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CHLOE {AND CREATING THE MOOD}

About a month ago I decided to try something a little bit different. Something to challenge myself and to work in a completely different way. A little test, if you will. I always find that they’re a great way to discover a new way of working, a way to see something differently and this was no exception. This shoot came together extremely quickly with the help of my good friend, and makeup artist extraordinaire Natalie Biller.

I’ve been umming and aahing about whether to post these on the blog, they are markedly different from the weddings and lovely couples that I get to shoot, but in the end, while they may look a little different, at the heart of it they showcase who I am just as much as everything else. The create a mood and tell a story. The story in this case isn’t the story of a wedding day, but rather it’s all about a particular moment in time and the feel was inspired by one of my favourite bands, Elbow and their song Mirrorball.

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“You make the moon a mirrorball,
The streets an empty stage.
The city’s sirens, violins,
Everything has changed.”

Polaroid 600SE PhotoshootPolaroid 600SE PhotoshootPolaroid 600SE PhotoshootThe lovely Chloe Rose Polaroid 600SE PhotoshootChiascuro Photoshoot with Chloe Rose, Natalie Biller, Cody Bayliss and I Love Wednesdays

For my film geek friends this was all shot on Polaroid 600SE with Fujifilm FP-100C

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Kat Braman - is this the camera you bought from Jon? the way you used the light is incredible. I love how dramatic it is.August 2, 2011 – 1:27 am

Raychel Wade - Pure magic and fantastic.July 28, 2011 – 9:59 pm

Jeff Adams - Love this set of images! You captured some lovely moments!July 27, 2011 – 8:36 pm

Luis Godinez - you never cease to amaze me. bravo.July 27, 2011 – 2:16 pm

GHOST TOWN {WPPI}

I’m not really sure whether the title Ghost Town is really deserved for this little spot just outside of Vegas, because it’s turned into somewhat of a tourist attraction/photographer and director haunt. In fact, while we were there, there was a band photo shoot taking place, I’m honestly not sure what band it was, but they had their boy band poses down to a t.

I love all the knick knacks, animal heads and random ephemera around the place and it was nice to slowly saunter around the place looking at all the things they’ve accumulated over the years. Everything just had so much character and the things were obviously built to last which was lovely to see.

I think I could’ve spent a week there just going through everything, but was happy to have had the hour or so to go through it all. Here are some of my favourite piccies. Hope you enjoy.

xoxo Len

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Daniel from San Diego - That is some really cool old stuff! Love the colors and the details and the texture of things when they wear and decay :p.March 3, 2011 – 11:22 am

Gemma Clarke - I love your eye Milena! And I love the colours…what character these photos have :) March 3, 2011 – 7:11 am

Luis Godinez - Len, I barely noticed these images. I love them. Was this after me and Matt left for the airport?

I should have left the airport and come back with you guys :) March 3, 2011 – 4:35 am

ELYSE {WPPI}

I’ve been sitting at the computer for the last half hour attempting to describe the experience I’ve had over the last few days at WPPI, but I honestly can’t. I sort of thought that it would be more about workshopping and visiting vendors, but honestly that was the smallest part of it. I’m sitting here at 2:30am with three friends and a fourth we’re all talking to on Skype and it feels like we’ve known each other forever. A few of them have already left WPPI, and by Friday I will be on the road as well and I’m ridiculously saddened that I probably won’t get to see them in person for months, maybe years.

The photos below are the culmination of a random thought that we wanted to do a photo shoot in the desert while we were here. There were only 12 of us and the photos below are modeled by the lovely Elyse Bouvier who is a talented photographer in her own right.

To my WPPI peeps, I’m going to miss you guys and I love you all and thank you so much for making this one heck of an amazing week.

To everyone reading, I hope you enjoy.

xoxo

by Len

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Branden Harvey - Absolutely beautiful. I love how moody these are.March 15, 2011 – 4:40 pm

amie harrison - My goodness those pics are freaking beautiful! Thanks for sharing them!February 26, 2011 – 4:00 pm

Christine - Oh, love this! So gorgeous!February 26, 2011 – 2:08 pm

Maggie Fortson - SO AWESOME~! I would LOVE to photograph there!February 26, 2011 – 9:44 am

Teresa K - Beautiful images from an amazing photographer and gorgeous girl. So glad to have met you and shared some of the WPPI/SWPB experience with you!!February 25, 2011 – 3:42 pm

Amber Hughes - Seriously amazing photos Len! It was wonderful to meet you! :) February 25, 2011 – 12:38 pm

Emily Porter - You’re amazing. Really.February 25, 2011 – 11:48 am

jackie - wow gorgeous work len, sounds like an awesome experience, see you when you get back.February 25, 2011 – 9:02 am

Alyssa Schroeder - These are so gorgeous. Wonderful use of the light and the cool location. Elyse, you are so beautiful!February 25, 2011 – 8:05 am

Elyse - Beautiful! You’ve got so much talent lady I loved loved loved working with you!February 25, 2011 – 6:03 am

Kristi Wright - Beautiful work!! I’m so sad I missed out on WPPI.February 25, 2011 – 5:27 am

john patrick - these are ridiculously amazing! I so wish I could have met you and all the other very kool kids.February 25, 2011 – 5:25 am

shannon - these are GORGEOUS!!February 25, 2011 – 5:14 am

cole - Damn this is slick. I need a cigarette….February 25, 2011 – 5:08 am

Laura Burlton - Wow, these are really gorgeous :) on another note, I LOVE her dress!!!!February 25, 2011 – 3:16 am

Paul Rowland - I am very envious of the networking and photo-awesomeness that took place. Amazing work as always Len.February 25, 2011 – 2:03 am

Amanda Hoffman - You are so amazingly talented. These images are amazing. I’m just in-love.

