Author: Victoria Purdie
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David & Cassie’s Special Day
A few weeks ago I got to photograph the really beautiful wedding of David and Cassie. I’d photographed David’s sisters wedding 4 years earlier and they were in the bridal party too so it all felt very comfortable, friendly and familiar. The weather was very kind to us and we got to drive golf buggies around…
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A Day at the Rodeo
A day at the rodeo with my camera club was a very fun day indeed. Good company, nice burger for lunch and some awesome action. Loved the bull riding the best. So much carnage. Felt a little underdressed though in my plain black jeans – no bling, no bling belt, no dangy bling earrings,…
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Wynnum Manly Ladies’ Skippered Yacht Race
Yesterday I spent the day on the water photographing a Ladies’ Skippered Yacht Race out of Wynnum Manly. It was to raise money for Breast Cancer so lots of entrants got into the spirit of things wearing pink including the guys. Lots of thought gone into some of the costumes. I was out on a…
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Napping in Public
Looking through my holiday photos and I notice that I’m quite often drawn to photographing people napping in public. Those in poorer countries seem to have no problem with lying down anywhere for a nap or for the night. Sometimes it’s their home. Here’s a few of my favourite images in black and white: Even tourists…
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Up to a Few Things
Been up to a few things with my camera lately. Photographing the awesome Watoto Children’s Choir when they visited our area. Also a family shoot and a portrait workshop with a camera group at Boggo Road Gaol. It was an interesting afternoon exploring the old abandoned jail, the dark and dank cells – most with interesting…
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JC Epidemic in Action
I caught a few shows of JP Epidemic at Easterfest this year. One got rained out so the crowd scattered quickly but I was able to return the next day for a fantastic BMX Show. Not the first time I’ve photographed these guys but it’s always exciting. Looking back through my photos later I noticed…
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Tigertown @ Easterfest 2015
Over Easter I attended Easterfest music Festival in Toowoomba. I enjoyed photographing one of my favourite bands – Tigertown and practicing some band photography using a Canon 5d mk 3 with stage lighting:
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Beautiful Beach Wedding
Following on from last Saturday’s wedding I photographed another beach style wedding. The bride was the most organized person so everything flowed smoothly. There was even timelines stuck to the walls of the house for the guys not to miss a beat and the walls of the hotel room. It kept everything and everybody on…
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A Lovely Wedding Day on the Coast
It was a bit stormy and raining on Saturday during a wedding I photographed but we were able to get out for some fun at Point Danger in-between showers. It was a really beautiful wedding with so much love on display. It was very special to see the Padlock being hung on the fence and the…
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2015 So Far
2015 started pretty well with a few business jobs and lots of personal photography. Here’s a few images that I’ve taken lately with quite a few trips out in the rain.
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End of Year Wrap Up
It’s been a pretty fun and varied year for me in 2014. Did a lot of my usual types of business photography – family portrait sessions, wedding, school formals, commercial jobs for business people, covering sporting events, shooting psychologists for their profile photos and covering events like parties, plus a few unusual things. One of the…
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Straddie Weekend Away
Over the weekend I had a lovely time with 20 or so of my photography friends staying on North Stradbroke Island. We hired two houses and went four wheel driving, dining out, swimming, walking and taking photos. Some of us even got up at 3.30am to photograph the sunrise over Deadman’s Beach. It was a…
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A Busy Few Months
Well it’s been a busy few months since my last Blog update. I got to photograph a wonderful engagement party at Ormiston House, attended the 2014 Half Ironman 70.3 race in Mooloolaba, went to the Spring Festival in Toowoomba and the Japanese Gardens with a side trip to Spring Bluff, visited Kangaroos and Koalas at…
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Axis Vitae Super Yacht Launch
On Saturday I photographed a brand new Super Yacht being launched out of Raby Bay called Axis Vitae which means Centre of Life. http://news.redland.qld.gov.au/2014/08/redlands-the-centre-of-life-for-mariners/ It is a dream design by Wayne of Robinson Cruises and is a 45 foot catamaran available for hire. http://www.robinsoncruises.com/ This new design has been built by the team at Lightwave…
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Studio Fun
Had some fun in my studio the other day with a friend of mine who’s learning photography and studies film and television. Even the cat got in on the action:
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Front Cover of a Magazine
Late last year I got to work for Lightwave Yachts photographing the inside and outside of their latest catamaran. It was a great day out as we used to own a yacht in New Zealand before moving to Australia and I’ve grown up around boats all my life including having a small family boat now. …
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On Becoming a Photography Judge
A few years ago when I got the second lot of honour award letters after my name: AFIAP AAPS, I got asked to consider becoming a photography judge. I thought about it but was a bit chicken. I’d seen camera club members pick fights with judges over their images and it wasn’t pleasant. One night…
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Judging and Presenting
It’s been a busy year so far with photography but not so much in taking actual images but in teaching and inspiring others and judging. I taught a Saturday morning workshop at my camera club, did a presentation on Flash Photography at a club night, spoke on Wedding Photography at Forest Lake Camera Club, judged…