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Describe your dream couple.
I love a good love story. I love to photograph couples who have been together a long time but never got married or couples who are marrying again. I was 43 when I got married. My husband and I have been together 22 years, we have a great love story.
How do you help your couples feel comfortable and relaxed in front of the camera?
I love my kids, two teen girls. I love living my best life and teaching them to do the same, we love riding mountain bikes, travelling the world, working out, being kind to everyone, and just having fun.
When you aren’t shooting a wedding, what’s your favorite way to spend a weekend?
My family and I all love downhill MTB biking. In the summer, you will most probably find me photographing a mountain bike event that my husband and kids are racing at. And if they're not actually racing, we will most definitely be riding somewhere.
What advice do you give every couple?
When planning your wedding suss out the things that are most important to you and make sure you get those things locked in. Don't be influenced by others or trends. There are no rules, you can actually do whatever you want.
What word keeps coming up when couples describe your work?
We had so much fun, It was so easy, Kirsten made us feel so relaxed, it felt like we'd all been friends for years. We love our photos.

Kelsey & Alex

2023

Kirsten was amazing to work with. We had a backyard wedding in early summer and it poured rain. She popped her shoes off and got stuck right in! She got all of the shots we were looking for and some truly fantastic candids. She knew exactly how to direct us and our guests in order to get the shot. 10/10 would recommend.

Ali & Liam

2022

Kirsten did a fantastic job with our wedding photo shoot. She made us feel completely at ease and our photos ended up very natural looking. Everyone tells me they love the style of them!

Fran (mother of the bride)

2021

Kirsten is a natural! Just read the reviews! She has captured this wonderful day perfectly in all its glory, tears of joy and tears of happiness. I will look back at these photos always remembering how my cheeks ached from laughing and smiling so much! You're a real gem Kirsten Summers.

Renee & Dan

2021

We love the photos from our wedding day - a broad range of photos including beautiful portraits over several settings and fun and 'real' moments which perfectly captures the whole day. Kirsten was adaptive and accommodating to our on the fly requests, even the tricky shots that required a lot of set-up and testing. She was great at directing us and our guests for planned shots but also amazing at capturing candid moments throughout the day. She was professional and easy to deal with in discussing what we wanted ahead of the day and guided us further to consider the key moments we wanted to be captured. She presented the finished photos well to us, including sorting them in order which we know many other photographers don't go to that effort, and produced a highlights slideshow which was lovely to share with our guests after. We really enjoyed our experience with Kirsten and the beautiful, quality photos. We wouldn't hesitate to recommend her to friends and fam.

Alana & Luke

2020

If you’re looking for a fun, professional and creative photographer I highly recommend Kirsten. Kirsten’s talented vision captured so many amazing shots of our special day. Her relaxed, easy going nature provided our wedding party with those extra laugh out loud moments.

Jen & Chris

2020

We met Kirsten and family in Vanuatu in 2012, fast forward to 2015 and there we were again only this time around Kirsten was attending our wedding as our friend so who better to capture it. Our photos turned out amazing and we love them. Kirsten really captured our family and friend's exactly how we wanted it. Still to this day I share our pics and think take us back and to me that's how wedding pics should make you feel. Job done ✔ Highly recommend Kirsten to capture specials times.

Georgie & Ruby

2020

Kirsten's skill at taking candid and natural photos is what drew me to her as a photographer for our wedding and she did not disappoint. I didn't want posed photos, I wanted real moments, uniqueness, love and silliness and that's exactly what we got with Kirsten. She listened to us, picked up on what was important to us and took photos that suited us as a couple and our personalities. She never once asked me to pose in a weird position I didn't feel comfortable in and instead was just 100% on board with what we wanted for our day and managed to capture it in a creative and relaxed way. She has important attention to detail which meant I didn't have to worry and went above and beyond what was expected of her, visiting our home for our engagement shoot and visiting the venue before the big day. If I was to get married again, I would without a doubt choose Kirsten as the photographer. (just jokes tho love my wife, but no jokes about Kirsten being absolutely brill)

Simone & Dean

2020

OMG what incredible photos. Dean and I are blown away by what you have captured. These are exactly the type of photos we were wanting - just thrilled that we had you as our photographer.

