Balls & Socials (including Schools)

Everyone gets a great deal at Southern Exposures Photography, digital specialists who have the experience and personality to produce stunning Ball photographs at your next formal.

Consider the following:-
• No Booking Fee.
• Provides professional studio lighting.
• Will offer advice on background for the photos, including digital backgrounds.
• All images are re-touched to remove minor blemishes.
• All photos are displayed within 5 days on our web-site, and stay displayed for a good length of time.
• No upfront costs – pay for your choice when you order.
• Enlargements given digital framing
• Special effects
• Custom graphic design and layout options

Costs for photographs are hugely competitive, and the quality is fully professional.

Don’t miss out – book your Ball with Southern Exposures Photography today and enjoy the high quality / low cost product for years to come.

We are happy to come to your Committee Meeting and demonstrate the high quality images we produce, and you can also visit our website to see current balls displayed.

Portrait, Family Groups & Fashion

• Portraits and fashion shoots can be photographed in studio or on location.
• Digital enhancements optional.
• Photographs may be produced as high resolution digital files, digital albums, and as photographic prints on paper or canvas.
• Portrait styles may be formal or informal depending on sitter requirements.
• Special rates for company personnel IDs.

Preserve treasured family moments with one of David's creative photographic sessions.
Individual shots, peers, siblings and family shots all included in the one sitting at a very reasonable price.

Events Photography

Cultural  /  Reunions  /  Conference  /  Sports

Services we offer include:

• A full photographic coverage of the events with printable CD albums available.
• Web hosted (optional)
• We offer group photographs in appropriate clusters
• Full sized TIFF files can be made available to organisers

Commercial

Architectural  /  Insurance  /  Still Life & Objects  /  Public Relations

Architectural - From creative to controlled perspectives, capture your architectural designs be they home or commercial building. For record, competition and publication purposes.

Insurance - We are Police vetted and are able to document and record jewellery, artworks, antiques, family heirlooms and other valuables as records against insurance policies. Client receives digital files for security storage and reproduction.

Still Life & Objects - We are specialised in documenting art and craft objects for over 30 years. The object is captured in detail as well as in essence.

Public Relations Photography - Includes corporate imaging and annual reports.

Sports

Action  /  Team Photographs  /  Events

Team photographs taken and presents in four sizes. 15cm x 22.5cm, 20cm x 30cm, 27.5cm x 35cm and 30cm x 45cm. To fit budgets and team sizes.

Options of style or presentation include traditional, and more graphic effects. Suitable for all ages.

Live sports action photography will freeze for posterity those magic moments of sporting glory.

Photos are available on the Internet so that team members, family and friends can purchase photos of their special moments.

Weddings

You are getting married. Congratulations!

Below is our new schedule of packages which will hopefully meet your needs.
All packages are prices for photographic services only, which of course includes all of your photographs.
Should additional expenses occur, these will past on for payment by you (eg hire of special venue for photography).
Travel is costed @ 75cents per kilometre.


Package 1

This is the Premier shoot and costs $1800 including GST.

Eight hours of photographic shooting time, including our recommended option of a 1.5 hour pre-wedding practice photo shoot of the couple that may include location exploration, and which decreases nervousness, and improves posing and idea development. Photos are supplied in digital form prior to the wedding.

On the day, groom, then bride preparations, ceremony, groups and formals, bridal party, reception.
At all points through the day, family and friends will be candidly caught on camera, with close family and friends a special focus.
Every image captured is provided in high-resolution with full copyright to you, within 6 weeks of your wedding.
All these images are adjusted for light exposure and colour correctness, with a minimum 1000 images.
All photos are edited and retouching is carried out as required.
Approximately 100 are given our famous special “Fotografix” effects, and these make stunning wall hangings, thank-yous and much more.
You will receive a boxed set of DVDs of all edited images in both large and Web sized photo files.
Package includes approximately 6 days of post shoot photographic editing and production.
Your photos can be securely or openly available online at www.southernexposures.co.nz.
With your permission, we can offer to Facebook a selection of our favourite fully edited images of your wedding.
After you have lived with your photos for a while, you may want a high end enlargement. We will pamper your 10 favourite photos with additional treatment for the big wall shots within one year of your wedding, and give you the files to keep at no additional expense.

