Courtney and Jack’s magical Kumeu Valley Wedding

Wedding Photography by Amber

Kumeu Valley Estate is a beautiful venue for your wedding day. We love shooting there and know all the right places to get magical sunset photos, like the one above. If we are able to take you away for a golden hour photoshoot, this is also the time to enjoy being just the two of you, as Courtney and Jack mention in their advice for future couples.

What is your favourite memory of the day?

Jack – Seeing Courtney walk down the aisle, that made it feel real. 

Courtney – Entering the hall in front of all of our family and friends and being introduced as husband and wife for the first time. 

What surprised you on the day? 

Jack – A pre-recorded video speech of a friend of mine who couldn’t make it from overseas.

Courtney – How quickly the day went by. Time flew by because we were having such a great time. 

What’s your advice for future couples? 

Both – Set aside ten minutes in your schedule to escape the party and guests to just reflect as newly weds on your day. Taking time for just us was such an important part of our night, we are really glad we did it. 

What is your favourite photo and why? 

Jack – Both laughing with the sun setting behind us. 

Courtney – Either the picture of Jack and I when I have the microphone and we are laughing (below), or the one where I am reading my vows to practise when I was getting ready. 

Putting a gallery together for Courtney and Jack was not difficult, there were so many emotive moments, laughter, tears, nerves and so much love; and you can see this in each image below.

Vendor Shoutout:
Venue: Kumeu Valley Estate
Celebrant: Yvette Reid 
Hair and makeup: Hair by Olivia & Makeup by Abby Hazreem 
Florist: Rock and Honey Installations 
Grooms suit: Tailormade Suits
DJ/band/musicians: Alisha Paul 

We love it when we can sneak you away for a moment as the sun sets, not only for some magcial golden hour photos, but also for you to sneak some time just the two of you.

“Jared and Amber were amazing. We couldn’t have asked for a better duo to capture our day. 

They were everywhere but never in the way, they understood exactly what each of us wanted and expertly delivered an experience we will never forget. 

We received so many beautiful images from Amber that were natural so we didn’t feel like we were posing for hours. She captured important memories we didn’t think would be important to us. Our wedding video is Hollywood quality with us as the stars, Jared understood our personalities perfectly and captured “us” on film. We are so grateful to them both.”