Kind words from a few of our past couples.

Its hard to know where to begin when expressing our gratitude to Melissa and Scott for making our wedding day one of the most special days in our lives. From the very beginning we were put at ease especially trying to plan an event from the otherside of the planet with only 2 months before our chosen date, Melissa came with a solid plan and all the help we needed to make our wedding day a great one, her planning skills where exceptional making us feel relaxed and reassured that everything was being dealt with. We was given all the tools and instructions for legal side of getting married in NZ which was super helpful considering we do not live there. Everything at Sunshine Weddings is so well thought out and tailored to you on an individual basis from location to drinks after the ceremony.
The day before the wedding the weather was showing potential for heavy rain and strong winds for the time of our ceremony but Melissa and Scott were on it already seeing how they could adjust the timings to get us the best weather conditions for the day while constantly keeping us in the loop with the changes in timings always making sure we was happy with it and it wouldn’t cause us any issues.
On the day we met with Scott who immediately made us feel comfortable and relaxed, you could see his passion for making our day special by choosing the very best landing location and not settling for just any area, he was a perfectionist making sure the very spot where we got married was the most spectacular. When taking photographs of us it felt so natural and not forced in anyway which really shows his professionalism and skill as a photographer and just his character in general as someone that cares about making your most special day a great one.
Overall Melissa and Scott are a great duo and to be honest there is so much more that can be said about how great they are, if anyone was looking to get married in Queenstown or surrounding area I would tell you to look no further as this is the great team you want handling your wedding. I cannot thank Melissa and Scott enough for making our day the best day it could possibly be.
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OH MY GOSH!!!!!!! These photos are insane! Amazing! Incredible! How did you two make us look this good?!?! Wow. Scott and I are just floored with this gallery and all the pictures that were taken and we had no idea were being taken. Just…wow.
Thank you to you both for what has been just a beyond expectations experience! From the first email to this final email, you and Scott have been an incredible duo to work with and we couldn’t be happier that we picked you guys! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
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Wow! I’m so impressed by the quality of work from both you and Scott. So many great shots in there and your editing style is perfection. You two did such an amazing job capturing our experience! Blown away (literally haha, see pic 306).  Thank you for including that one; I love it! […] Please know that we are so grateful for all that you did and could not be more pleased that we opted to trust you and your team with our big day.
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It’s hard to put into words and do justice to the experience with Sunshine Weddings. Melissa & Scott are a powerhouse team and set us up for an experience of a lifetime. A stress-free day meant we completely let go and immersed ourselves in the most incredible day. We have nothing but gratitude for Melissa & Scott. Look no further your perfect day awaits.

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An amazing company, Scott and Melissa make a fantastic team. We couldn’t have asked for a more perfect day. Scott was also amazing with our seven month old daughter and we were blown away by our photos.❤️❤️ For a stress free wedding, high quality photos and a great team I couldn’t recommend these guys enough!!
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I’m speechless. Melissa and Scott, I honestly don’t know what to say, I am blown away by your work. I am so so thankful that I came across sunshine weddings and went with one of your beautiful mountain packages. I am in absolute awe of all of our photos, they are incredible. Honestly what a amazing wife and husband business duo! You guys have absolutely nailed it. Will be recommending to anyone and everyone. Thanks for making our dream elopement a reality.

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Thank you so so so much for the photos and video! We can’t stop looking at them! I just love song, views and transitions between scenes you used for the video.  And also our tattoos and meaning behind them was captured so beautifully! I can also see my dress was also a big star of the video, haha! This is mindblowing! We love it so much! Can’t wait to show it off during our reception. And photos are truly gorgeous. You are right – it’s really difficult to choose favourite ones.
Thank you so much again, it was a real pleasure to have our day organised by you! If we have any friends thinking of getting married in NZ, we will recommend you for sure! Best of luck for your future projects!
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Working with Sunshine Weddings was one the best decisions we made when planning our wedding. Their expertise, professionalism, and support made the process a huge stress relief. Their communication was excellent, especially considering we are from the United States and there was a significant time difference.

