About Me

I'm Joel Gonsalves, an Adelaide-based photographer.

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My love for photography started early, flicking through my mum's photo albums with my sister, listening to her stories about the people and places in every photograph. We had a Yashica film camera at home, and I'd hold onto it for vacations or whenever there was enough film left in the roll - 36 shots, if you were lucky.

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I picked up a Canon point-and-shoot once I'd saved enough from my first job, and that was it - no looking back. Better cameras followed, then a proper portfolio, and eventually people started reaching out for paid shoots. I've been telling people's stories through photography since 2016 - love, families, portraits, events, and travel across some incredible countries along the way.

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My style is relaxed and vibrant. I capture the wonderful, silly, in-between moments, and keep direction to a minimum so you can just get on with having a great time. Whether it's a couple, a family, or someone celebrating a milestone birthday, everyone I photograph trusts me with something one-of-a-kind - and that's not something I take lightly. My hope is that these photos mean as much to you in thirty years as they do today.

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Life's best moments can't be planned, but they can be captured - and they deserve to be captured beautifully. I can't wait to tell your story next.