I want fashion editorial wedding photography? Can you shoot everything in four hours?

I’m often asked “how long will the (shooting) coverage be?” It really depends on the photographic expectations of bride and groom and other factors, such as number of guests, location distance between ceremony and formals location and often couples have their formals taken at a different location than the ceremony, so it takes time to [...]

A Parliament Wedding

This wedding took place at the Parliament Buildings in Wellington, New Zealand. A remarkable location with a mixture of ’70’s inspired and Edwardian neo-classical architecture, the grounds are lined with grand Pohutukawa trees where dozens of Tuis sing – it doesn’t get any more New Zealand than this. Love it!

When I was asked by Dot [...]

A Wonderful Testimonial

The other day, Wednesday in fact, I was at my desk working on password-protecting my client sites for the upcoming wedding season (previous clients had to type in a very long URL, not anymore, a simple username and password will do) and an email arrived. It read:

“Thank you so much for all your hard work [...]

What's in a name?

Bask Photography

Hello everyone, we formally welcome you to our new blog and new brand. As you know we were formerly called Samantha Bech Photography which was fine until we decided to expand. With the studio growing in size we wanted to choose a studio name which would be relevant internationally, easy to remember, thoughtful [...]

What’s in their bag?

Asking your photographer what kind of camera they’ll use to shoot your wedding is a fair question and if they’re charging a decent amount it should be professional or high-end gear at a minimum. There’s a reason for this: amateur or prosumer cameras are not built to withstand the demands placed on the equipment at [...]

To See or Not to See All the Images

This is an interesting debate! Some photographers show you all the images that were photographed at a wedding (or event) and some only show you the best 250-300 images. There’s a flipside to this as well…I had a client once ask to see 100 of the best images out of the 500 I planned to [...]

Formals Before or After the Ceremony?

A quiet moment – this photo was taken before the ceremony shot at the Monte Cristo Room below Toto’s

This is a personal choice but before you make up your mind consider the time you have between the ceremony and reception. Half my wedding (or civil union) couples have the formals taken before and half [...]

Trendy vs Natural – Choosing your Wedding Photographer

It’s important to start this discussion with “photography is subjective”. It is! We can’t please everyone and that’s why there are many styles of wedding photographers out there, you just need to find the one that suits you. However, while you’re looking, you should consider “style” very carefully.

In the following photos we have an example [...]

Wedding packages and prices

Packages – what are you looking for?

As a professional, and through networking, I’m often asked how I price my packages. The thing about wedding photography, is that no two packages (or weddings) are ever the same. Sure there are similarities and maybe 70%, or let’s say even 85%, of the day is very [...]

Winter season is upon us – have you booked your photographer for next year?

Maia – the winter dog

As the years go by, it would appear more and more bride and grooms are booking their wedding photographers closer to the time of their wedding, three or four months before. It used to be that bookings would come in 12-18 months in advance – yes 18 months! – but [...]