MEET the
photographer
Meet SPENCER
I’m Spencer. Photographer, wine guy, occasional surfer, and dad to two kids.
I grew up in South Australia around beaches, vineyards and our family farm before eventually making my way east. A fair bit of travelling followed, along with meeting my partner somewhere along the way. These days we live in Port Kembla with our two kids and spend as much time near the ocean as we can.
Photography has been part of my life for a long time. I like good light, interesting people and photographs that feel like something actually happened in them.
Most of my work is close to home, photographing weddings across the NSW South Coast, but I’ll happily travel for a good one.
my approach
You don’t need to be good at having your photo taken.
Most people aren’t particularly comfortable with a camera pointed at them. That’s fine. My job is to make that part easy.
I’ll give you direction when you need it and get out of the way when you don’t. The aim isn’t to manufacture a wedding for the photographs. It’s to make good photographs of the wedding you’re actually having.
My work sits somewhere between documentary and editorial photography. Real moments, considered portraits and everything happening around the edges.
philosophy
The photographs I like most usually weren’t planned.
Someone laughing at the wrong time. A hand under the table. Your dad trying to keep it together. Your friends getting progressively worse at dancing.
I’m always looking for those things.
There’s craft involved, of course. Light, composition, timing and knowing where to be. But the photograph still needs to feel like yours.
Photography is how I pay attention. After years of doing this, that’s still the part I like most.
