I’m a Wedding Photographer and I don’t shoot video so why should I even care about your Queenstown Wedding Video? In today’s blog post I am going to tell you some simple things you can do to make sure that your Queenstown Wedding Video doesn’t suck. (I’m probably going to get a lot of grief from my fellow wedding photographers for this …
Two years ago now I wrote a wee blog post on the Profoto B1 500 AirTTL portable battery-powered strobe that I had just ordered. (You can read the original post here). Well, I have used this little strobe a LOT in the 2 years since then and a “proper” review is long overdue. So here it is, keeping things as simple …
BREE & TIM’S OFF-THE-CUFF QUEENSTOWN GARDENS ELOPEMENT In September I had the pleasure of photographing Jessie & Buck’s totally off-the-cuff Queenstown Gardens Elopement. The weather was perfect, blue skies with clouds and soft light. So the conditions were perfect for gorgeous Wedding Photos. This is because soft light like this is perfect for a Garden or Park Wedding as it brings …
A while back I published this blog post on how to handle social media like a pro. (If you didn’t read it, it outlines my search for the ultimate Social Media Management or SMM app to make managing all my various Social Media profiles, messages, posts etc in a simple stress-free way). Well, in this post my search for The …
INTIMATE & ROMANTIC CHAPEL BY THE LAKE ELOPEMENT – STONERIDGE ESTATE / JESS & TAIN Jess & Tain’s Stoneridge Estate Chapel By The Lake Elopement was intimate, romantic & incredibly beautiful. It was also the most short-notice booking I have ever done. (And I have been shooting weddings as a Queenstown Wedding Photographer for over 16 years). TALK ABOUT A …
On the 19th of September Jade & Lucas tied the knot in front of 33 of their closest friends & family in a stunning Moke Lake Wedding in Queenstown. (Moke Lake is a dramatic alpine lake set high in the mountains but just 15 minutes drive from Queenstown. It is surrounded on all sides by spectacular mountain backdrops, the occasional …
In September 2017, Crystal and Jonathan (finally) tied the knot in front of 13 of their closest friends and family in a relaxed, natural & intimate Mercure Queenstown Resort Winter Wedding. I’m only teasing when I say “finally” but Crystal and Jonathan had wanted to get married for some time, before the birth of their now 3 year old daughter …
Do you use Social Media for your work and (like me) struggle to keep on top of all your Facebook and Twitter mentions, Likes and messages and other Social Media activity? Following on from my blog post “Think less enjoy more” this is the first in a series of posts sharing the technology and approaches I use to try and …
7 Queenstown Winter Wedding Tips for an Amazing Wedding This winter I have been lucky enough to photograph some amazing couples getting married in some amazing locations. (Like Shae & Richie’s snowboarding wedding in a snowstorm on top of Coronet Peak). Here are 7 Queenstown Winter Wedding Tips to help you have an amazing Queenstown Winter Wedding too. If you …
WILD WEATHER FOR SHAE & RICHIE’S EPIC QUEENSTOWN SNOWBOARD WEDDING When I woke up early on the morning of Shae & Richie’s Queenstown Snowboard Wedding the rain was bucketing down! But Shae & Richie’s wedding was on top of a mountain (Coronet Peak Ski Area) so I knew it was more likely to be snowing up there than raining if the …
Amazing Queenstown Heli Wedding Photos So, you’re thinking about doing some Queenstown Heli Wedding Photos, or even a Heli Photo Flight on your wedding day? And of course you want to get some Amazing Queenstown Heli Wedding Photos. But you know absolutely nothing about helicopters and how this whole Heli Wedding thing works. If I’m right, read on. If not…well, …
ARE YOU PLANNING A QUEENSTOWN ELOPEMENT? Do you have no idea which of Queenstown many stunning locations you want to have your Queenstown Elopement Ceremony in? Here are some tips to help you find the perfect Queenstown Elopement Ceremony Location. At the bottom of this post, you will also find and example of a #RealWedding Queenstown Elopement with details of Kestin & …
Life is just so busy these days. it seems like I always have a “to do” list a mile long and despite ticking things off like crazy it only ever seems to get longer. And all the digital and mobile technology I have at my disposal often seems like it’s working against me and making me more busy not less. …
Kestin and Chris are this truly lovely couple from Melbourne Australia who contacted me about photographing their Queenstown Midwinter Elopement. (What a back-story these two and their Queenstown Midwinter Elopement have! But more about that later). Chris proposed to Kestin in their backyard literally twenty minutes before Kestin found out she was pregnant with their first child. They were celebrating …
I have to confess. I was pretty damn excited about shooting Laura and Nick’s Millbrook Winter Wedding. Laura & Nick are a super nice, fun and very relaxed couple from Queensland, Australia. I just knew their wedding was going to be my cup of tea. On top of this, they chose the stunning Millbrook Resort near Arrowtown as their venue …
Louise + Tom’s Breathtakingly Beautiful Queenstown Winter Wedding If I could clone Louise & Tom and pretty much everything about their Queenstown Winter Wedding, I would have to seriously consider it! CRAZY CATS These two crazy cats are such awesome people – natural, relaxed, loving and funny. And on top of all this, they’re good looking too! You could pretty …