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Scott and Melissa have been an absolute dream to work with, organising our wedding from overseas. Melissa was incredibly well organised and helpful in stepping us through the process, clarifying any details we thought of and introducing us to our wonderful celebrant. Scott was easygoing and delightful on the day of the wedding and took great care in trying to get the best possible photos. Everything we needed was taken care of. Our photos turned out perfectly, maybe even more so due to some dramatic weather and creative photography. We honestly can’t thank them enough for this once-in-a-lifetime experience.
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We both just wanted to say thank you so much for your work in making our wedding so special, and arranging a perfect weather window for us! Choosing to get married abroad and trusting people you have never met to make it all happen was quite a scary thing to do but we never felt any doubt that you had everything under control. The photographs are stunning – they capture the day and location perfectly. Our family and friends are amazed by the beautiful location, and of course the surprise that we had finally got married.  When I showed them to my colleagues, two of them actually cried as they were so blown away by them.
We had an amazing wedding and holiday exploring your beautiful country and hope to make it back there one day as there is so much more to see and do. Thanks again.
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I cannot thank you guys enough. For an experience that could have been so impersonal… you all made it so special for us.

Melissa for the incredible organisation and communication and making this SO easy even with only 3 weeks prep time. Scott for allowing us to be fools, but also directing us just enough for the perfect picture, and for feeling a part of it all and joining in our occasional stupidity, and capturing some INCREDIBLE moments. Phillipa for making our ceremony so incredibly special, we felt like she was an aunt, not a stranger. Absolutely beautiful human being!
And Jason, obviously for getting us up there and back safely… but also for making it an incredible journey (first time in a heli for both Ben and I), and for making our experience a really fun and light hearted one. We honestly can not thank you enough! You’ve all been incredible and have made this weekend so ridiculously special for us.
Wow!!! From start to finish, what an incredibly seamless process you operate!!
The photos are amazing thank you so so much!! Scott has done a fantastic job of capturing us perfectly (but a lot more glam than usual of course!!) we both aren’t the most comfortable in front of the camera but you can’t tell at all! There is no doubt we will have a hard time picking favourites. Melissa you really took all the stress away from the entire day organising it and then re organising it  🙂and we would both do it again a thousand times over through you guys with no changes. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for everything.
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Thank you both so much for making our day so perfect! We just wanted to let you guys know that we loved every single moment from the time Georgie came to do my hair and makeup, to the time we jumped in the taxi to go back to our hotel… everything was honestly more amazing than we could have expected.

Scott’s photos and videos were absolutely perfect! We love them so much, and we are so happy and proud that we chose you guys to plan and photograph our wedding. We feel so privileged to have been able to experience both Earnslaw Burn and say our vows at Mount Nicholas Station. We are both so happy that we were married in the exact way we wanted and we’re so lucky and grateful that you both helped us make our day just the way we wanted.

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Thank you so much for those [photos] they are absolutely stunning. And amazingly quick on the video thank you we have just watched it and I cried again. Alot. Haha. Thank you so much for all your help both you and Scott have been amazing and so glad we decided to go with you.
Say thanks again to Scott for us he was awesome especially trying to make us two look good haha. We are still on a high from it all and can’t believe it’s all finished. You and Scott have been amazing thank you so much for everything you have done in making our day the most magical day. Wish you well in your business you both deserve it.
STOP IT! I can’t believe these photos and how stunning they are! Damen and I are over the moon and can’t wait to get them on our wall. We really can’t thank you both enough for all of your hard work – you two made our magical day so easy, stress free and genuinely the best day.
Thank you again, we really couldn’t be happier!
Thank you so much for all these special moments, we have really been reflecting the last few weeks about how amazing the day was and how it was everything we needed it to be and more! So thank you again to you and Scott!
LOVE all these photos, and how you were able to capture the joy of the day!
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Thank you very much for everything, we lived an lovely and epic moment, was amazing, we are so happy!! And the pictures omg are stunning… Scott nailed it he is a fantastic photographer. Everything was perfect, Andy was super cool and the weather surprised us. We won’t forget this moment.

Thank you so much it was honestly the best day of our lives! And it went seamlessly thanks to Scott, Philippa, James and yourself. It was the most magical unforgettable day that we will treasure for ever. Thank you once again for making our dream come true, it was honestly better than we could have ever imagined.

OMG-how amazing to open and scroll through all the photo’s! Goosebumps, pit of stomach feeling and tears, as our day all came back to us. Luv, luv, luv your work Scott! [The photos] are so incredibly stunning, you have taken us back to that day, moments in time spent up in the mountains, old buildings, bridge and lakeside. Just so precious, and memories that will stay with us for always!! All so very surreal, but meeting Scott at the Hotel, the helicopter ride, height, mountain ranges, snow, tussock, wild animal poo (lol), freshness of the air and simply ‘being’ there, is something that we feel so very blessed to have experienced.

I feel so very lucky that we found you and amongst the rollercoaster of booking our date/covid/re-booking and stress of weather etc leading up to us finally ‘doing’ it, cannot thank you enough for all you have done.

