Child Photography

Having been chatting to friends Nicole, Pieta & Leanne about starting up Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep http://www.nowilaymedowntosleep.org/ here in Canberra I thought it was time I started getting some practice shooting young kids.  This isn't something that I have done much of in the past but so with the experience of these mothers did some shots with some friends who had offered up themselves and their kids.

One thing I learnt VERY quickly was these children do not stay still for long and you really need to be on your game to capture the moment.......as well as shoot lots of shots!!  It was fun shooting with them as you never know what they are going to do next!

Wildlife Photography

Around 12 months ago I was reading an inspiring article from a wildlife photography and the extents they went to in Africa to get the perfect shots of the amazing animals.....it inspired me that much I grabbed my camera bag and headed to the National Zoo & Aquarium.  I know it is piking out a bit as far as wildlife photograhpy goes because it isn't exactly 'wild' but it was a great opportunity to go shoot.

 

Love this guys bright eyes & cheeky grin.

 

 I spent around 3 hours there shooting the 'wild' animals of the zoo and got my fix of trying 'wildlife' photography and then drove 15 minutes back home.......would love to go and actually shoot in Africa one day ;)

Most recent shoot with Tracey from the weekend.

I met the lovely Tracey through Model Mayhem whilst looking for models that wanted to expand their portfolio.  Standing at 6' 7" it was always going to be an interesting shoot.  I had done another shoot at the Sculpture Gardens at the National Art Gallery and wanted to use that location again.....mainly due to the mist making machine always creates a nice background.

Yes, her legs do go on FOREVER!

 After getting full body portrait shots I wanted to capture her fantastic blue eyes.  My post editing skills need some fine tuning but was reasonably happy with the composition of the shots.

 All in all was happy with the shoot the way the shoot went.  Tracey was fantastic and very amiable to lots of ideas and look forward to working with her again.