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After just over a year working together as partners, Kaukapakapa best friends Di Munkowits and Jodie Cox have brought their photography business to Warkworth.
Di and Jodie specialise in documenting a baby’s growth into childhood and take pictures at regular intervals – perhaps just weeks apart – that show a child’s major milestones, from lying down to sitting up, to about to jump off a chair.
Di says children grow up so fast.
“You don’t realise how much your child grows in four weeks and those memories are precious. It’s important to capture the moment because you can’t get that time back,” she says.
Each picture is taken using the same white background and chair ensuring the focus remains on the child’s development and not on a distracting backdrop and surroundings that could easily date.
The pair travel the Auckland region setting up their studio in community halls and are now operating at the Warkworth Town Hall on the first Friday of each month, from 10am to noon.
“It’s about offering people quality, affordable photography, which is fast and easy,” Jodie says.
The pair say they specialise in providing a friendly low-key environment, which quickly puts children and mums at ease and makes for great pictures. Typical photo sessions last just a few minutes. In addition to baby and child photos, they also do promotions on special occasions such as Father’s Day,
Mother’s Day and Christmas. For example, a Father’s Day shot might feature a child with their father and/or grandfather.
Di and Jodie say that they already have mums bringing their children to visit their studio in Orewa from as far away as Whangarei, Puhoi and Matakana, so it made sense to set up in Warkworth.
They’ve been struck by the welcoming nature of the town with many shopkeepers willing to put posters in their windows advertising their business.
“We love Warkworth. People are really friendly,” Di says.
