SOCIAL MEDIA images for businesses…what are they, and what do I do with them?   Social media images are low resolution (1080px) but high quality images, that you can use to improve your brand awareness and promote your business.   They are relevant to your business, ie you and…

A Voucher for a family portrait is the perfect gift.   Sessions are $99, and prints start from $150. So some options could be a voucher for $249 which covers the session and a 10″ x 7″ matted portrait, or $399 which covers the session and a large (20″x 14″)…

  Chances are that someone dear to you will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some stage. Mother, daughter, wife, sister, best friend…. (and it can be guys too)   Currently the survival rate in New Zealand for those diagnosed with breast cancer is four out of five.   The…

A few months back after a multi-generational family portrait session, my client when she was viewing the portraits said she wished we had got one of her mother on her own. (Her mother has Alzheimer’s).   This really hit a cord with me, as I lost my dad this year,…

Fear of photographs is real!!! (But, it can be overcome…)   Guest Blog from Tracey Beard, of Career Matters.   When I thought about writing this article describing my experience getting headshots done by Juliette Capaldi of Etta Images, I thought back about my previous experiences with photographers. I realised…

So…you might be thinking…why is a family portrait photographer taking photographs of a soft toy? Great question! I don’t usually. Well actually, I quite often do if a child is hugging or playing with a soft toy. But not generally on their own! I did it to show the importance…

I am a portrait photographer, based in Christchurch, and I am fascinated with everyday life. I recently had the chance to capture some portrait photographs of people in Italy going about their daily lives. Here are a few of these portraits, a mixture of locals and tourists:   This lady…

I have totally fallen in love with olive trees. I did always like them, I have one that sits outside my front door in a barrel, that has been moved from house to house over the years, I think my sister even looked after it for me when I lived…

Embrace the heat…that is what I have been telling myself to accept being in temperatures of around 40 degrees and higher for the last 2 weeks. We are having an amazing and relaxing time, enjoying great places, food and family company.             A seafood feast!…

Buenos Aires….Tango, beautiful architecture, the homeless sleeping on the streets, Boca Football Stadium, Recoleta Cemetary, Sangria,  making friends and dulce de leche….what a beautiful and interesting city to visit. We had a short stay in the city on our way to Italy….I will let the pictures tell some of the story….