About

Overview & Vibe

Matthew Allen has been photographing weddings around Townsville and Magnetic Island for eight years, and his own line is Be Brave, Be Bold, Be Vibrant. The work backs it up: a couple silhouetted against the Milky Way, a bride and groom alone on a jetty photographed straight down from the air with reef either side, a veil thrown wide against a sunset ridgeline, a rock arch used as a frame on a beach. He also shoots the quiet things — a ring held out on a palm, guests watching a ceremony, a signing table with the flowers still on it.

Style & Approach

He calls himself a trusted, award-winning and relaxed photographer, and the couples who have written about him keep returning to the same idea: that he blends into the day until people forget he is working. Several describe getting a photograph of nearly every guest without ever noticing the camera. Alongside that he clearly enjoys a set piece, and the astrophotography and drone frames are deliberate showpieces rather than accidents.

Ideal For

Couples marrying in North Queensland who want range — from a two-hour weekday elopement on Magnetic Island through to a full day with a second shooter, an album and wall art. He publishes a genuine ladder rather than one figure, so a small midweek ceremony and a full reception-to-midnight wedding both have a named place on it.

The Need-to-Knows

Four collections, priced from two thousand dollars for the two-hour elopement, which runs Monday to Thursday. The next step up covers preparation, ceremony, location and group shots but stops before the reception; the top two are full-day coverage, the larger adding a second shooter, a signing book, wall art and a first-anniversary present. Every collection includes a booking magazine and a personalised timeline, and each carries a print credit that rises with the tier. He notes that items within a collection cannot be swapped, and that adding wall art at booking earns a discount on it.

Standout Feature

He publishes a trusted-supplier list built from eight years of weddings and his past couples’ own recommendations — makeup artists, florists, celebrants and the rest — explicitly as an antidote to asking social media and being tagged by everyone’s friends. For a couple planning a North Queensland wedding it is a real shortcut, and it is unusual for a photographer to maintain one.

Albums & Prints

Coffee Table Album. Price: Included in every collection. Description: Supplied as part of each wedding collection rather than bought separately.
Wall Art Package. Price: Included in the largest collection. Description: A boxed canvas or wood wall art package; adding wall art at the time of booking earns a discount on it.
Matted Prints. Price: Included in the largest collection. Description: Ten matted five-by-seven prints ready to frame.
Print Credit. Price: Two hundred to four hundred dollars by collection. Description: Redeemable against his print products, including canvas wall art collections.

Appointment Policy

Get in touch through his site to start the conversation.
Every wedding collection includes a booking magazine and a personalised timeline built for your day.
The two-hour elopement collection runs Monday to Thursday.
For elopements he can arrange the celebrant and the location as one package.

Areas Serviced

Townsville and Magnetic Island.
He also photographs elsewhere in North Queensland, including the rainforest, the reef and the islands.

Hours of Coverage

No details available.

Nearby Landmarks

Magnetic Island, a short ferry from Townsville, where he photographs beaches, granite headlands and jetties over the reef.
The North Queensland rainforest, the Great Barrier Reef and the beachfront are the backdrops he names for elopements.
His published work runs from beach and lagoon ceremonies to barn receptions and city streets after dark.

Photography Packages

The Intimate Collection. Price: From $2,000. Description: A two-hour elopement package available Monday to Thursday, covering the ceremony and a location shoot, with a booking magazine, a personalised timeline, a custom online gallery, a coffee table album, a two hundred dollar print credit and a personal blog and gallery to share.
The Commitment Collection. Price: From $4,000. Description: Coverage through preparation, the ceremony, the location shoot and group photographs, stopping before the reception. Adds a complimentary engagement shoot with social-media files and lifts the print credit to three hundred dollars.
The Celebration Collection. Price: From $5,200. Description: Full day coverage from preparation through every formality of the reception, with a second shooter, a complimentary engagement shoot, a highlights slideshow, all images in a custom presentation pack and a four hundred dollar print credit.
The Heirloom Collection. Price: From $7,000. Description: Full day coverage with a signing book, a wall art package in boxed canvas or wood, ten matted five-by-seven prints ready to frame, and a first anniversary present.

Photography Style

relaxed

Price Notes

Items within a collection cannot be swapped for one another.
Each collection carries a print credit, rising from two hundred to four hundred dollars with the tier.
Adding a wall art option at the time of booking earns a discount on the wall art.
The two-hour elopement price applies Monday to Thursday.

Services Offered

Wedding Photography
Elopement Packages Including A Celebrant
Family, Formal And Maternity Photography
Headshots, Commercial And Events Photography
A Wedding Gift Registry

Starting Price

From $2,000

Turnaround Time

No details available.

What You Receive

All Images Presented On A Custom Online Gallery
A Personal Blog And Online Gallery To Share Instantly With Friends And Family
A Print Credit That Rises With The Collection
All Images Presented In A Custom Gift Pack On The Larger Collections
A Highlights Slideshow Of The Wedding Day On The Larger Collections
Social Media Sized Files From The Complimentary Engagement Shoot

Similar businesses

Townsville / Magnetic Island, Queensland

Contact

Website: matthewallenphotography.com.au

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