Wedding in paradise

Last weekend I had the great pleasure of travelling to Waitete Beach north of Coromandel Town for the wedding of Matt and Celeste Armstrong. This place really is a paradise, and with the beach as a background and Celeste's family bach as the stage for the ceremony it was the perfect location for their special day.

Here are some photos of the beautiful couple. We had a wonderful day and I want to thank them for looking after me so well over the whole weekend.

Sir Richard Branson's flying visit for Outward Bound

This evening Sir Richard Branson visited Auckland to talk at a special VIP dinner with over 1000 guests at the new Auckland Viaduct Event Centre. GAP was lucky enough to cover the event in conjunction with DUCO events. Here are a few shots of Sir Richard. At the end I was able to quickly grab him for a cheeky selfy (self-taken portrait)and for him to sign a copy of his book I have. He proceeded to pose with my BRAND NEW business card for about 10 second (in front of a large gathering of followers) and then took the camera off me and started taking countless photos of ME. He put my camera through his legs, bent down and shot through them like as if in an Austin Powers movie. It was one of my most hilarious things to have happened to me in a long time. Richard......you are a legend, for being an amazing business person, but mostly for being a completely awesome human being.......a down to earth normal one.

To see all the photos from the evening click here

Otherwise enjoy a few below.





Michael Hill showing off the new GAP business card.




The MAD BUTCHER


The Mayor Len Brown


The man himself




The next 4 photos were ACTUALLY TAKEN BY SIR RICHARD BRANSON. I did not ask nor invite him too, he just grabbed my camera and started shooting away. The crowd around us went nuts.





Dave Dobbyn

Away Rain Hello Sun

Last weekend I had a blast covering Carmel and Thomas's wedding day and even though it started out horribly wet the sun came out just in time for the photo shoot and the rain held out just in time for us to finish. It was a wonderful day and I wish them all the best in the future.