Gold Coast Beach Wedding

Despite the threatening rain, this couple proceeded with the long-planned Gold Coast beach wedding. The location selected has special significance to the bride, as her mother had been married in the same place! The wedding was complemented by a beautiful sand ceremony performed by the couple and their children, with the sand bottle topped with sand from the beach where they married. The beach ceremony was followed by a beautiful, rustic, diy reception at a rural property about half an hour’s drive from the beach.

The Bride Wore Pink

This beautiful couple were married on a day of blustery rain, which made the moments of sunshine piercingly beautiful. While they lived further up the Coast and inland, the Sunshine Coast had special significance for them, which was why they selected this location for their wedding. The Noosa River made the perfect backdrop for this romantic wedding.

Noosa River after a passing storm

The most beautiful shade of pink!

First look: before getting on cruise boat

Sunset wedding cruise ready to launch

Mountain wedding

This lovely couple had their wedding ceremony reception at the beautiful Ruffles Lodge on the Gold Coast hinterland. Unfortunately, light showers on their wedding day meant that they couldn’t have the outside wedding overlooking the Gold Coast beaches that they had planned. However, the rain cleared in time for the breath-taking dove release and to enable some beautiful sunset portraits, complete with a rainbow sunset.

The dove release was a lot of fun. I spent some time beforehand trying to establish the best shutter speed, so we had the doves clear and wing blur on the release. But the best tip came from the dove handler who said to shoot fast as soon as the doves are released, because they go straight up, really fast, and they sure did!

One nice touch, was that a dove laid an egg in the holding cage before it’s release. Apparently this is really good luck and this was the first time the handler had seen it happen!

So with the rain and the dove egg, this couple should have a beautifully blessed wedding!

 

 

Welsh Seaside Summer

Travel: so limited blog updates

We’re travelling for a few months: Wales (for my father-in-law’s birthday), Spain (because I love the sun, Moorish architecture, medieval towns and mountains…and great soccer), Morocco (you’ve seen the photos – a photographer’s dream) and a week in Paris (can’t wait – so many beautiful things to see and all the modern art galleries). But we’re travelling light, so I won’t have my laptop and so I don’t think I’ll be able to process or post photos until I return.

Location fitness

This was an excellent session covering a range of fitness poses and activities, photographed from late afternoon through to early twilight. Light and fitness: such an awesome combination!

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Studio fitness session

This client wanted a clean, fresh look to use in promotional work. Always a pleasure to work with someone who is so dedicated to personal training and fitness: and who has such fantastic muscle tone as a result. We tried a variety of poses using different equipment. I would like to try another session at a later stage, using a black background and making use of shadows for greater muscle definition.

Awesome muscle definition

Bridge

Fitball back stretch

Push-up (and held for quite some time!)

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Urban chic model session

This was a model location session basically using natural light, with a reflector to lift facial shadows on occasion. I wanted an urban look, with the clothing complemented by a roughly industrial background.

As a side note, this was my second solo model session. Previous model sessions, have been done with a few other photographers, or as part of a workshop. While I gained technical information and experience from these sessions, it was a “so-so” experience for me as a photographer.

I have been quite delighted with the recent solo model sessions I have done (more to come). I have been pleasantly surprised by the satisfaction generated by having a vision of the outcome in mind and, by working with a model, making that vision a reality. It’s been really enjoyable and I look forward to doing more.

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Studio family session

I recently took photographed a newborn (6 days) and his 4 year old sister in my studio. Both were a delight to photograph with the sister being a natural and loving to pose for the camera.

Dance like no one is watching

Gorgeous smile!

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Photo publication…in Japan

Last year, I photographed an iaido demonstration in Australia by Yamamoto sensei of the Ichimon Shinkage ryu. Thanks to the good people from Ichimon Shinkage ryu iaido, I received a copy of the ryu’s annual embu (public demonstration) publication featuring a photo on the inside cover that I took last year at an Australian demonstration here in Brisbane. Nice feeling to see a photo in print!

Yamamoto sensei

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