Brittany & Sahil – Winter Queenstown Pre Wedding Photography Session Love is international It is days like this that make me think I am the luckiest guy in the world. I love what I do for a living!! A week or so ago I was contacted by this lovely Queenstown couple, Brittany & Sahil. Brittany is originally from Montana and Sahil …
Roshan & Sujata’s Surprise Queenstown Heli Proposal Picture a surprise engagement on a mountain-top somewhere in Queenstown. At sunset. With a guitar. And a love-song. With 13 little boxes, one for each year that the couple has been together. And to top it all off, not a breath of wind and some of the most gorgeous light!. Well that is …
Stoneridge Estate Wedding – With Helicopters On Top!! Carson + Vanessa Carson & Vanessa’s Stoneridge Estate wedding was, quite simply, stunningly beautiful. The place and time was Queenstown New Zealand in autumn. In between the ceremony and reception, Heliworks Queenstown picked the newly married Mr. & Mrs. Page & I up from a private landing strip near Arrowtown and whisked …
In early April, I had the absolute pleasure of photographing James & Diana’s Arrowtown Athenaeum Hall and Thurlby Domain Wedding. James & Diana are an awesome local Arrowtown couple and, with their son Luke, an awesome family too. THE WHERE & THE WHEN They chose Thurlby Domain & Arrowtown Athenaeum Hall as their venues and autumn as the season for …
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Ashley & Guy’s Stunning Thurlby Domain Autumn Wedding Ashley & Guy are an awesome couple from Christchurch who decided to tie the knot at one of my favourite Queenstown wedding venues, Thurlby Domain. And to top it off they got married in autumn (my favourite season for a Thurlby Domain wedding) and the weather was “amaze-balls” (that’s a technical wedding …
Andrea & Pat’s Autumn Thurlby Domain Wedding has to be one of my favourite Weddings ever! A Thurlby Domain Wedding is pretty much guaranteed to be stunning right from the start anyhow. Especially in Autumn. But Andrea & Pat’s Big Day was more than just beautiful. It was downright stunning – and pretty much perfect! In fact, the whole day went …
You’re going to love this backyard Gibbston Valley Backyard Wedding. Greg and May are family to my good friend Kathryn Omond, a local Queenstown wedding celebrant. When Kathryn asked me if I would photograph their wedding, I was honoured and jumped at the chance. To make this wedding even more special, it was held in the back yard of Kathryn’s …
I offer my wedding clients a complementary 1 hour Mini Pre-Wedding Day Photo Session. This is a great way for my clients to get a feel for what it’s like to be in front of my camera (super relaxed) and also for us to get to know each other before the wedding day. This ALWAYS results in more relaxed, natural …
Skye & Mitch’s wedding was, in a word, perfect. Now this is not to say that everything went perfectly according to plan. One or two curve balls were certainly thrown at them on the day of, as you will read in a moment. In the end, however, their wedding day was amazing and beautiful and perfect for them. My day …
Shelle and Greg’s stunning NZ High Country Elopement style wedding was close to my heart for a number of reasons. Mostly because Shelle & Greg are just such an awesome couple. Also, because they got married at the amazing NZ High Country, a relatively new mountain-top venue here in Queenstown that is, quite simply, stunningly beautiful. I hadn’t shot a …
An Unconventional Queenstown Wedding | Donald + Giverny I knew from the moment I met them that Donald & Giverny were my kind of people. I knew I wanted to be a part of their unconventional Queenstown wedding because I just knew that it would be relaxed, natural and a hell of a lot of fun! How could I not …
ORLA & ARTHUR’S WINDSWEPT AND WILD QUEENSTOWN POST WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY SESSION When I turned up at Gantley’s Restaurant for Orla & Arthur’s Queenstown Post Wedding Photography Session, I found these two kids way up in the tops of one of the trees in the garden. It makes my day to get glowing bride feedback like this…shooting weddings isn’t always the …
Gill and Cathal are outdoorsy Queenstown types who love their fur baby Reggie Dog. So a Queenstown Hiking Engagement Shoot was perfect for them and their pooch! We decided to do the shoot on the summit of Queenstown Hill as the Queenstown Hill Walking Track was in their back yard and one of their favourite places to go. Good times …
INTIMATE GLENORCHY ELOPEMENT – BREE & TIM In October, I had the pleasure of photographing the lovely Bree & Tim’s Glenorchy Elopement. (Actually, Bree & Tim’s Glenorchy Wharf Elopement, to be more specific). Glenorchy is a quiet little town located just 40 minutes drive north of Queenstown and nestled between huge mountains and the shores of Lake Wakatipu. It’s a …
Some lovely feedback in by email just now from Jorge and Mark after their stunning and un-traditional Queenstown wedding at Thurlby Domain last weekend… Apologies for the delayed response Thanks for everything. It was an awesome day. Based on the picture you have sent through, have to admit it looks awesome. Just can’t wait for the rest of them. Still …
I created this Queenstown Wedding Planning Pack to help couples like you pull off their Dream Queenstown Wedding. You could say that I am quite a “wedding planner-y” Wedding Photographer I guess. I like to help couples out with info and advice when they ask for it. And I get a lot of couples asking me for Wedding Planning advice. …
