th place in ice figure skating, also had skating trips in Oberstdorf (Germany), Sydney (Aus), Melbourne (Aus), and New Zealand Nationals in Christchurch (taking 2nd place). It was a honour to be an official photographer for few skating competitions through the season and capture all the moments of power and grace (from beginner to senior level, including Dwayne Yahao Li, first NZ Youth Olympics medalist)! It’s great when my personal sport hobby connects to professional - photography! Love my work!

Also my kids are finished primary and intermediate school, so new beginnings for our family next year!

I can not wait to see what future brings!

Merry Christmas to you and your family and a Happy New Year!

Piha Beach engagement session (Auckland pre-wedding photographer) Andrea and Jerry

Piha Beach is one of the most beautiful locations for engagement session in Auckland. I personally love West Coast Beaches for pre-wedding photo shoots, with such stunning landscapes and opportunity for a gorgeous sunset light, dream come true for any photographer!

We met with Andrea & Jerry just few months before their wedding in Queenstown for couple’s photo shoot and had such amazing time, full of love, light and laughter!

Couple shared their love story: “We were neighbours during high school & went out for 3 years during Uni. We reconnected 8 years later. We’ve been together just over 2 years again now and knew from our first date that this was it for us and we’ve been inseparable ever since.” The proposal: “We brought our first house together in June. Settlement was on the Friday & we met early Saturday morning at the house to start moving. Andrea walked in to find the ring box & Jerry on one knee. We both burst into tears. It was surreal and felt like all our dreams had come true.” Such an amazing heartfelt story!

Enjoy highlights of this Piha Beach engagement session in photo gallery below:

Waiheke Island: Wild Estate vineyard (Auckland wedding photographer): Aleah and Tyler

Waiheke Island Weddings are so special - making all this way on the ferry to secluded island and celebrate such a special day on one of the most fun and beautiful place on Waiheke - Wild Estate vineyard, great place to be in Auckland, and pleasure for me to be their wedding photographer and capture all the beutiful, emotional and real moments!

Congratulations to Aleah & Tyler who get married at Waikehe Island beach, they had an amazing time with their close friends and family at Wild on Waiheke (with archery and shooting, fun games and more).

Adventurous couple with joyful barefoot wedding! Way to go!

Couple shared their story: “Our story is a long love story in the making; 16 years to be exact. We met for the first time in high school (he dated my best friend briefly), and throughout the years we always seemed to run into each other (for example seeing each other across the university quad in our 2nd year at uni). The timing was never good, we were either seeing someone or had other major life events going on. But we always checked in on each other, and whenever we did get time to spend together it was always easy, full of adventure, laughter and moments of caring deeply for one another. I decided to move to Brisbane, Australia in 2016. Tyler was very upset about loosing a close friend. 2017 I was visiting and we spent a day together filled with adventure and laughter. I was flying out the next day and he decided he had "nothing to loose" and told me how he felt. This sent me reeling as I have been feeling the exact same way about him. We decided to do long distance and Tyler decided to follow me across the ditch in 2019. We all know what happened 2020, so instead of going on travel adventures, we chose to save and bought a house and rescued our beautiful fur baby in April 2023. Once the world was open again, and we had spent time with family, we were once again ready to begin our overseas travel adventures.”

Proposal happened: “In August 2023, we set out for our first real overseas travel adventure as a couple. My dad always told me to travel with someone before you marry them so you know who they really are. We touched down in Jordan, and were planning to spend 2 weeks there. I was nervous about getting through customs and I was right in my assumption. The whole custom process and hotel check in had me on edge (we were questioned who he was to me as an Arab woman). Once safely in our hotel room, Tyler asked what he could do to make me feel more safe and secure. He had been planning to propose to me during the meteor shower in the Wadi Rum desert. He prioritised my comfort and security that day in the hotel room and proposed to me then and there. I love him for this, and I got to wear my ring and ended up feeling much more comfortable for the rest of the trip because of this.”

Great Creative Team:

- Flowers - decorative ToeToe hand harvested by me and mum and dried in her garage. We are asking each guest to bring a stem of their favourite flower for the bouquet. - Make up - Amy Crawford (the beauty spot) - Jewellery - necklace gifted to me 7 years ago by my training hospital - Dress - Grace Loves Lace (local designer 1 hr from my front door in Brisbane, made of 96% recycled fabric, hand made on site)

Enjoy highlights of couple’s special day in photo gallery!

Pre-wedding photo shoot at Piha: Devon and Ash (Auckland engagement photographer)

It was a beautiful moment when couple asked me to capture their pre-wedding photo shoot at Piha. Devon actually wanted to propose to Ash at that couple’s session on Auckland Beach but could not wait anymore and proposal happened just one week earlier :). Congratulations to happy couple! Ita such a pleasure to be their engagement photographer and capture so many beautiful, emotional and real moments!

Bring back memories! Enjoy highlights of couple’s pre-wedding photo shoot at Piha Beach with views to Lion Rock

Contact me to book your session!

Orakei Bay Wedding: Laura and Chris (Auckland couples' photographer)

What a great way to start this season with Orakei Bay wedding. Congratulations to Laura & Chris get married at one of the hidden gems - Central Auckland picturesque venue surrounded by close friends and family!

Wedding was filled with so much fun, love and positive emotions. Even rain can't stand on the way of this beautiful celebration!

Couple shared their love story: “Met down at Otago uni, been together 8 years. Two cats with plans to get dogs with more travel in the plans”, he proposed": “after cooking me a breakfast on a sunny sunday morning”.

