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The Light Industry - Wedding Photography

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OVERVIEW

We blend a romantic and moody aesthetic with candid, intentional shots to create wedding albums that perfectly reflect your unique love story. Our friendly team bring a wealth of knowledge from various media backgrounds, including live international broadcasts and high-end bridal fashion. Whether your wedding is a rustic adventure or a chic, urban affair, we strive to bring your cinematic vision to life. We listen to your ideas and preferences, creating bespoke photography packages that suit your style and budget. 

What you’ll love about working with The Light Industry for your wedding:

Versatility


  • Ensuring we capture stunning moments regardless of the location or weather.
  • Personalised Approach and Bespoke Packages
    We welcome your input, ensuring your wedding photography reflects your tastes and priorities, with seamless integration of both photography and videography.
  • Wealth of Experience
    Owner Luke brings over a decade of media experience, including live broadcasts and high-end fashion photography. His background in optics and design ensures a professional and artistic approach to capturing your wedding.


Highlights of working with The Light Industry:

  • All raw photo/video files provided post-editing
  • Open communication
  • 10% discount for combined photography and videography packages

"Luke was absolutely amazing and fantastic customer service pre / during and post wedding. He made us feel so comfortable on the day and was able to accommodate our requests without any issues. There were moments we completely forgot he was there, and the final product is absolutely amazing and a priceless memory. One of the best things we spent our wedding budget on!" - Val and Colin

About

Luke brings a unique level of vision to every wedding. Alongside a decade of work in the wedding industry, he has a wide scope of camera crane film credit, broadcast TV experience and a broad design portfolio. Having also lectured for three years at the University of Tennessee in binocular vision/optics, Luke brings a deep knowledge of science to the art of capturing your perfect day!

Luke Skilbeck

Director


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Packages

Exclusive Offer
GOLD PHOTOGRAPHY PACKAGE

BEFORE YOUR DAY
* Meet twice with the creative director to customise & plan your wedding photo shoot
* Optional Extras: Engagement & First Look Photoshoot (Please enquire)

WEDDING COVERAGE
* Up to 14 hours of photography using $30k of equipment (including two High Definition cameras & four low light lenses)
* A second Photographer for 10 hours that enables you to get more coverage and add an additional camera & lens
* Unlimited number of photos taken

EDITING
* 8 high detail photoshopped images
* +450 of the best photographs professionally edited
* Optional Extras: Additional editing following your feedback (Please enquire)

PRESENTATION
* 1 Photo USB of all high resolution images, enclosed in a stunning box
* 2 Large format prints (18x24 inch)
* 1 Large format print (24x36 inch)
* Optional Extras: Deluxe Leather Albums & large format prints (Please enquire)

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SILVER PHOTOGRAPHY PACKAGE

BEFORE YOUR DAY
* Meet twice with the creative director to customise & plan your wedding photo shoot
* Optional Extras: Engagement & First Look Photoshoot (Please enquire)

WEDDING COVERAGE
* Up to 13 hours of photography using $25k of equipment (including two High Definition cameras & four low light lenses)
* Unlimited number of photos taken

EDITING
* 5 high detail photoshopped images
* +350 of the best photographs professionally edited
* Optional Extras: Additional editing following your feedback (Please enquire)

PRESENTATION
* 1 Photo USB of all high resolution images, enclosed in a stunning box
* 1 Large format print (18x24 inch)
* 1 Large format print (24x36 inch) 
* Optional Extras: Deluxe Leather Albums & large format prints (Please enquire)

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BRONZE PHOTOGRAPHY PACKAGE

BEFORE YOUR DAY
* Meet twice with the creative director to customise & plan your wedding photo shoot
* Optional Extras: Engagement & First Look Photoshoot (Please enquire)

WEDDING COVERAGE:
* Up to 8 hours of photography using $20k of equipment (including two High Definition cameras & at least three low light lenses)
* Unlimited number of photos taken

EDITING
* 2 high detail photoshopped images
* +200 of the best photographs professionally edited
* Optional Extras: Additional editing following your feedback (Please enquire)

PRESENTATION
* 1 Photo USB of all high resolution images, enclosed in a stunning box
* 1 Large format print (18x24 inch)
* Optional Extras: Deluxe Leather Albums & large format prints (Please enquire)


Videos


FAQ

Absolutely! Commonly the best place to meet is a cafe near your ceremony or reception location. That way we can walk through some of the photo shoot details and think through any tricky location issues. This helps to maximise the opportunity we both have to work together and so we can understand exactly what your vision for the day is.

This can certainly be added into your package. Please advise us of what kind of photo book you'd like and we can send through options for you to consider.

Once all of the editing is completed, yes we can. However you will need to provide a hard drive commonly at least 200GB in size for us to pass the images onto you.

Every photo we take is in both raw and jpeg format. This provides you with both a quick reference image and also the raw file of each for when you want to adjust the finer details of any image.

