Bars and Pubs..

Finally! As I mentioned in my earlier posts, I planned to photograph a couple of venues to extend my portfolio. My lovely friends let me snap around in their bars and pubs (Score Bar, Star City Casino, Pyrmont, Sydney & PJ O'brien's Irish Pub, Sydney CBD) they let me do whatever I wanted even if it involved to climb up to the top of the bar or whatever I could to get what I thought would look interesting.
Funnily after the post-work on the photos I didn't choose any of those shots to showcase.. :)
There's still 1 more bar I'd love to photograph but as a little baby boy was born on the day of the shoot was planned for, it had to be postponed.. :) Soon to come the Marly Bar in Newtown too! :)

There's no boring subject, just bored photographer

A couple of days ago my (very smart&talented - www.scaffad.com) friend, Lach called me as he needed a photographer for one of his project his working on. Who doesn't like to work with friends, who are fun and creative??
So I woke up at 6am today and drove out to far far away to photograph a school. :)
Well.. I'm sure every photographer's nightmare to photograph big subjects in shade..
And there was no way to photograph the building any other time of the day as the light conditions were best early morning. So I tried to make the most out of it and even if my fav shots are not of the building itself, there were some other fun stuff to photograph :)
How easy to shot something beautiful, something pretty, something well lit?
But where's the fun, the challange in it?
If anybody can do what you do, there's nothing special about your work.
And yes, I stuffed up a lot of shots, but how else I could have got the ones I am happy with? Pushing your limits takes you closer to your goals, so never think that your subject is boring when you get commissioned for a job! Just try to find that angle, those colours, something in the background/foreground, that you can grab and use to create something you are satisfied with. :)
Above my favs from today..

Something special, something amazing...

When I went to see Lolly&Nick to the hospital where they introduced their little boy to me, I knew I will be taking photos, but getting the chance to capture such special moments... Wow! I'm so lucky! I am so grateful for it..
Moving around the little man with my Amy and the 50mm was great experience.
Thank you, Lolly&Nick to let me be there and do my thing. :)

RAWFire - Corporate Portrait Shoot

First corporate portrait session I've ever done. First comissioned work I've done interstate. No wonder that I was a bit nervous. :)
Asked fellow photographers and their techniques, was thinking of purchasing studio lights, then hiring, then borrowing.. I ended up doing it all with a 50mm lens, using available light only, setting up tripodonly for the sake of getting the shots from the same spot to create some sort of consistancy.
The client was actually my boss who I work for 2 days a week in Sydney, which meant I wanted to do an even more exceptional job than ever before... :)
I'm quiet happy with the result :)
Now, you are the one who has the chance to judge it.
Please do. :)

Maternity shoot No.3

Photographing such beautiful people like Lolly&Nick, is not that hard. Giving them something amazing by my photographs is something very, very special to me.