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Family Photographer Interviews – #1 Angela and Chad

Family Photographer Interviews – #1 Angela and Chad

2nd April, 2014 By Israel

This is the first in a series of Family Photographer Interviews. In this series – starting in Week 2 of our 10th Birthday Celebration – I will be interviewing some of our long-term clients about their experiences with us, and why photography is so important to them. Today’s interview is with Angela and Chad, a […]

Filed Under: Portraits Tagged With: black&white, Children's Portraits, colour, Coogee, Coogee Beach, families, Family, family photographer, family portraits, retrospective, wedding

Extended Family Portraits: Marti’s family at home

Extended Family Portraits: Marti’s family at home

31st March, 2014 By Israel

  I recently photographed some extended family portraits for Marti and her whole family, at her family home. Marti and I met years ago at a personal development course, and at the time, two of her children were about to jet-off to the UK to live and work for a while. Marti asked me to […]

Filed Under: Portraits Tagged With: album, art album, backyard, colour, extended family, families, Family, family portraits, frames, grandkids, kids, large group, nature, Portraits, wall art

Family photos at Bondi Beach

Family photos at Bondi Beach

24th March, 2014 By Israel

It looked like it was going to rain. I had arrived at Bondi a little early to enjoy some time watching the surf, while I waited for Anita and her family, for their family photo shoot. We had arranged to meet at the new – amazing – North Bondi SLSC building. (Incidentally, if you’re interested […]

Filed Under: Portraits Tagged With: beach, black & white, Bondi, Bondi Beach, Children's Portraits, colour, families, Family, family portraits, ocean, Portraits, teenagers

Family Portraits: Why I Disagree With My Clients All The Time

Family Portraits: Why I Disagree With My Clients All The Time

3rd March, 2014 By Israel

Lucinda’s portraits were going to be all about the kids. She was very clear on this point. She didn’t want to be photographed, and wanted me to focus on the children. I made it very clear that I completely accepted her perspective, but that I disagreed, and I would definitely be photographing her whole family […]

Filed Under: Portraits Tagged With: babies, black & white, Children's Portraits, colour, families, Family, family portraits, love, nature, Portraits, trees

Somewhere ‘tween Jan 2013 and Jan 2014

Somewhere ‘tween Jan 2013 and Jan 2014

29th January, 2014 By Israel

Like many parents, today was the first day back into school routine. Today as we do every year, we photographed Indrani for her first day back at school. We marvelled once again at where time has gone. It only seems like yesterday we were photographing her for her first day in Kindergarten. Yet here we […]

Filed Under: Portraits Tagged With: Changes from year to year, First Day at School, New School Year, School Returns

Energetic beach portraits at Maroubra

Energetic beach portraits at Maroubra

4th November, 2013 By Israel

For today’s post, I want to share a story of beach portraits. But more than that, I wanted to tell you a story of finding my voice and identifying my style after almost ten years of being a professional photographer. Telling the right stories A few months ago I was putting together images for the […]

Filed Under: Portraits Tagged With: A Family Portrait, beach, beach portraits, Beaches, clouds, colour, families, Family, Family Having Fun, Family Portrait Photographer, family portraits, Love Beach, Love Portraits, Love The Beach, Maroubra Beach, ocean, photography, Portrait Photographer, Portraits, water, waves

Family Beach Portraits: Oh my GOSH!

Family Beach Portraits: Oh my GOSH!

15th October, 2013 By Israel

About a month ago I met Belinda and Joe and their family for some family beach portraits at Little Bay – a beautiful, secluded beach on the southern fringes of Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs. Belinda initially heard about us through some fundraising we did with her son’s school, and was determined to get some great family […]

Filed Under: Portraits Tagged With: beach portraits, Children's Portraits, colour, family beach portraits, family portraits, Little Bay, ocean, Portraits

Lloyd and Eula’s Family Portraits – Revisited

Lloyd and Eula’s Family Portraits – Revisited

14th October, 2013 By Israel

You may remember a post from a month or two back titled A Deeper Look at the Value of Family Portraits, where I told the beautiful and heartbreaking story of Eula and Lloyd (pictured above). The quick recap is this: Eula (left) suffers Alzheimer’s Disease, and Lloyd has a heart condition. One week after this […]

Filed Under: Portraits Tagged With: Alzheimer's disease, APPA, Australian Professional Photography Awards, Centennial Park, colour, enhancing, retouching, sepia, Silver Award

Family Portraits: What does it take to get the shot?

Family Portraits: What does it take to get the shot?

8th October, 2013 By Israel

Family portraits are a beautiful expression of the love, connection and energy a family share. A beautiful family portrait isn’t just a photo – it is a treasured piece of art for a family to hang on their wall, and enjoy for generations. It gets more valuable with time, and is a doorway to our […]

Filed Under: Portraits Tagged With: Beautiful Family, Family, family portraits, Photographing Families, Portraits

Superhero Family Portrait

Superhero Family Portrait

30th September, 2013 By Israel

Jillian had some family portraits taken by me several years ago, when her daughter was only about a year old. After winning a contest we ran a while back, I finally had a time booked with Jillian and her family, to get back to Coogee Beach and update their family portraits. So there I was, […]

Filed Under: Portraits Tagged With: APPA, colour, Coogee, costumes, Family, Monday Moment, portrait, sunshine

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