Queenstown Wedding & Elopement Photographer NZ

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Hey, I'm Carla!

I’m a wedding and elopement photographer living in beautiful Queenstown, NZ, surrounded by the best views (IMO) in the world.
Meeting people from different countries and cultures, celebrating their love, and most importantly documenting their story is something I’ve been doing for almost a decade now.
Wedding days are a day full of emotions. Moments of love, sadness, excitement and wild times, and I endeavour to document those beautiful moments for you to cherish a lifetime.
I am about getting amongst it with you and capturing your true connection with each other through candid experiences. My shooting style is nature inspired, real moments & full of adventure.

Photo by Sophie Isabella from our wedding day

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Testimonials

"Carla photographed our wedding back in May 2019 at The Officers Mess, Fort Takapuna (Auckland) and I would highly recommend booking her for your wedding <3 She went above and beyond to help us during the planning process and was always super responsive with emails/messages. The tips she gave us covered absolutely everything we needed to know for the day and encouraged us to make details of our wedding unique to us. On the day, you would not have even known Carla was there taking photos…she was non-intrusive and not only captured all the shots we asked for, but captured candid moments that we would have otherwise not seen. My husband and I were a little nervous about getting our couple shots together but Carla made us feel super comfortable, relaxed and had us in fits of laughter…we never felt rushed and really enjoyed the time to ourselves. Carla captured our day perfectly and we will forever cherish our photos. Thank you xx\"

- SARAH & JOSH

\"Bop and I would like to thank you for our amazing time in NZ.
To be honest, both of us were quite skeptical as to how the engagement shoot would go as we had never done any shoots or any sort of professional shoot together. We are both lucky we chose you and we could not thank you enough. Not just for making us look good haha but making us feel so at home. Each picture represents us and the love and laughter we share are expressed in each individual shot.
You were amazing from day one, from when I contacted you back in 2017. You responded straight away! It really shows the commitment you have for not only your work but for your clients. To have edited photographs received in less than two weeks, that turn over and what you have captured, shows so much professionalism.
We love them all and you have definitely created memories that we will never forget!
Cheers to the death defying mountain climbing and continue to footprint on other couples lives. We will remember 14th June 2018 forever!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU xx\"

- SONITA & BOP

\"Carla was just fantastic from start to finish. Arranging something from overseas is daunting enough as you never really know what you're going to get but I have no hesitation in extolling the highest praise on Carla. Firstly her warmth as a person shines through. She went out of her way to meet with us at short notice and fit in with our ever changing schedule. It was like we were dealing with a long lost friend.
Her professionalism was outstanding and her commitment to her craft was clearly obvious and beyond what we could have ever expected.
The heavens opened on our wedding day and whilst many were ducking for cover Carla literally got soaked still attempting to capture those perfect moments - nothing phased her at all.
Her follow up and editing to create a beautiful photo album for us was indicative of her as we found her to be from the start...just exceptional. If you are looking for creativity, commitment, professionalism and artistry all wrapped within a warm infectious person who will care about you and your requests you simply cannot go past Carla Mitchell Photography\"

- KIERAN & LISA

\"Carla is amazing! She was so helpful, responsive and friendly while we were planning our wedding and we absolutely loved having her with us on the day. She makes everyone relaxed and have fun and is so easy to work with. We all really enjoyed having our bridal party photos as well as going off for an hour for amazing scenery and photos. Carla sent us our final photos 2 weeks after our wedding and they are incredible! She captured the day, us, our guests and the scenery perfectly and we couldn't be happier. We have had so many comments on how beautiful our wedding photos are. Thank you so much Carla!\"

- HELEN & JACKSON

\"Carla recently covered our Wedding in Queenstown, she was a dream to work with right from the start. We were planning the wedding from out of town and she took care of everything even scouting some amazing spots for the photos as we were unable to see them all before the wedding! She was non stop on the day to ensure we had the best memories captured and it shows in the stunning images.
She was so professional yet created a relaxed environment, we hardly noticed she was there, our guests even commented on how subtle and excellent she was.
Thank you Carla I can not recommend you enough, your work is truly amazing!\"

- JACQUI & BROOK

\"Carla has such an amazing talent for capturing ‘moments’ which is exactly what we wanted on our wedding day. It’s not the formal photos that remind you how great your day was – it’s the natural moments of fun, excitement, and love that are so important to be documented. Carla's ability not to miss a moment is absolutely incredible. She has so much energy & is truly passionate about what she does. We couldn’t be more impressed with how she captured ‘us’. We could not speak highly enough of her and are SO pleased with the pictures she took of our special day.
Thank you Carla❤️\"

- MEGAN & RICKY

\"So my husband and I got engaged on the 19th of September 2016 and we had our 3 weeks holiday booked to NZ few months prior to him popping the question. We live in Australia and never been to NZ before! Long story short we decided why not celebrate his 30th, get married, have a holiday and honeymoon all together?! Oh boy!! This meant we had last than 3 months to organise and plan a wedding! So I jumped on the internet desperately looking for a photographer in such short notice. Having to emailed 10 photographers Carla being one of them, none of them got back to me straight away and when they did, most of them didn't want to just do 3 to 4 hours which is what we wanted. They would rather be booked for the whole day, in regard to costing. I couldn't believe it! I do understand that money has a role to play, but i thought having a passion for the job and meeting your clients needs was also important as well! Anyway Carla replied within 30 minutes while she was away on holiday in Fiji. I couldn't believe it! Even though it was such a short notice and only wanting a photographer for 3 to 4 hours she agreed to be our photographer and how lucky were we! I'm so glad we went with her! She's such a caring soul with a heart of gold who is so passionate about her job! She was so friendly and gentle with us, our family and friends! She didn't want just to get the job done and take just photos. She wanted to tell our love story through her photography skills and to capture every moment of our special day and she did just that! Her professionalism, kindness, soft nature and patience was outstanding! I Would highly recommend Carla to anyone who is looking for a photographer in Queenstown and surrounding areas! It's so nice to know that there's still kindhearted people like her out there, who would be happy to just take that little stress away and make your wedding day unforgettable! From Will and I thank you from the bottom of our hearts Carla! You made the 18th of December 2016 extra special for us! Xoxo\"

- YAR & WILL

\"Carla is such an amazing photographer! She made it easy for my husband and I to pose for her to beautifully capture our love in photographs! We never usually have nice photographs as we are a very goofy couple! It was wonderful to see that Carla was able to capture our serious, sweet, and goofy side! We loved the idea of being asked some questions about our relationship although it took me a while to answer them as I was a bit tipsy over one glass of bubbles on an empty stomach. Haha! It’s amazing to see Carla in action even though she’s just over a month away from her due date! Talk about wonder woman/girl power nearly giving me a heart attack when you ran around in the snow with all your gear and your cute belly to get the best shots!! Carla, thank you so much! We had the greatest time taking photographs with you with a bit of sight seeing too! Thank you for putting up with us, especially me! To everyone considering Carla as your photographer, DO IT! You will not be disappointed! She will go above and beyond for you!\"

- CARYL & CONNER

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