artfully capturing intentional days on film, digital and 16mm around Auckland, New Zealand and beyond.
zara staples
Made with love.
For intentional love stories.
Photography and videography for those who want timeless moments that capture the essence of who they are in a way that feels natural, as if nobody is watching.
Our aim is to encapsulate the perfect balance of documentary and editorial style wedding photography. Capturing moments naturally, as they happen and also directing you when you need it.
Together, Jared and I will document all the good times on multiple mediums, in a thoughtful and intentional way.
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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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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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 & Connoer
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!
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