Sam and Stuart Engagement Session

I met up with Sam and Stuart on Saturday morning...no yawning to be found here for us early birds! It was finally a gorgeous blue sky, slight spring breeze in the air and beautiful sunshine! Id almost forgotten how to work with sunshine its been so long since ive seen any!





hello GORGEOUS!







Both Stuart and Sam have Scottish ancestry - and Stu still has the accent! Gotta love those cute cute accents. Im looking forward to their wedding in November as its going to have KILTS!!!

Off to the beach - Beaooootiful!







Stu looks so proud and happy here :)







I love finding stuff thats a little different, like shipping crates coloured for the lifesavers!



Thanks for an awesome morning guys! see you in a few weeks :)

A Rose by any other Name.....

Would be ELLIE-Rose!

The gorgeous newborn of Nichole, only a few weeks old and just yummy.



Her Big Brother thinks she is a little alright!

















Nichole is a very talented artist....and likes to knit! I have to commission her for some cute knitted hats and rugs for my baby sessions I think...

Im in love with a Boy called Zach

Im so into babies at the moment. They are just totally adorable, completely entertaining and really unpredictable. They keep you on your toes and view the world in such a unique and innocent way.

Way back in December I held a little Christams competition and Zach and his parents were the winners! Of course little Zach hadnt quite been born at the time, so we waited a little untill he was super cute! Just so happens that Zach's dad is the brother and best man of one of my past grooms, so had a little experience being a model. It must have rubbed off on Zach as he was an absolute angel the whole time.











Zach was quite enamoured with his fist...too cute for words!









FEET!!!



No more Paparatzzi!



And off to the park for a little outdoor action. Thank goodness it was actually spring like yesterday. The weather has been so terrible lately it was great to see some sun.







What a GORGEOUS family, Thanks so much guys I had a blast :)

Tis the Season.......... Christmas Specials!

CHRISTMAS!!!!!! only 14 weeks to go :)

You may think its slightly early, but rumour has it Myer have their Christmas Dept up already, so you know its just around the corner.

If your thinking of present ideas, or wanting to get some custom made Christmas Cards of your gorgeous family, look no further!!!

Other beautiful Christmas Ideas are photobooks of your kids for the Grandparents, or a beautiful framed portrait for your loved ones. If your one of my Wedding clients, what could possibly be easier than a framed enlargement from your Wedding Day, or Engagement Session!

We also have beautiful new Gift Vouchers, just perfect for when your not quite sure what to give - what could be better than a gift of memories to treasure forever?

So book your Christmas Portrait session soon, as there is only a short time left to get orders in for Christmas Cards and Gifts. These sessions will be 30 minutes long, held in the Bunbury area only, and will provide you with an online viewing of your proofs, a CD of 10 images at full resolution for printing, and a $50 credit for prints or Christmas Cards! All for the bargain price of $250!

Weekday Bookings are encouraged, but Im holding one Weekend of portrait sessions,
on my one and only Wedding Free Weekend between now and Christmas....October 24th - 25th, im planning a weekend of mini portrait sessions. Places are limited for this weekend, so get in fast to make your booking.

The last date for Christmas Orders is Friday November 20th 2009

Call or email us here at the studio for further details!

Back to School - Proof Edit vs Premium Edit

So whats the difference?? I never usually show my images straight out of the camera. Raw images, as explained in the last BTS episode, are unfinished, undeveloped 'negative' files. But for the sake of education - here we go!

This is an images from one of my very first wedding sessions back in 2006 -



as you can see it looks pretty horrible! The colour is all wrong, its flat and wishywashy (very technical term there) and no one in their right mind would have that on their wall!

But with the wonders of modern science, education, and Adobe Lightroom....we get THIS!



This is what my clients see, what is in their Proof Books and what is on their printable DVD's. It has punchier contrast, correct skintones, dust spots are removed, and looks rather lovely!

This base edit takes approximately 10-30 seconds per image - so for an average wedding of 800 images, so around 4-5 hours per wedding to edit and convert all the Raw files to usable jpgs.

Then we have our Premium Edit.



This is the standard if editing that goes into every print ordered though our studio, all Album prints, and those selected for Platinum DVD's. Its far more time consuming as all areas of the image are photoshopped and can take from 5-30+ mins per image, depending on how much finishing they require. If I did this level of finishing to the entire wedding it would take around 8 days, up to 4 WEEKS of editing time - which is hugely time consuming - and would either make your Wedding Photography exorbitantly expensive, or Id be working for 12c/hr :)

The base edit can also mean converting the image into Black and White. Contrary to popular belief, Black and White conversions are not to hide any imperfections in the original capture :) It is an artistic decision, based purely on what will work best for the image at hand. Sometimes an image will simply work far better in Black and White, as when you remove colour from an image, you get down to the basic shapes and flow of the image - which brings out the raw emotion and feeling behind what is happening, without the distraction of all the colour.

I always have my more photojournalistic images in Black and White for this very reason. The exciting moments just after the ceremony when everyone is congratulating the bride and groom, the frenzied last minute preparations, and those fun times just hanging out with your bridal party. It brings the moment down to the basic principles of emotion.

It can also be super arty :)



So there you go!! the 3 levels of image.

Tanya and Rory, Engagement Session

up in Perth for conferences, it gave me a chance to do some Perth sessions! Sometimes people cant make it down for their sessions, so its good if i can combine work stuff when I'm in The Big Smoke.

Braving a sprinkling of rain, we met up on the Matilda Bay foreshore. Another completely gorgeous couple!



I love these ones. It really shows just how much Rory loves his girl.







We drove around the corner to Gallop House, which has the most amazing staircase. The wildflowers were out and it all looked amazing. I like to get my clients to have a good time during our session, and I have to say Tanya has such an awesome laugh :)





And she is FREEKIN GORGEOUS!!!





All this photo-talk is making me super excited for the wedding season to hurry up and start already :)