Petra Paignton (Petra Zoe Photography)

I'm a wedding, events, and music photographer in Dunedin. I work with local bands and musicians to help them create promotional images and artwork. I shoot events, festivals, conferences, weddings, parties and celebrations of all kinds. When people come together in shared experiences – in joyful celebrations or sombre remembrances, to teach or to learn, to work or to play – I gather their stories in images, in captured moments that reveal the magic of our complex, fragile, extraordinary lives. Music moves. Art excites. Culture engages. Nature delights. Humanity intrigues... Photography is the perfect mix of art and science, creativity and technology. It is the ideal medium for a curious mind in a fast-moving world. From a lifetime of travel and exploration I have developed a deep appreciation for culture and diversity, the power of the human spirit, and the need for a little whimsy and magic in our temporal existence on Earth. Taking an image, freezing a moment, reveals how rich reality truly is. I look forward to immersing myself in your story and capturing the art expressed in each unique moment, to make memories you can see and images you can feel...