On location – Merida

Yesterday I shared the images that were captured of model Nicola Paige as Red Riding Hood at the East Warburton Redwood Forest, today I am sharing Merida, inspired by the Disney movie, Brave. I sourced all the costume and props, wigs, Celtic crown and belt, the bow and arrow and the broadsword, as well as…

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On location…Red Riding Hood

I recently had the most awesome shoot at the East Warburton Redwoods, with model Nicola Paige and assistant photographer David Reinhard. We met in Warburton for coffee early in the morning then drove out to the Redwoods and setup our location. Not only the chair, but also lights etc for the shoot, as it is…

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Spring Outings – Warburton Redwoods

I recently had a photographer friend visit for a few days, we had planned a photoshoot on Sunday with a few models, not too far from me and on Saturday there was originally planned a large Cosplay event at the Warburton Redwoods (I went last year and it was fabulous). So Sue was keen to…

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WPC – I’d Rather Be…

I’d Rather Be… If given the choice, what would you rather be doing, right now? That’s this weeks WPC topic, I guess the answer would be almost anywhere but here. Where is here? Sitting at my desk at work, the 9-5, 4 days a week work, boring uninteresting stuff (Yes, yes I know I am…

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Tuesday’s Textures – Into the Unknown

  No tales, no story for this one, I meant to write one, but somehow it just never happened, perhaps you can make your own? The forest background was from the shoot I did in Warburton for Rapunzel and with Jayde Helena in the studio, as the model, lots of material flicking and dragging and…

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WPC- Ascend

Ascend 1.go up or climb, “she ascended the stairs” 2. rise or move up through the air, “the lift ascended from his sight” Remember as a kid laying on the ground and looking up at the clouds, especially through the tree canopy on a hot Summer Day? I recently got a chance to relive that feeling…

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WPC – Serene

This week’s WPC theme is Serene, I have had moments of serenity this year mixed amongst the chaos of regular life. So many highlights this year, I do not even know where to start. But for now, I will call on a few moments of complete serenity I savored this year. I have noticed that in…

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WPC – Dense

This week’s Weekly Photo Challenge is Dense. It seems many people had the same thought as I and immediately went for a dense forest. Mine is from a Light Painting gig we did in the Redwood Forest. It is cool and creepy at the same time. Midnight in a deserted dense redwood forest, in the…

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Winter Wanderings – Warburton

Recently, a photography friend invited Moth and I, away with them and another couple for some fun and light painting in Warburton, Victoria. It was Queen’s Birthday Long weekend……the official start of Victoria’s Snow season; and we were heading right into it! So we went prepared with a car full of hiking boots, hats, scarves,…

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Creating Long Exposure Photographs with ND Filters

I can honestly say that long exposures of silky waterfalls, with dappled sunlight and mossy rocks, was what inspired the birth of my photographic journey. I thought only the most amazingly talented photographers in the world could do this. This wonderful invention the internet, has been a vast plethora of information and instructions on virtually…

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