We're illuminare photography + cinematography and this blog/website serves as our initial meeting ground, allowing you to get to know us and our work a little better. While we have a portfolio section and frequently post blog highlights from our weddings and portrait shoots, we also keep the blog rolling with a bunch of various photos and videos that we do for ourselves when we're out just having a good time. We feel that it's important to share this side of ourselves and allow you to see who we are, how we work, and what we think is cool. So sit back, relax and have fun browsing around! And if you feel that we'd be a good match for you, we'd love to hear from you!
This afternoon we took the Tranz Alpine train through the mountains from Greymouth to Christchurch. The lulling sound of the train and the rainy day outside gave me the opportunity to finish up the book I’d been reading and made it a very relaxing trip. At the very end of the journey, right before we...
Early this morning we got up, packed our backpacks full of food and water, and headed out towards the Franz Joseph Glacier (with glacier pronounced “glassiyar” for dramatic effect). Our guide got us equipped with some outer layers of clothing, boots, and cramp-ons (spikes that attach to your boots) for the day. After a short...
After having breakfast at Joe’s Garage, we spent the afternoon with a drive to the coast. A few tense hours on winding roads were rewarded with spectacular views of the ocean and plans to visit the nearby glacier the next day.
The wonderful family that saved us via hitchhike yesterday told us about a great little coffee/breakfast place in their home town. On our way out of Queenstown we made that our first stop, but not before getting briefly held up in the action of a sheep dog (at the direction of his owner on horseback)...
We wanted to explore the mountains surrounding Queenstown, and do it in a way that was fitting. Having made a trip to the grocery store for supplies the night before, we got up early on Saturday morning, loaded up our backpacks with food and water, and began our trek into the mountains. We walked up...
In trying to take full advantage of the mountains on all sides, we took a quad (4-wheeler) excursion for about 3 hours up into the mountains around Queenstown. We got all dressed up in legit gear, and learned a few basics before heading out. It’s one thing to see the mountains from a distance, but...
