Birthday Party | Auckland NZ | May Dream Photography

Birthday Parties

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Dear Gentle Reader,

We understand that a birthday party can be as big or as small as it can be. Birthday party memories should definitely be documented as each age milestone only happens once in a life time. You will also notice a very strong trend in our photo galleries where we pay particular attention in capturing photos of friends and family hugging each other.

Speeches are one of the best parts of the night because it can get super emotional or be really funny at times, it's such a rollercoaster ride, and it still is.

Whether it is your child's 1st birthday party, or your sweet 16th we are all for it. If you've got a 21st comin up, or a roaring 30's party bash, stylish 40th lemme tell you. Literally no matter what age you are turning, we promise you you're gonna get the best photos ever!

[Randomly tears up writing this]
Other than your Wedding Day this is probably one of the very few times in your life that you get ALL the family and most of your closest friends together all in one place.

Thanks for stopping by champs

Love Joyce

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Booking Perks

🎉 Relive the fun

Once we do our signature gallery send-out, you are more than welcome to download as many photos as you want, as many times as you'd like within the next few months after the party.

🎉 Share the Memories
Send your guests one simple link and they can dive right in with the downloads. Whether they want just a few shots or the whole night in one big download, it’s easy.

🎉 Respecting your Comfort Zone
Want to keep some photos just for yourself? No problem. You’ll have host-only access to hide any images you’d prefer not to share. Your guests won't be able to see any of these hidden photos under "Guest Gallery Entry"

🎉 Personal Gallery
By default, your gallery is password protected so only the people you invite can join in. But if you’d rather keep it open for everyone to enjoy, we can do that too.

🎉 Co-creation at its finest
We love showcasing beautiful photos on our social media, website, and sometimes even in ads or Google my Business listings.

You get to decide how:

Option 1: Use your Client Exclusive Access to “heart” the photos you’re happy for us to share.
Option 2: We pick out a list of photos that we like and make it into a "New Set" on Pixieset. From there, you can “hide” any images you don’t want featured.

YAS! Let's do this

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Meet the Team

Photo Giving

You also have the option to book one of our associate photographers.

Whilst they may not photograph at as fast as Joyce, their work is equally professional and the end result is just as beautiful. The number of photos you’ll receive is typically around 50–70% of Joyce’s usual output.

When you book Joyce, you can expect between 140–200 edited photos per hour. If we happen to deliver more, consider it a bonus, it'll be on the house, with no extra charges.

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Downloading your photos

Your photos will be delivered digitally through May Dream's Pixieset Online Gallery. You will receive a download pin to access your gallery.

What You Can Do in Your Gallery:

Download high-resolution, non-watermarked photos that are perfect for printing (prints, canvases, etc.).
Download web-sized photos (2048px) that are ideal for sharing on social media like Facebook and Instagram without losing quality.
Choose to download your photos all at once in a bulk ZIP folder or individually.
You will receive an email notification once your ZIP folder download is complete.

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What we photograph

We capture everything from the environment, decorations, food, drinks, and presents to people mingling, dancing, and speeches. For “looking at the camera” shots, the number depends on who is comfortable being photographed.

All photos are chosen and edited by us and delivered to you in digital format through a Pixieset Online Gallery.

Please note: Photos are "edited" (colour, crop, etc.) but not “highly edited” (no photoshopping is done to make arms skinnier etc)

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