Sunday, 24 July 2011
Thursday, 21 July 2011
Happy Birthday Kate!!!!
So, my gorgeous BFF has turned 30 today!!! I just want to send her my love and only the best of times for her thirties!!!
Kate was good enough to model for me, so I could experiment in my new studio. Because all spaces are different this really helped me to play around and see what did and didn't work. She was so patient and very willing to go along with what I wanted to do. Unfortunately, I wont be sharing these images with you. Kate is a teacher and because some of these images show a little skin we have decided for her sake to keep them for her eyes only. Bummer I know, because she looked amazing!!!
Instead, I thought I might share some of the images I took at her wedding in January this year! My partner and I were honoured to be invited to Kate and Scott's wedding in Fiji!!! It was so lovely and I had an absolute ball photographing these two around the island of Tokoriki!
Happy Birthday Hon!!! I hope you have an awesome day and I'm sure we will have a great time away this weekend!
Kate was good enough to model for me, so I could experiment in my new studio. Because all spaces are different this really helped me to play around and see what did and didn't work. She was so patient and very willing to go along with what I wanted to do. Unfortunately, I wont be sharing these images with you. Kate is a teacher and because some of these images show a little skin we have decided for her sake to keep them for her eyes only. Bummer I know, because she looked amazing!!!
Instead, I thought I might share some of the images I took at her wedding in January this year! My partner and I were honoured to be invited to Kate and Scott's wedding in Fiji!!! It was so lovely and I had an absolute ball photographing these two around the island of Tokoriki!
Happy Birthday Hon!!! I hope you have an awesome day and I'm sure we will have a great time away this weekend!
Sunday, 3 July 2011
Meet Lily-Ann!
It seems fitting that the first portrait session I blog feature my own adorable niece Lily-Ann! At 15 months old she is like any other toddler, running around and generally not staying still for even 5 seconds! Good thing I am very experienced with this age group and know what to expect and have lots of tricks up my sleeve!
Lily's mum (my sister) has just started putting Lily's hair into gorgeous little piggy tails! She has grown up so quickly and I am so happy to have captured this small but precious moment in time...
Lily's mum (my sister) has just started putting Lily's hair into gorgeous little piggy tails! She has grown up so quickly and I am so happy to have captured this small but precious moment in time...
APPAS-Australian Professional Photography Awards-3 Silvers!!!!
Every year the AIPP (Australian Institute of Professional Photographers) puts on a national awards event. It is highly regarded in the industry and a great time for us photographers to be around like minded people. This year it was held in Sydney. After being away for the last four years, I am so glad I went along! I felt so inspired the whole time. I was literally buzzing! I met and reconnected with so many great people. And to top it off 3 out of the 4 images I entered to be judged were awarded with silver awards!!! What a great way to relaunch myself in Brisbane!!!!
A big thank you to Alicia Adamopoulos for her encouragement and support! I wouldn't have entered without you!!!
These are the images that I won the silver awards for. I entered them into the travel category and were taken in Morocco:
A big thank you to Alicia Adamopoulos for her encouragement and support! I wouldn't have entered without you!!!
I'm Back!!!! My history...
Well, here I am back in sunny Brisbane and ready to get stuck in!!! Seeing as this is my first blog (in Australia) I will give you some history on myself...
I have been a photographer for....let me think.....for 7 years!!! I have always loved photography, even as a child, I would take my mother's camera and photograph my friends and family. I decided to make photography my profession in 2003 and applied to study a Diploma of Photography with the Southbank Institute in Brisbane. Thankfully I was accepted and spent 2004 & 2005 working my butt off. I was also very fortunate to have great mentors at that time (you know who you are) who taught me a lot of what I know now and helped me into the industry. Straight out of college and I was offered a full time position as a photographer at a boutique Brisbane portrait studio. I spent a very stimulating 18 months with the studio and had a ball photographing lots and lots of families.
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My other passion in life is traveling and it was in May 2007 that my partner and I made the big decision to head off and live, work and travel in London. We ended up staying 3 years and absolutely love it! I spent part of those 3 years working for a photographic agency. Photographing events, sports and more corporate sort of stuff that was focused around people. I was even fortunate enough to have some of my images feature in 'the times' newspaper and also photographed Prince Charles. However, I realised I missed the more personal approach that came from photographing portraits and weddings. I was missing the personal relationship you made with your clients, so I decided to start my own small photography studio. So, back into wedding and portrait photography. I rented my own small studio space in London and had a great time photographing my clients and getting to know each and every person. I learnt a lot about running a business during this time and enjoyed working for myself.
Alas, the UK story must end. My partner was offered a great job in Perth, Australia! So off to Perth we went, sad to leave the UK but excited to be back in Australia. Because we decided Perth would be a short term thing, I decided to go back and work for a studio. We had a gorgeous time in Perth and loved the beautiful beaches and consistent sunshine! I enjoyed being back in a studio and took the time to hone in on my skills.
So, we are now back in Brisbane where we plan to stay! We have a beautiful place in East Brisbane where I have set up my studio and I am now working out of it. I am so excited to be finally doing this! It has been my dream to work from my home and give my clients a more personal experience. I feel like I have spent the last 7 years working up to this point and now it has actually happened!!! I look so forward to meeting you and giving you a unique, personal and fun experience with images that you will adore for many years!!!!
I have been a photographer for....let me think.....for 7 years!!! I have always loved photography, even as a child, I would take my mother's camera and photograph my friends and family. I decided to make photography my profession in 2003 and applied to study a Diploma of Photography with the Southbank Institute in Brisbane. Thankfully I was accepted and spent 2004 & 2005 working my butt off. I was also very fortunate to have great mentors at that time (you know who you are) who taught me a lot of what I know now and helped me into the industry. Straight out of college and I was offered a full time position as a photographer at a boutique Brisbane portrait studio. I spent a very stimulating 18 months with the studio and had a ball photographing lots and lots of families.
My other passion in life is traveling and it was in May 2007 that my partner and I made the big decision to head off and live, work and travel in London. We ended up staying 3 years and absolutely love it! I spent part of those 3 years working for a photographic agency. Photographing events, sports and more corporate sort of stuff that was focused around people. I was even fortunate enough to have some of my images feature in 'the times' newspaper and also photographed Prince Charles. However, I realised I missed the more personal approach that came from photographing portraits and weddings. I was missing the personal relationship you made with your clients, so I decided to start my own small photography studio. So, back into wedding and portrait photography. I rented my own small studio space in London and had a great time photographing my clients and getting to know each and every person. I learnt a lot about running a business during this time and enjoyed working for myself.
Alas, the UK story must end. My partner was offered a great job in Perth, Australia! So off to Perth we went, sad to leave the UK but excited to be back in Australia. Because we decided Perth would be a short term thing, I decided to go back and work for a studio. We had a gorgeous time in Perth and loved the beautiful beaches and consistent sunshine! I enjoyed being back in a studio and took the time to hone in on my skills.
So, we are now back in Brisbane where we plan to stay! We have a beautiful place in East Brisbane where I have set up my studio and I am now working out of it. I am so excited to be finally doing this! It has been my dream to work from my home and give my clients a more personal experience. I feel like I have spent the last 7 years working up to this point and now it has actually happened!!! I look so forward to meeting you and giving you a unique, personal and fun experience with images that you will adore for many years!!!!
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