West Australian wedding photographer

Jodie from Merge Photography is a West Australian wedding photographer

The calm in the chaos, The eye for colour, the heart behind the lens.

MEET THE PHOTOGRAPHER

I’m Jodie

Part calm, part chaos, always in search of the magic between the two.

I can wrangle a timeline and crack a dry joke in the same breath — and that balance is exactly what keeps my couples at ease.

I fell for photography at 19 and never really fell out of it.
After a brief stint bartending my way across Europe (because every good story starts somewhere slightly questionable), I came home, started Merge in 2008, and built a life around photographing love in all its forms.

Seventeen years, 500+ weddings, and I still get goosebumps when the music starts, the nerves kick in, and everything suddenly matters.

As a West Australian wedding photographer that’s the heartbeat of what I do. Real people, real emotion, captured with honesty and boldness.

You bring the bold, I’ll bring the calm. Together, we’ll make magic.

NUMBERS

years in business

weddings photographed (& counting)

My camera has seen everything — confetti cannons, drag queens, silent discos, nervous dads, wild dance floors, and the kind of laughter that shakes the room.

And no, I’ve never once been tired of it.
Every story is different. Every celebration feels new. Every couple brings a new spark to the frame.

MY PHILOSOPHY

  • Finding the spark in
    ordinary moments

I believe that beauty lives in the unpolished, the heartfelt, the blink-and-you-miss-it moments.

Photography, for me, isn’t about keeping up with the crowd, it’s about creating something real, bold, and human. I’m drawn to days that feel alive, where colour, design, and emotion collide.
Where your wedding looks incredible and feels like you. Because when you look back, it won’t be the perfect poses you remember, it’ll be the movement, the laughter, the feeling that this was yours.

People often tell me I bring calm to a room.
I like to think of it as holding the space so you can be fully in it — laughing, crying, dancing, feeling. My job is to notice the tiny gestures that most people miss. The glance, the squeeze, the spark… and capture them with the same intention you put into every colour, flower, and design element. You’ll find me both quietly observing and right in the middle of the dance floor (camera in hand, possibly a espresso martini nearby).

My mum, who I lost to cancer in 2017, gave me the gift of kindness. It’s the thread that runs through everything I do.
Photography, yes, but more than that, it’s care.

From day one, I want you to feel held, seen, and completely at ease.
Because your wedding isn’t just another gallery to me — it’s a piece of your story, and I’ll hold it like it’s my own.

My loves

AKA THE ONES BEHIND THE SCENES

My everyday inspiration & motivation.

Because behind every great creative is their crazy partner and even crazier whippet pup right?
In all seriousness, the support I get from my partner on a daily basis and the unconditional love of my fur baby are everything.

And I can’t neglect to mention my parents, who literally supported my crazy dream of being a West Australian wedding photographer back in 1999 and then stepped up to support me again when I wanted to start my own business in 2008.


Special mention to my late mum, who was ALWAYS my biggest supporter and my best friend – I miss you every day.

West Australian Wedding photographer – Grounded heart. Bold eye. Real weddings that feel alive.