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Lighting Breakdown

Nikki and Jon

September 9, 2009

Recently I did a few headshots for Nikki, she’s an actress you see :) Anyway after we had the headshots in the can I took her and her hubby Jon down the the park (opposite Caffeine Cafe in Claremont) to get one or two shots of the two of them.  It was midday and the [...]

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Q&A – How do you light receptions – The strobist way.

May 21, 2009

I got the following email from Jeff today: “I was wondering if you would mind sharing your knowledge on just one topic. At, for instance, wedding receptions and capturing those candid speech shots, do you bounce on-camera flash, or set up your off-camera flash at specific points or do you have a “voice activated light [...]

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Just the two of us…

April 8, 2009

A lot of photographers hate doing big group shots, I love them because in one fowl swoop you have the entire wedding party in one shot! Even with a large group you can be creative! I’ve yet to be arrested by the Group Photo Police because of not following proper group photo protocol. I don’t [...]

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A splash of color!

December 15, 2008

While shooting an event recently I noticed the venue, Ratanga Junction theme park had strings of colored bulbs across one of the passage areas. I decided to mess around with some long exposure shots and “light smearing” Technically it’s not very difficult to do and the effect is quite stunning considering the effort required! All [...]

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