2 discoveries from my optometrist trip this morning. 1. I need new glasses 2. The crotch of my bike gear isn't as waterproof as I'd like.
21Jun/110
Baby Portraits – Boys & Their Toys
Every once in a while, I get the opportunity to add a twist to the conventional. Most baby photos, including those that I shoot myself, naturally tend to focus on the baby. Cutesy images with a sleeping baby swaddled up and looking peaceful.
Recently I had the opportunity to shoot some alternative baby photos, images that reflect the interests of the parents as well as their new bundle of joy.
Mitchell's parents are huge V8 racing fans. Mum is a Ford fan and Dad goes for the Holden team, which must make for some lively debate when the race is on! Mitchell is stuck in-between for now. Wearing Ford colours, he lies on top of Dad's prized Mark Skaife Holden Racing wheel.
Lachlan is yet to hear Dad's guitar skills, but if the size of the amp is anything to go by, wherever he is when dad picks up his Gibson guitar, Lachlan is sure to hear it!
24Jan/11Off
Major Blog Update
Here at Hargreaves Photography we are in the middle of a significant upgrade to the look and feel of our blog to make it a friendlier place for our clients and visitors.
We are just putting the final touches to the design of the site, after which we will be uploading all of the old content and launching headlong into a massive blogging session to show you some of the stunning wedding photographs from recent weddings in Sydney and beyond.
Thanks for your patience while we go about the update, we really appreciate it. In the meantime, if you'd like to see more photographs from recent weddings and portraits in Sydney, please take a look at our Client's page at the website, www.hargreavesphotography.com.au!
18Jan/110
Jana & Jim | Engagement Portraits | The Rocks & Walsh Bay, Sydney
I recently had the huge pleasure of shooting some engagement portraits, for Jana & Jim, in and around Walsh Bay and The Rocks in Sydney. Although this fun couple live in Sydney, later in the year, Jana & Jim will be heading overseas for their destination wedding in Canada.
The plan was to shoot some photographs that were subtly, yet unmistakably, Sydney and to create a engagement book in which their wedding guests could write notes, wishes and hints on their wedding day.
Jana & Jim were quickly at ease in front of the camera and we enjoyed a wonderful couple of hours searching out great light in a range of locations, both modern and heritage. A hot and very sunny afternoon in Sydney posed a challenge in terms of lighting, which, as I hope the following images will show, was handled beautifully.
18Jan/110
Blue Mountains Wedding | Annie & Gene | The Turpentine Tree, Kurrajong
It would be understating things to say that Australia has been a bit wet recently, and my cameras and I have been part of a number of damp weddings. What continues to amaze me is the cool and collected way that my brides (and grooms) have adjusted their plans, shrugged off the weather and continued to smile and laugh throughout their big days. [Photographers actually like overcast days, the light is more even and we don't have to fight the shadows and squinting caused by harsh sunlight].
Annie & Gene's wedding day, at The Turpentine Tree in the Blue Mountains, was one of those typical damp mountain days with patches of cloud and rain rolling up the mountains. Fortunately, The Turpentine Tree has both wet and dry options; under the breathtaking turpentine that dominates the landscape adjacent to the dam or in the stunning pergola. The on-again, off-again rain forced a last minute relocation of the ceremony to the pergola and the owners, Paul and Gerhard, swung into action to set-up in the new location - something that they are obviously very practiced at!
Typically, the rain held off for the actual ceremony, throughout which the stunning bride smiled incessantly with not even a hint of nerves. Guests enjoyed pre-dinner drinks in the marquee and rose garden, whilst Annie, Gene and I, together with the wedding party, explored the extensive gardens in the rain.
4Jan/110
Rebecca & Keegan | Mosman Art Gallery, Balmoral Beach & Wolfies, The Rocks
I woke early this morning to a text message from Keegan & Rebecca, who were about to board a flight to start their Fijian honeymoon, to thank me for shooting their wedding at the weekend.
And it makes me think. Thank me? For the chance for me to be part of their most important of days. To share in the laughter, and a few tears. To be invited into some of Sydney’s most beautiful venues and to share parts of their day that even the guests don’t get so see. To join in the party, and to do what I love to do most – shoot photographs.
Rebecca and Keegan’s big day took me on a whistle-stop tour of Sydney’s harbour suburbs – the boys got ready in the Harbourview hotel in North Sydney, the girls in the Sebel Pier One in Walsh Bay. Then a dash across the bridge in pursuit of Rebecca’s London Taxi to their wedding ceremony at the Mosman Art Gallery.
After some photographs at beautiful Balmoral Beach, we raced across Sydney Harbour to a stunning reception at Wolfies in The Rocks. All stunning locations in their own right, and a photographer’s dream when parcelled together!
As always, you’ll find more photos from Rebecca and Keegan’s big day in the clients area on our main website,www.hargreavesphotography.com.au.
Thank me? Right.
It really is the other way around.
I really can’t thank my couples enough for inviting me into their lives, even for just one, very special, day. It’s a huge privilege – an honour that I’ll be forever thankful for.
So, thank you Rebecca & Keegan – it is couples like you who are the reason why I just love my job!
