Winter Outings – City Light Trails

One of our photography groups has been doing a few small group outings, one we recently attended was on a bridge over the Eastern Freeway in Yarrabend. It has a view of the peak hour traffic coming and going from the city and the City lights in the background. OK not necessarily enthralling, it was…

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In the studio – Playing with lights

I recently had Emily in the studio for a Vintage Boudoir studio session, but we also had some fun and got creative with other things too. Emily had this cool cloak with little LED lights sewn into the lining. Sadly we did not nearly have as much room as we really required to shoot this,…

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Summer Outings – Exhibition Buildings

I feel like it’s been forever since we just went out with photography friends and shot, chatted and just hung out. I know it’s really only been a few weeks, but still it’s good to relax and have a few laughs. This is the old Royal Exhibition Buildings in Melbourne, not the new Exhibition Centre…

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Another 52 Week Challenge – Week 24

The theme for this week’s challenge is Light from The Girl who Dreams Awake. As a photographer, I love light; without it, even just a tiny bit I could not shoot. Of course there is daylight, but oh the magic happens when the sunlight has goner and you create your own light, just tiny snippets…

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Christmas fun with Jess and Mel

A little naughty, but very nice and a whole lot of laughs with these two sweet and fun girls. We wanted to do a Rock-a-billy inspired Christmas shoot, which was very cheeky, sexy and fun.It really was such a fun afternoon with these two, I am sure you will see them again. Jess is on…

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Bowens Gemini 400RX Strobe Kit – Review

I wrote a few weeks back about how I finally made the move to a more professional quality lighting system in the studio. In some cases long overdue, but such an added expense. Seriously I spend more money than I actually make out in the studio, but I AM having LOTS of FUN! I ended…

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Fotos with Friends

We both have really busy hectic schedules, but every now and again Desley and I manage to pick an afternoon to just chill out and shoot; so far it seems to revolve around flowers, still life and eventual the death of a really pretty flower (more on that later). I picked up some stunning Warratah…

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52 Week Challenge – Week 42

This week’s challenge was green. Green in Spring, that means fresh grass, leaves, gardens, there are pale green buds burgeoning and softest green flowers peaking through the trees and garden beds………..so I went into the studio, closed doors, curtains, turned off the lights and played with Christmas lights, martini glass and cocktails and long exposures…

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Light Sculpting – Review

A little while ago, while taking part in an online class I discovered Light Sculpting Still Life, I wrote a post on my Still Life blog here. I discovered a few different artists creating work this way, but I was particularly struck by Harold Ross. I spent a month (well more actually) watching his tutorials,…

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See Differently 12 – 15

Ooh only three images to go……this has been a really interesting challenge, very different from the normal pretty pictures I know I usually post, I have found that I can look at the most uninteresting and mundane objects with a new eye and see the beauty in something as simple as a play on light………and…

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