Wedding Photographers Wollongong & South Coast

Hello & Welcome

ABOUT Lucy & Dean

Wedding, Elopement & Family Photographers, based near Wollongong, NSW.

We’re a husband-and-wife team based just south of the stunning coastal city of Wollongong, NSW — a place that’s not only our home but where our love story began. Both of us were born and raised in the beautiful Illawarra region, and even our wedding took place right here, surrounded by the breathtaking landscapes we’re lucky to call home. It’s a truly special part of Australia, and we’re proud to be living and working here.

At Translucent Photography, Lucy is the primary photographer, and our business officially launched in 2011. If you’re curious about how Lucy’s passion for photography started, the meaning behind the name Translucent, and more, you can read all about it here.

We share our lives with Winston, our cheeky mini dachshund, who never fails to bring a smile to our faces. He’s a constant source of joy — and, let’s be honest, a pretty adorable distraction when we need a break!

As a husband-and-wife team, we handle everything in-house—from emails and admin to photography, culling, and editing. Our office is powered by coffee, laughter, and a lot of humour. Lucy’s a self-confessed list-maker and organisation lover, while Dean is the king of witty one-liners (he keeps us laughing throughout the day). Lucy’s also a bit of a procrastinator — she often gets distracted by funny dog videos on social media, which she can’t resist sharing with Dean (even if it means interrupting his more focused approach to work). But we make it work—playing off each other’s strengths, getting things done, and having fun along the way.

We truly believe we have the best job in the world, and the best part? We get to do it together!

fun facts about us

We are a little obsessed with our mini dachshund, Winston

There is no better time of day than sunset, followed by the cotton candy skies of dusk

We don't function without coffee.
Long Black for Dean,Latte forLucy

New York City holds a special place in our hearts

OUR OTHER TRAVEL BUCKET LIST LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MORE OF USA, NEW ZEALAND, JAPAN & EUROPE

Timeless

Candid, Authentic

Colourful

We believe in creating images that make those who weren't there, feel like they were

It’s an absolute honour to be invited into the lives of our couples to document the most important days of their life, or a special moment in time. We've been asked so often what we love to capture the most, and the answer for us is simple - it's love & joy. The love and blissful moments of newlyweds on their wedding day, the love and laughter amongst a family spending a moment together just being themselves, the love-filled hearts of new parents and their baby.
Being candid wedding photographers, and capturing these emotions across an array of different sessions keeps the fire for our passion alive.

OUR APPROACH IS SIMPLE:

If you’re looking for images that show who you both are with no awkward poses or expressions - then you’ve come to the

Your wedding day isn’t a theatre production and we aren’t choreographers. We’re not going to pause a moment for a retake, and we’re not going to ask you take your jacket on & off 4 times so we can catch different angles. Instead, we document moments as they would occur naturally, in real time, occasionally with a little direction.

We’re there to document this moment in time as a time capsule. Encapsulating you both as your most authentic selves, your loved ones, the landscape, the details, the laughs, the tears + everything in between.

We want for your memories to live on for generations, to showcase the time capsule that those moments in time are, full of the love and vibrancy. We want your children, and their children, to be able to be taken back to those moments and feel like they were there. Rather than fading as the years go on, these moments captured will grow with you and continue to be a part of your love story.

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Our investment in your memories

We feel absolutely privileged by every single enquiry that hits our inbox.
Your wedding day is one of the most intimate, momentous milestones of your lives. Two people, uniting as one. We don’t take this invitation to be a part of such a special moment in your lives together lightly - it truly is such a compliment and means so much to us!
We really invest our time in getting to know you both, your vision for your day & your VIPs. We will do our absolute utmost to immortalise every single element of your wedding day in your photos, even the moments or events that you were completely oblivious to even occurring.

Our couples aren't just "ANOTHER BOOKING" to us

About You

Hopefully you're here because you love our work

We want you to enquire not only because you love our work, but also because you’re excited about having us as a part of your day! We don’t want to just be your wedding, elopement or family photographers - we want to be some you know and feel comfortable with, that just so happens to know how to document your moments exactly as they should be.