Nicole Broome | Wellington Model Portfolio Photographer

Nicole is one of those special creatures that walks the earth in light an beauty.  Flawless skin, translucent eyes, and a nature that is just simply lovely.  What a joy to work with!

A day of Contrasts

Some days you just gotta love.  I mean really love and thank you lucky stars you are alive and get to play the game.  Today as rainy and crappy as it was outside was quite another thing in our studio.  It was a day of magic.  Seriously creative awesome magic.

Katherine had planned on doing a shoot that was significantly out of the ordinary.  She went and hired an Elizabethan costume because she wanted to have a portrait that reflected her favourite Era...with her cast as the Queen of course.  My favourite part was after we got the strait shots was when Katherine started doing the Makerana...that series of images will be one of my favourite of all time.

Lovely feedback from the Beginners Photography Course last weekend

Hi Mandi,

I have been buzzing since the course on Sunday - it was just what I needed - nothing too full on but a simple understanding of how the manual settings work.  I now just need to practice HEAPS!!.  As you suggested,  I have taken some ssshhhhhiiitttty photos!!!!!!  But it is good to be able to play around and then go back and see what went  wrong.   I think you have an awesome nature and you are such a good teacher - not making anyone feel uncomfortable for not knowing something - I am really keen to do another course with you.  

Emma

Red Pebble | Ann treats the girls

Ann is the sort of boss that everyone wishes they had.  She was so proud of all that her crew had achieved this year at Red Pebble that she treated the girls to the most amazing Christmas work do.   First she took them shopping and then kept it completely secret that she was bringing them to my studio to spoil them with makeovers and a photoshoot.  Even Mary who hates getting her photo taken was leading me around to new spaces for shoots as she warmed up to the idea.  Beautiful girls..and an amazing team.  I was so impressed with them that I hired them strait away to help with my next A La Mode Party.    If you are planning an event I would definitely check these ladies out!

How it works

If you are considering buying a voucher to our studio but really just want to wrap your head around the process then the best page to go to is  found here.

Happy deciding.

Cheers,

Mandi

Come celebrate with us!

We bought two breast pumps for the Hutt Hospital to a tune of $8,000.00 and it was all thanks to the work of over 60 volunteers who helped to create the Americarna A La Mode Pin Up calendar.

Come one come all and join us for the wrap party.   All are welcome.

Prizes
Dancing
Makeovers
Cupcakes
Champagne
Classic Cars
Beautifully Vintage Dressed Women
What more can you ask for

Fab at Fourty | Wellington Fashion Photographer

  Adrienne received a gift to come to my studio from her BFF for her 40th Birthday.  I really think there must be a law somewhere about looking this amazing at fourty...But I am not a hater, I am a lover, and lordy do I love this brave minx.  It was freeking freezing on the day of her shoot back in November but this wee Scorpio would have none of it.  She had always wanted to have a shoot where she was coming out of the water so into the harbour we went (yes me too...cold and all :) and we gave her the ultimate photoshoot!  Her hair and make up were by Jessie Wright on of our studio make up artists.  Adrienne was so excited during the shoot she didn't want it to end.... None of us did.  Fantastic!!!  Her ExAll Black partner gets to see the ones that will not make it to my blog.  They are for his eyes only!

On a side note on urging from a good friend of hers she took these images to Kirsty Bunny Modelling Agent who signed her on the spot!!!!  We will be seeing more from our Adrienne, I imagine.

Stunning Nicola | Wellington Pin Up Photographer

  Nicola reminds me a fair amount of myself.  She is a woman of Amazonian proportions that refuses to accept anything but love for her Goddess given curvy shape.  She even requested that I very much minimize the photoshop that I do on her images, she wanted no nips or tucks or anything of the sort.  She has curves and is darn proud of them.  I wish I could show you her private boudoir collection because they are stunners through and through.  She is a belly dancer, and swords woman, and we had a great time photographing those aspects of her as well.  What a BEAUTY!!!!  I really do fall in love with all of my muses.  There is so much wonderfulness there it is hard to settle for just one shoot with them, so it is great fun to try to squeeze all of their wonderfulness in to one. :).

A La Mode cover of ProReport

Very Excited to have an image from the White Goddess series featured on the cover of ProReport the monthly magazine of the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers.

If you want to have a read go for it here is the link: