Alyce & Matt – Bendooley Estate
Jodie & Mark at Gledswood Estate
Blog Post #100
Jessica & Robert
Jessica and Robert were married at at Curzon Hall in Sydney. It was a simple little ceremony with family and friends. Great atmosphere, nice and relaxed.
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New Addition to the Family…
Our new addition to the family arrived last week. Levi Barnes was born on the 11th October. He is doing great and loves his sleep (lets hope this continues). He is a little camera shy at the moment, but I’m sure he will turn out to be one of the most photographed babies around.
Time to change a nappy…
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.
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 : )
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.
