Natural & Candid Hunter Valley Wedding Photography
Capturing all the emotions of your wedding day as they naturally unfold
Hunter Valley Wedding Photography
Beautiful, candid imagery capturing the true emotion of your day. Photography can start right at the beginning with your bridal preparations or from the moment your wedding ceremony begins, right through to your wedding reception and guests dancing the night away!
Professional wedding photography packages - 6 hours starting from $2700
Custom quotes available for small weddings & elopements.
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Stress free photography and videography
Dani is the queen of organisation and will ensure you have all the help you need when it comes to the booking process, run sheets and even recommendations of incredible wedding suppliers to help you pull together the most epic team for your big day!
We know the Hunter Valley
We have been photographing venues in the NSW Hunter Valley for over 10 years, not only that, it’s around where Dani grew up, so we’re incredibly passionate about the area, if you're getting married at one of the venues there - Ludo has probably worked there before! Which means you have an insiders knowledge of the best spots for photos & video & how to best plan your day!
We won't miss a magical moment
Ludo shoots in the moment, capturing incredible memories as they happen, naturally. We find that the best photos are the ones where you don’t know the camera is around, or those where you feel comfortable to be your true self, so Ludo & our team will always do their best to make you feel comfortable, whether it’s through a few terrible jokes or some friendly banter & aside from your bridal portraits, you probably won’t realise they’re there half the time, as they’ll just be quietly snapping away in the background while you & your guests continue to have fun celebrating the day away!
FAQs
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Our 6 hour packages currently start from $2700 for photography & $3300 for videography. Get in quick though as our prices will rise with the new financial year!
Head to the pricing tab above to see the full run down of each package.
We also do custom quotes for couples who feel like they need less than 6 hours. If that’s you, pop your details into our contact form and we’ll be in touch ASAP! -
Yes! Smaller weddings & elopements have become really popular over the last few years, so if you feel you would need less than 6 hours please pop your details into our contact form and we’ll get in touch to chat pricing.
If you’re unsure how many hours you would need we can also help with that! Feel free to call us or fill in the contact form & we can chat through the plans for your day & work out how many hours would be best.
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Of course you can! If you have a few photos in mind that you would really love to have, you’re so welcome to send through an image you have in mind to replicate or chat us through your ideas.
We do recommend keeping specific shot requests low (less than 5!). This is to ensure Ludo & our team don’t have their heads buried in a shot list all day long, in turn missing the genuine emotion, fun & memories that are unfolding!
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You’ll receive around 10 sneak peek photos 24 - 48 hours after your wedding. From there the full gallery will be delivered in around 6 - 8 weeks.
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I’ve been capturing weddings for over 10 years now & Dani started working on the business with me in 2017 managing pretty much everything that doesn’t involve holding a camera & editing!
I’ve been lucky enough to shoot weddings across Australia, and also in the Philippines, Italy & Slovakia. So it’s been a pretty incredible ride so far!
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We do! Engagement photoshoots are a great way for all of us to meet and for you as a couple to get mor comfortable in front of the camera! You can also be a bit more adventurous at an engagement shoot, what I mean by that is you can head to the beach and get some shots with the waves crashing onto you both, you can head to a bushland setting and not worry about your dress getting dirty or you can climb to the top of a mountain and get shots at the top! All things that might be a little difficult in wedding attire!
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Yes! Each package includes a pre-wedding consultation, which will either be in person, if you’re local to Newcastle, or over zoom.
This meeting is a great way for us to get to know each other and for you to ask any questions you might have. We can also chat through your run sheet, help with timings, suggest other suppliers etc. We can meet early on in your wedding planning journey or leave it until closer to the date, whatever works best for you, and around that meeting you’re always welcome to give us a call or send an email if you need a hand with anything 🙂
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Ludo will always be there on the day (unless under extreme circumstances. In this case, you will have another of our wonderful team there in his place).
If you book a photography & videography package then you will have Ludo, usually shooting video & another friendly human on photos. We have a few other team members who are all just as friendly, happy & excited for you as both Ludo & I are.
Ludo then edits everything, he’s the one that creates the gorgeous galleries of photos & the wedding films unique to each couple, that you see on our website.
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Experienced | Professional | Reliable
We're Dani & Ludo,
the husband-and-wife team behind Ludo Petrik Wedding Photography, based in Newcastle, NSW with our two little guys Sammy & Leo.
We love weddings and everything they entail, and we will do everything we can to ensure your experience with us is as stress free, easy, and enjoyable as possible!!
Deciding which company to book your wedding photography / videography with is a big deal!
Whoever you choose will be there with you for most of the day, you need to feel comfortable around them, be able to have a laugh, relax and be yourselves. For this reason, we like to have a chat with couples before booking, it gives us a chance to get to know each other and for you to get a feel if we would be the right people to work with and capture your big day.
If you love the look of Ludo's work and would like to find out more, fill out the contact form below and we'll get back to you as quickly as we can. We can't wait to find out more about you guys and your wedding plans!