Branding headshots // Hannah Walker Styling
I had the pleasure of photographing branding images for the launch of Hannah Walker Styling. Hannah’s Canberra based styling business is all about helping her clients curate a beautiful wardrobe that enhances their authentic selves.
Nikoletta and Fabian // Daylesford Wedding
Nikoletta and Fabian got married in Daylesford- a gorgeous town in country Victoria, an hour and a half out of Melbourne. The wedding was held at The Convent Galleries- their ceremony in the beautiful old Convent chapel. It was an emotion filled day, and I feel grateful to have been part of it.
Venue : The Convent Gallery Daylesford
Dress: Grace Loves Lace
Makeup : Studio 2 Makeup and Hair
Florals : Flowers in a Vase
Studio Portrait 1 Lightroom Preset Pack
The Studio Portrait 1 Lightroom and Photoshop ACR preset works well for portraits photographed with studio lighting. The edit gives images a subtle magazine-like feel with it’s understated colour toning, especially when shot against a neutral backdrop. This works well for both corporate headshots and lifestyle portraits.
There are 2 versions of the Studio Portrait preset - a standard, and a warm version. There is also a one click contrast boost tool.
Styled Shoot: Laurel & Lace / Mrs Fray / Jenny Wu
At the end of last year, Lauren from Laurel and Lace dreamt up a concept of a bridal styled shoot that was all about creamy florals with a romantic colour palette, movement of sheer fabrics, old world meets modern bohemian. We teamed up with some of Canberra’s incredible wedding vendors (full credits and wardrobe details at the bottom of the post) and shot this in the Mrs Fray beautiful studio space the day before Christmas Eve.
The ladies at Mrs Fray have a way with words, so I’ll treat you with their description of this shoot:
“A soft playful take to inspire your wedding day mornings.
Floaty tulle, as light as air. Lustrous chocolate velours, sensuous silk slips and lounge about robes. An abundance of English rose garden blooms inspired by works of the Dutch Golden Age. Old fashioned romance.”
Full credits and wardrobe details at the bottom of the post.
Terra - a summer editorial
Model // Zoe Karouzos @Zoelena_
Makeup // Emily McKay @emilymckaymua
Styling // Taylor Pitsolis @StylebyTala
White Gold Lightroom Desktop Preset for Editorial and Lifestyle Photography
White Gold is a warm, clean preset for Lightroom Classic (desktop) and Photoshop ACR - bringing out gold and beige tones in an image, with lovely skin tones. In that works well with both diffuse light as well as direct dramatic light, making it a versatile edit for fashion, portrait and wedding images. This is a great one for jewellery and beauty photography.
Poacher's Pantry Wedding // Georgia & Matt
Georgia and Matt’s wedding at Poachers Pantry was beautiful in so many ways.
There was so much love and tears and laughter that day. Tears mainly from Georgia, who apparently cries even at happy movies. Laughter from everyone, including myself, because their friends are families are hilarious. So many sweet moments too- during their ceremony speech they surprised their grandparents by congratulating them on their wedding anniversary that day and said they look forward to celebrating their anniversaries together.
This was one of the last couple of weddings I shot before everything changed with the escalation of COVID 19 in Australia and subsequent lockdown. I feel so grateful to have been given the opportunity to spend the day with them.
Celebrant // Antonia Losanno
Venue // Poacher’s Pantry
Florals & Styling // Wiluna Studios
Dress // Rachel Gilbert
Makeup // Jessica Peris
Hair // Emi Styles
Music // Baker Boys Band
Dress // Rachel Gilbert
Nea Zoi Jewellery x Wiluna Studios lookbook
I was part of a creative collaboration between Canberra based businesses Wiluna Flower Studio and Concept Space and Nea Zoi The Brand. The beautiful minimalist jewellery pieces from Nea Zoi were set in the airy Wiluna studio space, amongst touches of dried and fresh florals. Nea Zoi is a passion project by Amalia Stavreas (of Dimitries Jewellers) for ocean conservation.
Flower Styling, Studio Hire and Concept // WILUNA @wiluna.studioJewellery // Nea Zoi @neazoithebrandAssistant // Jemma Mrdak @dakandcoPhotography // Jenny Wu @jennywuphotographyModels // Georgina Whigham @gwhigham, Gabrielle De Ramos @gabriellederamosMUA // Mystara holwegHair // Kate Lily @katelilydressinghair
Dimitries Jewellers Campaign
I had the absolute pleasure of shooting the campaign for Dimitries Jewellers featuring their new Jewellery line. We shot at The Naked Cubby in Mount Majura Winery.
Cork Forest Arboretum Wedding // Tara and David
Tara and David met a church a few years back. David told me the story of how he noticed that Tara was well equipped with a good range of tools in the back of her car when she gave him a lift, and from then he knew she was right for him.
The whole day was beautiful. David and his furry groomsman Norman waited patiently in a spot at the Cork Forest for Tara to meet them for their First Look- I’m not sure who was more excited- Norman or David!
The rest of the day looked like this …
Down By The Seaside // An Editorial
Earlier this year in the summer, we set out to Maroubra beach in Sydney to explore the gorgeous sea cliffs and shoot a fashion and beauty editorial with a pared back, minimalist look.
Model // Nora Utseth from IMG Models @NoraUtseth
MUA // Megan Matijasevic @MeganMatijasevic
Stylist // Jessica Di Scipio @Jessdiscipio
Swimwear // Ephemera
Jewellery // Fleur and Felix
Wiluna Bride // The Morning After
The Wiluna Bride ‘morning after’ story was shot in the Naked Cubby, situated within Mt Majura Vineyard. Earthy toned fresh and dried florals compliment the Australian landscape. See part 1 of this styled shoot for for the Wiluna Bride Wedding Day (ceremony and reception) story, set in Wiluna Studio and Concept Space.
Our real life couple Linlin and Ben were a pleasure to photograph- they weren’t actually models at all, just really relaxed and good at being themselves in front of my camera.
Wiluna Bride // Wedding Day Inspiration
I was part of a collaboration between some incredible Canberran wedding vendors for a shoot to feature in Hooray magazine. The concept was to bring to life the free spirited bohemian bride that embodied the Wiluna Studio aesthetic, with wedding day styling inspiration shot in the Wiluna studio space, and the ‘day after’ story shot in the Naked Cubby ( see the next blog post for the images!). Earthy toned fresh and dried florals feature in the ceremony and reception styling, as well as a gorgeous bouquet and floral hat!
The talented (mostly) Canberra based vendors that formed this team included : Larissa from Wiluna Studio, Kate Anderson from Kate Lily Dressing Hair, Jessica Peris from The Beautique by Jessica Peris, Brow Lab, The Paper Botanist, Mrs Fray, The Naked Cubby, and our real life couple Linlin and Ben. Full credits and links to vendor websites at the bottom of the post.
Blossom : A Spring Editorial
Every Spring, Canberra explodes with blossoming trees for roughly 2-3 weeks. Tracy and I decided to make the most of it this Spring so we foraged some pretty pink blossoms (as well as using some gorgeous cotton flowers she picked up from one of Wiluna Studio’s dried flower pop-ups) to use in a dreamy pink toned portrait shoot.
Lou and Rob // St Christopher's Cathedral and Gorman House Wedding
Ceremony // St. Christopher’s Cathedral Canberra
Reception // Gorman House Canberra
Makeup // Amy Capeda
Hair // Kate Lily Dressing Hair
Dress // Grace Loves Lace
Flowers // Jamison Flowers
Cake // La Ombre Creations
Styling // Wren and Rabbit
Catering // Mr Papa’s