It was so wonderful to meet you. You are such an amazing person and I’m going to miss you and everyone else.February 25, 2011 – 1:47 am

Leo Druker - Beautiful work, Len. Simply amazing.February 25, 2011 – 1:38 am

Leo Druker - Beautiful work, Len. Seriously.February 25, 2011 – 1:37 am

James Bitz - I had a picture in my head of what you guys were doing in the desert, but this blows it out of the water! So awesome!
Very sorry I missed it, but it was still good to meet you regardless.February 25, 2011 – 1:10 am

dustin prickett - pure amazingness, simple and beautifulFebruary 25, 2011 – 12:32 am

Gedas Girdvainis - wooow amazingnesss.February 24, 2011 – 10:17 pm

Jess R - oh this is so beautiful!February 24, 2011 – 10:11 pm

Luis Godinez - Amazing. There is so much more I want to say but I am lost for words at 3am.

The people in this hotel room plus Mike have made my wppi experience. You guys are amazing.February 24, 2011 – 10:07 pm

Lauren - Freaking awesome Len! Makes me so jealous of all the WPPI fun you got to have :) February 24, 2011 – 10:06 pm

matt shumate - I. Have. No. Words.

So honored to be able to share the WPPI experience with you. Can’t wait until next time.February 24, 2011 – 9:56 pm

Las Vegas Desert » Benoline - [...] are a few other awesome blog posts made by people that were there : Matt Shumate, Luis Godinez, Milena : I love Wednesdays, & Leo [...]March 14, 2011 – 1:51 pm

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A NEW WEDNESDAY AND A NEW I LOVE WEDNESDAYS {Sydney Wedding Photography}

I’ve been thinking a lot about I Love Wednesdays and who I am, what I want I Love Wednesdays to be. When I started out, much like most people, I looked at what was around me, and how to make myself fit in with everyone else; but really, I’m not like everyone else, we’ve all got our own little idiosyncrasies that make us us.

I decided that 2011 would be the year that I embrace those idiosyncrasies and that includes changing the branding of I Love Wednesdays to something that more fully reflects who I am. I have ALWAYS loved the I Love Wednesdays logo, but it seemed a little too clean for me, so you’ll notice that almost everything has changed or been tweaked to reflect I Love Wednesdays as it always should have been.

For followers of the blog or my twitter for that matter, I’m sure you know that I am a camera fanatic and while that’s something that I have mentioned, I have hidden the extent of my fanaticism. I counted my cameras and I THOUGHT I had 20, but apparently I’d forgotten about all the ones strewn about my house and the count is now at 31.

So…I think it’s time to say goodbye to the I Love Wednesdays of old and hello to the I Love Wednesdays of the future.

xoxo Len

P.S. For those of you that follow me on twitter, you would know that I had a slight disagreement with a flight of stairs, and the stairs won, so I haven’t had a chance to finish off updating the portfolio site, I will be doing that today and it will be up tonight, so keep an eye out for it!

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Alyssa Schroeder - Your packaging & branding are beautiful! I really love your blog too!February 4, 2011 – 7:43 pm

Jess R - WOW it looks amazing!! LOVE the packaging colours and the little icons are so cute too!January 13, 2011 – 11:19 am

Monique - absolutely adore it!!! ♥January 12, 2011 – 8:07 pm

Leah Kua - Awesome, awesome, too, too awesome :) You’re brilliant Len.January 12, 2011 – 5:45 pm

Brittany - oh my. oh my oh my. Everything looks so fabulous! Your new site, your branding, your products… dang girl I want to get married just so I can get the I Love Wednesdays experience. So exciting!January 12, 2011 – 2:56 pm

Janet Palmer - Gorgeous… bring on the best of 2011 I say :)

love the product shots…January 12, 2011 – 2:12 pm

LADIES AND GENTLEMENT THE FABULOUS ADORA {Sydney Fashion Photography}

Sometimes we’re fortunate to be a part of something that changes the way you see the world, or in my instance, something that changes the way we look at things creatively.

It was an overcast Tuesday that threatened to storm when a friend of mine called wanting to do a photo shoot. We’d planned to roughly do something, though we didn’t have anything specific in mind – an hour and some crafty packing of my little car – we were in Centennial Park in Sydney with a Louis XVII chair and with Edith Piaf’s “Je Non Regret Rien” stuck in my head.

“No! Absolutely nothing…
No! I regret nothing
Neither the good that I’ve done nor the bad
All this is much the same to me!

No! Absolutely nothing…
No! I regret nothing…
Because my life, because my joys
Today that begins with you!”

Thank you to the Sydney weather for keeping the rain away until we finished shooting and thank you to the Fabulous Adora for being so open and letting me be a part of something that made me a better photographer and that was a heck of a lot of fun

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Heather - Fabulous session! A wide range of expressions and moods.November 26, 2010 – 8:46 am

Leo Druker - Stunning work. I love the ambiance you’ve created with this set. The location, posing, processing and especially the music really fits perfectly here. Awesome!November 17, 2010 – 5:35 am

Shyann - Great work! Love that processing!November 16, 2010 – 2:51 pm

Sally Watts - Oh, I love that smile in the last shot!
What fantastic lipstick too.November 16, 2010 – 1:43 pm

Jesse G - She is great in front of the camera! Awesome, creative shoot!November 16, 2010 – 5:30 am

darko - Great set. I love the first 2 shots with her in the chair.November 16, 2010 – 4:50 am

Tracy Wallace - love these. Reckon some would love way cool in colour too!November 15, 2010 – 8:17 pm

Brittany - Oh my oh my. I absolutely adore these. Every last one. She looks absolutely divine and the music with the images – pure perfection.November 15, 2010 – 7:42 pm

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