Archive for the ‘self portrait’ Category

I know it has been a few weeks since I did a self portrait! Todays was taken with my youngest son in my home office/studio space. I still don’t have all my samples up so I have not shared photos of my space yet either but I will once my huge framed photo of the kids is up and ready to show off!

I have a huge week of ordering sessions this week which is always exciting! I love showing people their photos! I still have a session available on Saturday too! And it comes with a special offer which you can read all about under the Special offers and Information tab up on the right of this page!

Hope everyone has a great week!

This is late late late!!! Oh well it is here. I am handing this one in as my assignment! ( I think – it is the 3rd one I have decided I am handing in so we’ll see, a lot can change in a week!!)

Right now back to work I have one out of 3 albums ready! Lots to do!!!

I have a small announcement too – due to the amount of work I have taken on studying full time I am reducing the number of sessions I offer. At this stage I will do 2 a month. I have 2 available in May and am now taking bookings in August and September. So if you want a session you really do need to book well in advance. I only have 2 appointments where the vouchers will be valid so please if you have a voucher and want to use this contact me as soon as you can! I also have one available in Brisbane in April. March, June and July are booked out

Thanks for stopping by! I hope to hear from you soon!

Ok so I am a few days late with my self portrait. I have been sick! I also knew that I had to be in the studio doing my first assessment of the year, which you guessed it is a …… self portrait. SO I figured i’d do the two at once. Of course this is going to get a little spark before it is ready to hand in. But for today it is my self portrait for week 7!

I have also put in a 20×25 print to be framed today – I can’t wait to get it back!! it is going to look amazing! It is being matted with a Linen mat, double mat of course and the frame is going to be just fabulous. Down side wont be ready for at least 3 weeks! I am sure it will be worth the wait but seriously…. hard to wait!!!

Ok here I am. I used a Tungsten light behind me, to my left, on a white paper background, Camera high above me angled down on f1.6. I had a little help getting the focus in the right place today as the set up was fairly difficult.

Back to work on Little master L’s gallery tomorrow and hopefully a photo session with Two teen girls and their Mum and Dad on Saturday! this is the third time this session has been scheduled. So lets hope third time lucky! and the rain stays away!

Hope you all had a great week!

Well here I am again! Week 6 – as requested by Jo I am smiling! I took Jo’s photos in December and she would not believe me when I told her how lovely she looked when she was smiling! I have a feeling that is why she requested a photo of me smiling. OK she right I think I look awful smiling! Just as she felt about her! But after all this challenge is so that I know how it feels to see myself in photos – So there Jo – Me smiling… and I hate it..

Cam took this photo of me on Friday night when we were at Coogee. It was darker than when I was taking their photos so the sky is not as blue he did a good job though to capture this in the dark. Taken at f1.2.

I start school tomorrow! Looking forward to it, but also having a hard time thinking about everything I will have to fit in around being a full time student… Oh well better go pack my lunch box!

You may have noticed that I have added a ” Gift Shop” to my website! I have not put anything in the Gift shop yet but I will soon. I collected my flower prints today so they will be my first addition once they are framed, I also have the animal collection for the children to put up! So I will work on getting that done!

Well I have ignored my phone all morning as it beeps at me to take my self portrait – then I looked up and saw the time. I have to go out so I rush around and managed to capture this.

Taken beside the window with the light streaming through!

Ok now to head out!
Catch you later!

I did take photos today but as today is Monday I am posting another photo taken by my 12 year old son. He has been out in the yard today practicing on getting his focus spot on. So I thought I’d give him a body to focus on! This is the view most of you see of me!

As I have been banned from going anywhere by children who just want to stay home, I have been trying to get holidays organised. I am having a hard time which is not like me – I love to travel but feel Blah about it at the moment. We have our Barrier reef trip organised, so I thought I’d move on to organising the 2011 holiday which should be a big one. Just not sure where to start. Life changes so much in that amount of time so arrrgghhhh to hard to know where to go! We have a week to use though and if I don’t plan it soon will lose it!!!! So back to researching dates and locations. Thinking France? USA? ohhhh no idea!

Ok have a relaxing day. Maybe a little nap is what I need?

We went into town again today, this time visiting the Australian Museum. Fantastic day! they have a wildlife photographer of the year exhibition on at the moment. Photos taken by children as young as under 10 all the way through to older Photographers. My son has had his interest sparked – getting my old camera and lens out tomorrow ( which I had purposely kept for him anyway) He also is the one who took my portrait today. He did a good job, I got all the settings right then passed it to him to focus – which he did well in the shot I am showing. We can practice on that and I think he will be a very good photographer!

So this is me in Hyde park this morning, when we arrived we bought some food and picnic’ed in Hyde Park before heading into the Museum. Not a self Portrait today but a photo of me which is technically very good. Still a photo of me though so of course I am very critical. Cam is very pleased with himself and so he should be. This is taken at f2.8 on my 100mm with my Speed light – so he did very well!!! Can’t wait to teach him everything about settings. He is very interested so should learn easily – as young ones do when they are interested.

In the Museum they had specimens that you could photograph – with studio set up – backdrop tables and over head lighting. So I started teaching him a little – tomorrow before we head out to the movies and to meet friends I’ll give him a lesson! See what he comes up with.

Well a huge day so early night is called for!

Thanks for stopping by, hope you are all making the most of the little time we have left of the summer holidays. I had Friday free this morning but filled that too so busy week! with lots of photo opportunities!

Well it is Monday and I decided that Mondays would mean Self Portrait. No idea how I am going to keep this up. I am so not enjoying it. BUT I want to enjoy it so I’ll keep going for now and see how I go! We are all very critical of our selves and I guess this is the hardest part of my job as I have clients who are so uncomfortable looking at photos of them selves and I need to understand that. Well more help them over come that… So I figure if I can learn to enjoy having my photos taken and see the beauty then I can do that with clients. Funny how the last photos I posted I was uncomfortable with and yet so many people told me how Beautiful it was??? We see our selves so differently to how other do! This photo today is a little more abstract. I am wearing my glasses today which I love but I am not a fan of glasses I prefer contacts especially when shooting.

OK here goes!!!

Certainly not beautiful but it is me today week 2 of 2010!

Hope everyone is feeling good today! maybe you can try and capture your self too????

Take a guess who is rarely in a photo in our house!

Thats right ME! I love being behind the lens. I love capturing my family and friends. I love being in control creatively when I am taking photos but …. well my children like to see me in photographs too! So this year I am going to make a point of taking a photograph of me every week. I may get someone to take it, I may have others in the photos with me, I may use my remote like today, doesn’t matter just so long as I am in at least one photo a week! That is my deal with me for the year! Hopefully I will be brave enough to post them on here too! Seems a tad unfair that I spend so much time telling other parents that they really should be in the photos with their children when I rarely have a photo taken of myself. At most sessions the children request to have their photo taken with Mum and Dad and I know my children are no different, they love to have a photo with me. So next week I will have my photo with my Children! For now to get me started here is ME! Taken in my home studio on a lovely bright day!

and a few photos of my little guy we took first thing this morning. He wore the ears to bed???

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