Our Team

Simon Elwell

Director / Photographer

Simon has been a professional camera monkey since 1994 and has photographed over 15000 portrait sessions during his 25 years in portraiture. His experience in the studio is second to none, combining his natural fun style, with his unique ability to relate to people of all ages. He is truly gifted with the most timid of children and and is a master at gaining the confidence of even the most challenging child. Where many photographers may give up, Simon excels.

Simon is continually pulling what's left of his hair out with all the studio’s IT and website development, but spends most of his evenings practising for performances with his African percussion group Kubatana. He teaches African hand drums to a small class of pupils at the Cook Island Society in Newtown

Amber Hudson

Studio Administrator

Joining the Inspire Photography team at the beginning of 2016 as a Kindy assistant, and being the on hand helper for our Order Administrator, Amber quickly got to know the ins and outs of Inspire Photography.

Having been a hobby photographer since she was 14, and dabbled in graphic design, jewellery design and product design. Amber's whole life has been about creativity and the creative industry, being able to join one of the top photography companies in Wellington and continuing to work in the creative industry is a real bonus.

Beginning her new role as Studio Administrator in early 2017 Amber will be your first point of contact for bookings and enquiries.

Anne Martin

Order Administrator

After a 4 year hiatus of being a full time Mum, Anne re-joins the Inspire team in arguably the most demanding role here at Inspire Photography,
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Anne is your point of contact for all School, Kindergarten and Fundraiser orders.

Anne enjoys looking after her chickens, going on adventures with Maia and swimming!
She is involved in a variety of community projects in her local community and always knows how to make the best coffee and teas.

Abdullah Rashid

Photo Technician

Abdullah joined the Inspire team in July of 2018, shortly after moving from Canada.

Having family in the design industry, Abdullah began learning Photoshop, Freehand and Dreamweaver at a very young age, adding photography into the mix while in university. He then lived all across Canada, working at many photography based companies and studios where he honed his editing skills; managing various photo stores gave him in-depth knowledge of camera hardware and lighting to further his creative drive.

An avid fan of nature, Abdullah is always keen for trips out to remote locations for a bit of wildlife, landscape and astrophotography.

​ With a strong background in web and graphic design, communication media and photography, he quickly found a good fit in Inspire Photography where he manages the workflow  photographing as well.

Assistants
We have some amazing photographers, assistants and technicians who help us with all aspects of our business.
These include Courteney, Bibi, Sarah, Sara, & Kate.