NELSON and TASMAN, NEW ZEALAND
Photography & web design under one roof.
We help small businesses attract loyal, profitable customers with images worth remembering and websites worth visiting.
Website Design from
$799
Headshots from
$159
Profits to animal charities
10%
Two crafts. One studio.
Everything you need to look the part and get found.
Commercial Photography
Headshots, portraits, events, music and brand imagery. Real people, real moments, people buy from people.
Website Design
Clean, fast websites easy to navigate, search-ready, and built to turn visitors into customers.
Photography that earns a second look.
Headshots, events, music and brand work across the Nelson–Tasman region.
Websites, three ways.
Built on real sales and marketing experience so your site doesn't just look good, it works.
WEBSITE DESIGN
$799 from
Your creative work as the star. Easy to navigate, informative, no flashy clutter just your talents at their best.
eCommerce
$1999 from
A fully built online store with shopping cart and up to 1,000 products. Customers from Nelson to New York.
Tune UP
$159 from
Site underperforming? We look under the hood speed, backlinks, SEO and have it purring along in no time
A Few Kind Words
“Couldn’t recommend Steve any higher. He is great, personal and very much gets the best candid shots you could want.”
“I can’t recommend Wise Dog Studios highly enough. Steve totally blew away my expectations and made the whole process so easy and fun.”
“I am grateful to Steve at Wise Dog Studios for the fabulous photos he took at my book launch party. Masterful and intuitive in his work, Steve magically captured the spirit of the event.”
At work, photography of yourself and your team at work is also known as environmental portraits.
They are far more valuable than stock images because they show real people doing real jobs. Remember people buy from people.
Original images convey true emotions, building a deeper relationship with your customers and prospective customers, ultimately helping to generate sales.
Not everybody is comfortable in front of a camera, myself included. Sometimes pressing the shutter is the easiest part of the job. What makes me stand out from your average photographer, is the ability to work with all of your team and bring out their true personality no matter how shy and awkward they feel in front of my camera.
Work Portraits
Many hours of organisation are put into making an event successful. Sharing that event on social media, or more traditional media is what event photography is all about. Capturing your event would be my absolute privilege.
You sometimes want your photographer to be front and centre, capturing the critical moments of your event.
Sometimes, you want the photographer to blend into the background and capture attendees relaxed, having fun, and taking in the event.
I cover conferences, awards celebrations, themed events, networking, workshops, product launches, openings, trade shows, graduations and many more.
Event Photography
Kismet Cocktail Bar & Ardbeg Whiskey
Dark Circus Evening
An incredible evening of fire juggling, sword swallowing, bag pipe playing, hula hooping, singing, dj-ing, fortune telling, drinking and dancing.
All at Kismet Cocktail Bar in the heart of the best city in the world. Sponsored by Ardbeg Whiskey, check out more amazing images.
“If music be the food of love, play on” As quoted in the first line of William Shakespeare’s play ‘Twelfth Night’. You gotta love live music even more.
Festivals
Indoor arenas
Intimate backyard
Local small venues
International superstars
Local heroes
Each and every gig is a pleasure to capture. Full rights usage on all images, to promote future gigs, social media teasers, press releases, etc.
Working quickly within the standard gig guidelines to capture the true essence of your performance.
Music/Gig Photography
Meet your Photographer
Steve, aka Sid.
Once upon a time, there was a little boy who grew up to be…
a father, a traveller, a terrible bass player, a friend to all animals, an addict to light & shadows and a little obsessed with waterfalls.
Trying all my life to describe the beauty.
Made the mistake of telling my daughters that I had the nickname ‘Sid’ when I was in the Royal Navy due to my musical taste. Now they think it’s fun to call me Sid whenever we catch up, so it’s kinda had a second life.
After returning to New Zealand in August 2021, we settled in the best city in the country, sunny Nelson.
Why the name Wise Dog Studios, well let’s just say I’m not a young pup. I may have travelled around the world a few times, I may have a few experiences under my belt and most of all I love dogs of all kinds. Each year I donate 10% of the profit from the business to an animal charity related to dogs. In 2026 it will be the Nelson SPCA
So how do we do this, well it’s quite simple, either pick up the phone or drop me an email and let’s start the conversation. Or if you are feeling a little shy, head over to the contact page and drop me a few details.
