Meet the team
Adrian De La Fuente
I'm the director, and provide the leadership and vision of Duo Photography.
I am passionate about clicking the camera, and enjoy teaching photography and helping new photographers grow. My hobbies are my two sons,
Max and Harrison; they keep me busy 24 hours of the day.
I love capturing people in natural settings, especially when parents are having fun with their children. I also love the latest gadgets and the newest technology.
Apart from taking photographs, I love
Duo Photography because of the strong bond we have
as a team fun and laughs are always a part of our day.
Favourite Cartoon Character: Buzz Lightyear
Andrew Beachen
I'm the lead photographer for one of our Duo mobile
teams. I am the person who works with you when you are ready to book your session with Duo Photography.
I also ensure orders are complete and up to Duo's high quality standards.
My hobbies include reading and contemplating contemporary physics and philosophy, playing classical piano, and walking in the wilderness.
I love the challenge of creating photographs that show the connection and intimacy between family members – not just smiles and laughter, but also cheeky and playful interactions.
Favourite Cartoon Character: Shrek
Rachael Palmer
I'm the studio manager, and you'll find me involved
in just about everything. I manage the workflow,
andwer emails and phone calls, ordering, post production on wedding and portrait
photography.
I love hanging out with friends, enjoying the
summertime, traveling, and doing anything creative like painting and art classes. I like to keep fit
by going to the gym or on long walks
with friends.
I love seeing families together and happy,
and capturing children having fun and enjoying
themselves. I love the creative side of getting interesting photos with cool backgrounds.
I also love getting out and about and meeting
new people and seeing where they live and the places
they like to go.
Favourite Cartoon Character: Buzz Lightyear
Marion
I'm the videographer here at Duo Photography. I also assist on portrait shoots, and provide post production work on weddings.
My hobbies include traveling with a van as a house and going wherever the wind takes me, laughing so hard that my stomach hurts, watching my 8 month old son play with a piece of paper, going to Bikram yoga, and playing the flying fox at the park.
I love capturing those precious moments that people wouldn't even think you could get, being able to see a child's personality in a single photo, and freezing a moment that will live for ever and make a memory.
Favourite Cartoon Character: Genie in Aladdin
Ricky Hunt
I'm one of Duo Photography's lead photographers. I'm a musician and composer for an upper hutt band, and love spending quality time with my family and friends.
I love photography because it's so important to capture everlasting memories at each phase of a child's life. Children have honesty and purity that changes and fades over time; finding that look and feel in a final portrait is priceless.
With what I do here at Duo, not only do I get to spend my days working with my second "family", I also get to spend my days doing something I love – what could be better than that?
Favourite Cartoon Character: Bugs Bunny
Tarryn Holiday
I'm the lead photographer for Auckland's first Duo team and I am stoked to be the newest member of the Duo family. I am even more excited to finally be at the start of a journey into the career of my dreams!
Apart from loving motherhood, my passions lie in the arts, I also love to sing... Music is food for my soul! I am well known for collecting things with character, and I can not pass up anything with history or a story. I love spending time with friends and family,
I am a big kid at heart and thoroughly enjoy working with children, the sense of wonder and excitement at the smallest of discoveries really highlights the working of a child's mind and reminds me of the innocence of thought that age and life experience slowly takes away. I love hearing a child laugh, there's nothing like it!
Favourite Cartoon Character: The Little Mermaid
Grace Saunders
I'm currently an intern with Duo Photography, and assist the main photographer on the weekend Slice of Life photo shoots. I also work on editing.
I'm in my second year at Massey University studying photographic design, and love the practical experience I'm gaining at Duo that you simply can't get at University. It helps me see how to improve my photography for customers, not just for a better grade. I'm also active in a variety of sports, including rowing, netball and underwater hockey. Sports photography is a field of interest for me.
I have worked with children since I was 14 and enjoy getting a smile out of the really young ones. I'll act as silly as possible just to get that one perfect image. For me family portrait photography is rewarding when you get a great photograph where the whole family is having a good time and just enjoying the experience. I have loved photography for years and enjoy the stories you can tell just by using images.
Favourite Cartoon Character: Bugs Bunny
We take your photographs seriously. But that doesn't mean we don't have fun along the way. Our goal is to invite upcoming passionate photographers into our clan, and provide them with a home to enjoy a rewarding photography career. Our photographers are trained to our style and vision of photography, to ensure you have the best experience possible with your Duo Photographer.
