ART.

FOR THE HEART.

Cinematic documentary photography for the unconventional and in love.

Inspired by cinema, photojournalism, heart and connection.

These are not just wedding photos.

They are stills from the film of your life.

Aggressively romantic. Beautifully cinematic. Throughly authentic.

Your story made into cinema.

 

 

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

Isn’t there more to life - to this - than looking like you belong in a magazine spread? Than looking beautiful but bored?

Do you want wedding photos that look like - well - wedding photos?

Or.

Do you want photos that have a documentary heart and a cinematic soul?

Do you want to remember what it felt like?

Do you want photos art that preserves not just the essence of you and your relationship but all the people and love in your life? That tells YOUR story.

Is that what you want?

This is the place.

HEY FRIENDS

I’M DANE, A WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER BASED IN SYDNEY, BUT LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE DOCUMENTED STORIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY / PLANET

I DO THIS BECAUSE I UNEQUIVOCALLY, OVERWHELMINGLY LOVE & BELIEVE IN IT.

I WAS AN ENGINEER FOR 8 YEARS, WORKING FOR A BIG FIRM UNTIL I LUCKED INTO A COUPLE OF WEDDINGS AND DECIDED TO THROW AWAY ALL THAT STABILITY AND THOSE BIG CORPORATE DOLLARS TO GIVE THIS CRAZY EXCUSE FOR A CAREER A SHOT BECAUSE I COULDN’T THINK OF ANYTHING MORE WORTHWHILE THAT I’D RATHER BE DOING.

I STILL CAN’T.

Welcome. I’m going to take phenomenal care of you.

 AT THE END OF 2021 I WAS NAMED ONE OF THE TOP 30 EMERGING WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS ON THE PLANET BY A U.S PHOTOGRAPHY BIBLE

read about it here

YOUR STORIES

Selected screenings

Raucous. Romantic. Intimate. Enormous. This isn’t about size or scale or temperament. It’s about capturing people as they are, and doing so beautifully and an artistically. Storytelling is an active process, and one I take incredibly seriously.

COUNTRY FESTIVAL WEDDING

Berry Hill

CHIC INTIMATE INNER CITY WEDDING

Restaurant Hubert

CHINATOWN ELOPEMENT

Sydney

ART DECO CINEMA WEDDING

Hayden Orpheum

If that hasn’t convinced you (or you are just looking for some inspo), see a whole bunch of collected large, small and in-between affairs over here.

 
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My approach is warm and honest, my images are sometimes big and loud, sometimes quiet and tender, but always authentic and a reflective of the two people at the centre of the it all. Getting to know my clients is huge for me, because without doing so how can I be in a position to tell your story? At the end of the day, what I want is for people who have never met you before to be able to see the images and get a sense of who you are, both as individuals and to each other. To get a sense of the relationships that are important to you, to feel like they know some of the characters that make up your life. I want you to be able to look back at them and feel some shadow of what you felt in each moment, to spark reminiscence and story telling and discussion and love, and everything else.

*Now taking bookings for 2023 and first half of 2024

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