Lisa & James

Lisa & James were married in Wollongong Botanical Gardens followed by the reception at Dunes, City Beach. It was a shorter coverage for us, with the photo coverage starting from the ceremony through reception. Everyone had a fantastic time and the bride looked stunning as always.

Just like to add that what a great ceremony location the Botanic Gardens are, be sure to check it out if your looking at an outdoor ceremony in the Illawarra.











Designing Albums

Here is a sneak peek at some of the album pages I’m working on at the moment. These spreads are from Jo & Todd’s wedding a couple of weeks ago. Jo loves big images, so I’ve used most of the page whenever possible. I’ve also use a few subtle textures on some of the images and backgrounds – a bit hard to see in the thumbnails below, but they look cool.




And while on the topic of “work in progress”, here is a little before and after photoshoped images. We are often asked if we photoshop our images, the answer is – yes all photos that make it into the album get retouched. Sometimes a little, sometimes (like those below) a little extra.

The above image has fairly heavy retouching of the colour tones and contrast.
It’s designed to tie in with the album background & other images on the page.

Here is some more subtle enhancement. Most of our retouching is done to add some punch to the colours, however here I’ve also removed the out of focus table from the bottom right.
This is about as heavy handed as we get. Any distracting elements in the hallway have been removed (green exit signs, smoke alarm, air-conditioning vents etc). We have also overlayed a texture and burnt in the edges to add some drama. The bride herself has not be altered in anyway.

Katherine & Gavin

Katherine & Gavin were married at St Michael’s Anglican Cathedral in Wollongong on Saturday. It was and early start for a change, with the ceremony kicking off at 10:30am. We had great fun and another perfect day (I can’t believe it’s still winter!).
Family photos were at the church followed by a quick lap of Wollongong then onto the reception at The Lounge.














It’s a long day when your a page boy : )

Jo & Todd

Jo & Todd were married at Marter Dai chappel in Camden. It turned out to be a perfect winter’s day. We started with the bride at Rydges Hotel in Campbelltown, with a quick dash to grab the guys before the ceremony. Family and location photos were at Marter Dai then onto Belgenny Farm for a few more location shots and the reception.




The foyer at Rydges Campbelltown

This shot is in the hallway outside Jo’s room.
The lights on the walls make for a great image.


Perfect afternoon light for this shot of the girls.


 

A new look album cover

Here is a look at a new album option. really its just a new cover material, but it looks hot!
The best part is that these covers are available in our base package, at no extra cost.



Your names (or any text) can be foil stamped on the cover as well



Web Design

I haven’t updated in a few weeks but that’s because we have been insanely busy with album design and ‘a new one for us’ – Web Page Design. Below are two of our current projects.

My next blog update will be all about weddings (I promise). So check back shortly for updates on our latest batch of albums…

The Keilor Golf site still has a couple of ‘stock’ images as placeholders until I can get on site with the camera.


This entire site in an interim project that’s due to be replaced in the coming weeks. The site had a deadline of only 4 days & needed to be live and functional before the previous site was pulled.

Rewind 5 Years

Here are some old images from our Trip around France in 2004. It’s funny what you find when cleaning up hard drives…













New Albums

I have a couple of new albums just arrived. Before I sent them out to our couples I grabbed a few photos.

The first features a brushed aluminum cover

Close-up of the leather spine and aluminum front (and back)


This is a 40 side 11×14 inch album…

…in our flush-mount magazine style


Next up is white leather with a 2/3 photo cover


The photo wraps around the edge of the cover

Layouts are completely digital so there’s no limits on the page layout 

40 side album (20 pages)