I have the sweetest little Mother and Son Family session from Piha beach to show you today. Lyss is one of my friends, we used to work together in retail and I think she is super photogenic, look at those eyes, I love it! We decided to do a shoot with her and her beautiful […]

I’m excited to share this beautiful Autumn shoot with you today. It was a complete team effort with a bunch of incredibly talented vendors (you can find all their links below) and a wonderful couple – Kylee and Israel. The location is one of my favourite places in the Coromandel Peninsula (actually in the world) […]

I’m baaaaack with the wedding blogs! It has been a while y’all but I do have a few backed up from the last season (or two) that I still want to share! Starting with this beautiful Hedges Estate one, my lovely friends Mel and Jeremy. They just celebrated their one year anniversary in March and […]

The title of this post used to be “Lydia Rachel Life Update – March 2018” since I started drafting this in March… then life got a little crazy (again) and surprise! Here we are in June already, time is flying this year, am I right? The last time I did a post like this was […]

A bit of a throwback post on the blog tonight! These photos are from nearly two years ago eek! I have been going through a whole lot of my past work (+ have been a slack blogger lately) and have found some golden nuggets that are yet to be shared with you. I thought this […]

You may remember that time Cassey (Yumi) and I hung out last year and took some photos of each other? Well, at the end of that little adventure, Cassey’s boyfriend Isaac came and joined us and I took some cute couple snaps of them! Excuse me, I shouldn’t say ‘boyfriend’ because since then it has […]

I don’t like to play favourites but… this wedding had to be one of the best of the recent Summer season. Jonkers Farm is definitely one of my favourite venues in Auckland, with a woodlands ceremony spot, sprawling farmland and hills, lots of hidden photo spots and a view out over the west coast, what […]

I’m the kind of person who is driving along the road and say “ohh look how pretty that field is” or “what  a cool wall” or  “OMG I want to do a shoot there!” I guess I never really switch off from been a photographer and never stop scouting for cool locations or beautiful light. […]

Today on the blog I have a lovely little engagement shoot with my beautiful friends Melissa and Jeremy. We actually did this shoot over a year ago and these two got married in March this year on a day that poured with rain but was stunning nonetheless! So, I will share their wedding photos with […]

Tips for how to manage when it rains on your wedding day: 1. Be prepared in advance. If you live in New Zealand you probably know that we get a decent amount of rain throughout the year. It can be unpredictable and even if it’s the middle of Summer there’s always the chance it could […]