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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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Jun 18
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Judging The Tasmanians | Australian Institute of Professional Photography | Photographer of the Year

18 June 2013
For years I’ve been involved in getting interstate judges down to judge the Tasmanian Photographer of the Year Awards, and this year I was one of the interstate judges. And I’m very happy to say that Tasmanian professional photography is going awesome. Some background for new players. Each year the...
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Jun 13
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Portrait of the Week | Jason Chatfield and Ginger Meggs | Melbourne Portrait Photography

13 June 2013
Jason is a comedian. He's doing the rounds and has had a few comedy festival shows. Now, if you are wondering about the glamorous life of a comedian, here is a little bit of real world behind the scenes info... Most young comedians have day jobs. I know, hard to...
Jun 06
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David and Shana | Wedding Photography | Mona

6 June 2013
Mona isn't just an awesome museum. It's a brilliant wedding location. Just like Shana and David aren't just a couple. They are an awesome couple.
Jun 06
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Portrait of the Week | Casey Bennetto | Melbourne Portrait Photography

6 June 2013
For years I've wanted to shoot a portrait of Casey Bennetto. I remember Casey's name being whispered, well more like yelled about during a comedy festival a few years ago. His name was linked to Keating! The Opera mainly due to the fact he wrote and was performing in it....
Jun 05
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Documentary Portrait Melbourne | Vee

5 June 2013
The more I do more documentary / reportage style photography the more I fall in love with it. I also love my wife, so I mixed the two and came up with this little series the other night. It's a bit different to my normal style so let me know...
May 31
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Photo A Day | 365saffron | The most time consuming part and May favourites

31 May 2013
With all the shooting, editing, posting of these shots of Saffron I've come to discover what the most time consuming part is. Something I didn't think about initially. Every time I post a new image, I spend a few minutes looking though the old photos. I knew that this is...
May 30
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Portrait of the Week | Alan Moyle | Melbourne Portrait Photography

30 May 2013
This guys is pretty good at avoiding the camera. I finally tracked him down in his home office in Beaumaris. Asked if I could take his portrait and he was unexpectedly enthusiastic about it. We workshopped some ideas about and finally decided to add in some special objects to share...
May 28
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Iconic Melbourne | Brighton Beach Boxes

28 May 2013
The most iconic place near where we live in Bayside is the Brighton Beach Boxes. The boxes that date back to the early 1900's are located at Dendy Street Beach and are really beautiful. Each box is painted so well with so many great mixes of colour.  I'd only ever...
May 23
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An article for Photographers | My smile is worse than yours.

23 May 2013
Below is an article inspired by one of my slides at the recent AIPP Decathelon presentation, I expanded it and now it's here for all to read. I think there is a lesson that a lot of people in business can learn. I have a really bad photo smile, my...
May 23
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Portrait of the Week | Paul Verhoeven | Melbourne Portrait Photography

23 May 2013
I had a great portrait lined up this week, really interesting guy who has a pretty awesome job, you know his work but probably don't know him. Was goign to be fantastic! But then he got sick, so sick that he felt guilty enough to find a replacement portrait-of-the-week-ee. He...
May 21
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Family Portrait Photography | Will Family

21 May 2013
I do get asked occasionally what the best thing about being a photographer is. Is it getting to shoot semi famous people?* Is it being flown around places?** Is is hard holding 3+ Kilos of camera in your hand through a long father of the brides speech?*** But he answer...
May 16
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Reservoir Dad | Portrait of the Week

16 May 2013
I used to sympathise with the mums who came through the studio, the ones who were at home looking after and raising the kids. I have a totally different view now, a view of complete understanding. Once we hit Melbourne I turned into the mostly stay at home dad. We...
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