Graduation. First Day. Engagement party. Christening. Birthday. Final match. Opening night. Reception. First Gig. Wake.

These moments are precious. Once they’re gone, they’re gone.

Words not just pictures. A photo memoir of the moments that matter.

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First we talk.

What you tell me shapes the pictures I take. Then I turn up, shoot, we talk some more. You get candid, honest pictures that look like you on your best day. Not glossy. Real.

Then I write. I capture the moment the way a biographer would. Objective and authentic. An indelible story that’s retold and remembered.

Once the words and pictures look and sound bang on, if you want, we put it all into something you can hold, frame, or share around.

That's it really

• Pre-production discussion and research

• 90 minute interview

• 2 hour photoshoot

• 10 pictures minimum | 500 words or thereabouts

• Auckland based shoot. Location travel expenses additional cost

Add hardback books, a ‘zine, or framed print for a truly unforgettable gift.

Do read the FAQs and terms before you buy. Be mad not to.

Prices include GST

A career change. A retirement. A house you've lived in for thirty years. A relationship that changed everything.

For when you're going through stuff. Big stuff.

Written from the messy middle, while it’s all swirling around, or just past it when you’re coming out the other side, but everything’s still raw and real.

Truer than a journal, where even our own recollections may vary, and where we're sometimes too hard on ourselves, or not hard enough.

Milestones are something to look back on. Something to reflect on, and then quietly smile to yourself and say;

yeah, that happened. Just like that.

Words and pictures. A photo memoir of the milestones that define you.

This is what I’ve been doing with my own story, The Full Catastrophe. It’s a real time memoir of change, chaos and consequence. You can read it here.

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First we talk.

What you tell me shapes the pictures I take. I turn up, shoot, we talk some more. You get candid, honest pictures that look like you on your best day. Not glossy. Real.

Then I write. I capture the story the way a biographer would. Objective, authentic and indelible.

When the words and pictures are telling the story just so, we put it all into something you can hold, frame, and pass on.

Celebrate the chaos of life that it invariably is.

• Pre-production discussion

• 3 hour photoshoot | one or two sessions

• 90 minute interview

• 30 pictures | 1500 words

• 24 page hardback book | 11 × 8.25

• A4 framed photograph printed on Hahnemühle 310gsm photo rag with UV70 non reflective glass

• Auckland only photoshoot. Location travel expenses additional cost

• Add a 64 page book or add ten copies of a 24 page ‘zine, so everyone gets a copy

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Over five grand is a bit of an ask, and a whole lot of trust, especially when you’re going through something major. Before you buy, it’s really worth having a chat first.

When you buy, either pay in full or with a 50% deposit. Details in FAQs

On that note please have a read of the terms & FAQs. I mean no-one ever does. But you should. You really should.

Also these things won’t write themselves so there’s a bit of housekeeping to cover off before we can get started.

That buy now button isn’t going anywhere.

Prices include GST

The Full Catastrophe is your story, told while you're still around to tell it.

If you leave it up to others, they’ll get some of it right. But they won’t know it all, not by a long chalk.

They'll miss the best bits. They'll be kind when they should be honest, and too honest when they should be kind.

Words and pictures. A photo memoir of all the memories that matter.

This is the full box and dice.

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First we talk. Quite a bit

What you tell me shapes the pictures I take. Then I turn up, shoot, we talk some more. You get candid pictures that look like you on your best day.

Not glossy. Real.

Then I write. Stories told the way a biographer would tell them. Messy and real. With love and laughter.

In other words, just the way they happened.

When there’s a story and pictures that tell your story the way it should be told, we put it all into something you can hold, frame, and hand down.

A legacy gift to pass on. A celebration of life’s chaos.

Price includes:

• Discussion on project scope and research

• 2 × 2hr photo sessions minimum

• 2 × 1hr interviews

• 40 photographs | 3000 words

• 64 page hardback photo book

• 24 page ‘zine | 10 copies

• 1 x A4 framed photograph printed on 310gsm Hahnemühle photo rag with UV70 non-reflective glass

• Auckland only photo shoot. Location travel expenses additional cost

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Before you buy, it’s really worth having a chat first. When we talk it might not be something that’s right for you. But you’ll soon know.

When you buy, either pay in full or with a 50% deposit. Details in FAQs

On that note please have a read of the terms & FAQs. I mean no-one ever does. But you should. You really should.

Also these things won’t write themselves so there’s a bit of housekeeping to cover off before we can get started.

That buy now button isn’t going anywhere.

Prices include GST