Love is all about romance, the good the bad and the ugly, stories like Romeo and Juliet, Wuthering Heights and so many other classics. I wanted to capture different sides to love, deep, dark and intimate. It’s not always what you expect, but often what you need. Model – Emily Reinhard HMUA – Teighan Felton…
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Smoke and Mirrors in the studio
Super cool and fun Smoke & Mirrors workshop in the studio last month. We had a ball with this Victorian Steampunk look. A few mirrors, some magic framed, a little smoke and some yummy cupcakes! Want to know the next time we run a cool creative workshop? Why not jump on my V.I.P email list?…
Read MoreMedieval Assassin’s Creed shoot
I recently had this super cool studio shoot with model Andrea Gardiner, makeup artist Em Mrietta and access to a super cool wardrobe and accessories from AltCvlt official. We ended up with this Medieval /Assassin’s Creed vibe going on…add some coloured gels and smoke and man it was AWESOME!!! Love being able to create pure…
Read MoreIt’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
I recently had my Christmas Pet Pawtraits mini sessions again for 2021. We’ve been running this for the last few years, it’s so much fun and I get to meet some really cool dogs. We had a bunch of great dogs and even some new ones this year. We had two gorgeous backdrops from Kate…
Read MoreMonday’s Musings…
WOW! What a difference a week makes! I have made the move to making life as a full time photographer. In celebration of that I have been making some changes. We torn down and old shed in the back corner and Hubby is busy putting up a new one, this will be storage for things…
Read MoreSpring Workshops – Still Life
It felt so good to be back teaching again, small classes, but very hands-on. Still Life of course, but I am soon going to run some portrait workshops soon too. I ran a morning and an afternoon session. Due to the small class numbers (due to Covid regulations), so I grabbed some fresh flowers set…
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Yes, I am back from holidays! What a fabulous time I had too. I have already started featuring some of the places we have seen and things we did, so much more to come. We arrived home midweek and jumped straight back into work (crazy I know) I have over 3,000 images to sort through…
Read MoreCroissants – three different ways
In a recent workshop I taught, we had these croissants, which I sliced in half, filled with Nutella and fresh strawberries and then we dusted with icing sugar. We captured the icing sugar in action by using a studio flash. Sadly as good as they look, once we finished shooting we actually threw them in…
Read MoreRegular Random – Cupcakes???
I have something a bit tricky for you this week, yes they are cupcakes, but they are soaps! Look good enough to eat, right? They are from PlanetYum, I have been looking for some for a while. So I don’t have to keep buying (and eating) real cupcakes. This does NOT mean I won’t buy…
Read MoreSpeakeasy/ Gansta shoot in the studio
Every now and then I get invited to work on a big collaborative shoot with other photographers, The Addams Family Wedding was one such venture. They usually involve lots of people and something fairly elaborate. This was no exception, my VPC camera group was running not just one, but I think it is maybe four…
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