Captured by my wonderful friend Danielle.
ALEISHA
The photographer
Hi! I’m Aleisha, and I’m fortunate to call the
stunning Nelson region home, where I live with
my husband, Jared, and our three
beautiful children.
From 2011 - 2018 I had the huge privilege of capturing love Stories as wedding & lifestyle photographer.
After taking a brief pause to focus on my young
family, I realized just how much I missed the
excitement and romance of weddings
and capturing people.
In 2023, I made the joyful decision to return to
wedding photography, alongside families as well
and it has already been an incredible and
heartwarming journey.
I am truly grateful, and somedays still can't quite believe
I get to do this again!!
The same thing still drives me today as it did when I started out as a 19 yr old photographing fresh out of design school spending the weekends at the skatepark, to creating beautiful images for families, couples, Bride & Grooms to cherish and enjoy over and over again.
I see the value and importance in capturing families, those in love, our elderly grandparents and even just the every day mundane things we do. It's a chance to freeze a moment in time, with the special memory of a photograph!!
I can’t wait to meet you, hear your love story.
Aleisha
My Story...
Let's rewind back to 2010. While studying Graphic Design in Christchurch, we were required to have a DSLR for part of our course. I convinced my parents I needed one. I had studied photography in High School, learning film and developing my own photographs but never felt called to it. I always assumed I would be a graphic designer with a dream to design for Volcom.
Funny how God works! He had other plans....
After qualifying and moving home, I then went on to study photography ( gaining a diploma in this ) while working as a designer for a local magazine. All the while photographing more and more. Always planning creative shoots, over seeing photography teams at youth conferences and slowly starting to book my first paid shoots..
The bookings began to flow, school balls, families and then my first wedding booking came in...
Within a few months Jared proposed, I left my job as a designer & took a leap of faith going full time into photography. Trusting God!
All the while discovering this love for connecting with people and capturing them.
The rest is history! Jared joined me for a few years shooting alongside me. I still can't quite believe the adventures we were blessed to experience while photographing weddings.
I'm a creative at heart. Forever documenting my own family all the time and dreaming up shoots, always looking for new
locations to photograph.
So when God opened the door again in 2023 to go back into photography and pursue weddings & lifestyle photography again..
I couldn't quite believe it!
After becoming a mother over 10 years ago and now having being married for nearly 14 years, the importance and value of photography tugs at my heart even more. I've learned the memories and experiences we create as a family are without doubt some of my most prized possessions.
Photographs above captured of Jared & I by the
talented Howdy Pictures
