engagement shoots

To all my booked in couples ( and those wanting to book! ) dont forget about doing an engagment shoot. They are a lot of fun, a great chance to try out your make up on camera, and you get to do some funky stuff.

annalise and daniel's wedding

This wedding was so hot! Annalise had picked different neck lines on all the girls dresses, and they all had black strappy shoes but in a defferent style, so it was all matched but different. Loved that style. And of course the bride and groom were gorgeous and the camera just loved them.

ceremony :: Mt. Erin Chapel

reception :: the turf club members lounge

click here for the photo slideshow

and this one is for the album slideshow

this is my new studio! well, almost...

So the builders are returning this week to do some more work on my studio, we have a painter booked in, but I think I will have to paint it myself ( with all my free time! ) becaue I am starting to book baby portraits in for next week. So I thought it would be interesting to do some before pics, and later on I will post the after pics.

And the landscaping needs just a little bit of work still....

wedding bookings

I am pretty much booked out for the rest of this year for weddings, unless your wedding is in July or August ( when I am really hoping to be in China! We just have to see if we get the house finished off and then do a budget check ). I also have some availablity in early December.

The Riverina Bridal fair is on this year on the 15th of July at Bolton Park Stadium, and I always book a lot of weddings for March and April of next year, so if you are interested then put your deposit down to lock your date in early.

I have already booked the 1st and the 18th of March and the 9th of Feb.

This year I had about thirty enquiries for the 14th of April, people were ringing me in March for an April wedding. You can't leave it that late! March and April and October and November book out at least a year in advance. I have already had enquiries for October of 2008.

Best of luck with your wedding plans!

katie and fred's engagement shoot

I had a ball shooting Katie and Fred's engagement shoot, we just wandered around and picked cool backdrops to shoot, it was fun and totally relaxed. Katie and Fred were totally cool to work with. I'm looking forward to the wedding already, only eleven months to go!

And some more great pics here in the slideshow

PS: I know today is a public holiday, but I have too much work to do! Still two weddings to edit and then shooting another one this weekend, and then one every weekend for April and the start of May. Did someone say busy?

narrandera hot rod show

Took a quick trip to Narrandera this weekend so Craig could get some inspiration for his hotrod. There were some totally cool cars, I had to take a few shots. But of all the hot cars at the show, can you guess which was my favourite? I have to admit, its the torana... Sad but true. Maybe not this particular one, but I am a big fan of Toranas in general, I have owned a couple and I miss them. On my top ten list of things to do is get another Torana. But first I have to do up my old EH. One thing at a time...

rylee

What a cutie. Rylee is just learning to walk, and she would set her mind on a target and just walk towards it. Often this would be my camera, but at least that meant she was walking in the right direction. Check out those chubby little cheeks!

Click here for a slideshow of rylee and her big brother james (in the post below)

james

This is the second time I got to photograph James, those of you who have been in my studio would have seen a pic of him framed. This shoot was mainly for his little sister Rylee but I couldnt resist shooting some of James as well, especially since his parents travelled all the way from Canberra.

Check out the expression on James' face as he chases bubbles. Just makes me smile.

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where i will be all easter

So this is where I will be most of Easter weekend. With some groovy tunes playing and those mini chocolate easter eggs calling my name...

happy easter!

Today is Easter Friday and I must've thought it was Saturday because I accidentally turned my alarm off and slept in until 10 o'clock, then painted my toe nails and walked the dog before coming into work. Its so had to work on a public holiday when its such a beautiful day and everyone else is having the day off, but I have tons of editing to do. Even Craig is having the dayoff. Sigh...

The top two pics show a little bird sculpture I bought at the Wagga art gallery. If anyone knows the name of the artist who made this could they please email me? I love my little bird. He is also standing in front of the jar of mini easter eggs that are on my coffee table. I think the people who live here have eaten way more than the clients have!

And the bottom pic is the easter eggs I bought for my nieces. I hadnt picked up my camera in a couple of days and was having withdrawal symptoms today and they looked pretty photogenic.

melissa and tim's wedding

This wedding broke a record for the most number of children in the bridal party. Ten altogether ( but they didn't all go on the location shoot ). How cute are little girls in tutus? And the mother of those boys is gonna need a stick to beat the girls off with when they get older!

We took some shots at the Pavillion then caused some traffic chaos by wandering up the middle of Gurwood Street, but we got some great shots. A great group to work with! We had some fun on the golf course before doing more family photos. And I loved the cake.

Ceremony : St. Michaels Cathedral

Reception : Wagga City Golf Club

click here for the slideshow and here for the album slideshow

a couple of days off yipee!

Ok, I know that I am insanely busy and have work coming at me from all directions, but I was really sick this week so Craig and I have decided to take a couple of days off. Yes, I somehow managed to get three days off in a row, so we are going to Canberra to see Varekai, the Cirque de Soliel show and it should be great, we are also going to the Portrait Gallery in Canberra. So I will be back all bright eyed and bushy tailed on Monday. See ya!

Jessica Claire Photography Blog

Jessica Claire Photography Blog

So here I am, draggin myself into work this morning, and of course I have to check a couple of my favourite photographers blogs to see what they have been up to. Those of you who are regular readers will know that I recently went to a seminar with Yervant in Melbourne, and I had Nic and Sally from Xsight ( also in Melbs ) to sign off on my AIPP application. So I am checking Jessica Claires blog this morning and who has she posted a shot with? Jerry from Xsight and Yervant. So now you know why Jerry is holding a [B]ecker shirt that says [B]xsighted. Do you get it? This is at WPPI and I so want to go next year! Its the biggest photography event on the planet....

Click the link above to visit the fabulous Jessica Claire's site and check out her shootsac... I think I will be giving my credit card a work out soon.

a bit of a wasted day

So I have had to write today off as a sick day... What a waste of a day! I have so much work to do, but I was just not well enough today to do much at all. Will have to work twice as hard tomorrow to make up for it. I have decided that I am not going to be sick tomorrow, I just have way too much editing to do. The power of positive thinking!

megan and david's wedding

It was another hot day for the wedding of Megan and David, but that didn't stop the groomsmen getting their photo in the paper. Why? Because all the groomsmen and the groom are called Dave. Yes, the four of them. What a great day!

Ceremony : St. Johns Church
Reception : Commercial Club

linda and josh's wedding

Linda and Josh had their ceremony at the boat club, then we headed out to the Hampden Bridge in a line of purple and black cars, then back to the boat club for the reception. Although it rained at the start, it turned out to be a beautiful day.

Click here for the slideshow...

oscar

Did I mention how much I love my job? I am just so lucky to get to take photos of the most gorgeous babies!

I was so taken by little Oscar I even introduced him to my partner, who didnt seem as impressed as I was. I wanted to keep him! This was the very last shoot in the old studio, mere moments before it was all packed up and loaded into the car and the ute to go to its new home.

eliza

Isn't she beautiful? This was one of the last shoots in my old studio. She is such a little cutie!

ready to launch!

Ok I am back online!

Woo Hoo!

Email and internet should now all be working properly, keep an eye out for the new work on the website to be uploaded soon... whenever I get a spare five minutes!

So much is happening at the moment I dont know where to start. Stay tuned!