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Visual Poetry for Lovers, Muses & Dreamers 🕯️
~ auckland, NZ/international
~ all love welcome always 🤎
🦢 couples | portraits | elopements | weddings

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Midnight Masquerade ~ Chapter IV || The Long Awaited Reunion

Here in the early hours of dawn, when the last of the world has fallen away… we begin our final dance.

Soaking in the hush. In the candlelight. In the sea of letters that hold the story of our love 📜

And for but a moment, there is nothing left but us. A reunion of souls.

A quiet little reminder that through every chapter, my heart has always been yours.

Forevermore 🕯️

Creative Director/Vision: @ans_creative_

Photographer: @ans_creative_

Venue: @themccallumresidence

Bridal Dresses: @astrabridal

Suit: @frankcaseysuithire

Florals: @willowandsagebotanics

Videographer: @pinkmansocialmedia

Model: @itskial @kam_models

Makeup: @ishanirmalanmakeup

Hair: @anarose_hair

Helpers: @b_nal.p LB

#booktok #elopmentphotographernz #DIRTYBOOTSANDMESSYHAIR
#aucklandweddingphotographer by @ans_creative_

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More wholesome frames from L&K’s heartfelt day of honouring their love and their sweet little bubs 🥹

I don’t quite know how to describe that particular pocket of love and depth that exists when two parents to be get to slow down and simply soak in these moments together…. before welcoming their newest little family member earthside.

That beautiful in-between. Still two, while already becoming three you could say.

A little chapter of anticipation, tenderness and soooo much love for the tiny soul they’re about to meet.

There’s something so precious about preserving these moments before everything changes.

#nzmilestonephotography #nzelopmentphotographer #maternityphotoshoot by @ans_creative_

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A love story for the ages, steeped in yearning, distance and culture 🌺 R&T you are magic! #cinemapoetscollective by @ans_creative_

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a month ago

These are the kind of memories that quietly find their way back to you years from now. The ones the often make you pause and smile to yourself 🎡 So full of love, wonder and youth.

What makes this story even sweeter is that A&A added this as a surprise to their date night. A most thoughtful gift not wrapped in ribbon but in time spent together ♥️ You both are just gorgeous souls!

#carnival #elopmentphotographernz #couplephotoshoot
#weddingphotographer
#fyp by @ans_creative_

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2 months ago

One word to describe our session with E & P... Aroha 🦢

It was woven into every part of their story. From the way they first met, to the beautiful community surrounding them, right down to the achingly thoughtful little details carved within their ring box (Yes P made that!). Every choice was intentional and every moment carried so much heart 🥺

The countdown to your wedding is officially on, and my GOODNESS.… 💞 I cannot wait to witness the next chapter of your story!!

P.S. scroll to the end to peep our little friend who decided to follow us around 🐑

Lil buddy just wanted to be part of the story 📸 #cinemapoetscollective by @ans_creative_

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3 months ago

A most wholesome way to spend the last days of autumn 🍂

To J,B&C, what an incredibly heartfelt way to celebrate your new bubba to come🥹Between falling leaves, C’s infectious giggles (simply adored), golden rays dipping behind the horizon and frolicking through fields…. It truly was like scenes out of a movie. by @ans_creative_

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3 months ago

L&K welcoming their next beautiful chapter beneath rolling clouds and a peeking moon🌙

Too many beautiful moments from this session that I can’t wait to share more of 🥰 what an honour to be part of a little piece of their story. by @ans_creative_

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3 months ago

Midnight Masquerade ~ Chapter Ill || Echoes

As daylight softens and slips beyond the horizon, as candlelight begins to bloom in its place 🕯️

There sits a quiet manor. The echoes of memories that unfolded just before.

Yet here, amongst the stillness, there is only us.

And our story.

Creative Director/Vision: @ans_creative_

Photographer: @ans_creative_

Venue: @themccallumresidence

Bridal Dresses: @astrabridal

Suit: @frankcaseysuithire

Florals: @willowandsagebotanics

Videographer: @pinkmansocialmedia

Model: @itskial @kam_models

Makeup: @ishanirmalanmakeup

Hair: @anarose_hair

Helpers: @b_nal.p LB

#cinemapoetscollective #booktok #elopmentphotographernz
#fyp #masquerade by @ans_creative_

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4 months ago

A little reminder that your session can FEEL like this 🎡🎟️🫶🏽

No cookie cutter moments, no expectations. Just pure joy!

Had the absolute best time running around the fairgrounds with J&K. While carnivals are known to be busy, these two embraced every moment with open hearts and childlike wonder (and I cannot get enough of this energy!! ✨)

Laughter echoing, sprints from one ride to another, seeing who could finish their candied apple first, game attendants who quickly became our friends🎠

It was joyful. Playful. Unapologetically them.

Truly unforgettably wholesome 🥹

Also how cute are these emojis?? 🎡🎠🎟️

#carnival #elopmentphotographernz #couplephotoshoot
#cinemapoetscollective
#fyp by @ans_creative_

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4 months ago

Sooo I’m not quite sure I have the words to express just how dear this shoot was to my heart...

From the moment R first reached out, there was an instant connection. There was something so beautiful about her essence and the way she described how she wanted to feel. Free. Ethereal. Fairylike. Wholly herself 🧚🏼

As an ode to her 30th year we chose a place rich with nostalgia, where earth, water, and wild grass became the backdrop to this chapter (and LOOK at how gorgeous it was!)

Honestly as we wandered, it felt as though I was witnessing a forest nymph come to life. Like she had stepped straight from the pages of the novels I spent my childhood getting lost within (and still do). Untamed, radiant, and entirely her own 🌱

These are the sessions that remind me why I do what I do. Not simply to take photographs, but to preserve a feeling. To honour a chapter. To co create something that feels like visual poetry. Gosh I’m in awe ..

What an honour it was to preserve this chapter and the divine essence that is you, R. You are such a radiant muse 🤎

#elopmentphotographernz #DIRTYBOOTSANDMESSYHAIR
#fyp #janeaustenbooks #lostinnature taken in Another World by @ans_creative_

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4 months ago

The understated elegance of a veil 🤍

A finishing touch that brings your entire bridal look together.

Dress: January by @maggiesotterodesigns
Veil: Harriet Veil

Creative Director/Vision: @ans_creative_
Photographer: @ans_creative_
Venue: @themccallumresidence
Bridal Dresses: @astrabridal
Suit: @frankcaseysuithire
Florals: @willowandsagebotanics
Videographer: @pinkmansocialmedia
Models: @itskial @yanaemanuellalofowong @kam_models
Makeup: @ishanirmalanmakeup
Hair: @analesestyling_
Helpers: @b_nal.p Luke Bailey

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#styledshoot #maggiesottero #astrabridal #nzweddings #nzbride by @ans_creative_

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5 months ago

Core memories preserved 📜 by @ans_creative_

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4 months ago