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Goodbye 2011 {Hello 2012}

Len — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:52:05 +0000

As I get older the years seem to fly by at increasing speeds. I don’t know whether that’s just a part of growing older or a part of starting a small business, but whatever it is, I’d prefer them to slow down just a little bit. If this is the pace at which they’re going now, I shudder to think of the blur they will be in a five or even ten years time. I’m the type of person that just looks to what’s next, that I rarely stop to look at all the things that have happened.This combined with the speediness of the past year and I don’t feel like I’ve had a chance to reflect on all that has happened. That’s actually one of my 2012 New Year’s resolutions, to stop, enjoy and reflect on everything that’s happening.

It wasn’t until I sat down at my computer looking through the images from the last year that I was struck by an overwhelming sense of warmth. To be surrounded by so many amazing couples, such wonderful friends & family and so much love on a weekly basis… I didn’t realise how amazingly fortunate I was and I’m so grateful to have gotten to know each and every one of you in the last year and I’m so excited for the amazingness that 2012 will bring.

The images below are a collection of images that represent the warmth of 2011 and tell the story of the year that was. Thank you all for your love, your support and your friendship.

Nick + Len = HELLO!

Len — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 04:38:27 +0000

I’ve been walking past a particularly dark and a wee bit depressing corner of our apartment building marveling at the amazing portraits you could do under the hideous fluorescent light, and I’m sure Nick thought the same thing when I dragged him out of the house at 11pm a few nights ago in the freezing cold to take some photos. In between me yelling at him to “look less cold” and trying not to shiver too much myself we ended up with exactly what I had pictured in my mind every time I’d walked past this little spot and even Nick’s now using it on his own website, HERE (just click “turn out the lights” and you’ll see the marvelousness).

P.S. I just realised that we’re pretty much wearing matching clothes… it was unintentional, I promise.

CASS {A LITTLE BIT OF FILM}

Len — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 06:07:33 +0000

I finally had a chance to process a few rolls of film from the last couple months, and I just had to share these as soon as possible. I love, love, love shooting film and I can’t wait to more fully integrate it into my wedding work. I hope you enjoy them.

xx Len

CASS {A PORTRAIT}

Len — Tue, 24 May 2011 02:30:13 +0000

The light in Echuca was just awesome, glorious even. I think I could have sat in that field all day, and just taken it in. The sound, the smell, it’s not something that I will soon forget.

With Marlene, her grandmother’s name, tattooed on her arm and wearing the dress that her grandmother was married in, Cass made a stunning subject.

Thank you, Cass, for running through tall grass and being so amazing. Thank you to everyone else who was there and thank you Echuca for that glorious light!

ELYSE {WPPI}

Len — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:43:41 +0000

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

AMY {A PORTRAIT} Sydney Fashion Photography

Len — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 04:38:44 +0000

A few weeks ago, I was talking to a friend of mine and fellow photographer, Amy about a location that I love to shoot in. It’s a great spot and lends itself to a very fashion look, however, it is a bit of a secret spot for me and I don’t share it with everyone and since Amy and I have wanted to do a shoot together for quite possibly as long as we’ve known each other, I thought it would be the perfect spot for us. The shoot came together rather quickly and unexpectedly one Friday afternoon, so quickly that I didn’t even have time to charge my lights.

Like the prep, the shoot itself was ridiculously quick and I only took a handful of shots, but we knew what we wanted and only needed to take a few. These are a few of my favourites. I hope you like them.

A BRAND NEW DAY, A BRAND NEW YEAR, A BRAND NEW DECADE

Len — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 09:37:54 +0000

We are at the beginning of the second decade in the 21st Century. I’m honestly not quite sure what to call it though. I’ve heard quite a few reporters refer to it as the “Teens,” which sounds rather trite to me. However, the second decade of the 21st Century does sound rather official. I’m sure we’ll figure out something to call it that doesn’t sound quite so silly. I mean, we have 10 whole years to think of a better name.

I should take the time to welcome you to the new I Love Wednesdays. It’s going through a bit of a revamp (the umpteenth one in it’s relatively young existence). I sometimes think that as designers we’re unfortunately afflicted with an inability to let our designs go, especially when they’re for ourselves, and I don’t think that I’m any different. But I Love Wednesdays, for me, is an evolutionary process, and I hope you’ll bear with me as I make the final adjustments for the new year. If you want to check out my old blog, you can still check it out here I can’t bring myself to take it down.

While I’m extremely excited about the year ahead, I took a little time to reflect on the year that was. It was certainly a much bigger year than I thought it would be, and I got to photograph some incredibly people, fashion and events.

Here are some of my favourite photos from last year. Hope you enjoy.