FAQ’S about WHO I AM

  • I’m based out of the Byron Bay area. My wife and I moved here at the start of 2023 from the Sunshine Coast. Why? Literally because the surf is better down here lol.

  • Heck yeah! My days are usually spent checking the surf cams and watering my plants. I’ve recently installed a vertical herb garden in the backyard which has been providing the delicious goods. I’m a follower of Christ, I froth the outdoors and have nearly died on numerous occasions in multiple countries doing stupid hikes without proper preparation (that’s me, lol).

    In my downtime I enjoy fixing and repairing and restoring old film cameras which pairs well with my love for antiquity and photography.

  • A flippin bucket load of over the top froth and stoke! I always come prepared with specific shots and images that I know I want to get throughout a wedding day to cover all bases and make sure the final gallery is exceptionally juicy with story filled and creative candid photos. The process of capturing and documenting with me behind the camera is a very professional, relaxed and best friend kind of approach.

  • I’ve been shooting weddings for over four years and have been behind the camera for nearly ten.

  • I only shoot 30 weddings / elopements a year.

  • Golden warm memories of incredibly momentous moments. I love the nostalgia of film from the 70s and the warmth that came with images 50 years ago, my current style is heavily inspired by colours and tonality from when your parents were discovering photography. Depending on the part of the day things look a little bit different regarding my style, for example in the morning and during the ceremony I’m usually shooting with a pair of Sony A7’s and firing off plenty of images to make sure every moment is captured.

    The first half of the day is usually focused on the candid and unposed and natural moments that are happening in real time. Moving into the bridal party and couple portraits is where I usually bring out my medium format film cameras and I’m a lot more intentional and purposeful with the images and moments that I like to curate and create between a group of people and a couple.

  • I just love being a part of the fun! You get to witness the best day in a couples journey together, multiple times a year, year after year – it’s flipping awesome! Not many other careers allow you to play such a massive part in other people‘s lives as they move forward in their story to becoming a unique family.

  • I have a lot of fun during the couple portraits after the ceremony, one of my favourite parts of the day to shoot however is the reception. By that point everyone’s had a few beers and is feeling a little bit looser and is ready to party. I will usually have a beer with everyone else and jump on the dance floor.

  • Everyone’s a photographer now days, but being an entertaining addition to you and your people, now that’s a harder find. The technical aspect to capturing moments with the right camera settings and good light is like learning to walk, every photographer knows that stuff.

    I enjoy unleashing the inner Aussie bloke persona and dancing around like we’re at bush-doofing under a full moon. A lot of my couples call me the Honey Badger’s cousin.

  • Read about it here.

FAQ’S about THE EXPERIENCE

  • It’s a lot easier to have fun with someone you comfortable around who is your friend then it is someone you’ve never really met before, before the wedding I put a lot of effort into creating a relationship with you guys that supersedes the idea of me just being a vendor. I’m your best friend! It’s super easy to have fun with your best friend-we’re gonna be joking around having a laugh, running around being silly, just being a bunch of goofs creating epic art together. I’m super down to make things work within your preferred timelines when it comes to photos to! If you guys only want 30 minutes for photos then that’s totally fine, if you want three hours for photos then let’s Flippen do this! My point is I can work within your schedule and if you are more comfortable with getting them done sooner than later or would prefer a little bit more time for creative freedom and photo taking, you’re guaranteed a good time.

  • Communication with your photographer is like handing them the keys to a new car, it makes things go a lot further than without. What’s your wedding theme / style inspiration? What time are you planning your ceremony? Communication is key!

  • Haha I have a few of these! Let’s raffle them off in no particular order:

    1. The moment your dad sees you in the dress for the first time is pretty special and usually accompanied by a tsunami of tears and joy

    2. The moment your soon to be husband finally sees you walking down the aisle towards him looking the best you’ve ever looked – now THAT’S a ripper shot!

    3. Finding a rustic corner or beautiful forest backdrop to be silly share some laughs with you and your bride tribe, popping the shamps’ and acting a muck. These moments are everything and are definitely some of my favourite memories to capture.

    4. Running around a field or paddock with you guys at golden hour, capturing your dress flowing in the wind and the creamy AF light catching your face as you guys slow dance in the breeze. WHOA.

    5. Your grandparents getting rowdy at the reception! Yo! Some old cats can really boogie, holy moly.

  • Because it’s going to be fun! Like soooo so much fun! I know the idea of getting a photo taken might sound like a slap to the face and for many people it is very nerve wracking. I focus almost entirely on creating candid and natural moments between you guys that produce authentic and raw images.

    For example one of my favourite directions to give a couple is to get the bride and groom in an intimate position and then tell the groom to whisper in the brides ear his favourite vegetable and how he cooks it and eats it, BUT IN A REALLY OLD DUDES SEDUCTIVE VOICE. Now if you can stop and imagine your soulmate whispering ‘beans and corn’ into your ear like he’s Hugh Hefner, 10/10 times both the bride and groom crack into tears at how silly that sounds! And the beautiful thing about freezing moments in time is when you look at the photo, you can’t have any idea what was said or done in the moment apart from the visual vibes you see in the photo.

  • Great question! Your photos are documented on a plethora of antique and modern cameras and lenses. You can checkout an entire overview of my camera kit on this page here.

  • Absolutely. Weddings and shoots outside the Sunshine Coast area will incur a travel of $25/hour travel fee, there and back. This amount is calculated prior to the shoot and will be included on the invoice.

  • As far as the sun sets.

  • Depending on how adventurous you guys are, there’s a couple options. First, let’s get wet and create some magic in the rain!! I’ll bring some umbrella’s, heck I’ll even organise a slip’n’slide, I’m SO down to create art with you guys in any weather. I’ll always try and scout a few backup locations that cater for ‘wet weather’, if you’re weddings in the middle of a paddock this might be a tad harder.

