Queenstown & Wanaka Wedding Videographer
Cinematic wedding films for one of the world’s great settings.
Planning a Destination Wedding or Elopement in Wanaka or Queenstown?
I’m a Gold Coast-based wedding videographer who travels to Wanaka and Queenstown to film weddings and elopements for Australian and New Zealand couples, all year round.
Wanaka and Queenstown have become the go-to spots for Aussie couples wanting something different: mountains, lakes, and a relaxed South Island pace that’s hard to replicate anywhere else.
But here’s the thing about a destination wedding. The day goes by fast, and most of your family and friends may not have made the trip. A wedding film is how you get to actually be in the moment, present with the people you love, instead of worrying about capturing it yourself.
Why Couples Choose Wanaka
Honestly? It’s the feeling. Wanaka has a stillness to it that Queenstown doesn’t — less busy, less built-up, and somehow more itself. When my wife and I were choosing between the two for our own wedding, Wanaka won without much debate.
There’s something about the lake and the mountains together that makes everything feel quieter and more significant at the same time.
For couples coming from Australia, it also hits differently to a resort destination — it feels discovered rather than packaged.
Why Couples Choose Queenstown
Queenstown is a different beast. Where Wanaka feels intimate, Queenstown feels epic — big skies, dramatic mountain ranges, and a light that makes everything look like it was shot on a film set.
Couples who choose Queenstown usually want that scale. Vineyard ceremonies with the Remarkables in the background, lodges perched above the lake, locations that feel genuinely cinematic before you’ve even picked up a camera.
For me as a videographer, it’s one of the most naturally compelling places I film — the environment does things to footage that you just can’t manufacture.
Exclusive Wedding Videography Offer for Edgewater Resort Couples
I was married at Edgewater myself — which is exactly why I partnered with the team there to offer their couples something special: my most popular wedding videography package, at a discounted rate you won’t find anywhere else.
3,500 AUD, travel included and available for weddings booked in 2026 and 2027.
What’s included:
- 8 hours of wedding day coverage
- Drone footage of the landscapes and surrounds (weather and venue permitting)
- A sneak peek video for social media, delivered shortly after your wedding
- Full ceremony video
- Full reception formalities — entrance, speeches, first dance
- A cinematic highlight film that tells the story of your day
Normally this package is 4,500 AUD for local Australian weddings, plus travel costs for anywhere further afield. Edgewater couples get it at a significant discount, with travel already covered.
Still looking for a photographer? I work closely with some excellent photographers who know Wanaka well. If you haven’t locked one in yet, I’m happy to point you in the right direction.
To capture the beauty, joy and laughter of that perfect day is truly a remarkable talent. We are so very grateful. This is now our most treasured possession.
Shalon & Carl – married at Rippon Hall, Wanaka
A Videographer With a Personal Connection to Wanaka
My wife and I got married in Wanaka — same lake, same mountains, same feeling of being completely removed from the rest of the world that draws so many couples here.
That’s not just a nice story. It’s part of why I do this work the way I do. I know what it’s like to plan a wedding from across the Tasman, and I know how much you want the day to feel like yours, not like a postcard.
My goal on every wedding I film here is the same: to capture the full story, the anticipation, the laughter, the vows, the celebration, set against one of the most spectacular backdrops in the world, in a way that feels true to how it actually felt.
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