Tea Time

Although wedding photography is not one of the core services that I offer, I was recently invited to photograph a Vietnamese tea ceremony prior to the wedding of Vanessa and Ashley. A wonderful and colourful experience. It was very hard work with so much action going on, and trying to capture everything without getting in the way was an exciting challenge. I managed to get some great images of the day and it further deepened my respect for all those wedding photographers  out there.

The tea set

Bride awaits

The bride waits for the grooms family to arrive

Getting ready

Final Touch

Bride puts on shoes in preparation for the big day

Gifts

The groom's family offer gifts to the bride's family

Greetings

The bride's family welcomes the groom's

The altar

Gifts including the pig are placed at the altar

Challenge accepted!

The groom and his groomsmen are made to do challenges before the from can be allowed to see the bride, This was the Gangnam challenge.

hello

After completing the challenges the groom is granted permission to enter the room to 'claim' his bride

Tea?

Bride and groom offer tea to the bride's parents

Gifts

Brides mother and sister put gifted earrings onto the bride

All together

Group shot of both families

Framed

The bride and groom

Do you have any events or special occasions coming up that you would like photographed. Please get in touch to have a chat about how I can help.

First Impressions.

OK be honest now, does the profile picture that you use on LinkedIn and other social media sites really give the right first impression of you? Remember this will be the first thing that prospective employers, clients, contacts, (lovers!) will see so its vitally important that you really are giving the right impression. I've been doing  lot of work over the past few weeks photographing headshots for individuals and corporations to create these first impressions. These will be used for company websites, for LinkedIn profiles, for resumes and potentially dozens of other purposes. 

Is yours good enough? Get in touch if you'd like me to help you make a better first impression.

Shooting a book launch

I was delighted to be hired as photographer for the book 'The World We See' recently. A collection of lessons from some of Australia's foremost leaders. It was a fascinating evening with some great presenters.. and some very challenging lighting conditions for photography. The results were well received however, here are a few examples;

If you have any events coming up that you would like photographed please do not hesitate to get in touch to discuss. A very professional service at reasonable rates.

Seeing Things Differently

Sometimes you need to take a look at things from a different angle. On a recent trip to the Sydney Opera House I wanted to get pictures that are not normally seen, something different to the tourist snapshots. Here's a few of them.

Award Win!

I am delighted to have won the latest OpenImage Challenge. The brief was 'occupations' - as the name suggest we were to submit our best photos of people at their work. Amongst some very stiff competition I am very proud that this photo taken of my friend Shelby  at her dental practice was declared the winner.

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Open Wide

Some of the other photos I took as part of this challenge are below. Many thanks to all of those that helped me with this for your time, patience and modelling skills!

BUF Girls

A really fun photo shoot with the girls from BUF Girls Manly on Tuesday.

Seeing Stars

I was very lucky last night to get a couple of decent shots of the milky way before the rain rolled in. This was taken up at Barrenjoey Lighthouse in Palm Beach on Sydney's northern beaches.

Thanks to Jay Evans and the Night & Astrophotography group for having me.

Cruise Ship time-lapse.

Here's a fun time-lapse I did last week of the Cruise Ship Carnival Spirit in its last couple of hours at Sydney's Circular Quay before its departure. Also a little bit of hyper-lapse photography at the start which got me some very strange looks as I was taking it.