A weekend off

After a busy last few weeks, it was nice to get a weekend off and rest. So what does the team get up to on an off weekend? Well .. more photography. Carla, Jaypee and I headed out to experiment and take photos of Jaypee's partner Victoria. Victoria tirelessly models for us when we need a subject to shoot and thanks must go to her for listening to us go on about camera equipment, settings and other shutterbug talk - thanks Vic!



A mentor of mine once told me that good photography wasn't about finding a pretty background and placing someone in front of it for a photo. Good photography involved identifying good light, and then capturing someone in the middle of a moment in that light. This is why the team enjoys the challenge of walking into a room, or down a street and trying to make something out of nothing, a simple wall, garage door or even construction site can make for interesting photos. See below for photos of our team relaxing and at play. The team believes that creativity is a muscle. In order to exercise this muscle we try to find locations that might seem undesirable and try to shoot something beautiful or interesting even though it might seem difficult - or impossible. Sometimes you just have to look closer :) If we can shoot Vic in front of a garage door and make her look half decent (no offense Vic!), then surely we'd be more than prepared for photographing a bride in her beautiful dress walking down the aisle of a beautiful church.

Carla and Jaypee at play



The result ...


A photo I took in some carpark ..

Sometimes pulling back can give the photograph a different feel


No amount of good light, technical skill or camera equipment can help Jaypee - this is the pose he gave me when I asked him to relax and be himself - no really it is.