Entries from September 2008 ↓

We started off with a little under 3500 images. The bride and groom’s contract states “150 images on CD”. They will get 468. And this is how it is spread.

Folders marked ‘00′ - ‘10′ will appear on the CD of images the couple receive and the rest are there for my information as I work. Most of it is based upon keywords and ratings applied to each image.

I sold my trusty Canon 30D and Tamron 17-50mm lens today. Well, I promised it to someone waiting on their tax refund but that’s as good as sold to me.

It’s been a great camera and kick started my way into professioanl photography. Unfortunately, I grew into the Nikon system and a recent venture back onto the Canon proved unwieldy.

I know the new owner (from fiveminutephotographer.com) will get a lot of use from the camera and I look forward to seeing some of her results.

I look forward to visiting the Malloy family every year for their Annual Grand Final Day BBQ. It is always hinted that I take a camera along (as if I’d go anywhere without one anyway).

I got to spend a great time with the usual great bunch of people (including a future “Trash the Dress” client) and managed to snap off a few photos.

Unfortunatly you see these types of headlines in the news all the time.

“Britt Lapthorne, 21, was last seen by friends at a nightclub in the Croatian coastal resort on September 18.” (from ninemsn.com.au)

What you don’t see all the time in these stories, is the name of someone you know. I worked at the Kilmore International School for nearly six years in IT and I remember Britt well. I even remember her login details on the school network I administered.

I hope the authorities can help Britt and send good news home to where her family and friends are anxiously waiting to see her or even hear from her.

You are all in my thoughts.

I had great pleasure in accepting a dinner invitation from Sarah and Will this evening. I haven’t seen these guys in around five years and I had a lovely meal with them and their two gorgeous girls.

Will has expressed an interest in photography so I took my big camera bag along to show him and answer any questions he might have. As soon as one of the girls saw the cameras she was ready and posing. The other took a little while to warm up but once she was ready, she was working the camera like a professional!

Will was fascinated by the Nikon Creative Lighting System and ebjoyed being a VALS whilst I took the photos.

Great catching up with you guys and I hope to see you again before too long.

I’d like to introduce Tim, my assistant/second shooter.

If you add the second shooter to your wedding package (and everybody should as the return vastly outweighs the expense) you will get to meet this person.

He joined me on his first wedding shoot last Friday and fell straight into the routine. He has taken some fantastic photos (of which I will show once the couple have seen them) and made a great assistant. He worked his backside off and was spoken very highly of by the Bride and Groom.

Welcome aboard Tim. I look forward to working with you.

A fantastic day spent with a great bunch of people. More to follow once the happy couple have viewed the images. Also my first shoot with my new assistant Tim.

Encouraged by all the remote cameras used at the recent Olympic games I decided to hang one of my D200s off the lighting rig for the play I am shooting (see previous posts).

Why the good D200 and not my not so good D70? The D200 has an “Interval timer” option. I climbed the ladder, hung the camera next to a light using a gorilla pod, it’s own strap and padlocking the camera to a security chain (not taking any risks) and set it to take a photograph every 90 seconds until the battery depleted.

So, as I was grabbing ground level shots such as this (the director’s favourite)

The remote camera was grabbing pictures like this

© 2008 Shelton Muller

What can I say? My good friend and photographic mentor Shelton Muller has honoured me by ripping off one of my photos (see below) at his latest wedding. I am indeed humbled and honoured. Thank you my friend.

I suppose this makes up for all the times I will be ripping off your style.

Portrait Session: Master C., originally uploaded by RXAphotos.

I was looking for photos this morning to upload to my reworked website (released soon) and came across this one. This is from a portrait session back in March.

When I originally looked at this I showed it to the clients but wasn’t thrilled with it. I did however add it to the list of photos shown to the client.

I reprocessed the image and now I have it in my portfolio.