My New Zealand Honeymoon

I originally thought I would just post a few photos from my honeymoon driving around the South Island of New Zealand but it's such an amazingly beautiful place, I couldn't help but post more! This is only a small selection of the places we visited. I took over 5 thousand photos so I definitely have not edited them all! Please excuse the all over the place watermarking! I forgot I should be changing my watermark for the first few weeks as a married woman!

Amanita Muscaria

Californian Redwood forest in Hanmer Springs

We spent a lot of time in our rain jackets!

Hanmer Sunset

I did a LOT of this while we were there!

Hanmer Forest

Looking over Lake Matheson towards Aoraki Mt Cook

Snowy peaks on the drive to Wanaka

The most beautiful morning light on the way to Miford Sound

On the way to Milford Sound

On the way to Milford Sound

A cheeky Kea bird trying to eat someones car aerial!

Me on the Milford Sound Cruise

Waterfall from the boat

There were a lot of waterfalls around!

On The way to Lake Tekapo

Looking down over Queenstown on one of the few sunny days we had

Haast River in Haast Pass, Mt Aspiring National Park.

Julian and Farmer Dave riding the quad bikes at Wellspring Deer Farm

Wellspring Deer Farm

Wellspring Deer Farm

The big Elk stag (sans antlers for safety) at Wellspring Deer Farm

Feeding time at Wellspring Deer Farm

Wellspring Deer Farm

Wellspring Deer Farm

Julian walking on Fox Glacier! It was only a few degrees on the ice and rained the whole time!

Me channeling Little Red Riding Hood in the forest behind the holiday park at Lake Tekapo

The shot of the moon I took atop of Mt John at the observatory using a special adapter that allowed me to use a telescope as a lens!

Levitate

I am starting a new project over winter while there aren't as many weddings to shoot. It's a self portrait series with the theme of leviation. This is the first photo and my first attempt at the technique. I am really happy with how it turned out! I'm a devout Lightroom user so my photoshop skills aren't great but I am glad I have the skills to do this. Hopefully I learn some more over the course of this series!

Ange and Stu's Wedding

I was lucky enough to shoot a wedding for Silver 7 Photography at Samurai Beach Resort before they stopped doing weddings. It was a beautiful setting, surrounded by bushland giving it a very intimate feel. Ange and Stu had a DIY aspect to their wedding with Ange doing the flowers herself and family members helping with the decorations. These are some of my favourite shots that I edited myself.

Ange's Dress was stunning

Awesome artwork done by one of the groomsmen

This tree was the backdrop to the ceremony and made for a fun photo with the whole bridal party climbing it!

The awesome cheese wheel cake! It was a hot summer day and one of the soft cheese wheels had cracked and oozed down the side but everyone was so happy and relaxed, it wasn't a problem!

Finger print tree!

The gorgeous DIY flowers and wood candle holders

One of the groomsmen doing some fire twirling! What a fun night!