Full-day photography
Documentary-led coverage with a light editorial hand. Two bodies, fast primes, and back-up of everything on site.
Photography & film, South Africa
The day passes.
The light stays.
Weddings, milestones and brands, photographed the way you actually lived them. Unhurried, honest, and beautifully finished.
The studio
We photograph the in-between moments, the ones nobody poses for.
Lumina Ruth Media is a small, deliberate studio. One lead photographer, a considered kit, and a way of working that keeps you present at your own celebration.
Every booking includes a planning call, a private online gallery, high-resolution downloads and a print licence. No hidden fees: the quote you build on this site is the quote you get.
9 yrs
behind the lens
Selected work
A year of light
Services
Everything, handled
From the first planning call to the album on your shelf. One studio, one point of contact.
Film & highlight reels
A full-length film for the family, and a vertical cut built for the way people actually watch. Licensed music included.
Albums & fine-art prints
Layflat, linen-bound, hand-checked before it ships. Designed with you across two rounds of revisions.
Planning & timelines
We build the light-aware running order with you, so golden hour lands where it should and nobody is rushed.
Travel & destinations
Coastal, bushveld or abroad. Travel within 30 km is always included; anything further is quoted transparently per kilometre.
Brand & corporate
Headshots, culture libraries, conferences and launches, delivered with usage rights your marketing team can actually use.
420+Shoots delivered
96Weddings
7 daysAverage turnaround
4.9★Client rating
How it works
Three steps, no guesswork
Check your date
The availability calendar is live. Green means open, amber means provisionally held, struck-through means gone.
Build your quote
Pick the event, hours, guests and extras. The estimate updates as you go, travel and peak-date loading included.
Request the booking
Send it through and we reply within one working day. A 35% deposit holds the date; the balance is due a week before.
Testimonials
What clients say afterwards
★★★★★
We forgot she was there. Then the gallery arrived and every single thing we were worried about missing was in it, including my gran laughing at the speeches.
Wedding · Magaliesburg
★★★★★
The quote builder is what sold me. I knew the number before I ever picked up the phone, and the final invoice matched it to the cent.
Corporate launch · Sandton
★★★★★
Our maternity session felt like a slow afternoon with a friend who happened to have a camera. My son will have these his whole life.
Maternity · Durban
★★★★★
Turned around a 300-image graduation gallery in four days across two campuses. Faultless, and genuinely kind to a very stressed committee.
Graduation · Pretoria
Packages
Three ways to book
Let's begin
Book a shoot
Check your date on the live calendar and build an instant estimate. It takes about ninety seconds.
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