I am Vera Hegedus-Gaspar, and I am passionate about what I do.

I am a mother of three. I am from a small town in Europe, spent my teenage years in a large city and now I am at the other end of the world, the perfect New Zealand. I’ve been a punk, a scientist, a teacher, an artist, a musician. I have a synesthetic and analytic mind with the full power of feminine emotions.  Because of my colorful background I became passionate about people, understanding what we all share and how we are all unique. My photographs are each designed to use visual language to talk about you as I feel devoted to understand you.

To be able to do this I, as a photographer join you in your moment. What’s important to you is important to me, whomever you admire and you’re proud of, whatever you enjoy and share… I’ll do that too as I am holding the camera.You cease being my client and you become my model.

This is how a photography session becomes a ceremony of love. “I never had fun while having my pictures taken!” – says my model. While in front of my camera we all focus on what’s important for you, we all devote time and empathy to experience the richest emotions of your life. Photography looses its view as an industry and becomes a way to celebrate you as a person.

Weather you want to make your love eternal towards another person, the city, your family, your hobby, your art or your animal friend, I would love to help you! My Me+Christchurch project explored the range of emotions people feel about our ever changing city. If you feel close to this place, we can create a photobook for your to capture your Christchurch. I photographed dancers exploring concepts and each other’s personalities. I photographed children and babies with their overwhelming awe toward the world and each other. I photographed artwork for the artist’s own use. I photographed families, people in love. Check vera.nz for most of my work as an artist. I am fascinated by what life is offering me to talk about through images.

My photography is integral part of my art, my photos have stories to tell, they talk about love in a visual language that speaks to the heart instead of the ears. For this reason, I offer you photos to choose from as works of art and you’ll only see the ones I am happy to represent my work. You are guaranteed to have excellent photos even if you feel unsure about what makes a photo great.

Browse among my commission work here and my art projects and get in touch if you have any questions or want to make a booking!

I am Vera Hegedus-Gaspar, a photographer for 15 years. I see photography as an art and my models are my muses and inspiration to talk about all the love on Earth.

Here is how to get in touch with me:

my email: askme@vera.nz

or on my phone number: 027 782-1329 (please txt if I don’t pick up as there’s no voicemail service).

 

What’s my philosophy?

I enjoy taking pictures of the love that people feel towards each other, their family, pets, places or hobbies. Alongside my independent art projects (like Me+Christchurch that focused on the love people feel about our city, or ZeroGravity that focused on the love movement artists felt for contemporary dance) I also enjoy photographing what my models want to see. For me, wedding photography, family photography, pet photography and city photography are a form of art and this is how I approach all photography sessions.

Indeed, my photography sessions stop being sessions. Instead, they become a celebration of the love that you feel. We all gather together to talk, show and immerse ourselves in what you feel so that I understand it fully and translate it to the shapes and colors, the lights and shadows of a photograph.

 

How do I work?

I feel that, as a photo artist, I can offer something that seems to be lost now that all devices are capable of taking high resolution images. Today, we can be sure that, whatever the occasion or subject, it is going to get documented. The guests at a wedding, the family and friends will keep on clicking away and there won’t be a second of our lives missed. And we have almost forgot that less is more. What you want from me is a piece of art that reflects your love through the photographs. For this reason, I offer a limited number of exquisite photos, each of which will be a timeless piece that takes you back in time to the most important moments of your life.

I am an organised person. I love to have at least one meeting before a photo session and several before a wedding. I feel that, as an art photographer, it is my role to help make the day run smoothly visually as well as emotionally and I like to offer my skill and experience and take integral part in arranging the day. I like being involved as early as possible and give you extra safety to make you feel relaxed and be excited about your very important moment. On our meetings, we’ll talk a lot about who you are as individuals and a couple, what you like about yourself, what’s important to you in your life, and about lots of practical things. You’ll also get to know and trust me which is essential when you ask an artist to create something for you.

To be able to reflect your personality the best, I love to have a complimentary pre-wedding photoshoot with my couples. This is great, because we can get to know each other’s style, I can show you all tricks and tips how to make the day effortlessly photogenic for everyone and also gives me a chance to do careful visual preparation considering the angles of your face and the beauty of your body. You can also use these pre-wedding photos for invitations or to make your reception even more special.

I work with Viktor Boros as a second photographer for weddings to be able to capture the key moments from the best angles. I work with Viktor because I love the eye he has for delicate moments between people and the lovely compositions that flow so effortlessly from his photographs.

I have extensive experience in post-editing that include the techniques used in latest fashion photography and also unique technical processes that I invented and you won’t find anywhere else. I feel the post-editing skill shows in the fact that you can’t tell anything has been done on the photo at all. After that there is an enormous range of cool and classy unique filters that will tell anyone that a certain photo is yours.

Finally, I offer a range of first-class products to present your photos. These are all “infinite resolution” photo prints that last a lifetime on a wide range of sizes and materials and other products as well. My very favourites are the hard-paged lay-flat photo books  that present the photos without distortion and maximum possible size so that they can be viewed as in an art gallery.

 

What are my prices?

Get in touch to talk about YOUR love to enquire and price list will be available for download soon.