So you just got engaged and picked your wedding photographer. What now? Most grooms and many brides are less than comfortable with the idea of a photographer following their every move on their wedding day. This is completely normal and almost always treatable. Treatment consists of two parts: Get to know your photographer and give…
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Your wedding is the biggest — and certainly the most expensive! — party you will ever throw, so it can be more than a little intimidating to start planning. There’s just so much to think about! From crafting a guest list to choosing a theme and making sure the menu makes everyone happy, each detail…
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Some brides have all the time in the world to peruse rack after rack of gorgeous dresses, sipping champagne with their friends and spending thousands of dollars without a thought. Generally, these brides have few, if any, other obligations in life besides planning their perfect wedding. While that sounds lovely, some brides don’t have quite…
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Erin and Tanner were Canadians living and working in Sydney for the year. So unlike many Australian engagement sessions it was important to both of them that the city of Sydney was somehow highlighted in their engagement shoot. Therefore, an engagement shoot around Sydney Harbour sounded like a great plan. The weather was a perfect…
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This is the ultimate guide to finding your wedding venue in Sydney. Everything from beaches, to gardens, classical venues, modern and trendy, and some truely unique wedding reception venues are covered in our top 105 Sydney Wedding Venues. How to Select a Wedding Venue Picking a wedding venue can be an exhausting task. So many…
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Rain on your Wedding Day – Disaster or Not? This all depends on what planning you have done leading up to the wedding. In this blog post we cover dealing with rain for the wedding ceremony, wedding reception and the impact on your wedding photos. So the first things you need to ask are: 1.…
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Framing your photos sounds like an easy task. Getting a good result is anything but that. I know this from personal experience. Even when taking a print to a “professional framer” it is easy to get a result that 10 years later will prove to be less than ideal. About a month ago I decided…
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Many of my clients ask me for my recommendation as to where they can get their printing done for the 4×6 and 5×7 inch prints from the digital files they have from their wedding or family photoshoot. As a specialist fine art printmaker, I either print myself or work with professional print companies (that only…
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Have you ever had a photo printed and wondered “Why has my photo been cropped?” Cropping is the removal of outer areas from an image. The process usually consists of the removal of some of the peripheral areas of an image to remove unwanted areas from the picture, to improve its framing, to change the…
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Every wondered why professional photos look so very different to those taken on your own DSLR camera? Well one of the reasons is photo editing. Professional photographers go to at lot of effort to edit your photo after it has been captured, most often in programs such as Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. Of course there…
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BEFORE THE SHOOT Get the kids excited about the shoot When you first tell them about your family picture plans, act excited like it’s going to be SO much fun! Often attitude is contagious. Prepare the child for the session by letting them know that a friend will be taking some photos of…
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Having a wedding at an amazing property in Robertson, NSW overlooking rolling green hills sounds like a perfect idea? Well, it was for Sam and Yasmin. Even better was the fact that the property belonged to the grooms parents. But having a wedding at home comes with a lot of additional challenges for planning the…
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Sydney Harbour Wedding Sydney brought out a beautiful Autumn day for us, and between the unseasonably warm weather and the relatively cloudless sky, it was absolutely perfect. Lavender Bay is a perfect Sydney wedding ceremony location, with views of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the beautiful surrounds of Clark Park. The reception was to be…
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The Lagoon Wollongong Wedding A wedding and reception by the beach, less than an hour from Sydney. It’s a dream situation for most couples and surprisingly very affordable at The Lagoon, Wollongong. I have been fortunate to shoot here a number of times and I have to admit it is close to the perfect wedding…
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Questions to ask a wedding photographer BEFORE you hire them In last week’s post we covered the First steps towards finding your Wedding Photographer Once you have narrowed down the list of wedding photographers in your location based on style, now you need to contact each of the people on your list. This first series of…
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