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On a rare afternoon off during our week of shooting editorials in Wanaka, New Zealand, the team and I decided to go for a little adventure. Only a few minutes away from where we were staying is the amazing Mount Aspiring National Park. We drove through fjords, pulled over on the side of the road and went running into the landscape to get up close to waterfalls. All you could see around you were snow capped mountains and crystal clear water rushing through the park. There were hundreds and hundreds of sheep that afternoon, all running through the fields and around the gravel road we were driving on. We stayed at the National Park until the very last glimmer of light had disappeared before heading home for the night.
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As part of the editorials that I was photographing for Well Travelled Bride while in Wanaka, New Zealand, we were taken on a private helicopter ride to the top of Fog Peak - a snow-capped mountain in Mount Aspiring National Park. The views on the flight there were incredible, we were all laughing and screaming and taking so many photos on the way there. We were dropped off on the top of a snowy mountain where all you could see around you is more snow and more mountains. It felt amazing hopping out of that helicopter and being the first person ever making footprints in the snow.
We spent a little while that afternoon shooting part of out editorial here, warming up our bride model Alex in between photos as she was not surprisingly freezing up here in Kelsey’s sequin wedding dress! At the end of our shoot, we left the bride and groom on top of the mountain and we all headed back to the helicopter for a few last photos. We circled around our couple with my door open and it was one of the most exhilarating things I’ve ever done! Our behind the scenes photographer John captured a few photos of this which you can see on my Behind the Scenes blog post.
Once again a big thank you to Lake Wanaka Tourism and Aspiring Helicopters for making this happen!
Here are the final photos from our crazy whirlwind afternoon of getting flown to the top of Fog Peak.
You can see all the final photos from our editorial here!
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editorial for well travelled bride
see the full story here!
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model alex pole
gowns kelsey genna
florals and styling yvette edwards
a big thank you to lake wanaka tourism & air new zealand
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On a rare afternoon off during our week working in Wanaka, New Zealand our team decided to head off on a road trip to Paradise. From Wanaka we made our way to Queenstown making a quick stop at the Cadrona Hotel and the Famous Bra Fence on the way there. From Queenstown we officially hit the road for Paradise. We stopped off more times than I can remember on the side of the road to take a picture of the sun hitting the mountains or the clouds lazily hanging over the lakes that we passed by. If the state of the car is to decide how much fun we had that day.. you’ll see by the end of this blog post just how much we got up to!
While I was in Poland, Kelsey Genna & Yvette Edwards emailed me asking if I wanted to be part of a new venture they was undergoing with the title Well Travelled Bride. I jumped at the opportunity, loving the idea and as quickly as I was home in Sydney for a few short days, I was already on another plane again heading towards New Zealand. I had no idea what to expect coming in to Wanaka, but if the flight there was anything to go by, I knew I was in for a treat. I’ve never experienced a flight where almost all the people sitting in the airplane were looking out the window. We flew over the New Zealand alps, snow covered and doused in a warm glow from the sunset for about half an hour before landing in the most beautiful airport I’ve ever been to in Queenstown. As soon as I stepped off the stairs of the plane I was smiling from ear to ear, admiring all the mountains surrounding us.
My first day in New Zealand was spent location scouting with the Wanaka Tourism Board and John Bozinov, another photographer on board for the editorial. We visited mountains, lakes so clear that if the water wasn’t moving you wouldn’t even be able to tell it was there, fjords, beautiful houses nestled in the countryside and countless of beautiful sights we would be able to turn into locations for our coming shoots.
Even though our week was packed busy with full day shoots, the team and I managed to spend some time enjoying our wonderful accommodation in Wanaka, going for nights out in Queenstown, adventuring through the local Mount Aspiring National Park and visiting the local sights in Wanaka such as That Wanaka Tree. We made a couple of trips to the picturesque town of Queenstown throughout our week staying and shooting in Wanaka. The little city is shadowed by a tall wall of redwood trees that you can see from the streets as you walk around. I was in love with it! We came back on our last night for a couple of drinks to celebrate an amazing week of working together. We ate at Ferg Burger, which is a must do in Queenstown - every time we saw it the line was out the door and trickling onto the street walkway.
A few moments from our time in Wanaka I will never forget include a day where we were taken on a private helicopter ride to the top of Fog Peak. I flew around our models with the helicopter door open and it was truly something I will never forget. You can read the whole story and see all the pictures from that day here!
We had a day scheduled to shoot at the top of Treble Cone. Early in the morning we packed the van full of goodies and headed up to Treble Cone to have a picnic with a view. When we got to the entrance of the mountain and started driving up in our van, Yvette didn't have much faith that she could get us up to the top. So we sat around in the carpark, our hopes deflated until she decided to run up to some strangers and ask if they could drive us up instead. We met Tibone and his friend Alex who drove us up to the top, two French snow boarding boys who have been living in New Zealand for the past four months. We ended up having our picnic at the top of treble cone after all!
On our last day in New Zealand, we were treated to a special jetboat ride through the fjords of Mount Aspiring National Park thanks to Wilkin Jetboats. In the morning, we made our way towards the jetboat where we set off on our adventure. I’ve never seen water so clear and so blue before, I couldn't stop taking pictures of it. We were taken through the valley of the mountains where we would get closer and closer to the snow in the distance. It felt like we were being taken through completely untouched land that no one has walked on or been to before. We were dropped off on an island where we had a picnic set up and waiting for us. We had some snacks, red wine and some well known kiwi food including the whitebait fritters that were caught locally and cooked right in front of us.
Wanaka, you were seriously one amazing adventure and I’m dreaming of coming back one day soon!
I just wanted to say a big BIG thank you to
Well Travelled Bride
Wanaka Tourism Board &
Air New Zealand
for letting this wonderful adventure happen!
all photos edited with my Wedding Collection Lightroom Preset