Storytelling through genuine
imagery that goes beyond
tradition.
We are here for
for lovers of authentic storytelling and timeless artistry. We create keepsakes that feel like an extension of your love story. Our work isn't about perfection - it's about capturing the honest, unfiltered beauty of real moments and turning them into art you will treasure forever.
Based in New Zealand, travelling near and far for the lovers, the dreamers and the art appreciators.
About us
pressed flowers lovingly supplied by Nana.
Originally from Gisborne, Zara now resides in Auckland, New Zealand, between travelling for destination bookings. Zara's passion for taking photos began at a young age, and now with almost 15 years behind the lens Zara has developed a deep love of capturing connection between people.
Zaras' approach of a friend with a film camera during your day, brings a unique perspective and feeling to her work. Zara's calm nature is sure to put anyone at ease.
With a love for creative portraits + fashion that stems from her early photography days, having space to create and collaborate with couples for their imagery is deeply important.
Childhood photo by Zaras' Nana on film.
Jared also grew up in a small town, Katikati. His love for photography began in his early teens, through taking photos of his friends skating. A series of events led him to capturing live music events.
Fast forward to 2024, he’s been splitting his time between NZ & LA for the last 4 years touring all around the world with musicians.
second photographer & 16mm + super 8 shooter (+ my other half)
MEET JARED
MEET ZARA
Kate & Nick
You are incredible!! These are absolutely amazing—we love them so much. The way you captured the day, the setting, the lighting. It's all so perfect. And I feel really beautiful in them - and as someone who usually hates photos of myself, these are so special to me.
We truly can’t thank you enough. Your work is one of the absolute highlights of the day. We want to share how wonderful you are with the rest of the world!
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Peter & Claude
ZARA.. They are so so so so beyond stunning in every way. You are truly a master of both analogue and digital! We can’t believe that’s us in those pictures. The amount of times I literally gasped looking through them..Speechless.
We are so so lucky to have you! We put a lot of time & energy into our wedding and you really just made every single detail shine like we could have never have realistically hoped for, our dreams have come true. I could honestly cry.
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Olivia & Matt
Z.S. , you were perfect! Literally no notes. It was so fun to have you around, and even better that you captured the moments so beautifully and thoughtfully, both the small and the big ones. Our photos are everything we wanted, I love them and so does Matt - and I don't know if you could tell but he's not someone that loves having photos of himself taken (I AM, LOVED EVERY CLICK haha) so that's really awesome!
Thank you so much for all your hard work, the heart and soul poured into the photos is evident. So happy we chose you!
P.S. Granny Susie has been absolutely raving about you to me since the wedding.
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Mads & Rhys
Zara is the best in the business. I am not sure how to convey how wonderful and seamless she made our wedding day. My husband and I are not big fans of getting our photos taken but we had so much fun creating magic with Zara. She was such a perfect addition to our wedding day and I would’ve chosen our wedding date based on her availability! Thank you Zara for giving us the gift of our photos, we will treasure them forever.
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Taylor & Nathaniel
Zara is our dream photographer! She is down to earth and just an amazing human to work with - she's honestly so lovely. Zara's work really speaks for itself, our photos turned out more beautiful than we ever could have imagined and she made it so easy to be in front of the camera. I'm usually terrible at having my photo taken but she just made it such a natural and fun experience.
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Lizzie & Conner
Omg every single one of these is the best photo ever! We really can’t thank you enough for capturing our day so beautifully <3 all the best mems we get to keep forever. You were the MVP and such a delight, so many family and friends have commented how wonderful you were and how much we all love the photos so once again a huge THANK YOUUU!
