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The Batblog is where I show off my favourite Melbourne family photo shoots, share the real stories behind them, and pass on tips for parents who want better photos of their kids (without the awkward forced smiles). New posts whenever inspiration strikes, which is often.

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Aug 09
Uncategorized

Comments!

The comments funtion is now up and running, so if you have something to say, say it! Thanks to Bruce at Ghostline Media for sorting this out for me!
Aug 09
Portrait

Photobat goes YouTube!

A few days ago I posted some shots I took of Blunty3000 who is a video blogger getting some recognition on YouTube... and this afternoon he dropped by my office and made a video.   There are 2 versions of the video, a long one which goes for about 15...
Aug 07
Family Portraits - All

Angela, Chris and James

Angela has worked with my dad for years, so when I put the call out for expecting mothers, my mum gave her a call and we arranged to take some photos. Like most of my Pregnancy session,s it took place at their home starting off with some more family shots....
Aug 07
Portrait

Fiona

I've started shooting some pregnancy shots the last month. This is a couple from my first shoot with Fiona, taken at home in the nursery. It's been fun getting to know the mum's and I've learnt heaps about pregnancy!   I have a few more shoots coming up in the...
Aug 03
Portrait

Blunty3000

  Blunty3000 is a Tamsnian based video blogger who has become a bit of a sensation on You Tube, some of his videos have even been posted on You Tube's front page.   So i decided it was time i took his photo, we headed off to a church i...
Jul 31
Comedy

Rove McManus up for sale!

My photo of Rove McManus is in this auction, if you like it, go along and bid for it! This is all happening in Melbourne, so may be out of reach for some. “KNOWN” Fundraiser For The Daylesford Foto Biennale. As photography experiences an unprecedented boom the world over and...
Jul 30
Portrait

Content Residents

Across the road from my office is a cool little shop called "content". It's where i bought my cool brown coffee mugs for the office and has heaps of great little things from candles to card to kids clothes to dog shampoo. The shop is run by Melinda and she...
Jul 30
Tasmaina

Moved

My broter and his partner moved into their new house on the weekend, i assisted a little with some box moving and took a couple of photos. Some other photos may appear on his flickr account one day. It's a nice little house with a lot of potential, and more...
Jul 24
Portrait

Teacosy Revolution Blog

Tara, the artist responsible for the great teacosy images now has a blog up. At the moment it has images from the exhibition opening in Melbourne. Check it out! More images from the Revolution are located here
Jul 23
Portrait

Cat Portraits

This blog is about cute cats! But really more about the lighting I used to get the shots. I have taken a few lees formal portraits of Bitey Mouse and Kooshan, but after seeing the work of Rachael Hall I was inspired to do something a bit more studio like....
Jul 18
Portrait

Moody Shot

Just playing around with Vikashni and the Kaba Dog. Just experimenting with light and high ISO's. This was lit with the overhead fluro , not the best of light sources, and the background is a lamp shined at the curtain diffused through a laundry basket. Shot at 800 Iso i...
Jul 18
Portrait

Jude and Peyton

"It's freezing Mummy" is the quote from the shoot, and Peyton was right, it was very very cold! The shoot was organised by Nicole as a surprise for her husband Kevin, Jude and paton's father, and it would still be a surprise except Jude filled his Dad in on what...
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