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Wedding Photographers · New South Wales

Translucent Photography

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About

Overview & Vibe

Translucent Photography is Lucy and Dean, a husband-and-wife team based just south of Wollongong. Both were born and raised in the Illawarra and married there themselves, and the business has been running since 2011. Everything happens in-house — the emails, the shooting, the culling and the editing — with Lucy as the primary photographer. Weddings, elopements and family sessions have taken them from ten minutes down the road to New Zealand and the United States.

Style & Approach

Candid and unobtrusive, in their own words: the day gets recorded as it happens rather than directed. Their stated position is blunt — a wedding day is not a theatre production and they are not choreographers, so no pausing a moment for a retake and no asking anyone to take a jacket on and off four times for different angles. The work is built for couples who describe themselves as awkward in front of a camera.

Ideal For

Couples across the Illawarra, Southern Highlands, Shoalhaven and southern Sydney who want the day recorded rather than staged. Elopements are a genuine specialism rather than an afterthought, with a separate and much lower entry price, and the portfolio runs from clifftop elopements to full receptions with sparkler exits. Same-sex couples are welcomed explicitly and warmly.

The Need-to-Knows

Weddings start from $3,500 and elopements from $1,800, with the full pricing guide sent on enquiry; a non-refundable retainer and a signed contract secure a date. Expect roughly fifty to a hundred images for every hour of coverage, delivered in high resolution and print-ready through a password-protected gallery four to eight weeks after the wedding. Raw files are never released. There is no travel fee within an hour of Wollongong.

Standout Feature

They answer every enquiry within forty-eight hours and say so up front, which is a small promise that tells you something about how the rest of the planning will go. The same page also offers a discount for booking an engagement session alongside a wedding, and another for ordering the album before the day rather than after it.

Albums & Prints

  • Wedding Album — price on enquiry. Fine-art, flush-mount, flat-lay album with a linen cover, ten by ten inches and square, customisable in cover colour, text and images.
  • Parent Album — price on enquiry. A smaller replica of the main album.

Appointment Policy

  • Enquire online for the pricing and packages guide. Replies come within forty-eight hours, and meetings can be face to face or by video call.

Areas Serviced

  • Based near Wollongong in the Illawarra, covering the Illawarra, Southern Highlands, Shoalhaven and South Coast, and southern Sydney.

Booking & Deposit

  • A non-refundable retainer and a signed contract secure the booking.

Hours of Coverage

No details available.

Nearby Landmarks

  • Sea Cliff Bridge on the Grand Pacific Drive
  • Austinmer and Thirroul beaches
  • Mount Keira lookout above Wollongong
  • Bald Hill at Stanwell Tops
  • The Kiama Blowhole

Photography Packages

  • Wedding Coverage — from $3,500.
  • Elopement Coverage — from $1,800.
  • Engagement Session — price on enquiry. Discounted when booked alongside a wedding package.
  • Wedding Album — price on enquiry. Discounted when ordered before the wedding day.

Photography Style

  • candid
  • natural
  • documentary

Price Notes

  • Weddings start from $3,500 and elopements from $1,800. Family and maternity sessions start from $575 and newborn sessions from $675. There is no travel fee within an hour of Wollongong.

Services Offered

  • Wedding Photography
  • Elopement Photography
  • Engagement Sessions
  • Wedding Albums
  • Family And Maternity Sessions
  • In-Home Newborn Sessions
  • Commercial And Branding Photography
  • Photographer Mentoring

Starting Price

  • From $1,800

Travel & Destination

  • No travel fee applies within an hour of Wollongong. Beyond that a small fee covers costs, and interstate or overseas weddings are quoted on enquiry.

Turnaround Time

  • Wedding photographs arrive four to eight weeks after the day. Express turnaround is available for an additional fee.

What You Receive

  • Around Fifty To One Hundred Images Per Hour Of Coverage
  • Online Password-Protected Private Gallery
  • High-Resolution, Print-Ready Files
  • Download And Share Directly From The Gallery

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