Claire & Robert - 20 April 2008

Claire & Robert's wedding day was special in the sense that Claire and Robert decided to see each other before the ceremony.
The ceremony was scheduled for the afternoon and with the short days of winter we wouldn't have had much time and light to get any location photos.

Claire was getting ready with her bridesmaids at the Blue Hotel. Once she was ready, the boys arrived and Robert came up to meet Claire. It was sweet when they first met and though I kept my distance I felt like a bit of an intruder to this special moment. At least I got some nice images.

With everyone ready we headed down to the hotel lobby to take some photos in the hotel and around Woolloomooloo Wharf.

After that we headed across to Chowder Bay for some more photos before meeting up at the Gunners Barracks for the appointment with Jan Littlejohn the marriage celebrant.

The ceremony was on the Gunners Barracks balcony overlooking the harbour and city skyline.


Claire wore a gorgeous gown by Johanna Johnson

Valerie & Alvin - 12 April 2008

Availability for 2008

31 Oct 09, Long Reef Golf Club
4 Sept 09, Sails Restaurant, Noosa
2 May 09, Sebel Hotel, Pier One
25 Apr 09, location to be advised
18 Apr 09, Amora Hotel, Jamison St
4 Apr 09, Castel D'Oro, Five Dock
21 Mar 09, Orso Bayside Restaurant, Mosman
27 Feb 09, Gunners Barracks, Mosman
21 Feb 09, Le Mirage, Five Dock
13 Feb 09, Gunners Barracks, Mosman
7 Feb 09, Angelo's on the Bay, Cabarita
6 Feb 09, Curzon Hall, Marsfield
31 Jan 09, Le Montage, Leichhardt
10 Jan 09, Oatlands House, Dundas
2 Jan 09, Oakville House
31 Dec 08, Aria Restaurant
23 Dec 08, Gunners Barracks, Mosman
21 Dec 08, Taronga Centre, Mosman
6 Dec 08, Roslyn Gardens, Peakhurst
5 Dec 08, Gunners Barracks, Mosman
30 Nov 08, Crystal Palace, Luna Park
29 Nov 08, Shores Restaurant, Mosman
15 Nov 08, Sydney Opera House Marquee
9 Nov 08, Shores Restaurant, Mosman
8 Nov 08, Sanders Restaurant, Carbarita Point
2 Nov 08, L'Aqua, Cockle Bay
1 Nov 08, Iron Chef Chinese Restaurant, Cabramatta
25 Oct 08, Taronga Centre, Mosman
24 Oct 08, Centennial Vineyard, Bowral
18 Oct 08, Jonah's, Whale Beach
11 Oct 08, Pymble Golf Club, St Ives
27 Sept 08, Shores Restaurant, Mosman
14 Sept 08, Private residence
5 Sept 08, Sky Phoenix Restaurant
30 Aug 08, Conco D'oro , Riverwood
23 Aug 08, Le Montage, Leichhardt
9 Aug 08, Doltone House, Jones Bay Wharf
2 Aug 08, The Loft, Doltone House, Jones Bay Wharf
5 July 08, WatersEdge, Walsh Bay, The Rocks
4 July 08, The Tearoom, Queen Victoria Building
22 June 08, Gunners Barracks, Mosman
21 June 08, Gunners Barracks, Mosman
5-8 June 08, Mission Machado, Bali
31 May 08, Doltone House, Sylvania Waters
17 May 08, Catalina's, Rose Bay
10 May 08, Mandalay, Lane Cove
20 Apr 08, Gunners Barracks, Mosman
12 Apr 08, Crowne Plaza, Coogee
06 Apr 08, Shangri La Hotel, The Rocks
05 Apr 08, Waterfront Restaurant, The Rocks
30 Mar 08, Sebel Hotel, Walsh Bay
29 Mar 08, Fook Yuen Seafood Restaurant, Chatswood
20 Mar 08, Botanical Gardens Restaurant
15 Mar 08, Avondale Golf Club, Pymble
08 Mar 08, Palace Chinese Restaurant, Chinatown
01 Mar 08, WatersEdge, Walsh Bay, The Rocks
29 Feb 08, Royal Sydney Golf Club
23 Feb 08, Deep Blue Bistro, Coogee
09 Feb 08, Manly Golf Club
05 Jan 08, L'Aqua, Cockle Bay

Megan & Gavin - The Hora

I posted earlier about Megan & Gavin's wedding, but I think they deserve another post for their crazy crazy reception. Crazy in a good way.

It's hard to portray the intensity and craziness of a hora but I think this slideshow will give you some idea.

So turn up your sound and click Play.

Bustrip

Today Kate and I took a bus trip with a bunch of fellow AIPP photographers.
Our first stop was at David Oliver's studio in Pennant Hills. David showed us around his amazing studio. His work has been an inspiration for me ever since I started photography so it was an absolute pleasure to be able to talk to David one on one and hear him talk about what drives him.

David is seeing us off on the bus as we head off to visit one of his good mate Ken Duncan.
David is shooting with a Nikon D3 these days!

For our next stop we headed to Ken Duncan's gallery in Erina Heights on the Central Coast. After a good lunch at the gallery we met with Ken.
Ken is such a nice guy and shared openly with us how he does what he does.
It was great to hear his philosophy on only providing the best product using the best craftsmen and materials and being able to charge accordingly for a quality product and prints that will last forever.
It's the same philosophy we have adopted from the start, we don't aim to be the cheapest but to provide the best for the right price. It was great to have that reinforced by someone like Ken.

Ken in front of one of his prints, and they look so amazing when they are printed big.

On the way back we stopped at Terrigal Beach; coming straight from meeting Ken we were all inspired and everyone pulled out their camera to take some photos just for fun.

It's been a while since I have taken a photo just for fun, probably about 500,000 images ago. If you haven't done it lately, do it. Go somewhere and just do your thing.

Here are some of the images I took just for fun, and photoshopped, again just for fun.

First my collection of fish heads :-)
and my piece de resistance, fish guts!
I think this would look great enlarged to 30"x40" printed on super glossy metallic paper. For some reason Kate is not keen on the idea though.
On to something prettier...
seagulls
pretty sunset
and a bunch of photographers, Gunter Rechberger (Christl Photography) left and Peter Karp (Peter Karp Photography) right.
And finally, I was about to take yet another sunset image when these kids where riding past, when they saw me they wanted to stop but I told them to keep going and quickly managed grabbed a few frames.
Chris

Lara

How beautiful is this little girl.....