Package 2

This is our high value, mid-range shoot and costs $1500 including GST

Five hours of photographic shooting time, including our recommended option of a 1 hour pre-wedding practice photo shoot that may include location exploration, and which decreases nervousness, and improves posing and idea development. Photos are supplied in digital form prior to the wedding.

On the day, you choose consecutive hours of what you want covered from the groom, bride, ceremony, groups and formals, bridal party, reception.

At all points through the day, family and friends will be candidly caught on camera.
Every image captured is provided in high-resolution with full copyright to you, within 5 weeks of your wedding
All these images are adjusted for light exposure and colour correctness, with a minimum 800 images.
All photos are edited and retouching is carried out as required.
Approximately 50 are given special “Fotografix” effects, and these make stunning wall hangings.
You will receive a boxed set of DVDs of all edited images in both large and Web sized photo files.
Package includes approximately 5 days of post shoot photographic editing and production.
Your photos can be securely or openly available online at www.southernexposures.co.nz.

With your permission, we can offer to Facebook a selection of our favourite fully edited images of your wedding.

After you have lived with your photos for a while, you may want a high end enlargement. We will pamper your 5 favourite photos with additional treatment for the big wall shots within one year of your wedding and give you the files to keep at no additional expense.

Package 3

This is our high value, short shoot and costs $1200 including GST.

Four hours of photographic shooting time, including our recommended option of a .5 hour pre- wedding practice photo shoot which decreases nervousness, and improves posing and idea development. Photos are supplied in digital form prior to the wedding.

On the day, you choose consecutive hours of what you want covered from the groom, bride, ceremony, groups and formals, bridal party, reception.

At all points through the day, family and friends will be candidly caught on camera.
Every image captured is provided in high-resolution with full copyright to you, within 4 weeks of your wedding
All these images are adjusted for light exposure and colour correctness, with a minimum 500 images.
All photos are edited and retouching is carried out as required.
Approximately 25 are given special “Fotografix” effects, and these make stunning wall hangings.
You will receive a boxed set of DVDs of all edited images in both large and Web sized photo files.
Package includes approximately 4 days of post shoot photographic editing and production.
Your photos can be securely or openly available online at www.southernexposures.co.nz.
With your permission, we can offer to Facebook a selection of our favourite fully edited images of your wedding.
After you have lived with your photos for a while, you may want a high end enlargement. We will pamper your 3 favourite photos with additional treatment for the big wall shots within one year of your wedding and give you the files to keep at no additional expense.

Package 4

This is our budget shoot and costs $1000 including GST.

Three hours of photographic shooting time

On the day, you choose 3 consecutive hours of what you want covered from the groom, bride, ceremony, groups and formals, bridal party, reception.
Every image captured is provided in high-resolution with full Copyright to you, within 3 weeks of your wedding
All these images are adjusted for light exposure and colour correctness, with a minimum 400 images.
All photos are edited and some retouching is carried out.
Approximately 10 are given special “Fotografix” effects, and these make stunning wall hangings.
You will receive a boxed set of DVDs of all edited images in both large and Web sized photo files.
Package includes approximately 3 days of post shoot photographic editing and production.
Your photos can be securely or openly available online at www.southernexposures.co.nz.
With your permission, we can offer to Facebook a selection of our favourite fully edited images of your wedding.
After you have lived with your photos for a while, you may want a high end enlargement. We will pamper your 1 favourite photo with additional treatment for the big wall shots within one year of your wedding and give you the files to keep at no additional expense.

You probably have viewed the wedding portfolio, but if not, here is the link.
I aim to work with you to create the style and mood that will suit your personalities.

Kind regards
David Russell
Dipl Fine Arts, Dip. Teaching, Dip Rec & Sport
 

Animals & Pets

David loves working with pets and animals of all kinds.

Capturing your four footed family members with patience and style.

Stud animals images captured for promotional purposes.

Panoramic

Another of our many specialities includes panoramic photographs. Multiple photographs are seemlessly joined to create massive views which can then be produced.

My largest to date is 4.5 meters in length.