Such a fun couples, people with beautiful souls!

Creative team:

Dress - Hera couture, Suit - Barkers, Flowers - Deco's by D, Hair and Makeup - Clarette FX, Celebrant , MC and DJ - Gary Pointon and Auckland wedding photographers - Levien & Lens photography.

Enjoy highlights of this vibrant wedding in photo gallery. Contact me with any questions!

Sports Event Photography (Auckland photographer) - Ice Figure Skating

If you are wondering what Im up to in between of wedding seasons. The answer is simple - I’m not only skating myself as an adult ice skater (and have my daughter skating), but also happy to help skating community and capture sports event photography in Auckland (and experienced event photographer by now shooting over 10 seasons) - my favourite ice figure skating competitions during the skating season (which falls perfectly in between of my favourite couples and weddings, family photo shoots). When weather not so nice with big chance of rain, and wind on the beach, great to spent time inside to enjoy warm atmosphere at competitions.

Perfect for me to put together two of my passions - photography and skating!

This year I been asked to be an official photographer for three sport events - competitions in Auckland: Skate Academy Competitions, Allegro Championship and North Island Championships.

Enjoy these moments of beauty, power and grace in photo gallery highlights:

Couples photo shoot on the beach (West Auckland photographer)

Ellenie & Mike asked me about couples photo shoot on Muriwai Beach (West Auckland) before they heading to elope in Island and I been truly honored to be their photographer and capture so many beautiful, emotional and real moments for this beautiful couple.

We had such a great time on the beach just before the sunset and even though it was very windy and cloudy, we been happy to see the sun come out for a bit during our photo shoot.

I wish this couple all the best in their upcoming adventure in Island. What a great way to celebrate their wedding!

Enjoy highlights of this beautiful couple’s gallery in our Blog:

Professional Headshots {lifestyle natural photography in Auckland} Bussiness

Belinda, a founder of Waiuku Craniosacral asked me to take for her professional headshots for her website and portfolio, with lifestyle natural photography that truly reflects her personality and business where she is helping so many people to manage their everyday pain. Such a great cause!

I been happy to drive to Waiuku and help my friend as I know this beautiful soul for years and meet her at the dance class in local studio in Pukekohe when I been living in Waiuku at the time. Need to mention she and her daughter was one of my first models at the time I was learning and practicing with my new camera and later started my photography business and Belinda been doing study for craniosacral therapy. Hard to believe how far we both come over the decade!

Enjoy hoghlights of our shoot with Belinda and her gorgeous dog. Amazing what you can create inside on the house where studio is based and just at the front lawn! I love to create natural photographs that truly reflects the character!

Pre-wedding photo shoot at forest and beach (West Auckland couples photographer)

Ella and Rey had a wonderful pre-wedding photo shoot at Muriwai forest and beach (West Auckland), just before their intimate elopement happening next month. Exciting times ahead!

Its such a pleasure for me to be their couples photographer and capture all the beautiful, emotional and real moments in such a stunning location in New Zealand! I just love to meet sunset on this secluded beach surrounded by rocks and witness moments of closeness and love!

Enjoy highlights of this engagement session and let me know if you have any questions!

Extended family photo shoot in New Zealand (Auckland couple-wedding photographer)

Great time with Valencia and her extended family who come all the way from Singapore to explore stunning New Zealand and had a photo shoot on Muriwai Beach with popping into forest location first.

Mum, Dad, three sisters, their husbands and two little ones, so much fun and positive emotions, with closeness and connection!

Love is all around! By the way my next online workshop Love, Light & Laughter begin on 18 March. Secure your seat at Click Photo School!

Mudbrick wedding on Waiheke Island (Harriet and Jayden) - Auckland photographers

Mudbrick is a stunning venue for any wedding with unique location overlooking the hills on Waiheke Island, perfect for any couple and pleasure for us to shoot, as photographers.

Harriet and Jayden come together with their family and friends to celebrate their special day. Couple had amazing time full of love and laughter, warm and cosy atmosphere.

We met with them before at pre-wedding consultation and engagement photo shoot before the wedding. Had so much fun and romance at sunset photo shoot at Muriwai Beach.

Couple shared their story: “Been together 3 years, met online have already enjoyed many adventures together travelling in and away from New Zealand and now have a 9month old baby Henry”. Proposal made “On a beach walk on a romantic weekend away to celebrate our one year anniversary.” What a beautiful family with gorgeous baby boy!

Enjoy highlights of couple’s wedding gallery in our Blog:

Family photo shoot at Christmas Holidays (Orewa Beach - North Shore photographer)

Christmas and New Year is a perfect time to get together with family and have some photos taken to create memories for years to come.

Thats why extended family photo shoots are so popular, and I just love to see how all family comes together and have an opportunity not only capture them all but also do some quick photos of each small family.

This time I went to Orewa to capture Sally and John’s beautiful family with their three grown up kids and their partners. It was a pleasure to meet this family again as I already captured their son’s wedding (and now they are expecting +1) and pre-wedding photo shoot, other two kids’ graduations and family photos and Sally’s beautiful performances on the ice (she is my friend and fellow adult figure skater - living the same passion).

I had feeling like Im capturing my own family. So good to see these beatiful people again! Even small rain cant stand on the way this family gathering!

Enjoy a quick sneak peek - highlights from our photo shoot at Orewa beach, such amazing memories!