David Le

13 September 2022

New Zealand Top Wedding Vendors - Finalist

David Le

13 September 2022

“We have narrowed down thousands of nominations for this year’s Top Vendor Awards”

— Wild Hearts x Together Journal

New Zealands Best Wedding Vendors 2022

Both Wild Hearts & Together Journal want to celebrate all of the incredible inspiring businesses around New Zealand so with your help, we have put together a list of some of the Best in the Industry – recognizing the top wedding vendors across the country as voted by you!

After a really tough couple of years for our wedding community navigating Covid, postponements, cancellations and closed borders ~ we want to celebrate those businesses that have really worked hard to be where they are today and recognise them for being the best in the industry.

We have narrowed down thousands of nominations for this year’s Top Vendor Awards for each of the categories below. Congratulations to all of the vendors that made it to the top vendors for 2022. You can vote for the overall NZ Top Vendor via the link below.

NZ Best Wedding Vendors 2022

David Le

21 July 2022

Double print feature in the latest Issue Number 27 of Together Journal

David Le

21 July 2022

Kate & Leighton and Charmina & Aloga both featured in issue 27 of Together Journal.

“Examples of couples doing things completely differently to suit themselves”

— Together Journal Issue 27

Two weddings featured in Together Journal

Well, here we are, already over halfway through 2022 and delivering issue 27! We’ve had so much fun putting this issue together! With restrictions easing, our ability to reconnect with people from our community was an extra boost.

Charmina & Aloga and Kate & Leighton’s weddings are both featured in the latest issue 27 of Together Journal, grab a copy and check out all the goodness!!

Together Journal Issue 27

David Le

21 July 2022

Ebony and Jason's Wairarapa wedding featured on Together Journal

David Le

21 July 2022

Ebony and Jason at the top of Mt Holdsworth featured on Together Journal

“The venue, photographer and videographer were non-negotiables”

— Ebony & Jason

Rose & Smith wedding featured on Together Journal

Jase and I had decided that the venue, photographer and videographer were non-negotiables and were happy to spend accordingly. I had wanted to be married at Rose & Smith since I was a little girl attending the January race meet every year with my family. The grounds were perfect, and Paula was so accommodating. It was essential that we were able to have our dogs and horses at the wedding and these grounds couldn’t have suited that more. We knew the footage from the day was going to become the lasting memories to be able to look back on and share with our kids. The effort and end result that Dave and Ben delivered was far beyond our expectations and I could not recommend these two highly enough.

Read the full feature here

David Le

22 June 2022

Libby and Pouki's wedding at one of the best venues in Wairarapa, Rose & Smith at Tauherenikau

David Le

22 June 2022

Those summer light and bright vibes for Libby and Pouki’s winter wedding at Rose & Smith.

“A beautiful winter wedding at the elegant, moody and lush Rose & Smith at Tauherenikau”

— Libby & Pouki

Winter weddings are such a vibe. Libby a little fire cracker and Poukie with his fat lush lips brought light and bright and summer vibes to the always beautiful, elegant and lush surrounds of @rose_and_smith
If you rearrange the words Peaky Blinders and add and subtract a few vowels and syllables you get the words Rhythm & Vines Summer Bangers and this wedding was it minus summer and rhythm and vines. Where am I going with this yarn, who knows, but they also had summer bays finest Alf Stewart as MC and my lord stone the flaming crows there were some cracking speeches and even a group sing along. To finish up my korero, as the saying goes, if it’s not right it’s wrong so check out 10 smokin schnaaaps to light up your cold winter night #stillsxmotionnz #davidle_nz @davidle_nz @sinkorsurface

Check out the Libby and Pouki’s wedding film by Sink or Surface

David Le

22 June 2022

Anna and Brian's winter wedding at Wellington Venue Tarureka Estate

David Le

22 June 2022

Anna, Brian and Mac, married up in the loft at Tarureka Estate

“111,000 Lightning strikes in the lead up to their wedding day couldn’t dampen their spirits”

— Anna and Brian

Woweeee we’ve had some hectic weather to greet us for the start of winter. Plenty of rain, 100k lightning strikes and more rain. This didn’t faze Anna and Brian who always had planned for an inside wedding up in the loft at the always stunning @tarurekaestate
Mid morning Brian and I figured out we knew each from way back over 15 years ago when I was a young whipper schnapper in the print game. More often than not I always end up knowing someone somehow at each wedding I shoot. By the time the ceremony rolled around, blue skies came out to play. Little Mac did his part by being cute and the team @crescendocuisine fed the troops mighty mighty well. Only a couple more winter weddings to go but here’s 10 snaps of Anna and Brian’s beautiful day to scroll your eyes over.

David Le

9 March 2022

Photobug Community top pics around the world, February 2022

David Le

9 March 2022

“We’re passionate about empowering wedding photographers to take a sustainable, creative, and compassionate approach to their businesses through education and community.”

— Photobug Community

Top Pics of the Month for February 2022

Viewing the images for February’s Top Pics feels like a trip around the world—come join the adventure. From sand dunes in Namibia to mountain peaks in Canada, the collection is full of nature’s best photo ops. Take a look at our favorite wedding photos of February 2022 below, featuring a variety of photographic styles and exotic locations. We hope you enjoy and feel inspired to plan your next trip with your camera. Bon voyage!

See the best wedding photos here