In this follow up to my previous post on “Simple, stress-free backups” I’m going to talk you through (as briefly and simply as possible) my system for data backups, including the software and hardware I use. SOFTWARE Firstly, I use Shotput Pro for all my image downloads. This nifty little app will download to as many locations/make as many backups …
Today I want to talk (as briefly and as simply as possible) about data backups. Now, obviously there are a lot of expert opinions out there on this subject and many of these opinions are more expert than mine. However, I have done my research and come up with a system that works really well for me. As I get …
On the 19th of April I had the pleasure of photographing the rather good-looking couple Siobhan & Guilherme’s Trash The Dress Shoot – and what a day it was! Guilherme used to live in Queenstown for 3 years and they both loved the area so when it came time to plan their wedding Queenstown was the natural choice. They got …
One of the things I love about shooting outside is the fact that the weather and the light is different every single day. The weather and the light may not be what you expected or even what you hoped for, but no matter what the weather or the light does there is beauty and magic to be found in it …
I do love it when my clients love what I do for them. Glowing feedback from my clients is what fires me up and keeps me going. So thanks May and Alfred for the kind words and for being such stars during our recent Engagement Session! I’m so glad we went for it when we did – the weather and …
Never heard of an Unplugged Queenstown Wedding Ceremony? If not and you’re getting married you might just want to read this post… If you have an Unplugged Queenstown Wedding Ceremony your celebrant will ask your wedding guests to refrain from or minimise photos & videos during the ceremony. Of course, you can do it any way that feels right for you …
CAT & CASS’S AWESOME THURLBY DOMAIN WINTER WEDDING This winter I had the honour of photographing Cat & Cass’s Thurlby Domain Winter Wedding – and yes, it was pretty damn awesome as a matter of fact! I knew two things from the very first moment I met Cat & Cass; They were my kind of people Their wedding was going …
I’m very excited to announce that I just bit the bullet and ordered the revolutionary Profoto B1 Air TTL off-camera flash (the new version is called the B1x). I can’t wait for it to arrive so I can start shooting with this sucker!! And now I’m going to assume, that if you’re read this far you ARE a photography geek …
Ok, so this has absolutely nothing to do with photography or work, it’s more of a proud parent moment… On the 19th of September 2014 at 1119 wee Juniper Fallon came into the world (in somewhat of a hurry to get here apparently). Both mother and baby are happy and healthy and doing really well and Jada and I are …
This year once again I had the pleasure of photographing an event for the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs And Trade (www.mfat.govt.nz), this time at Millbrook Resort here in Queenstown. I received the following lovely feedback by email from Ana Matsis of MFAT upon receipt of the images; “Hi Patrick Once again thank you for a fantastic job –the …
I’m not normally one to blow my own trumpet but this recent bit of news had me so stoked I had to share it… I was delighted to hear recently that an image I shot for Ziptrek Ecotours here in Queenstown last summer is getting some international attention online and has been picked up by many website and promotional bodies …
Recently I have been working on a very special offer that I think will be of great interest to Queenstown small businesses. I’ll announce the details in the next couple of weeks when everything is finalised, so stay tuned. In the meantime all I can say is that if you have been considering updating your businesses marketing images but didn’t …
Warning: boring semi techno-geeky post about hard drives and storage solutions! If you are interested in hard drive storage solutions for your business then read on…if not, maybe go and look at puppy videos on Youtube or something and check back in a couple of days. I should have something less geeky up by then! Ok, so this isn’t directly …
After a hugely successful 2012/2013 financial year it was finally time for me to take on my first full-time photo assistant here at Fallon Photography. After much searching and many, many interviews I have secured the services of an individual who is, I believe, the perfect fit for me and my business.   World, meet Arrow “Hoover†Fallon – Trainee Photo …
PARTRIDGE JEWELLERS QUEENSTOWN LAUNCH High end New Zealand jewellery retailer Partridge Jewellers recently opened a new store in Queenstown and decided to hold the Partridge Jewellers Queenstown launch at Peregrine Wines. Peregrine Wines was simultaneously launching their 2009 Karearea Pinot Noir so the timing and the location were perfect. These two brands are both prestigious companies who do everything with …
If you have a WordPress blog or website for your business and you aren’t using the Jetpack WordPress plug-in, you need to. I would also recommend downloading and installing the free WordPress for iOS app on your iPhone or iPad (not sure if they do one for Android phones). This plug-in enables your WordPress website to do all the things …
Hi folks, I found this great post today (care of Joseph Carrabis on allbusiness.com) on how to use images to create visitor rapport on your website. I hope you find it as useful and informative as I did… Here’s the link – http://www.allbusiness.com/marketing-advertising/internet-marketing/4968229-1.html#axzz1wC62djlT