Emily & Ben

2019

There are not enough words to describe how fantastic Kirsten is - do yourselves a favour and book this amazing photographer for your wedding! Kirsten was an absolute dream to work with. My (now husband) and I are not overly keen on having photos taken and our main wish was to ‘get a couple of nice photos of us’ on the wedding day. Kirsten more than delivered! Kirsten was so relaxed and friendly it did not feel awkward or like a chore at all - in fact, we had so much fun! And what’s more the photos were amazing! Kirsten is truly talented and she captured the ‘vibe’ of our special day perfectly. We are so unbelievably happy with our beautiful photos - not just the ones of ourselves, but of our guests and the whole day’s celebrations. Thank you so much for everything Kirsten - You are an absolute delight.

Aimee & Ben

2019

Kirsten is an incredible wedding photographer. She is professional and great at her job, but also fun and approachable. She makes sure your vision is really captured and we absolutely loved our photos. If you’re feeling awkward in front of a professional camera, she will direct you and make you laugh so it appears the most natural. We loved having her as a part of our special day and highly recommend her work! Do it, book her now!

Nicole & David

2019

When my husband and I were looking for a wedding photographer we wanted someone who had an eye for natural and candid shots. We wanted to capture the simple beauty of our wedding location on our very unique piece of land, our Turangaas well as creating memories of our wedding surrounded by our beautiful blended family and friends. Kirsten met us on-site at our land a few weeks before the wedding because of its unique location. She fell in love with it and won our hearts with her excitement and enthusiasm. On the day, Kirsten was professional to a tee and worked so hard running across the paddock from one end to the other to get those perfect shots as we drive through the river and up on to our land. During the ceremony, we did not notice her at all but she ended up being everywhere, as seen in the gorgeous images she captured. We absolutely love our photos from that very precious day, and we could not have chosen a better person to work with. Kirsten put us at ease, is a great communicator and has a wonderful eye!

Emma & Billy

2019

If you are looking for a photographer to capture all those special, happy, emotional, unexpected moments on your wedding day, then look no further than Kirsten! Our expectations were definitely exceeded and we have the most gorgeous photos of our best day ever. Kirsten was amazing to work with, and knew exactly how to get the best from everyone in the wedding party. Thank you for capturing our day perfectly!!

Kelsey & Alex

2023

Kirsten was amazing to work with. We had a backyard wedding in early summer and it poured rain. She popped her shoes off and got stuck right in! She got all of the shots we were looking for and some truly fantastic candids. She knew exactly how to direct us and our guests in order to get the shot. 10/10 would recommend.

Ali & Liam

2022

Kirsten did a fantastic job with our wedding photo shoot. She made us feel completely at ease and our photos ended up very natural looking. Everyone tells me they love the style of them!

Fran (mother of the bride)

2021

Kirsten is a natural! Just read the reviews! She has captured this wonderful day perfectly in all its glory, tears of joy and tears of happiness. I will look back at these photos always remembering how my cheeks ached from laughing and smiling so much! You're a real gem Kirsten Summers.

Renee & Dan

2021

We love the photos from our wedding day - a broad range of photos including beautiful portraits over several settings and fun and 'real' moments which perfectly captures the whole day. Kirsten was adaptive and accommodating to our on the fly requests, even the tricky shots that required a lot of set-up and testing. She was great at directing us and our guests for planned shots but also amazing at capturing candid moments throughout the day. She was professional and easy to deal with in discussing what we wanted ahead of the day and guided us further to consider the key moments we wanted to be captured. She presented the finished photos well to us, including sorting them in order which we know many other photographers don't go to that effort, and produced a highlights slideshow which was lovely to share with our guests after. We really enjoyed our experience with Kirsten and the beautiful, quality photos. We wouldn't hesitate to recommend her to friends and fam.

