About

Overview & Vibe

Kinship by Kristy is Kristy Visscher, a wedding and editorial photographer who lives in Gippsland and also works out of Melbourne. She shoots on both digital and film, photographs around twenty-five weddings a year, and her work has run in British Vogue, Tatler, The Lane, The Wed, Hello May and Together Journal. The site is deliberately spare: it shows the work and asks you to enquire.

Style & Approach

Romantic and ethereal with an editorial edge, but she is clear that most of the day is photographed as it unfolds rather than directed. She is drawn to quiet moments, low light and motion, with a strong affinity for timeless black and white. The Lane describes her as sensing when to gently direct and when to let go entirely.

Ideal For

Couples marrying in Gippsland, Melbourne or further afield who want an editorial, magazine-quality result and are comfortable enquiring for pricing rather than choosing from a published list. Film coverage is part of the offer, not an add-on.

The Need-to-Knows

Wedding collections are quoted on enquiry and no coverage hours are published. The one published product is a handcrafted fine art album at $1,800, discounted by $400 when bought with a wedding collection: lay-flat, eighty to a hundred images across about twenty-five spreads, with three rounds of design review and a four-month completion window.

Standout Feature

The press record is unusually strong for a regional photographer, and she shoots film alongside digital, which is what gives the black-and-white work its character.

Albums & Prints

Fine Art Wedding Album — $1,800, or $1,400 when purchased with a wedding collection. Handcrafted with lay-flat seamless spreads in an eight by ten inch vertical or ten by ten inch square format, with a choice of cover material and colour, personalised embossing, and eighty to one hundred images across about twenty-five spreads on thick fine art paper with archival ink. Includes three rounds of design review and a four-month completion window.

Appointment Policy

Enquire through the online form; there is no published booking calendar.
Pricing and collection details are sent in response to an enquiry.

Areas Serviced

Based in Gippsland, Victoria, and also working out of Melbourne.
Available for weddings worldwide.

Hours of Coverage

No details available.

Nearby Landmarks

Wilsons Promontory and the coastline of South Gippsland
The Gippsland Lakes around Metung and Lakes Entrance
The Strzelecki Ranges and the farmland of the Latrobe Valley

Photography Packages

No details available.

Photography Style

romantic
editorial
documentary
timeless
film

Price Notes

Wedding collections are quoted on enquiry and are not published.
The fine art album is $1,800, reduced by $400 when bought with a wedding collection.

Services Offered

Wedding Photography
Editorial and Campaign Photography
Film and Digital Coverage
Fine Art Wedding Albums

Starting Price

No details available.

Turnaround Time

No details available.

What You Receive

Photographs made on both digital and film formats
Handcrafted fine art album available with any wedding collection

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