About

Overview & Vibe

Thomas Stewart lives in Bowral and shoots around sixty weddings a year, most of them across the Southern Highlands and the South Coast. He was a lawyer until the end of 2009, went full time as a photographer in early 2010, and photographed his first wedding in 2008. The portfolio runs from Bendooley Estate and Kangaroo Valley to Croatia, Scotland and Bali, but the centre of gravity is firmly local.

Style & Approach

Documentary, in his own words — he prefers to record what is happening rather than arrange it, and describes his method as relaxed and natural: he will direct but not pose. Looking at a year of his work, most frames are unposed and candid, built from watching a day closely. He shoots Sony a9iii bodies with prime lenses and carries at least three cameras and six lenses to every wedding.

Ideal For

Couples who want the day recorded as it happens by someone who lives twenty minutes from the venue. Coverage runs from four hours to ten, so a short ceremony booking and a full day are both catered for, and he is happy to build something in between. Engagement shoots and albums are offered, and the portfolio makes clear that same-sex weddings and elopements are core work rather than a footnote.

The Need-to-Knows

Most couples spend around $5,000 for roughly eight hours; the full price and package list comes by enquiry. Expect around 800 edited high-resolution images delivered through a password-protected gallery about four weeks after the wedding, with high and low resolution downloads. Albums are $795 or $1,195 depending on size and cover. A small travel fee applies beyond roughly two hours from Bowral, and he carries twenty million dollars of public liability cover.

Standout Feature

He has written openly about his own wedding, where a storm destroyed the marquee the afternoon before, and what it taught him about how little of the plan actually matters. It explains the photography: a man who expects a wedding not to go to plan is a useful person to have holding the camera when it doesn’t.

Albums & Prints

Lay-Flat Album. Price: $795. Twenty spreads over forty pages, linen cover, eight by eight inches.
Fine-Art Album. Price: $1,195. Twenty-five spreads over fifty pages, leather cover, ten by ten inches.

Appointment Policy

Enquire online for the full price and package list, and to check your date.

Areas Serviced

Based in Bowral. Most weddings are across the Southern Highlands and the South Coast, with travel further afield by arrangement.

Hours of Coverage

4 to 10 hours of coverage.

Nearby Landmarks

Corbett Gardens in the centre of Bowral
Mount Gibraltar between Bowral and Mittagong
The historic village of Berrima
Fitzroy Falls, on the road to Kangaroo Valley
Bendooley Estate and the Book Barn

Photography Packages

Four Hours Of Coverage. Price: On enquiry.
Six Hours Of Coverage. Price: On enquiry.
Eight Hours Of Coverage. Price: Most couples spend around $5,000.
Ten Hours Of Coverage. Price: On enquiry.
Engagement Shoot. Price: On enquiry.

Photography Style

documentary
candid
natural
relaxed

Price Notes

Most couples spend around $5,000 for roughly eight hours of coverage. Albums are $795 or $1,195. A small travel fee applies for weddings more than about two hours from Bowral.

Services Offered

Wedding Photography
Elopements
Engagement Sessions
Destination Weddings
Wedding Albums

Starting Price

No details available.

Travel & Destination

A small travel fee applies for weddings more than about two hours from Bowral.

Turnaround Time

Photographs arrive around four weeks after the wedding.