Something a little bit different

May 31, 2010 Posted in EDITORIAL

I’ve recently had a chance to do something a little bit different and shoot some glassware for the lovely and talented Roxanne Costello from Jaga. She needed some product shots for her range and I was excited and nervous to shoot it. I was nervous because I wasn’t sure what the space was like that we were going to be shooting in and what I would need, so carried pretty much my entire studio up quite a number of stairs.

If there’s one thing that I learned from this shoot, it’s that I am not made to carry an entire studio worth of supplies, and that I will either bring an assistant or need to workout.

Thank you to Roxanne for letting me be a part of her new range and you can check out her full range on her website soon or at Gaffa Gallery in the Sydney CBD.

by Len

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Emily - So clean and lovely. Wonderful product work.June 3, 2010 – 12:12 am

Matt Stanton - Excellent clean lighting, very nicely done.June 2, 2010 – 8:09 pm

Avelaine Scyrup - Very clean and perfect for this type of product shot. Great work!June 1, 2010 – 11:25 pm

Manchester wedding photographer - Brilliant photographs, clean elegant, effective.June 1, 2010 – 10:20 am

Alicia Kennison - Nice product shoot and they look very funky. :D June 1, 2010 – 9:08 am

Natalie - Sometimes doing something a bit different is EXACTLY what we need. These images are absolutely fantastic!June 1, 2010 – 8:43 am

Laurie Peacock - So clean and lovely. Wonderful product work.June 1, 2010 – 6:16 am

Brooke - these are beautiful – that’s hard to do!June 1, 2010 – 5:59 am

Cassie - I think you did a great job on this project! I like your use of reflections.June 1, 2010 – 2:13 am

JEN & HAMISH

May 17, 2010 Posted in WEDDINGS

I’m going to apologise in advance for the length of this post. I started picking photos from the lovely Jen & Hamish’s wedding and just couldn’t stop. I know this is going to sound cliche, but there was seriously a lot of love in this little corner of the world for their wedding. Even in spite of some hiccups with orders, Jen was the calmest bride and Hamish was the calmest groom I have ever seen.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, they are the sweetest couple and thank you both for letting me be a part of your day.

by Len

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Sally Honeycutt - Wow!! What a lovely wedding, and you captured it all so perfectly! I love your work – so excited to have a new blog to follow. :) June 3, 2010 – 4:27 am

Saskia - You’ve captured such tender emotions and excitement. Lovely.June 1, 2010 – 9:56 am

gabe aceves - truly beautiful work all the way around. i love the whole set. fantastic job.May 20, 2010 – 4:39 am

Renee Bell - awesome set of images… how cool is that cake!!!
gorgeous couple :-) May 19, 2010 – 2:37 pm

Leo Druker - Great set! I especially love the portrait with that giant tree in the background – superb work.May 19, 2010 – 9:47 am

shipra - I melted when I saw her dress! Gorgeous, and those shoes….melting, melting.

Wonderful series of images, those lens flare ones are beautiful. My fave is the one of her in the doorway, very moody. Totally my cup a’ tea :) May 19, 2010 – 9:03 am

Alan Hutchison - Great job on these!May 19, 2010 – 12:53 am

Csanad - this is a truly great set! i especially love to shot with the sunflare. and that cake is very hip!May 18, 2010 – 11:40 pm

Jessica Horton - Love the shot of her in the backseat of the car on the way to the ceremony… it’s just lovely!May 18, 2010 – 10:53 pm

Thomas Lester - Great work. They look like they had a great time. You really captured some good emotion (and hugs)!May 18, 2010 – 10:24 pm

Leon Steber - It looks like it was a wonderful wedding to photograph – I really love your back-lit flare shots, such wonderful light.May 18, 2010 – 6:29 pm

matt shumate - No need to apologize for the length of the post. These tell such a great story.May 18, 2010 – 5:27 pm

Az - Stunning set of images here, capturing all the right moments of their wedding day.May 18, 2010 – 4:47 pm

Kyle - Yep, you rock. And would I be out of line to say that I want that dress and those shoes…just to wear on an ordinary day? So beautiful!

I love the shot of her standing in the doorway, freaking stunning.May 18, 2010 – 4:33 pm

Cliff - Nice set. I love the getting ready stuff… I could feel the happiness throughout the day.May 18, 2010 – 11:38 am

chavvon smith - great job! love them all from start to finish. Everyone looks so happy!May 18, 2010 – 11:28 am

Fotograf Slubny Warszawa - No at all! The longer the better. I loved the ones from grooms preparations. The light, the moments. Great ! :) May 17, 2010 – 6:47 pm

Paul Rowland - Len, these are so awesome–you’ve got some mad skills. You did such a great job of capturing the emotion of everyone throughout the day.May 17, 2010 – 5:15 pm

Light

May 13, 2010 Posted in WEDDINGS

I’ve been a horrible blogger and I promise I’ll try to be better. Sickness and a lot of work have meant I was either sleeping or trying to work (emphasis on the trying). But I have a little sneak peak of the lovely Jen & Hamish, who had the sweetest wedding surrounded by so much love. I’m so glad to have been a part of that and to have been able to capture it for them. Thank you both.

by Len

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matt shumate - Pretty!May 15, 2010 – 4:54 pm

Matt Stanton - Beaulty and warmth, excellent work. Get well soon!May 14, 2010 – 10:31 pm

chavvon smith - great moment you’ve capture here. love it!May 14, 2010 – 11:58 am