The Light Industry do both wedding photography and videography. Please see our website www.thelightindustry.com for many examples of wedding videos and bridal expo catwalk fashion videos.

A 10% package discount is applied for couples who book both photography and videography! (The discount applied to the equal or lesser value package).

We charge a 10% booking fee to reserve our best photographers (& videographers). 10 business days prior to the wedding, an additional 40% fee is charged. The remaining 50% fee is due once the Photography package is ready to be delivered.

Yes! We can incorporate a customised Album package for you. Prices are dependent on the size, quality and number of albums you need. Here is a sample of print options available: Album Covers: Printed, Classic, Faux Leather, Linen, Delux.  Printed Paper: Satin (170g), Eggshell (148g), Lustre (190g), Lay-flat Lustre (260g).  Album Extras: Matt/Gloss Dust Jacket, Embossing, Frosted Fly page. 


27 reviews 5.0 Write a Review

May 2024

Luke was amazing, he was so attentive and adaptable to our needs, and was always quick to respond to any questions we had. He gently assisted us and advised us regarding locations and options when we were overloaded with choice. Our photos came out fantastic, we are so happy with the quality end result. We highly recommend Luke, hes an excellent professional photographer.

Natalie S.

The Light Industry - Wedding Photography

Thank you Natalie & Tom - you both made it so easy to 'be at work'; I loved your wedding dance & your guests were all so welcoming too. Congrats!

January 2024

Luke's calm nature, attention to detail and professionalism made him perfect for our wedding day photos. The quality of the photos was absolutely stunning - we loved them! Thank you Luke for capturing our day so well and providing us with these memories forever. Steve & Christelle

Stephen G.

The Light Industry - Wedding Photography

Thank you very much for the opportunity to share in your wedding day Steve & Christelle!

June 2023

Luke was the hardest working person at the wedding running around to get everything done right and capture all the great moments We gotta a beautiful photo album and all the guests also noticed what a great job he was doing . I would definitely recommend him to anyone for weddings .

Boris A.

The Light Industry - Wedding Photography

Such an honour to get such great feedback, thank you Boris & Hayley! We only had one chance to get it right for you on the day, I'm really pleased that things came together so well for you both! Thank you again for the opportunity to be a part of your wedding day.

October 2024

Easy to work with. Great end results. The final package was delivered in a beautiful wooden box with usb and printed photos.

Sarosh S.

February 2024

Luke was so helpful and captured some amazing moments! He was great at making us feel very comfortable in front of the camera and was super patient with us after the wedding. Thanks so much Luke!

Kasey S.

The Light Industry - Wedding Photography

Thank you very much Kasey & Malik - congratulations on your wedding!


Expert Advice

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I am looking for a Photographer between 1000-2000?

Could someone please help me regarding photography. I am looking for a photographer in the price range of 1000-2000. I am not after a wedding album. I would ideally like the HD edited photos on USB. Thank you :)

The Light Industry - Wedding Photography

We would love to photograph your wedding!!

Our Bronze Photography package fits within the budget you listed. We can also customise details of the package to best suit your vision for the day! Please see the link here for more details: https://www.thelightindustry.com/photo-packages

Hope to hear from you soon!

Luke

P: 0402746041

Sam J

Do photographers always have a second shooter?

The Light Industry - Wedding Photography

It's common knowledge that second photographers are often junior assistants. So long as this is communicated up front, this cost should reflect evenly in your quote. It's also true that a second photographer is not essential. However - most brides don't want an "essentials only" wedding. So if you have extra budget, go for it!

The most cost effective way to get two experienced professionals to capture your wedding is to book your photography & videography package through the one company, requesting that both crew have significant photography & videography experience. This enables both to leveridge their skills and tag-team throughout your day, swapping equipment for each aspect - to maximise the photos & video coverage you receive. 


Many weddings that I've attended (as a guest only) where there are two photographers, it appears that they are not working at full pace. I think this occurs because they appear to only be thinking within "their zone", as a photographer... And, since there's two of them - they take it a little easier. So as a rule, it is always a safer bet to book a photographer who also has significant wedding videography experience. Videography is often a tougher workload, and these people are more likely to think creatively outside the "generic photography" box for you!

What was the worst wedding you have been to and what happened?

The Light Industry - Wedding Photography

Unfortunately, the two worst weddings were: 1) when the bride treated one of her bridesmaids (a sister) badly during her speech (the bridesmaid ran out after the speech crying) , and 2) when the bridesmaids had treated the bride badly in the lead up to the wedding (there was relative calm on the day but things blew up following the wedding).

*Lesson Learned: Don't feel compelled to have a bridal party, even if all your other family members & friends have had a bridal party. If you seriously think there could be disunity in the bridal party on your wedding day, play it safe & keep things small.

Another regrettable wedding/event was when I attended (as a guest) & the photographer clearly had very little idea what they were doing. I took about 20 casual/simple photographs of the day & they turned out to be the best wedding pics the bride received! / Note to self: if you hire monkeys, you get peanuts.

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