When mum passed away, one of her requests was that we have the funeral photographed so that we can keep the memory of the day, as well as to be able to send to our family back in the Philippines.
I did a little searching online and contacted a few local professional photographers. I then found Funeral Photographer on Google. At first I was worried that they would be very expensive, considering we are in the Mount Tambourine area of the Gold Coast Hinterlands , and they were based in Sydney, but after our discussion I decided that even if it was it would be worth having someone who is a specialist.
I was shocked to learn that even with travel costs included (which I thought was fair enough), Craig was able to attend mums service, and then do all the work and it still was about the same price that what we had been quoted by a local photographer!
About a week after mums service, Craig contacted us and sent us a link to his site with a slide show of mums service for us to look at……….and all I can say is that it captured the day perfectly, the tears were flowing. Then a few days later, in the mail, was a CD and a USB containing all the images as well as the slide show we had seen.
Thanks again Craig for helping us remember that very special day, we have now sent it all to our family and friends overseas and they have said its almost as good as being there themselves
Esmerelda from Tambourine

Approximate cost: $1150

We had researched professional photographers in the local area for Mums funeral service at the Fawkner cemetery in Melbourne Victoria. The ones that did get back to me were looking at charging me around $1500 for the service, and then I remembered that mum had said she had been to the funeral of one of her dearest friends in Sydney last year and that there had been a photographer there that the family had recommended. She told us that this photographer specialised in funerals and was very knowledgeable about the entire process as he had been in the funeral industry himself. I contacted our friends and they recommended Craig from Funeral Photographer.
I was concerned that the price would be outside our range as he had to come from Sydney to Melbourne to help out with mums service, but to my surprise the price Craig quoted was slightly less than the local photographers, and that included his travelling costs to and from as well as the photography, editing and sending us the images when they were ready.
I decided then and there that Mum deserved nothing less than the best and someone that was very familiar with the whole process so I engaged Craig.
I am so glad I did. On the day Craig turned up early, spoke with me and then went about his business and to be honest I don't recall even seeing him in the way at any stage. After the service concluded at the graveside, Craig came by, said his goodbyes and about 10 days later we received a package in the mail that contained a disc with the images of mums service, as well as a movie made out of the images that had some music to it. I was extremely impressed with the photos, they were amazing and they have provided my family both here and overseas a fantastic memory of the day. I have no regrets with the decision to bring Craig in for the day and Ii thoroughly recommend his services to anyone who wants an amazing permanent memory of the day
Marie from Coburg Victoria

Approximate cost: $1295

I recently lost my father to a long term illness and as part of the funeral service he had insisted that we get a photographer to record the service in still photography so that we could then send the images to our family both interstate in Australia as well as to his family over in the United States.
After a bit of research on Google I found www.funeralphotographer.com.au and made the initial contact. I spoke to Craig and found that he had intimate knowledge of the funeral industry and that he was flexible and most of all caring when i spoke to him. Even though I am in Burleigh heads in Queensland, and Craig was in Sydney, he provided us a very good price to record the service and minimal costs to travel here to do the service on the day. We had initially considered getting a local photographer, but after speaking to Craig at Funeral Photographer we made the decision to have him attend.....and we are glad that we did.
Craig attended a little early, took pictures of the family and friends arriving as well as my fathers arrival in the hearse. He followed through to the graveside and then the wake afterwards.
Because of his knowledge of the funeral industry we were barely even aware that he was there, but when we got the Disc in the mail a week later the images were fantastic and recorded all of the most personal and relevant moments of the service. I now have sent those images overseas as well as interstate and the response has been no less than fantastic. I would highly recommend Craig at www.funeralphotographer.com.au even if your interstate. Amazing value for money and worth engaging him just for his experience in the industry alone. I truly do not believe another photographer would have been able to capture the moods and emotions as well and discreetly.....thanks again Craig we will treasure the memories
Elston from Burleigh

Approximate cost: $1100

Recently I was placed in the situation of having to arrange my partners funeral. There were so many things to take into account including the fact that members of both my family, as well as my partners, were overseas and unable to attend his service, but wanted to share in the celebration of his life. I did a little looking on Google and found that of the 2 specialist Funeral Photography services available, Craig from Funeral Photographer appeared to have more "on the ground" experience with funerals, so I decided to go with his services and I am so glad I did.
Craig was professional, courteous and very empathetic to our particular service, and most of all was unobtrusive. His knowledge of the funeral industry was evident from the very start as he knew the funeral directors very well and liaised with them as well as the clergy, and other than the initial introduction with us, remained out of the way of the main portion of the service at our church, the graveside service as well as the wake that followed afterwards.....yet he still managed to get amazing images of every one who attended, the important and moving parts of the service as well as the following party.
About 10 days later I received a disc of images as well as a video file to music of the day and I have forwarded copies to family and friends world wide and the response has been simply amazing. I now have beautiful permanent memories of my partners service that I will truly treasure for many years to come.

I cannot thank Craig from Funeral Photographer enough and I have no hesitation in recommending his services to any family that requires them

Approximate cost: $695

Over the past 18 months I have lost both of my parents and on both occasions I chose to have Craig from Funeral Photographer attend the service to record images of the day and those that attended. From the moment I contact Craig until the time he delivered the images to me, he was kind, thoughtful, considerate and very professional at all times. In fact he was so discreet that many of my friends were unaware that he was even present, until they saw the beautiful images that he provided.

The experience Craig brought to the fore as a result of his time in the funeral industry was immediately apparent as he liaised with both the members of the clergy as well as the funeral directing staff and at no time was he in the way of proceedings, yet he still managed to capture those images of moments that are important in the ceremonies

I now have long term precious memories that I have been able to share with family and friends overseas who were unable to attend. I would have no hesitation in recommending Craig from Funeral Photographer to anyone who requires his caring service.

Approximate cost: $1390