Sarah Maternity

Maternity photography is not really something I do regularly. So when Sarah asked if I can do a set of maternity photos for her, I tried to say no. But in the end, she convinced me with her really tasty home made chocolate cake and we took this set of photos on a beautiful afternoon …

Kodak Professional Gold Award 2013 – 2 Gold Awards

As mentioned in my previous blog post, I’ve recently received 2 Gold Awards from the 2013 Kodak Professional Gold Award. Kodak Professional Gold Award is a competition open to all professional wedding and portrait photographers and I am extremely honored to receive 2 gold awards this year. Below are my two award winning images. Both …

Lilly and Steve at the Riverhead – 2013 Kodak Professioal Gold Award winning photos

I’ve known Steve for many many years so when he told me he’s getting married and asked me to be his wedding photographer, I was so happy and was really excited about it! Only minutes later when I checked my calender, then I noticed I already got another wedding booked on that exact same date. …

Corina & Cameron’s Wedding at Gracehill Vineyard Estate

If you are a long time reader of my blog, you might remember the engagement photos I took for Corina and Cameron back a while ago. I was so excited when the lovely couple asked me to be their wedding photographer! A few weeks ago, I captured their wedding at the beautiful Gracehill Vineyard Estate. …

Sunny Summer Day

I’ve known Jarod for many years, so when Jaord asked if I can take his wedding photos. I just couldn’t say no to him and Helen even though I already have quite a busy schedule and normally wouldn’t want to take another job, Photographer loves beautiful sunlight and we had a beautiful sunny summer day …

Love, at the top of the mountain

I was not planning to show any photos from this wedding photo shoot but I really love this photo and it’s quite different to my usual photo style so here it is, what do you think?   (Please click on the photo to see a larger version) Oh and i love my D800’s 36MP resolution, …

My city

Went up the skytower with the family recently, and took a few photos when we were up there. Auckland is really a beautiful city. Do you agree? You can find the last photo on Nikon NZ’s official facebook page as well: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150943275559611&set=a.177751549610.122974.35224779610&type=1&theater

We are now on Facebook!

Finally, i created a facebook page for Photo by Richard. I have been thinking of doing that for a long long time, but everytime when i started, i got distracted by something else more important so it was never created (okay trying to find some excuse to cover up my laziness), but anyway, it’s here …

Ada and Wilfred at The Wharf

Happy new year everyone! How was everyone’s 2011? 2011 was another busy year for me,  lots of things happened, including lots of very exciting things, such as the Rugby World Cup 2011 (and All Blacks won the world cup!), winning a Kodak Gold Awards and also my brother Wilfred and his Fiancée Ada’s wedding!! They …

Kodak Gold Award 2011 Winner – Part 2

As i’ve mentioned in the previous post, i’ve won a Silver Merit in the 2011 Kodak Gold Awards – Wedding Bride and/or Groom category this year, and this is the photo that won me the award. Special thanks to Winston Gee for being my assistant and holding the lights, umbrella and gear under rain for …