NEW ZEALAND, EUROPE & UK WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER
About
Seventeen years of happy people
I didn’t plan to become a wedding photographer. My background is a slightly winding creative one – I started university studying textiles before switching to graphic design and photography, and eventually found myself at weddings with a camera. In hindsight it makes complete sense. Everything I studied was about how things look, feel and connect, and that’s exactly what I’m doing on a wedding day.
What I found was something I didn’t expect: a room full of genuinely happy people, all in one place, on one of the best days of their lives. It was, honestly, a little addictive. Seventeen years later, it still is.
I’m based in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, and I spend the summer season shooting weddings at home before heading to Europe and the UK each year from June through September.
Weddings, wherever they are.
Weddings are beautifully varied – wild coastlines, quiet vineyards, backyard gatherings, black-tie celebrations and everything in between. My approach stays the same wherever we are: calm, considered, and focused on how the day feels, not just how it looks.
THE PEOPLE ARE THE BEST PART
Over the years, I’ve found myself endlessly interested in the people I work with – professionals with full lives, strong opinions about what they want, and usually a good story about how they got there.
I love hearing those stories – how they met, what they do, what drives them. The couples who get the most out of working with me are usually the ones who are relaxed enough to just enjoy the day, and trust that I’ve got it covered.
HOW I WORK
My background in design and photography shapes everything – the way I frame a shot, the details I notice that others walk past. I still shoot a mix of film and digital – there’s a patience to film that suits the kind of unhurried, observational photography I’m drawn to.
But the approach on the day itself is the opposite of clinical. It’s warm, unhurried, and built around you feeling comfortable rather than directed. No posing, no interruptions, no moment broken apart to be reconstructed. Just the two of you, exactly as you are.
Most couples tell me afterward that they forgot I was even there. That’s exactly what I’m going for.
MEREDITH LORD PHOTOGRAPHY
Relaxed editorial-style wedding photography – New Zealand, UK & Europe