Bundaberg Floods 30 December
We are an island. North cut off from South, East from West. I am blessed to not be under water but others are not so lucky. In the last two days of shooting our town, I have met some brave and inspiring folk that are facing an uncertain future. Sitting on a porch of a flooded unit with no electricity and no yard or garage left, a man told me that if he had a boat he would go fishing, and that all his life he had dreamed of living on the riverfront. “Million dollar views” he joked with me. I don’t think I would be quite so happy.
I have no idea if my shoot space over north is under water, and if it is, so would be the other businesses that I am blessed to share the space with. Most of my friends are safe. Some are locked in with water. Thank God i all I can say. I have only had one person mad at me for taking photos. She told her friend that I should be run over. What I don’t understand is the following:
People letting kids swim in the dirty and extremely dangerous water.
People in boats with no life jackets on zipping through the water around submerged cars
People wading through it just to get a better look
Things I am thankful for:
The SES
The police and fire service
THE SES!!!! I used to be a member until I had to become a full time dad carer, and i never had to go out in an emergency but they do the most amazing job…TOTALLY UNPAID! So please don’t make it harder for them.
So photos….I have been putting them up on FB but it is down so here are todays shots.
cupcakes, cuddles and supemodels
I will have more superb shots to share shortly (say that fast ten times lol) but I only have one at the moment and I will get them on as soon as I can
here is ne of the supermodel – miss gorgeous. There must be something in the water here coz all my clients are flipping stunning…and please note: this beautiful girl dod NOT have ANY makeup on at all. None. nada. Zip. And OMG look at her. Stunnnnnning!
my creative couples engagement & family shoots – new shots coming!
My costume and antiques prop cupboard is overflowing which is really great because in May one of my fabulous couples and my amazing makeup artist Megan will be making magic in Gayndah, followed closely by one of my other couples hitting the 60′s with me for sexy gorgeous. No shots to show off from these yet, but I am still on the hunt for one more nurses uniform. Also, if you have a car from before 1948, we would love to have it in our shoot in Gayndah.
What I love about these shoots are they allow my brides and grooms to really let their hair down and be as creative as they would love to be. It is like being on a movie set, with makeup and styling, as well as s story that shows off who they are as people. It is about creating a love story that is unique to them, and I get to capture this.
I also love shooting families with a bit of an edge too. These are some older shots…Tara and Mitchell’s engagement shoot last year, and baby M and his mommy…new shots coming soon…
Help-Portrait Photographer….
Help Portrait is a movement of photographers who are using their time, equipment and expertise to give back to those who are less fortunate and I am now one of them. 2010 – the year for giving back.
How it works:
1: FIND SOMEONE IN NEED
2: TAKE THE PICTURE
3:PRINT THEIR PICTURE
4:DELIVER THE PORTRAITS
SIMPLE. SO WHO TO? ANYONE IN NEED THAT COULD NOT AFFORD TO GET THEIR PHOTO TAKEN OR A CHILD IN HOSPITAL OR A HOMELESS PERSON OR FAMILY.
What is Boudoir?
As I cant show you any of my beautiful clients shots I decided to take shots of my granddaughters barbie doll. This is sort of what boudoir is girls.
TTD – Trash The Dress Bundaberg
I love shooting these Trash The Dress shoots. They rock. It is a way for my brides to get amazing magazine styled shots with my fabulous makeup artist and stylist and the rest of my team. My beautiful bride got dirty and wet and looked fabulous while doing it.
Hollywood glamour all the way!
Kirsten: you rock!
I love my job
Having passion in what you do is so important to getting what you want out of life. Lately I have been blessed with the best clients. Clients that let me shoot and have fun. Clients that get my vision for their shots. clients that want art. Clients that trust me. I have shoot boudoir this week – too hot to blog. I have shot pre-formals. I did a gig for the local paper. I had a very sad morning shooting another little angel. That was hard, and she was so perfect. My sincerest condolences to her family.
So it has been joy and it has been sorrow and every thing in between. I even had two of my clients jump in a river in dresses. And soon I will be shooting a secret – sorry can’t tell you all yet. It is still secret santa shhshh.
I have also joined BNI and Barter Card. New clients from these were the lovely team at Villa Mirasol and their cute little grand-daughter Milly.
So here are a mix of shots from the recent shoots.
formal and fun
It is school formals time and I got to play with some gorgeous girls:
Sunday: Ashliegh (still to come to blog world)
Tuesday: Nadia and Amelia
Wednesday: Rochelle (still getting shots off camera) so I will post them shortly but here are a couple from Amelia and Nadia’s cool shoot out at the farm:
marvellous makeup…
ok so we did this shoot and it was amazing and awesome and then at the end of the day I said to the girls and to Marvellous Megan the makeup magic maker that i would like to do some shots in a pool that is owned by a client. The pool has fabulous black/grey tiles and is long and skinny and his house is on the market so it is empty of deck chairs etc. Perfect location. So we did a quick changeroo of the makeup for a water nymph feel on Em and left Jane as a water bird and like models they went in to a very cold pool for some very hot shots. These ones are just of the makeup, as I haven’t finished the work on the OMG girls in pool shots, but it is amazing how fan the makeup looked even after Jane had swum in hers for me to get under water shots. I loved working with the girls and with Megan. She understands my visions without me having to explain them too much. We have loads of other projects that we are going to work on in between weddings and formals and life. Cant wait!!!!
Bundaberg Has Supermodels
and what a joy to not only shoot them, but discover them. Last year it was Lydia, who I think is now modeling in Melbourne, and this year it is Emmalise and Jane! You ladies ROCK big time. And worked again with the ever most fabulous and gorgeous makeup artist Megan Topham. I tell you folks, working with her is magic and her work is Un-flipping-believeable. Love her!
Kara and Vern
Sunny day, beach wedding, groom handsome in boardies, bride stunning in a short sassy wedding dress, and a photography student, Natalie, came and enjoyed working a wedding with me. What a lovely day!
weddings weddings weddings
I have been shooting a load of beautiful weddings for some very beautiful brides. Trying really hard to get them all done so that they can see them, so here, girls, are some teasers.
First Chrissie and Steve…I loved her black and white dress and his cool tux. We had a lot of fun dong movie styled shots and again, I am blessed with couples that want something a little different. Yay!