Late last year Ian and I caught up with award winning photographer Bruce Gabites at his new Auckland studio. He'd just won his eighth straight Kodak Gold award  in the Wedding Album category, and we wanted to find out his secret... We spent a morning talking with him about why he enters photography competitions and what makes him so successful, the affect winning awards has on his business, and albums – the part they  play in his packages, and how he goes about selling them. To listen to our interview with Bruce Gabites click here (22 mins). Cheers, Nigel PS Bruce recently shared some To View More >>

For Jo and Simon of Shoot Lifestyle Photography, several Annabel Williams' photographic training books provided the eye opener they needed to see the wedding industry wasn't quite as 'naff' as they thought... Seven years on, they've just been awarded the Annabel Williams CPT Award, for the Queensberry sponsored Wedding Album Category. Jo says, "This was a real life wedding album we'd designed for clients Andy and Lisa." Their wedding took place in a quirky little tavern which Jo says exposed some beautiful natural light. The light doesn't last long on a UK winters day though, so they had to To View More >>

Julie and Daniel were married on the 19th of March 2011, and photographed by Brad Boniface. They had their ceremony at Wharerata in Palmerston North, New Zealand Here are a few layouts from their gorgeous Matted 18x10H album. (Photography of album by Brad Boniface) Click here to see more of Brad's work on his blog. Enjoy! Anna To View More >>

Melissa & Buck were married on the 9th of April, 2011 at St. Helena’s in Wilmington, Delaware, followed by a dazzling reception in the Gold Ballroom at the Hotel duPont. They were photographed by Mike Kehr and Jana Bannan from mk Photography. Their guests enjoyed a French feast while seated at tables decorated with blooming branches, and reveled to music by Jellyroll. Melissa’s favorite memory of the evening was when Buck joined the band on lead guitar! Melissa & Buck were college sweethearts, whose love has grown over time and distance for over 11 years. They always knew they To View More >>

Mancel & Erin photographed by Brock and Piero Wedding Photography. A Duo 18x10H album and a beautiful Australian wedding. To View More >>

Melinda & Dean photographed by White Tulip Photography. A Duo 15x12H album and a very gorgeously detailed wedding. Love the small bridal party! To View More >>

A 10x7H Digital Flushmount album and a gorgeous set of family portraits, shot by Sarah Black Photography To View More >>

Simon Woolf is one of the most energetic and engaging people I know. When I interviewed him he was in Auckland as official photographer at our previous Prime Minister Helen Clark's investiture to the Order of New Zealand. He got a hug from Helen because they know each other that well and he's that nice a guy. A couple of nights earlier I'd spotted him on TV in the media scrum at Willie Apiata's Victoria Cross ceremony. Again he was the official photographer. And to complete the picture of a guy who's everywhere, one of his landscape images, of an unusual sunrise, had featured the day before in To View More >>

You sell what you show, right? Well here's a few Queensberry friends we've noticed doing a fantastic job of showing off their albums. Abby Rosenbaum from Abby Rose Photo seems to photograph and blog about all of her albums... Here's one of the latest albums featured on her blog. The team at Blue Sky Photography in the UK have a dedicated web page explaining their philosophy behind using Queensberry albums. They also include links to several example album designs. And New Zealand photographer Bruce Gabites of Fine Photography features some lovely images of his Queensberry albums in the album section To View More >>

(Warning: contains references to blue-grass and rock music) Johannes introduced me to his friends, Lyttelton band The Eastern. That’s OK, nobody else has heard of them either, and that's the point of this post. A while ago The Eastern opened in Auckland for Steve Earle, and more recently for Old Crow Medicine Show. Old Crow who? Heather and I bought tickets anyway, probably the only people in the audience who didn’t know anything about the main act. But then they came out and played. I was hooked after the first few bars Ketch looked wry, ironic and after your girlfriend. Willie wore a Neil To View More >>