Alana & Luke

2020

If you’re looking for a fun, professional and creative photographer I highly recommend Kirsten. Kirsten’s talented vision captured so many amazing shots of our special day. Her relaxed, easy going nature provided our wedding party with those extra laugh out loud moments.

Jen & Chris

2020

We met Kirsten and family in Vanuatu in 2012, fast forward to 2015 and there we were again only this time around Kirsten was attending our wedding as our friend so who better to capture it. Our photos turned out amazing and we love them. Kirsten really captured our family and friend's exactly how we wanted it. Still to this day I share our pics and think take us back and to me that's how wedding pics should make you feel. Job done ✔ Highly recommend Kirsten to capture specials times.

Georgie & Ruby

2020

Kirsten's skill at taking candid and natural photos is what drew me to her as a photographer for our wedding and she did not disappoint. I didn't want posed photos, I wanted real moments, uniqueness, love and silliness and that's exactly what we got with Kirsten. She listened to us, picked up on what was important to us and took photos that suited us as a couple and our personalities. She never once asked me to pose in a weird position I didn't feel comfortable in and instead was just 100% on board with what we wanted for our day and managed to capture it in a creative and relaxed way. She has important attention to detail which meant I didn't have to worry and went above and beyond what was expected of her, visiting our home for our engagement shoot and visiting the venue before the big day. If I was to get married again, I would without a doubt choose Kirsten as the photographer. (just jokes tho love my wife, but no jokes about Kirsten being absolutely brill)

Simone & Dean

2020

OMG what incredible photos. Dean and I are blown away by what you have captured. These are exactly the type of photos we were wanting - just thrilled that we had you as our photographer.

Emily & Ben

2019

There are not enough words to describe how fantastic Kirsten is - do yourselves a favour and book this amazing photographer for your wedding! Kirsten was an absolute dream to work with. My (now husband) and I are not overly keen on having photos taken and our main wish was to ‘get a couple of nice photos of us’ on the wedding day. Kirsten more than delivered! Kirsten was so relaxed and friendly it did not feel awkward or like a chore at all - in fact, we had so much fun! And what’s more the photos were amazing! Kirsten is truly talented and she captured the ‘vibe’ of our special day perfectly. We are so unbelievably happy with our beautiful photos - not just the ones of ourselves, but of our guests and the whole day’s celebrations. Thank you so much for everything Kirsten - You are an absolute delight.

Aimee & Ben

2019

Kirsten is an incredible wedding photographer. She is professional and great at her job, but also fun and approachable. She makes sure your vision is really captured and we absolutely loved our photos. If you’re feeling awkward in front of a professional camera, she will direct you and make you laugh so it appears the most natural. We loved having her as a part of our special day and highly recommend her work! Do it, book her now!

Nicole & David

2019

When my husband and I were looking for a wedding photographer we wanted someone who had an eye for natural and candid shots. We wanted to capture the simple beauty of our wedding location on our very unique piece of land, our Turangaas well as creating memories of our wedding surrounded by our beautiful blended family and friends. Kirsten met us on-site at our land a few weeks before the wedding because of its unique location. She fell in love with it and won our hearts with her excitement and enthusiasm. On the day, Kirsten was professional to a tee and worked so hard running across the paddock from one end to the other to get those perfect shots as we drive through the river and up on to our land. During the ceremony, we did not notice her at all but she ended up being everywhere, as seen in the gorgeous images she captured. We absolutely love our photos from that very precious day, and we could not have chosen a better person to work with. Kirsten put us at ease, is a great communicator and has a wonderful eye!

Emma & Billy

2019

If you are looking for a photographer to capture all those special, happy, emotional, unexpected moments on your wedding day, then look no further than Kirsten! Our expectations were definitely exceeded and we have the most gorgeous photos of our best day ever. Kirsten was amazing to work with, and knew exactly how to get the best from everyone in the wedding party. Thank you for capturing our day perfectly!!

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