Laurie Peacock - Pure gentleness.May 14, 2010 – 11:44 am

Cliff - Beautiful moment and the lens flare just adds that extra dimension to make it perfect. Looking forward to the whole set :) May 14, 2010 – 9:02 am

Thomas Lester - Love that light. Feel better!May 13, 2010 – 11:00 pm

Az - I love, love, love this shot.May 13, 2010 – 4:42 pm

Awards

March 30, 2010 Posted in AWARDS, EDITORIAL

My grandmother left this very sweet message on my mobile last night. “Hi chook, it’s grandma, I just wanted to congratulate you on winning your Silver Award, even though I’m not sure exactly what it is for.” It was actually one of the many calls I received from my very proud, yet slightly confused family. They were all so happy I won an award, but weren’t quite sure what it was. I was too nervous to tell them that I’d entered in my images, so when they found out it was all rather a jumble of information, but they were all proud none the less.

That being said, I won my first Silver Award at the NSW AIPP (Australian Institute of Professional Photography) Awards that were held over the weekend. I loved seeing work from other incredibly talented photographers in NSW and I can’t wait for the National Awards in Melbourne and seeing work from all over Australia.

This is my Silver winning print from the Pocahontas shoot.

Pocahontas

by Len

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Amy - Congrats! Very cool photo.June 5, 2010 – 9:05 pm

Peta Stamell - Congrats!April 3, 2010 – 8:59 am

Kiruna Stamell - Very well done my friend! xApril 3, 2010 – 6:46 am

seth goodman - Congrats! Very cool photo.April 2, 2010 – 1:29 pm

Len - Thanks for the love everyone. I’m still really stoked and can’t wait until next time :) April 1, 2010 – 3:12 pm

Laura Thomas - Amazing shot! Congrats!April 1, 2010 – 12:58 am

Drew - A well deserved award! Congrats!March 31, 2010 – 12:25 pm

Nikki Welch - So gorgeous! Congrats.March 31, 2010 – 8:26 am

Matt Stanton - Congrats! The image is wonderful, a deserved award!March 31, 2010 – 3:55 am

Kristi Wright - Freaking amazing.March 31, 2010 – 3:38 am

Jessica Horton - BEAUTIFUL! Congrats!March 30, 2010 – 11:55 pm

Manchester wedding photographer - Well deserved! absolutely amazzzzing phoographMarch 30, 2010 – 11:03 pm

Amber - Congratulations Milena! Upwards and onwards to better things!
All the BEST!
Love AxxMarch 30, 2010 – 8:58 pm

Marianne Taylor - Congratulations! I love that image, sincerely.March 30, 2010 – 8:32 pm

matt s - Cool stuff Milena. Congrats on the worthy award.March 30, 2010 – 7:11 pm

Christine K - Holy cow! That is fantastic. Congratulations Len, it is a beautiful photo.March 30, 2010 – 11:59 am

The Creative Act

March 7, 2010 Posted in EDITORIAL

The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box. – Henri Cartier-Bresson

I think these really are the perfect words to describe what we photographers do. In a sense we hunt out the perfect photo. I know that I wait for it, obsess about it, plan for it, but at the end of the day, it usually comes down to a second. A second here or there; and you end up with the perfect selection of photos or ones which are just ok.

In a race, a second, or even a fraction of a second, really is the difference between coming first and last.

Photography is the same.

I always want to come first.

by Len

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Heather – Mid-Michigan Photographer - Lovely pose, an excellent expression. Well done!March 14, 2010 – 1:44 am

Lisa Novakowski - I love it! I love that even with all the wonderful color, it’s her beautiful eyes that you notice first!March 10, 2010 – 3:51 pm

Cliff - And you do come first. You do a great job of capturing pure moments.March 9, 2010 – 12:53 pm

austin wedding photographer - This is great! It looks like an ad in a magazine. She’s beautiful. I really like your clean processing.March 9, 2010 – 10:52 am

Edric Morales - this shot reminds me a lot of that image from the cover of National Geographic. Those eyes are so deep. This shot is great!!March 9, 2010 – 10:27 am

Alen Abdula - Beautiful shot! Love it!March 9, 2010 – 4:06 am

Marianne Taylor - Sometimes I do like to ‘craft’ the picture, get from a concept in my head to a print in my hand – and I feel like the whole journey in between is a creative. But that’s really just for my personal work. For everything else, this fits.

Beautiful shot too.March 8, 2010 – 11:43 pm

fotograf Lublin - Great picture and This eyes …March 8, 2010 – 9:42 pm

Kyle - That is stunning. Seriously. I’m a little in love with this shot.March 8, 2010 – 6:45 pm

Kelly Ry - Gorgeous! The vibrancy of the colors and her expression make for a fantastic image.March 8, 2010 – 7:57 am

Cheshire wedding phtographer - Great photo. Intense eyes. Well captured expressionMarch 8, 2010 – 6:06 am

Joey Chandler - I would say that it is a matter of seconds – but who is to say that one second is better then the rest. Yes Cartier nailed many amazing moments, but maybe he missed the really great ones that happen right after the kiss. I think the challenge to creativity is making the most of your seconds.

JoeyMarch 8, 2010 – 3:53 am

Dean Simmons - Beautiful.March 7, 2010 – 10:21 pm

Az - I like your way of thinking, the creative process can be a struggle sometimes and planning has got to help.March 7, 2010 – 8:51 pm

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