Nice early start today with a sunrise photoshoot and drown the gown. Had some really good fun with Jo and Craig, just love it when a couple click and make my job so much easier to do. Cheers guys

Wow people if you are looking for a good wedding venue then Woodside Estate it is. Kathryn and Russell were married here last friday and it was a perfect wedding with close family and friends. The food was awesome and the Venue was freash and exciting from a photographers point of view.

Back at home, good old Waihi Beach for Tracey and Logans wedding. The day was hot with blue skys and good people every where to enjoy the wedding of Tracey and Logan. Had some fun on the beach with a really cool wedding party. Cheers again.

Had been looking forward to this wedding with all the real cars being involved, James and Nyssa were awesome and the day could not have gone better. I know I say it alot, but wow I get to meet some really cool people. So here are a few images from another great wedding. Cheers again guys, OHHh and Nyssa made her own Cake as well with cup cakes that were to die for.

A sneak peak at a couple of images from Jake and Rebecca's wedding on friday at Anzac Bay in Waihi Beach. Great sunny day compared to rain we had the day before.

Wow 3 weddings this weekend was just crazy stuff and so much fun at the same time. Huge thanks to all our Bride's and Groom's and a massive thanks to our second shooter Petra, you rocked it. So will udate a few pic's when tired eye's and body return to some form of normal function.

It was off to the Waihi Water Lilly Gardens for Louisa and Winton's wedding. I had not been here before and was amazed at the many area's there was to shoot and even the scope for future weddings here. This was an easy going day that went off without a hitch so to speak, well one hitch was Louisa and winton off coarse. Great day, great people and thanks for letting us be apart of your day.

Bec and Eli were married on the 13th of feb at the mount, Awesome couple and a great day, had some real fun with them. Check out a couple of images from their wedding day.

A couple of shots from a morning with my oldest girl Chilli. She just loves the beach and here she loves to chase her own shadows through the shallows of the water. We had gone down the beach with the intention of a nice little walk, this soon became a run in the water to sitting in the water and being covered in sand. Chilli reminded me that by her nature that we dont need to say klittle things like "dont get wet" in fact it should be lets get wet because the fun of doing so is unmatched.

Shlley and Dan Sneak Peak, great wedding at Woodlands and even better people to be capturing. Had a lot of fun with them and a few laughs as well. One of the things I ask my Grooms is ttake the micky out of me as much as possible, I find this relax's them. Dan was the first one to really put this to the test and I loved every minute of it, cheers Dan you are the Man. All the best Guys you were totally awesome.

Have been meaning to upload this for some time now. With work and so on I seem to have forgotten to. So here it is our 2009 Kodak Gold award winning album.

"Oh I do like to be by the sea side, I do like to be by the sea" Sorry for the burst into song but I can assure you it sounds much worse in person than reverbarated through text.  Wow just stoked with the fun we had shooting these portraits.

Drown the gown, lets face it you are really only going to wear it once. Once the wedding is over, most wedding dresses are put to the back of the closet and almost never seen again. Times they are changing thankfully and putting the wedding dress back on and having a bit of fun in it's what it is all about. Ohhh and you get some really cool images to go with a drown the gown session as well. Here Shelley and Shannon have some fun.

Here we go an image of me finally for the blog. If you hit the Facebook button on the right you will be able to head on over to check out my "1 a day" album. Its all about me taking an image a day and putting it on our facebook page for you all to view. Cheers to you all and we have now also added comments as well so leave a message or your thoughts. Thanks again for checking us out.

Down on the farm with the Walton family, its just awesome to get out and capture people in their every day surroundings. Great kids with Grace and Zac keeping me on my toes so to speak as we captured their expressions. Thanks again and we were able to beat the much needed rain.

My little girl Chilli at two and a half years of age is starting to have some great words. Tonight while eating dinner that my loverly wife had made, I asked her what her dinner was like, "daddy a little too much salt" not really what I expected her to say but all the same it brought a smile to the dial as she learns to use the little words she does have a grasp with.

Kerri and Richards wedding at the north end of the Mount was an awesome day. Plenty of friends and family to support and enjoy a great day to be married. Reception was held at the Mount surf club where the night looked like it was going to go on well into the early hours of the next morning.

Todays portraits was certainly fun, grab a couch and head down to the surf for a couple of fun images of the family. Very cool people stoked to be able to call them friends. Thanks alot guys for letting me shoot you getting wet all in the name of some fun portrait images.

Off to Havelock nth for an awesome wedding and some very cool place's to shoot as well. Great day with awesome people and the most stunning location at Te Mata peak then followed by Black Barn for the reception. Awesome day. Thanks  to Marie and Philip for letting us be part of your wedding day.

Here are a couple of images from Carena and Jesse's wedding before Christmas. Was a Hot and at times windy day. But Waihi Beach turned it on for them and they had an awesome time surrounded by good friends and family.

Its about time we started keeping up to date with all the new images and news that is happening at Mike Hill Photography. We have been doing most of our updates on our Facebook page, but hey there is a bigger world out past the enclosure that is Facebook. Who is Mhp blog - MHP is Mike Hill Photography and Mike is an award winning and NZIPP qualified professional photographer based out of the pristine coastal settlement of Waihi Beach.