Over the past few weeks I have enjoyed running my 1 on 1 workshops with Arnel, Karl, Matthew, David & Rebecca.

Last Saturday was day 2 of the workshop which was a group bridal shoot in the Southern Highlands. It was a day to put some things the delegates had learnt into practice, stretching themselves and getting some gorgeous photos in the process!

A big thanks to the team that helped put the whole thing together:

Patty & Roger @ Summerlees for your gorgeous property
Yvette, Claire & Michelle @ Ethix Makeup for your stunning makeup and hair
Sheree, Barry, Kaleb @ She Designs for your breathtaking styling and custom props
Nelson & Bianca for your help assisting on the day
Dennis @ Pretty in White Malyasia for your delectable, beautiful wedding gowns & the wonderful Jenny Sun for bringing the dresses back from Malaysia for us!
Tanya & Leanne for your patience and beauty infront of the camera

and to Naomi – for putting up with me in the process of planning, last-minute organising and your down-to-earth ideas.

We had a great day despite a few early hiccups in the planning and the weather played nice considering we had next to none of the forecast 35km/hr winds that everywhere else had! We started at 11:30 and ran until about 7pm. We did have rain roll in and out throughout the day, almost 4 seasons in the one day, but we managed to get most of the themes setup how we had planned. Weatherzone was telling me it was around 6 degrees C, but it felt more like 2 so the 3 girls were amazing infront of the camera while we were well rugged up!

we started with a nautical fashiony theme…

then onto the Summerlees driveway with Leanne for some photos…

we were the first people to photograph Sheree’s new set as below, Barry made it for the shoot! This would make just the most amazing ceremony piece for any brides looking for something extra special for their wedding day. (Naomi is totally threatening a vow-renewal just for Sheree’s styling)

you can see the last time we worked with Sheree at Alex and Malcolm’s wedding.

My little sister Bianca came along to help out and ended up putting on a dress for some fun & extra gorgeousness… Thanks B!

thanks again all for an EPIC effort.

after the link below is a whole blog-post on some of the editing we do to our images, including 25 rollover ‘vi’ images to see before and after editing…

click here to keep reading…

– sorry for double post — stickying it to the top of the blog.

Back in February I blogged about running some workshops for lighting. We had an overwhelming response to our preliminary questionnaire – including people overseas and many interstate.

Naomi and I racked our brains to create a format which would benefit the workshopee the most and decided on running direct 1 on 1 workshops. We decided to do it this way so we could really rock out and give you the attention and tuition you deserved. Here’s how they will roll…

1 day technical workshop –
For one day you will receive the personal and undivided attention of myself to learn whatever photographic technique you would love to know more about. This could include, video-light, off-camera flash, modifying natural light, my post-processing techniques… etc. (as long as I know about it, we can go through it together)

This won’t be a business coaching, pep-talky day with me, we will get into the gritty techniques I use to create my images.

The usual format of the day will run from 10am to 8pm and will include around 6 hours with a live model (if required) to learn-on-the-job. You have full access to my extensive equipment for the day.

1 day Bridal shoot -
Everyone that signs up for a 1day will be eligible to attend a special bridal-shoot I will host for a small group of people.

The first scheduled shoot will be on Friday the 20th of August and a second one on Saturday the 21st of August.
We are planning to have this shoot at the gorgeous Summerlees Cottages in Sutton Forest (in the Southern Highlands). We will have 2 models in wedding gowns, with some stunning theming by an event specialist. The groups will be between 4 and 6 people, giving the opportunity to put what you’ve learned into practice with the encouragement and feedback of myself as we go. This won’t be a watch-me-shoot, you will be doing most of the photography with some guidance from me as I stand beside you. This day will run from 12 midday to around 7pm, after the sun has set. Images you create on this day can be used in your portfolio.

Investment – the 1 day and access to the bridalshoot is $1100.
We have a payment plan available if required (50%  and fortnightly creditcard payments therafter)

My availability will be for select weekends and most weekdays between now and the dates listed for the first bridal-shoot above. If you are interested, email info at vibrantphotography.com.au or visit my contact page and send me your details. After we receive your email we will chat about what you want to learn and create an individual itinery for the 1 on 1 day we spend together. We will find a date that best works for you.

If you are interstate / overseas, we can have a chat about how we can make this format also work for you.

here’s an image that was taken at Summerlee’s when I shot a bridal with Jenny Sun last December…

Thanks to those overwhelming responses to our lighting workshop we posted recently! We had invites from interstate and numerous from overseas including America! We still have questionnaires trickling in, so we will be making some announcements after we’ve tallied up the feedback.

The original post was here and the questionnaire is still available for those interested in our workshops.

More and more I have photographers asking me to teach them about my lighting style, in particular my off-camera flash techniques.

I’d love to run a workshop in winter this year for professional photographers (geared mainly towards wedding shooters) on lighting. Group size will be small and the workshop will be as hands-on as possible. With enough interest, workshops will also be considered in states other than NSW.

To help me figure out a specific curriculum and workshop format, I have setup an expression-of-interest questionnaire to get some feedback.

So… whatcha wanna know?

If you’re interested, visit the questionnaire here and leave me some details.

and some pretty photos…

Back on the 14th, Michael (xceed photo), Damian and I organised Wollongong’s first Strobist event. It’s basically a meetup for photographers to get creative with off-camera flash lighting (and release the inner-gear-geek!). Apart from the weather which kept us indoors for alot of the time, we had a great time with the other photographers (20 in total) and the 5 models who came for the day. I brought a wedding dress and grabbed a few moody shots down near the Seacliff Bridge with the group I led.

Looking forward to organising another day soon!