‘Is there a perfect time’ is a short blog piece by another photograper that really reasonated with me.
The associated artilce by The Washing Post is also very interesting its quite lengthy but worth the read.
I hope you enjoy….and dont forget to smell the roses.
I heard a story at a gathering after a funeral a few weeks ago and thought it important to share. The story confirmed my thoughts about printed products being the most important investment I can give to people of their wedding or a portrait photography. In our digital world people tend to forget about prints (the old fashioned way to keep photos), they store and catalogue their memories on CD, DVD and other forms of digital media be warned this is NOT a reliable method for storing your photos.
The lady I spoke to had lived in New Zealand for three years when her children were 12,14 and 16 years old, she went to view some photos on her disc and the computer informed her it was not readable, she of course thought’ I backed these files up and had a copy of the photos’, same problem with this disk. After speaking to a data recovery specialist he informed her they were all gone and told her that prints were the only fail safe way to really store memories for the next generations…..she has lost all of the photos of her children over these three years and has no prints of their time in New Zealand at all. I was very sad for her.
DVDs and CDs have a life span they say of 5-10 years……prints will last a very long time , if they are printed correctly on archival paper they may last a hundred years or more.
Photography is important in our lives, it documents and memorialises our memories, it helps us keep in touch with the past and it helps us share our lives with the next generation.
Two girls, a sunny day and some off camera flash….a good time was had by all.
Ive know Regan since she was about two and friday she turned 18. I snapped a few shots and left before the party got into full swing but judging by the action at 9pm it was going to be loads of fun. Happy birthday!
Sarah is an old work collegue of mine from the Peadiatric Intensive Care Unit. I had the pleasure of photography her and her lovely family a few weeks ago. Charlie was so cute and well behaved and Ella knows how to play up to the camera! Thanks for sharing your family with me.
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Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.
Brad Henry
Molly is one of my oldest friends daughter, last week she turned 21 years old. Hard to believe really, I remember spending alot of time with Lou and Molly her sister Sophie and my two, a favouite memory is all the kids on a tiny trampoline eating icecream or rather wearing icecream, Molly as usual wearing no clothes!
She is now a beautiful young women with a calm, soft disposition, her birthday turned into an engagement party when her boyfriend Sam proposed to her at the end of the speeches. Yeah another wedding…..cant wait. A rockabilli wedding, how cool will that be. Tattoes and shoes everywhere!
True love stories never have endings. ~Richard Bach
Spent a lovely weekend at Moonta Bay on the top of Yorke Peninsular at The Cliff Top apartments…very nice indeed. I had a chance to relax and of course get up and take photos it was seriously cold in the mornings but clear and fine. Here are a few of my favs. Thanks for looking x
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure to photography Master R and his family. I am always humbled at being let into peoples lives for a moment in time.
His brother and sister love him to pieces, and couldnt stop fussing about him it was lovely to see.
Thanks Rebecca and Dave for sharing your family with me.
This Egret was fishing by the inlet this morning , what a beautiful bird.
The bird thinks it a favor to give the fish a lift in the air”(Rabindranath Tagore)
I have been photographing pelicans over the last few weeks for some shots to put in a local restaurant. They come down to the outlet at the end of my street and wander about preening, checking things out, drying their wings and float around in the water for a couple of hours each da. Mostly shot on a canon 7D with a 300mm lens and 1.4x extender.They are very wary of me but I can get very close, they are the most amazing creatures with great features. They are really big too! I am a big fan of pelicans.
