You have a story that is wholly and uniquely yours. Don’t you want that story to be told?

There’s plenty of very talented Sydney based wedding photographers out there, and almost every last one brands themselves as a storyteller. So do I.

But I take it a little more seriously than most.

Yes, we will nail the big hero shots of you both fist pumping your way back up the aisle after the ceremony, and get some rocking portraits. Don’t get me wrong, these are important moments - and photos - to immortalise.

But.

You have a story that is so much deeper than the big moments that happen at every single wedding.

My promise to you is that I will do everything in my power to unearth and preserve all the stories that matter to you. To shed a light on all the important relationships and histories you bring to the day, as well as the heart of the relationship at the centre of it all. To do it artfully and create images that both look beautiful and have stupid amounts of soul. Pretty but without meaning is, for me, pointless.

I put buttloads of effort and intention in to getting to know people because the better I know your story and the people that have shaped it, the better I can tell it. The more I can figure out what makes your relationship tick, the more I can gently nudge the conversation in that direction so that when you look back at the images you can immediately be taken back to the headspace you were in at the time.

You have a story that is wholly and uniquely yours. Don’t you want that story to be told? To be preserved and shared with those you love, forever?

 
I imagine  you thought this image is of a couple. This is Julia and her brother Mark. He was hanging around in the morning while Julia was getting ready, and it was immediately clear how close the two of them were. Knowing how important the relation…

HEY LEGENDS

I’M DANE, A WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER BASED IN SYDNEY, BUT LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE DOCUMENTED STORIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY / PLANET

I DO THIS BECAUSE I UNEQUIVOCALLY, OVERWHELMINGLY FUCKING LOVE IT.

I WAS AN ENGINEER FOR 8 YEARS, WORKING FOR A BIG FIRM UNTIL I LUCKED INTO A COUPLE OF WEDDINGS AND DECIDED TO THROW AWAY ALL THAT STABILITY AND THOSE BIG CORPORATE DOLLARS TO GIVE THIS CRAZY EXCUSE FOR A CAREER A SHOT BECAUSE I COULDN’T THINK OF ANYTHING MORE WORTHWHILE THAT I’D RATHER BE DOING.

I STILL CAN’T.

Welcome. I’m going to take phenomenal care of you.

 AT THE END OF 2021 I WAS NAMED ONE OF THE TOP 30 EMERGING WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS ON THE PLANET BY A U.S PHOTOGRAPHY INDUSTRY BIBLE

read about it here

 SELECTED TALES

Country, city, gargantuan, minuscule, 3 minutes from my house, over the sea, I’ve done and frothed on them all. Variety is spicy and all that.

COUNTRY FESTIVAL WEDDING

Berry Hill

CHIC INTIMATE INNER CITY WEDDING

Restaurant Hubert

CHINATOWN ELOPEMENT

Sydney

ART DECO CINEMA WEDDING

Hayden Orpheum

If that hasn’t convinced you (or you are just looking for some inspo), see a whole bunch of collected large, small and in-between affairs over here.

 BONUS ROUND

AKA I’VE NEVER PLANNED A WEDDING BEFORE. HELP.

Most people are by definition rookies at this whole thing, and so knowing where to start can be a bit of a nightmare.

I sincerely believe that your relative levels of stress or excitement in the lead up to the wedding can heavily impact your experience of the day itself. To that end, I’ve written down a bunch of thoughts, some extensive, some smaller, on the last few years and 200 odd weddings of experience to help (hopefully) make planning everything a little easier, reduce your stress, and skyrocket your stoke.

CHECK OUT THE RESOURCES HERE.

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