Skip to content
Little Wedding Planner

Wedding Photographers · New South Wales

McKay Photography

Is this your business? Get your free badge

About

Overview & Vibe

McKay Photography is a husband-and-wife studio living in Bowral, with Darryn McKay shooting the weddings and Kirstine McKay running the family side. More than 600 weddings sit behind him, and he has photographed at every Bowral and Southern Highlands wedding venue — Bendooley Estate, Centennial Vineyards, Milton Park, Gibraltar Hotel and Peppers Craigieburn recur through the recent work. He is the rare Highlands photographer who actually lives in the Highlands.

Style & Approach

Relaxed and fun by his own description, aiming for natural pictures rather than long posing sessions — the working belief is that the best photographs happen while people are laughing and enjoying themselves. Knowing the region cuts both ways: he keeps a mental list of the good light and the quiet corners, including a few he does not advertise, which saves couples time on the day.

Ideal For

Couples marrying at a Southern Highlands winery, country house or church who want someone with local knowledge instead of a photographer arriving from Sydney. The two coverage tiers suit both a shorter ceremony-and-portraits booking and a full day. He also photographs engagements, families and commercial work, and lists Sydney reception venues alongside the Highlands ones.

The Need-to-Knows

Wedding photography starts from $2,800 for shorter coverage, with $3,300 to $3,800 for longer wedding days; albums begin at $1,100. Every image is delivered edited, in high resolution and without watermarks, on a USB ready to print, alongside a password-protected online highlights gallery. Highlights land within a few days and the full set is ready to view two to three weeks after the wedding.

Standout Feature

Six hundred weddings in one region is an unusual amount of local repetition, and it shows up as confidence rather than sameness: he has worked these venues in every season and every kind of weather, and knows what each one gives you at the hour you will be standing in it.

Albums & Prints

  • Flush-Mount Wedding Album — from $1,100. Linen or leather cover, with photographs printed edge to edge across the spread.

Appointment Policy

  • Call or enquire online to check that your wedding date is available.

Areas Serviced

  • Based in Bowral, covering the Southern Highlands, and also photographing weddings at Sydney reception venues.

Hours of Coverage

No details available.

Nearby Landmarks

  • Corbett Gardens in the centre of Bowral
  • Mount Gibraltar lookout above Bowral and Mittagong
  • The historic village of Berrima
  • Fitzroy Falls in Morton National Park
  • The Bradman Museum and Bradman Oval

Photography Packages

  • Shorter Coverage — from $2,800. Wedding photography for a shorter day.
  • Longer Wedding Day — $3,300 to $3,800. Coverage for a full wedding day.
  • Custom Collection — price on enquiry. A collection assembled to suit a particular wedding day.

Photography Style

  • relaxed
  • natural

Price Notes

  • Wedding photography starts from $2,800 for shorter coverage, rising to $3,300 to $3,800 for longer wedding days. Albums begin at $1,100 and a collection can be assembled to suit a particular day.

Services Offered

  • Wedding Photography
  • Engagement Sessions
  • Wedding Albums
  • Family Photography
  • Commercial Photography

Starting Price

  • From $2,800

Turnaround Time

  • Highlights are available within a few days, and all photographs are ready to view two to three weeks after the wedding.

What You Receive

  • Unlimited Photos Taken On The Day
  • High-Resolution Colour Images, Edited And Supplied On USB
  • Images Ready To Print, With No Watermarks
  • Online Password-Protected Highlights Gallery

Similar businesses

Alana Taylor Photography
Southern Highlands / Bowral, New South Wales

Alana Taylor Photography

Alana Taylor has been photographing weddings for over a decade and puts the count at more than three hundred and fifty.

Service area
Adam Egan
Sydney, New South Wales

Adam Egan

Adam Egan has photographed weddings for close to ten years, working out of Sydney and across New South Wales — vineyard lawns at Pokolbin, a heritage station at…

By appointment
Alexandra Orme Photography
Southern Highlands / Bowral, New South Wales

Alexandra Orme Photography

A Canberra wedding photographer based in the city’s south, working across the ACT and the regions around it.

Service area
Alex Carlyle
Sydney, New South Wales

Alex Carlyle

Alex Carlyle is a Sydney photographer who shoots weddings alongside commercial, fashion and live music work, and the fine-art training shows.

By appointment
All Grown Up Weddings
Southern Highlands / Bowral, New South Wales

All Grown Up Weddings

All Grown Up Weddings is a collective of wedding photographers, formed in 2013 by two highly awarded names in Australian wedding photography, shooting weddings all…

Service area
Alex Marks Photography
Sydney, New South Wales

Alex Marks Photography

Alex Marks has photographed more than twelve hundred weddings, and the published work runs from a South Coast vineyard and a Southern Highlands manor to Braidwood…

By appointment

Contact

Website
mckayphotography.com.au
Southern Highlands / Bowral, New South Wales
Sydney, New South Wales
  • Sydney, New South Wales Service area Maps