Golden Light Photography - The Blog: January 2007

2006 Portrait of the Year Competition

Cast your vote!

I have selected my top ten favourite portraits from sessions during the past year. (They are numbered below in this post - just scroll down.) It's now up to you to select the best image of 2006 by casting your vote. There will be prizes for the families represented in the top three portraits:

FIRST PRIZE: 16x24 inch canvas print (worth $440), plus
a free portrait session for a friend

SECOND PRIZE: 12x18 inch print (worth $150), plus
a free portrait session for a friend

THIRD PRIZE: $100 GLP gift voucher

Cast your vote by sending an email to jane@goldenlight.bur.st with VOTE and the number of your favourite portrait in the subject line. Only one vote per email address will be accepted, so tell your family and friends to come and vote too!

All voters will recieve a complimentary 8x12 inch print from sessions held between February 18th and April 30th.

Voting closes 11:59pm Wednesday 14th February. Winners will be announced Friday 16th February, 2007.

Rules and Regulations:
-- Only one vote per email address will be counted.
-- Prizes will be awarded to the portraits with the most votes respectively.
-- Free sessions must be held between February 18th and July 31st 2007
-- GLP gift voucher may be used on session fee and/or prints.
-- Prizes cannot be redeemed for cash or alternate goods. All prizes are transferrable.
-- The "free portrait session for a friend" must be used by someone other than the family represented in the winning portrait.
-- Prizes must be redeemed by 31st July 2007.

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Happy voting, and remember - invite all your family and friends to come and vote, and have all your votes in by Wednesday 14th February!

Oscar

Oscar is special to me. I was there when he was born.

I was there for his first portraits.

And now Oscar is one. He has grown so quickly! I hope to meet up with you again soon, Oscar!

Three little girls

I'm not sure if I've said it before, but I love photographing girls. Having four boys myself, it's such a novelty to be able to play girly games and think pink. These three girls were a delight, and I look forward to watching them grow.

Clay and Grace

Clay and Grace chose gorgeous Shelley beach in Dunsborough as the location for their wedding. It was a real pleasure to join them there.

The mellow vocals of Jazz/Funk singer Jono McNeil (from Perth band "The Roast") set the tone for the reception.

The catering at Wise Vineyard restaurant looked fantastic. I hope you were able to sit and enjoy your meal, Grace and Clay!

Grace emailed me yesterday to say:
"...we had a wonderful day. Thank you for being so wonderful, accomodating and passionate about capturing the day. You certainly went above and beyond anything we could have expected.
Thankyou so much. We are excited about the prospect of seeing our pictures.
God Bless you
Grace"

Thank you Grace for the kind words, and I look forward to presenting you with your photos soon!

Gorgeous curves

Really, what is more lovely than the pregnant female form?

New Year's Resolutions

It's the first of January. It's unavoidable - I can't help but think about those resolutions. I have a few, although I hate to call them resolutions, as they tend to fall by the wayside if they get a label like that.

In 2007, I want to:
- Photograph my own children and family more, even if they are terrible snapshots.
- Exercise more (what sort of list would it be if it didn't have this point?).
- Treat my clients as I would want to be treated - with great service, reasonable prices and fantastic results.
- Spend more time with God, and be a friend to others.
- Update my blog more often!
- Worry less.
- Laugh lots.

For Christmas one of the things my husband and I gave our four boys were tickets to the Cat Empire concert on Dec the 28th. All six of us are big Cat Empire fans, so it was very exciting, especially as this was the first under age gig in ages (which meant the boys kept having to miss out). I took my camera, not so fussed about having photos of the band, but wanting dearly to document the boys enjoying their first rock concert. The security guards spotted me with my camera and told me to put it away or they'd confiscate it, as it was "a professional camera". I pleaded my case with them, saying I just wanted photos of my family, that I knew my boundries and wouldn't get photos of the band that were any good. They kindly turned a blind eye for the rest of the evening, and true to my resolution for this year, I got some terrible snapshots of my boys in the dim of the twilight, having a fantastic time dancing and singing to the music.