About Us

Lisa Crandall

Master of Photography
New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography

Master of Arts (First Class Honours)
University of Auckland

Certificate in Professional Photography
New York Institute of Photography

People Photographer of the Year 2008
Epson/NZIPP Iris Awards of Professional Photography

Winner - 16 Iris Awards, 6 Kodak Awards, 4 Australian Professional Photography Awards, 2007-2010

Lisa's love affair with photography began when she was 15 and her father bought a beautiful Nikon camera, which she convinced him to allow her to use. At 16 she won her first national photography competition, and photographed her first wedding.

Lisa completed a Master of Arts degree from Auckland University. She has worked as a darkroom technician and as an assistant for a fashion photographer in the US. She has travelled extensively, living in France, the US, and Uzbekistan (Central Asia).

While living in the US Lisa completed a Certificate in Professional Photography from the New York Institute of Photography. She is a Master of the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography.

Now happily based home in NZ with her husband and two young children, Lisa is living her dream of creating beautiful portraits that bring joy to the subjects and provide their families with cherished images. She also teaches workshops for photographers.

Her work has featured on the cover and in a six-page spread in D-Photo, on the cover of Woman's Day, as well as in Cosmo Pregnancy, Baby London, Dobra Mama (Poland), NZ Herald, Metro, Good Magazine, Photographer's Mail, ProDesign, NZ Life and Leisure and Her Magazine.