Posts by AuthorBrett
The weather report for Jane and Andrew’s big day looked promising: Sunny with late cloud. Not the absolute perfect conditions for a photographer but pretty close. Needless to say, the boffins at the Met Service were bloody wrong. It rained. Having spent a fair amount of time in the UK, Jane and Andrew had hired...
I’ve been a fan of The Melvins since the late 90’s when a friend introduced me to their album Stag after a gig one night. It blew me away with it’s distorted, dissident but yet highly melodic tunes and I knew I was going out the next day to buy the CD (This is before...
Our sister business Pretty Pictures specialises in Pinup, Burlesque and Vintage photography and one of the things we like to do is put on a day every now and then that focuses on just one style. We have previously put together Pin up photography days but our most recent one was Burlesque, which went down...
Just a short post to let you know that our photo booth fun blog now, just like Snow White, has a new home and we will be updating it more regularly over at www.photoboothfun.co.nz.
Just a little video for this Tuesday afternoon: We put these short video’s together for our clients and they just love them, great track by the Shout Out Louds as well. View more about our photo booths at www.photoboothfun.co.nz
Wow, how time flies! It’s been just over a year since we ran our very first photobooth at a party in Wellington and so much has changed. We’ve run booths all over the North Island (even in Australia!) and we now have a very successful business supplying New Zealand party-goers with their high grade booth fix...
Ok, so a bit of a new section to the blog where I recount a mistake I have made and hope to learn from it 🙂 Here’s Mistake #1 Always make sure your own equipment is not left in the background of a great shot: Worse still is not noticing for 6 months after the...
Earlier this year Pretty Pictures, a business I have with my partner Jaime Leigh specialising in Pin up and Retro Photography, were a major sponsor of the Miss Burlesque New Zealand pageant in Wellington, New Zealand. We sponsored the People’s Choice Award which was won by the effervescent Miss Busty La Belle and as such...
Our final collection for the day was Alana Bishop – “Stretch Me”, modelled by Lauren Spring. Thanks to Melody from Designer Direction for organising everything! Shoot Credits Photographer: Brett Stanley Stylist: Jason Tapuai-Kuka Hair Stylist: Richard Kavanagh Makeup Artist: Vee Gulliver Female Model: Lauren Spring from Clyne Womenswear shoes: Chaos & Harmony, Lost Not Lonely
Our second collection to shoot was Haylee Barry – “Tu Meke”, modelled by Yasmin Bidois. Haylee also made it through to the finals of the FashionTV Online Designer Awards. Shoot Credits Photographer: Brett Stanley Stylist: Jason Tapuai-Kuka Hair Stylist: Richard Kavanagh Makeup Artist: Vee Gulliver Female Model: Yasmin Bidois from Clyne Womenswear shoes: Chaos & Harmony,...