Apart from the many Weddings and Family Portraits we are commissioned to do during the season, we are often hired to photograph events, parties and functions. Wherever people are out having a good time and celebrating an occasion worth remembering, we like to take the stress off them by capturing all the events and emotions while people are relaxed. This means they don’t have to worry about anything except enjoying the night.

This occasion was the celebration of 80 years of life for a special mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend. This was a celebration for Maria on her 80^th Birthday.  The location for this function was a cosy little restaurant in Nedlands called Osteria. It had a very warm Italian feel to it and seemed quite comfortable for all the guests. The staff there were a great crew full of charm and even a little cheeky, and they really got the party happening.

All of Maria’s family were there to celebrate including her treasured Grandchildren who idol her dearly. As part of the formalities of the night, Her eldest Grandson gave a theatrical and heart felt speech expressing his and the families gratitude for a life of love and dedication to her family.

There were some beautiful moments from the night, including the embrace with her children and grand children, the laughs and the emotion and the beautiful smile of a wonderful lady just enjoying the night with those she loved.

The music was provided by a great little band called the Zucchini brothers and many of the partygoers got their shuffling feet onto the dance floor to celebrate in style.Here is a couple of the images from the night capturing the love and spirit.

 

 

 

Recently I was able to assist my sister in finding her self a new camera. After many times discussing what she was trying to achieve from the purchase of a new camera, we were able to narrow the camera types down to a few.

Being an amateur photographer was I guess the main consideration, but I also wanted to find her something close to what she wanted to do, which is taking her own personal home portraits, especially of her own beautiful kids.

We shopped around and received a brilliant demonstration from close friend Ben from Team Digital http://www.teamdigital.com.au/. She was able to play around with the Fuji x100 http://www.finepix-x100.com/, and after some consideration, this camera became her choice.

This camera has some great features and potential, however it does need a little time to learn how to use it, particularly from the viewpoint of my sister who has very little experience with the manual settings of this camera.  Don’t get me wrong she is no dummy, having handled herself with my Canon 1Dmk4 and 5Dmk2 before. But this time she has to do it on her own and work out how to use all the functions including the manual focus.

I decided to help her out and have her send me some of the images she had taken. I would then give some feedback on the setting she had chosen and just some general ideas on how to improve the overall image and commendations on the great images she was taking.

These were the first few images she sent to me after opening her new parcel, and all of these images straight out of camera (SOOC). What I found straight away was that the images had a crisp, sharp appearance, with a beautiful Bokeh from the sharp and fast prime lens attached. This meant the images were clean and crisp with a dreamy and soft back ground, which makes your portraits really pop.

Overall well done and look forward to seeing some more examples of what you can achieve with your new camera.

For further information on the courses we offer or advice on new cameras or equipment or techniques, please go to the contact page of http://www.dezirestudios.com

 

These last 2 images are images she took, and with just a little edit in Photoshop we end up with some stunning images. WOW. Well done Sis.

Recently I was able