    If the weather is so atrocious and unforgiving, I’ll happily organise an post-wedding bridal shoot with you both in nicer weather perhaps when you’re back from your honeymoon at no charge.

  • The vulnerability a couple is willing to share with me as their photographer is a huge factor in how authentic their photos look at the end of the day. If you’re not comfortable with me by the time your wedding comes around, I’ve done you a disservice. I put A LOT of effort into formulating and epic best friendship with you both months and months and months before you stand in front of your people and share your I Do’s.

  • Most of the time! I SO strongly encourage this so much so that I recently put it in my collections as a free add on, that’s how much I believe in the value from a second shooter on the day.

  • Absolutely! Depending on what your needs are we can mix and match things around to make sure you’re getting exactly what’s perfect for you and your day.

  • Click here to view my Ultimate Timeline Bride Guide.

  • Three things:

    — Natural & Unposed

    — Connection & Confidence

    — Stop Living By Traditions

    Click here to read about the Beaux Art approach in depth on the ‘behind the brand’ page.

FAQ’S about AFTER YOUR WEDDING

  • Generally I have the entire gallery culled, edited, uploaded and sent off to you at the six week mark from your wedding day. You’ll receive a whopper load of email updates in regards to the current whereabouts of your beautiful set of goodies (images) post wedding.

  • HEEECK YES! The day after your wedding I send through 10 to 20 images for you to shower the gram with. Let’s share the good news!

  • After the wedding I’ll send you a link to your own personal online gallery hosted with Pic-Time. You’ll be able to download high res / low res versions of your photos, order prints and even design your own album within your gallery.

  • I backup all the RAW files onto three seperate hard drives + an online backup. Your gallery also acts as another backup, as well as any backups you yourself might make. That makes over five backups of your images between the both of us! I never delete any RAW’s from any wedding I’ve ever shot, you best believe when I’m fifty I’ll have a section of the garage locked off for archived hard drive space, haha.

  • Yes! I never send anything that hasn’t been touched up in some degree.

  • I usually deliver about 80/20 colour to black and white. Which photos are delivered in black and white has to do with the feel of the moment – it’s a weird idea but some photos were made to be in black and white and others not.

  • Depending on the collection you go with, you’ll get a minimum of 600 high res professionally edited, creamy AF photos from a full wedding day.

  • As a rule of thumb I don’t generally hand out RAW’s and the negatives from weddings – these remain in safe keeping with me.

  • HEEECCCKCKKKK YESS!! I always submit EVERY wedding I shoot to blogs and magazines. After the wedding I’ll send through a personal questionnaire so I can submit your story and get you guys PUBLISHED.

FAQ’S about THE NEXT STEP

  • After you get in touch, and I’m available on your date, I’ll send through my very detailed and laid out Pricing Guide PDF and you’ll be given directions on how to schedule in a one-on-one zoom call with me. After a call together and we’re both certain we’re the right fit for each other, I’ll send through your personal quote which you will need to accept – once accepted this turns into your contract and invoice which gets automatically updated every time you make a payment. You’ll also be sent your first questionnaire as soon as your deposit is paid.

  • I require a 25% non-refundable deposit to lock your date into my calendar.

  • The booking fee is non-refundable. However, I completely understand this is a very trying time and I’ve put things in place that will attempt to accomodate the situation if you require to re-schedule. Please keep in mind; re-scheduling and cancelling your wedding OR my services are two very different things.

    Here’s my process as it currently stands:

    1. If you re-schedule to a date that is currently available in my calendar, I will transfer your current booking fee over to your new date at no cost. You don’t lose any money in this instance.

    2. If you re-schedule to a date that is currently booked in my calendar, you will ONLY receive your deposit back IF I’m able to re-book your original date with another couple. If I’m unable to book your original date with another couple you forfeit your booking fee.

    3. If you decide to cancel your wedding due to Covid restrictions (whatever they may be in your case; family can’t make it / not allowed the original amount / there’s a worldwide shortage of beer), you forfeit your booking fee.

  • If your wedding still goes ahead and the only reason I’m unable to make your wedding is because of Covid-19 related impositions, you will be entitled to a full refund of the amount spent thus far, including the booking fee. This is ONLY valid in the event that your wedding still moves forward on your original date. If you decide to post-pone or cancel due to Covid-19 impositions, then the previous answer is in effect.

  • My main two wedding collections include an engagement shoot for free as part of the collection! If you’re eloping and want an engagement shoot, it’s an extra $500.

  • If I’m there for more than five hours, yes! There’s a line in the contract that runs over this one.

  • Of course! Everyone is super welcome to pick up the phone and take some photos if you’re happy to allow it with the caveat that I would strongly discourage photo taking during the ceremony, ESPECIALLY uncle Bob with his DSLR under the impression he’s helping out by ‘capturing the moments I’m not’. You hire a professional for a reason, don’t be afraid to tell your guests that your ceremony is unplugged but they’re welcome to take photos the rest of the day.

  • Absolutely! If you have any inspiration for how you’d like your couple portraits to look, maybe you have a specific idea in mind for you and your bridal party to pose in a certain way – that’s totally cool! I’m so down to create with you guys. I have a shot list that I go through like canon fire during the family photos.

  • I’ll always research locations for shoots and if (where applicable) a permit or permission is needed, I’ll make sure to have that covered well before the day.

  • I’m not shy to a casual bevy with the boys during the day, for sure. I would never excessively pump down the beers obviously but I definitely enjoy the odd one here and there. You hire me as your best friend (one of the boys!), I just happen to have a camera.