About

Overview & Vibe

Nikki Blades is Brisbane-based and has spent twenty years travelling to weddings — *“I’m Brissy based, but I’m available to travel to any location”* — with more than 670 weddings behind her. Her showcase is a map of the country: Great Keppel and Hayman Islands, Magnetic Island, Darwin, Katherine, Longreach, the Blue Mountains, Kiama, Perth and Yallingup. Bright, warm, sunlit frames, and a great many of them on a beach at golden hour.

Style & Approach

Candid and relaxed by intent: she aims to capture *“those candid, fun and relaxed moments between couples and their guests as the day unfolds”*, alongside the frames she calls *“THAT’s the photo I want to hang on our wall”*. She works with natural emotion and natural movement, and she is explicit that posing help is on offer if you would rather be guided than left alone.

Ideal For

Couples marrying in south-east Queensland who want a photographer with two decades of weddings behind her, and couples marrying somewhere far away who want to take their photographer with them. She works alone — one photographer, no second shooter — and takes a limited number of bookings each year, so early enquiry matters more here than most.

The Need-to-Knows

In south-east Queensland the Pearl collection is $2,495 for four hours and the Diamond $3,495 for eight, each with a pre-wedding consultation and an unlimited number of edited images delivered on USB as high-resolution, print-ready files with no logos or watermarks. A wedding album is included as a gift. A $1,000 non-refundable booking fee secures the date. Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Bribie Island carry no travel fee; other regions and interstate weddings are priced separately. Raw files are not available, and there is no video, photo booth or second photographer.

Standout Feature

The unlimited image count is unusual and it is stated plainly rather than buried: however many frames the day produces, they are all edited and all delivered. For a couple weighing quotes where one supplier promises 400 images and another 800, *“unlimited”* is a different kind of answer.

Albums & Prints

Wedding Album. Price: Included in every package. Description: Supplied as a gift with the collection; no discount applies if it is declined. Further album products can be added on request, at prices she does not publish.

Appointment Policy

Every collection includes a pre-wedding consultation. She takes a limited number of bookings each year and asks couples to enquire early, because weekend dates in peak season fill first.

Areas Serviced

Based in Brisbane and covering south-east Queensland at standard rates, with Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Bribie Island carrying no travel fee. She also travels to every Australian state and territory, and internationally to New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Fiji, Thailand and Vanuatu.

Booking & Deposit

A non-refundable booking fee of $1,000 secures the date for a south-east Queensland wedding.

Hours of Coverage

4 to 8 hours of coverage, with additional hours available.

Nearby Landmarks

Brisbane City Botanic Gardens
New Farm Park
Story Bridge
Bribie Island
North Stradbroke Island
Moreton Island
Gold Coast
Sunshine Coast Hinterland
Maleny
Kingscliff

Photography Packages

Pearl, South East Queensland. Price: $2,495. Description: Four hours of partial day coverage, taking in the pre-ceremony, the ceremony, guest and family photographs and a location shoot.
Diamond, South East Queensland. Price: $3,495. Description: Eight hours of full day coverage, from preparations through to the start of the reception.
Pearl, elsewhere in Australia. Price: $3,495. Description: The same four-hour coverage for weddings outside south-east Queensland.
Diamond, elsewhere in Australia. Price: $4,495. Description: The same eight-hour coverage for weddings outside south-east Queensland.

Photography Style

candid
natural
relaxed

Price Notes

South-east Queensland is priced separately from the rest of the country: the same two collections are $3,495 and $4,495 elsewhere in Australia. A $500 surcharge applies to weddings on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Eve or New Year's Day. Extra hours and further album products can be added. Raw or unedited files are not available, and there is no video, photo booth or second photographer.

Services Offered

Wedding Photography
Elopement Photography
Destination Wedding Photography

Starting Price

From $2,495

Travel & Destination

Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Bribie Island carry no travel fee. Beyond them she charges $250 for the Sunshine Coast and hinterland and $550 each for Toowoomba, Stanthorpe and Warwick, for Gympie, Rainbow Beach and Hervey Bay, and for Byron Bay and Ballina. Interstate weddings move to her Australia-wide collections, which add $500, $650 or $800 depending on how far the venue sits from the nearest major city airport.

Turnaround Time

No details available.