Category: Portraits
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2021 Was A Big Year and It’s Not Over Yet
2021 was a huge year despite all the lockdowns and drama we endured as a state, nation and world. And it’s not even over yet with a month to go, but I’m sure feeling it. I got through a huge amount of photography and editing work, and even found time in the middle of the…
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Drawing the Line with Post Production
Over the years since Photoshopping images has become the accepted norm I’ve noticed a lot of people / clients asking for services above and beyond straight photography. Where does a photographer draw the line between telling the truth with their camera i.e. capturing someone how they really are or faking the truth? Take for example…
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What to Wear for your Portrait Session
CLOTHING: When choosing what to wear for your photo session, please keep in mind that certain colours and styles of clothing look better in photographs than others. These days anything goes with a few little guidelines. Wear whatever you feel comfortable in. Blue or brown tops and jeans look nice and lend themselves to…
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Busy Over Winter
Despite it just having been Winter, I’ve been quite busy with photographic work. I did a wonderful wedding the week before last. The couple were amazing and it was so relaxed and we had beautiful weather. During the week days I was also busy chasing buses around to photograph the advertising on the sides and…
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Boudoir Photography
-ˈbuːdwɑː/ Boudoir photography literary means photographing privately in a woman’s bedroom and its fun and creative. Let’s face it, none of us are getting any younger and there’s no better time to capture you as you are right now. Sometimes people put it off and then it can be too late for any number of…
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Nearly the End of 2016 & Medical Dramas
It’s nearly the end of a huge year in photography. In May this year I had a scary medical drama after detaching a retina in my right eye suddenly. I had emergency freezing and gas bubble surgery and it took a good few months of care and checkups before my eyesight returned to normal. I…
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Lawdy Miss Claudy Shoot
On Sunday I did a fun shoot with the owner of an exciting new business called Lawdy Miss Claudy. It’s a mobile hair and makeup vintage caravan custom built to service clients in luxury. We did a mock bridal shoot for advertising and marketing purposes and it was a lot of fun even if a…
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Lots Been Going On
Lots of work this year which has been great. Normally things are quiet over winter for me and photography but not this year. I had a nice constant flow of work and even managed to break myself, 3 pieces of camera equipment and get better again to shoot a whole lot more jobs. I’ve also…
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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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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: