Andy Brown Photography ~ Christchurch, New Zealand

Tim & James ~ Legally Bound

Andy — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:37:09 +0000

I recently photographed a wedding in Christchurch that was a first for me — no big white dress, no bouquets, and definitely no mother of the bride! Tim & James held their Civil Union as a secret twist to their leaving party, much to the surprise of their guests. The rain stopped literally minutes before the ceremony and the event went off without a hitch, here’s a few of my favourites…

Welles Warehouse

Andy — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:54:46 +0000

The other week I snuck out for a shoot at a sweet indoor spot in the Christchurch CBD, the boys had been busy hammering together a makeshift rail and setting up ramps. Here’s a couple of stomps that went down.

Josh Bamford » Front Smith, Christchurch

Jordan McStay » Treflip, Christchurch

Cooler Days

Andy — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:50:40 +0000

As Christchurch had it’s mid Summer Southerly front roll on through the other day, it reminded me of the awesome winter we’ve recently had. Here’s a couple of photos I dragged out from a shoot with Benji Oppan (formerly on the Forum team) from down at New Brighton Pier. The bungee wasn’t allowing enough speed to hit the rail in the background so we resorted to a nice big indy bomb-drop!

Benji Oppan » Indy Bombdrop, New Brighton

Benji Oppan » Indy Bombdrop

Cheapskates BroFile ~ Zak Mclean

Andy — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:41:52 +0000

Here’s a couple of my favs from a recent shoot with 16 year old Zak Mclean for Cheapskates Skate Skool BroFile column. Check the link to see more…

Zak Mclean » Kickflip, Busyard gap, Christchurch

Zak Mclean » Frontside flip, Cashmere, Christchurch

Ashley & Dean ~ Married

Andy — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 03:19:51 +0000

After a great weekend away from the quakes up in Nelson, I get to share a few sneak previews from Ashley & Dean’s wedding. The weather was acceptable with only about two minutes of rain in the evening, but beautifully warm. Ash & Dean looked awesome, and the work that went into this day was evident with every detail taken into account. Keep an eye on my Facebook page for more images soon…

Holiday Sunset in Culverden

Andy — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:08:16 +0000

Here’s a shot I snuck out to grab this evening. Oh and if you’re wondering, there were no cars in sight.

Culverden sunset

Lovejoy Comet

Andy — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 23:36:47 +0000

Lisa woke me at a rude 3:57am so I could trapse outside to get a shot of the Lovejoy comet that’s visible in these early hours at the moment. Without a tripod on hand we worked with propping a small gelatine box under the lens for the long exposure. All in all along with the North Canterbury night sky filled with stars, it was totally worth getting up for.

Comet in Culverden

Aerial Shot

Andy — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:18:21 +0000

On the way back home recently across the Tasman Sea (right before a bunch of turbulence), I captured this little gem out of the plane window.

Tasman Clouds

Australia Part 2

Andy — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:59:43 +0000

Leaving Manly

Here’s what I got up to last Saturday… jumped on the Manly ferry into the city of Sydney, waded through a sea of people to another ferry, and headed out to Cockatoo Island to check out the Australia Pro/Am Skate Finals.

Dodgy looking weather? Sorted… just pop a rugby field sized tent over the skatepark! Turned out fine anyway. It was a little challenging trying to capture decent shots from between shoulders and heads in the crowd, but it was mind-blowing all the same, particularly watching Tommy Flynn.

After a good feed and a couple of beers it was time to head back and catch up with my good friend SVB (who featured snowboarding off our roof earlier this year).

Scroll on to see what I managed to capture from the day…

30 minute nap

Sydney Waterfront

Pulling into the dock

On the next ferry to Cockatoo Island

No spitting?

Cockatoo Island

Chalk Art

Street-style tortillas

Good times

Jesse Noonan » 5-0

Jesse Noonan » Boardslide

Joel McIlroy » Front feebs

Ryan Wilson » Suski Grind

Ryan Wilson » Half-cab to manual

Blake Harris » Nosegrind

Tommy Flynn » Backside kickflip to nosegrind revert

Jeremy Corea » Switch 50-50

Waterfront apartments

Sydney harbour bridge

At the foot of the Axa Building

Downtown filming session

Crossing Sydney harbour bridge

SVB, the lyrical genius

Australia Part 1

Andy — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:30:24 +0000

Palm Beach Wharf

Being out of the office, chilling and hanging with family in Australia has been a nice break away from daily routine, however taking pictures has not ceased. Over the coming few days I’ll be posting some of the travel pics that I’ve been capturing while out and about around Sydney and the Central Coast. Enjoy!

Someone's spreading the love here

Palm Beach Boaties

This dude missed the ferry

Ferry drivers are nice here

Pulling into Wagstaff

Little jetty next to Wagstaff Wharf

Ettalong doesn't get earthquakes

Ettalong or NZ West Coast?

Empire Bay

Empire Bay Private Jetty

Terrigal Cafe

Terragal Cafe View

Terrigal Cafe Coffee

Shell Art

My good self and my awesome niece!

Smirk time

Terrigal Beach

Contrast…

Looking back towards Sydney

Rake in a tree?

Yum Yum tree in Killcare

Killcare Jetty

Handline fishing at Ettalong

Heading back to Palm Beach

Newport Beach

Onlookers at Dee Why