That’s Me!

Luke John
So you might say that I have the best job ever. Photographing great people on one of their happiest of days? Sign me up thanks!

I’m all married up to the freaking love of my life, Jessie. So if you’re here for wedding photography I totally know what you’re going through, I was there not all that long ago. We got married at Nepenthe Wines in the Adelaide Hills and it was legit THE BEST DAY EVAR.

Since then we’ve been around the place; a month in Europe for our honeymoon, 5 weeks in the USA, and a whole lot of OZ. We built our house suitably close enough to McLaren Vale so a day off usually finds us with a wine in hand, on a lawn or at a cellar door with our two Groodles; Alfred and Eddie.

Jessie is a pretty amazing videographer, that’s actually how I got into the whole photography caper. So we both spend our days ‘creating’ and doing our respective visual story telling thing, it’s pretty cool that we get to work together on something we both love. Our other interests include; hitting the gym, to make all the gains! Trying to replicate anything Nigela, Jamie or Gordon in the kitchen, and heading to the movies… anything Sci Fi for me and anything Tarantino for Jessie. Not killing our growing house plant forrest is also a daily challenge.

My Approach:

I totally love natural emotions and movement, it beats a staged pose any day. Mostly my style is ‘prompt based’. That means I get you interacting with each other in a genuine way. Without giving away all the fun, some of the prompts are quirky, romantic, hilariously funny or just plain hanging out. I realise you probably aren’t a pro model and I don’t expect you to know how to crack a winner pose every time, that’s why natural is best. I’m not big on too much “stand there and look at the camera” style stuff, maybe one or two just for fun. The feedback I get from sessions is that my couples realise real quick how laid back and fun it is if you just go with it. For the rest of the wedding day, I generally like to make a minimal impact. You’ll see me being a bit of an observer, interacting and offering suggestions where necessary but generally trying to just capture the vibe of the whole thing as it naturally unfolds.

My edit style is custom, I try to keep my colours true to life making sure your photographs are timeless and hold up over time. I steer clear of social media trends which typically last a few months at a time, this way your wedding photographs won’t be “So 2022” in a few short years.