For the people,
places & life you love
Your legacy
This is your family,
your home,
your life-story honoured.
The places you love, the traditions you cherish, the passions you share, the luxuries big and small, that mean everything to you.
Fine art photography for all the things you never want to forget.
personal
Luminary creates bespoke photographic artwork and albums for private clients, with every session shaped entirely around the person or family within. We take the time to understand what matters to you, develop the creative direction with care, and see every detail through to the finished pieces hanging on your walls.
Each experience is individual, giving the people, places, and passions you love the attention they deserve, and creating photographs that reflect your family story in a way that is uniquely yours
personal
Luminary creates bespoke photographic artwork and albums for private clients, with every session shaped entirely around the person or family within. We take the time to understand what matters to you, develop the creative direction with care, and see every detail through to the finished pieces hanging on your walls.
Each experience is individual, giving the people, places, and passions you love the attention they deserve, and creating photographs that reflect your family story in a way that is uniquely yours
Bespoke
Our service is defined by time, attention and an uncompromising commitment to quality. Operating on location from Matakana to Kerikeri, from coast to coast, we bring every stage of the experience to you. All design conversations, portrait sessions, and reveals take place in the private comfort of your home. Nationwide and international commissions are welcomed by request.
You are cared for throughout, with a seamless end-to-end service where skill, attention to detail, and quiet craftsmanship shape every stage of your experience.
Your images are meticulously refined before you choose which that will become your heirloom pieces; beautifully made, exceptionally finished and created to become the heart of your home, your life story for generations to come.
Bespoke
Our service is defined by time, attention, and an uncompromising commitment to quality. Operating on location from Matakana to Kerikeri, from coast to coast, and accepting nationwide or international commissions by request. We bring our seamless, end-to-end experience, to the private comfort of your home.
You are cared for throughout with a quiet craftsmanship shaping every moment of your experience. The journey begins with a private design conversation to understand your priorities and shape the creative direction, we curate your wardrobe, and arrange professional hair and makeup artistry so you can feel comfortable and confident.
When the day arrives, your portrait session unfolds unhurriedly on location or at your estate, guided by Sarahlee’s expert eye so that everyone looks and feels, like themselves. Finally, your images are meticulously refined before a guided selection process helps you choose the exceptionally finished heirloom artwork that is handcrafted to become the heart of your home, and your life story for generations to come.
DETAILS
To protect the premium nature of our service, we open our calendars to a limited number ensuring each person receives curated, personalised artwork, and our full un-rushed attention.
Complete, fully guided portrait experiences ~ including careful styling, master photographic curation, and finished museum quality artwork, begin at $3,200.
Founder
Sarahlee brings more than 22 years of business and creative expertise to Luminary. A Master of Photography with Distinction, international judge, and past NZIPP board member, her technical credentials provide an absolute guarantee of quality.
Her priority to quality is seen in her rare commitment to privacy, time, and understanding how to make people feel safe, comfortable, and proud of themselves.
Sarahlee focuses exclusively on an uncompromising, enjoyable experience. She takes all the logistical stress out of the process, looking after every detail so you can simply relax, ensuring yourself and your family are beautifully preserved in artwork to keep forever
This stretch of the Northland coastline has been part of her story since childhood. What began as a place for summer holidays is now home, where she and her husband are raising their daughter, surrounded by the landscape and the lifestyle they love…