John Benavente
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John Benavente
Hello and thanks for stopping by! I'm John, a Bowral and Southern Highlands Wedding Photographer who specialises in documenting weddings in a candid, unobtrusive and natural manner. You'll also find me photographing weddings in Sydney, Berry, Kangaroo Valley and the South Coast. I've shot hundreds of weddings with my 15 years plus experience and have also won many awards both nationally and internationally for my natural and candid photography.

I aim to capture emotions, feelings and connections. I want personalities to be distinct from wedding to wedding and the best way to do that is to document people acting naturally. When I'm not documenting once in a lifetime stories, I love to adventure with my beautiful family down to the South Coast of New South Wales, listen to my vinyl collection and drink strong coffee.
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As a Documentary Wedding Photographer, I aim to document your wedding day as it unfolds in a natural and unobtrusive manner. I live to capture the moment, close up and candidly so that the heart and soul are present in every photograph. I want my work to feel like a human eye observing your day as it happens.
John, Michael and I both wanted to say a HUGE THANK YOU to you for capturing our special day and doing the most amazing job! We just watched the slide show and its truly incredible. We couldn't have hoped for anything more. It is so so beautiful so thank you again a million times over. Words cant describe how happy we are with your photo's!
Reviews (7)
Nell Farnham
Nell Farnham
Jan 07, 2022
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John helped us to document our small, intimate wedding in November 2021 and I cannot recommend him highly enough. From the very beginning he was organised, a great communicator and he was supportive, flexible and accomodating (he stuck by us through 3 wedding attempts due to covid). On the day I hardly noticed he was there. Yet somehow he captured every moment including all the little details. He made us feel comfortable (despite us both being rather camera shy). And the photos themselves are everything I had dreamed of and more. We requested mostly candid pics and John delivered 100%. I feel so
Jason Alman
Jason Alman
Jan 23, 2021
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John is an absolute magician. He was recommended to us by some friends and we were so lucky to have been pointed in his direction.
His communication was top notch throughout, and his photos are all out of this world. Even choosing our 100 favourites for an album has been hard, there are that many great shots.
Highly recommended. Great photographer, even better guy.
Madeleine Dowd
Madeleine Dowd
Dec 05, 2020
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We booked John to capture our wedding and we couldn't have been happier or more blown away by the pictures. John captured the essence of the day perfectly and was super-lovely and wonderful to work with. His communication was excellent in the lead-up to the day, particularly considering we had to change a lot of elements due to COVID-19. I'm so lucky we chose him. Thank you John!
Jessie Kernot
Jessie Kernot
Oct 21, 2020
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John photographed our wedding, and we couldn’t have been happier with our experience working with him. From start to finish, John was super responsive, professional and happy to discuss and work with us on any aspect of our wedding planning and photography. We had seen John’s work and loved the way he captured special and candid moments, and we were so happy with the photos he took for us. He photographed our weddings over two days (a Sikh Ceremony and a Garden Ceremony) and he was thoughtful, reliable, blended in easily with the guests, and gave us easy and relaxed direction before and after
Satjit Singh
Satjit Singh
Jul 08, 2020
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John is a very talented photographer, and it was a pleasure to have him document all the elements of our wedding weekend! We could not be happier with the photos!
Leading up to the wedding, John had experience at Bendooley Estate, however I wanted to cover all aspects of the Sikh Ceremony and the temple etiquettes.
John covered the Sikh Ceremony and reception beautifully and respectfully and I hope that leads to more business within the Sikh community.
John was a calm and professional presence during the events, which is an important trait when working with photographers. My wife was very happy
Matt De Groot
Matt De Groot
Sep 20, 2019
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We used John for our recent wedding, and we couldn't have been happier to have gone with him.
He was a breeze to deal with - calm, in control, precise - and most importantly had a beautiful eye for capturing moments.
He was with us all day - and then had sent us a few shots for us to enjoy when we woke up in the morning. Couldn't recommend him more!
Thanks for capturing our day John.
Melissa Shedden
Melissa Shedden
Oct 09, 2018
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Thank you John for being the coolest, calmest, most collected influence who captured our day so perfectly. Every single frame was magic and the way you document a wedding is nothing short of genius. We love all the candid emotional shots as well as your portraits. We couldn’t be happier.