Valo Photo & Cinema

Valo is operated by Auckland-based wedding photographers and videographers Laura and Rohan, who specialise in natural, documentary-style imagery and highly personalised narrative wedding films. Their approach emphasises honest storytelling with an almost journalistic style, interfering as little as possible during wedding celebrations. Valo focuses on capturing small moments that happen between big events, finding art in ordinary occurrences through both photography and videography. Their photography style is hands-off, following the natural flow of wedding days while capturing real moments beautifully and artistically with minimal direction. Influenced by documentary photojournalism, their work is slightly raw and unrefined, highlighting story and expression over posed perfection with dramatic composition touches. As wedding videographers, Valo emphasises narrative storytelling, crafting each film to match the uniqueness of individual weddings. Their discreet filming style uses minimal gear, allowing focus on composition and capturing unfolding moments. Inspired by real cinema, they create artistic accounts of wedding days designed to stand the test of time. The advantage of having Valo handle both photography and videography is reduced vendor coordination and seamless teamwork, as Laura and Rohan work together in sync to ensure smooth operations while potentially offering more cost-effective combined packages.