Thanking you both again for being so amazing and for everything you have done to help us get married and create such memorable moments for us/our family. Xx We will remember you for always.

Thank you so much! We had such an amazing time and we are so happy we chose you guys for the wedding. You made the whole process so easy and effortless. We are extremely grateful for the quick turn around with the ceremony video. We watched it the other night and it’s amazing! We sent it to the family and they all got together to watch it – there weren’t many dry eyes apparently!

The photos are amazing – we couldn’t be any happier! Going through them was like being there on the day all over again, and we had quite a laugh at the cheeky ones! Thanks again for everything and making our day as special as it was.

Thank you both so much, our wedding was absolutely perfect and those photos are incredible. We both can’t stop looking at them and can’t wait to get them printed.

You made everything so easy and stress free, especially since we didn’t give you much time at all to get everything organised. Neither of us are comfortable in front of a camera, but Scott’s photography style was non-invasive, natural and he captured genuine moments. You are amazing. Thank you

The photos are stunning, there were soft gasps as we opened the file together.

You have been great the whole way throughout. Eric and I are a really cruisy pair, chilled and easy-going for most things. You guys kept everything easy and relaxed, it was perfect for us. Our biggest thank you again!

Thank you so much, it has been an amazing experience and we are super happy with it all and the after glow too. We are so happy with the joy that is shown and the way Scott managed to capture that. Like I said I went with you at Sunshine because of that and we got it!

The best experience of my life, and you guys made it so easy!

WOW – these photos are just incredible!

Thank you!!

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Well, you left us totally speechless!! Goodness – I cried way more watching this [highlight video] than I did on the actual day!!! And the song… just PERFECT. Thank you a million times over for everything. We will certainly cherish this (and our entire experience) forever. We have been loving re-living our day through Scott’s beautiful work. So many amazing (and funny) shots. There is so much talent between the two of you, as well as the entire team you put together, it’s just magic.

Thank you so much for sending those through, I can’t stop looking at them! The day was just amazing, we were both so happy and relaxed, and the photos take us straight back!

I want to thank you and Scott again for everything, you made it all so stress-less and helped so much whenever I had any questions. I will most definitely be recommending you to anyone I know who wants to elope!

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Thank you so much for being the part of our big day. We both would like to say a big thank you as you two have made the whole process seamless and real fun. We loved the professionalism you both showed and Scott’s sense of humor and him putting up with me especially during the photo session.

We will definitely recommend you both to our friends. Really appreciate your services

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Wow wow wow! These are incredible pictures!
Thank you so much for everything you both have done for us. Scott was amazing to work and a huge thank you to you both for adapting quickly to my last minute requests.
I will certainly be passing on my recommendations.

Thank you so much! It’s been such an absolute joy working with you both. Really appreciate everything you’ve done to make our day special.

These photos are amazing! It’s so fun looking through them and remembering all the little moments that go with them, like why we were laughing. Thanks again – couldn’t be happier!

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Thank you so much – we had the most amazing time and the view was breathtaking!! Thank you so much to Scott who made us feel so comfortable and so great at his job. The photos are absolutely stunning. Thank you again for helping make this happen :)
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Thank you so much for everything! The wedding was such a success! Scott made us feel so comfortable during the whole process and the weather was very cooperative. We couldn’t be more happy. Thank you for these photos and for helping us achieve our dream wedding.

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Thank you so much for these amazing photos. There are definitely a lot of favourites! Thank you so much for making our day special with so many lovely photos for memories. This will always be a very special moment for us and I’m so glad you guys were here to ensure everything went smoothly.

The photos are AMAZING! Thank you and Scott so much, we are beyond thrilled with them. To be honest, we were both so exhausted at the end of the day that we forgot most of the smaller details but looking through the photos, it really brings back all the special little moments and we’re so excited to go through them and choose our favourites to print out. Thanks also for all your time and hard work to make our day as special as possible. It really was everything we hoped for and we can’t thank you enough for understanding our vision (via email!) and turning it into such a perfect day.

Wow, the photos are just stunning!! We love them – thank you both so much! Love how natural and not posey they are, which is definitely more suited to who we are as people! It’s been hard getting back to reality after such a perfect day, wish we could do it all over again. I get it now, when people say their wedding day was the best day of their life! It was everything we hoped for, relaxed, stress free and in such a stunning location! Thank you both for everything, we are so grateful and will certainly be recommending your service to anyone who ever mentions eloping in Queenstown!