A celebration of love, everlasting friendship, and a spiritual unity between two souls. An exchange of commitment and vows. The enjoyment of your closest and dearest. Seeing your loved ones meet and greet. The exchanging of laughs and happy tears. These are all things that to me make up a wedding and make me a firm believer in love.
Hey!
I’m Joel, a wedding and elopement photographer based in Northland and Queenstown, New Zealand. Thank you for stopping by! With a deep passion for art and a love for human connection, my aim is to encapsulate your love story in an honest and unique way. Having studied photography in various schools, universities, and courses throughout the years, you can feel at ease and secure knowing you will not only be receiving a professional photography service, but a new friend!
~ ABOUT US ~
110% recommend!!!! Joel and Bonita did the photography for our wedding and can’t explain how happy we are, they absolutely captured every single moment and went over and beyond!!
The day went so smooth with them around, they brought the calmness and made sure we were all on schedule, had laughs along the way and truely such good people to be around!
The photos turned out spectacular, the way they captured the day was incredible!
- Nichola & Jaime -
Trying to find words that aren’t cliche to accurately describe how incredible Joel and Bonita (plus 33 week baby Arlo!) were at our elopement. We have ridiculously beautiful, creative, “non-cookie cutter” photos that we love! All of the special moments that could have been so easily forgotten are captured perfectly. BUT not only do we have crazy cool photos, we also had so much fun with Joel and Bonita. We quickly got over the awkward “stranger taking your photo” vibes and soon felt like old friends. They blended in so well, ensuring our small elopement retained the intimate feels we wanted. Following the ceremony, we were stoked they were keen to scramble down a cliff and jump on a boat for a golden hour adventure around Bay of Islands.
- Shaun & Laura -
Would 100% recommend Joel and Bonita to all couples / whanau. They captured our wedding beautifully and were very lovely people to deal with. 10/10 from us :)
- Dana & Conor -
We had the privilege of having Joel and Bonita as our photographers on our wedding day.
Joel and Bonita have the biggest talent for taking memories and putting them into the most magical photos. I always knew they would do a beautiful job, but they far exceeded our expectations.
Not only are they great at taking photos, but they also work so well with making you feel comfortable and confident infront of the camera. Which is an absolute win.
- Hannah & Jayden -
Can't recommend Joel and Bonita enough!!
Before the wedding they helped so much with planning and ideas, they pretty much sorted out our whole wedding timeline. They are the nicest people.
Joel on the day was so kind, chilled out and made everyone around him feel good! What a nice guy. We are very confident behind the camera but he made us feel beautiful and so many ideas for photos.
You really made our day so special and so glad we had you guys!! Thanks so much
- Jemma & Sam -
I can’t even begin to describe how amazing Joel & Bonita were! We are so blessed to have chosen them to shoot our wedding day. Not only did they bring to life the magic and joy we both felt, they went above and beyond to reach out, send helpful tips and keep things running smoothly. They were happy to accomodate any questions or requests, and have been an absolute joy to work with. Their easy going and fun personalities had us laughing and feeling comfortable during all our shoots, and now we have some absolute fire memories for our wall and album that will last a lifetime. 10/10 recommend doing the full 10 hours with them, as it was perfect to capture every moment of the day. Will happily do more photography shoots in the future! Much love, Beth & Jerry x
- Beth & Jerry -