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Jun 15

Autumn 2022 Round Up

15 June 2022

Autumn... it's such a tease of a season... It kicks off with pretending to still be Summer and throws in a couple of random cold previews and then just kicks along giving great light and colours... then right as you get used to that it slams you with the full...

May 11

Analogue Photography

2022 Comedy Festival Polaroids

11 May 2022

Old and new friends. Just for fun. All shot on a vintage Polaroid SLR680 camera with 600 Black and White film.

May 11

Behind the scenes

2022 Melbourne Comedy Festival Snap Highlights

11 May 2022

Hi! Some photos here that I was luckily enough to be commissioned to shoot around the Melbourne Comedy Festival this year. And if you are wondering how or why I got to do this... it's storytime. Way back on the 25th of February 1998 I dropped into a live comedy...

Feb 15

Analogue Photography

Intregal Cognition Exhibition – People’s Choice Award

15 February 2022

A big thank you for everyone who visited and voted for Intregal Cognition at the Ballarat International Foto Bienalle. I'm pretty stoked that it did indeed win the People Choice Award! For those who couldn't make it to the Hydrant Food Hall to see it I've included some photos below....

Nov 18

Awards

My AIPP History

18 November 2021

Some thoughts on the end of an era Way back 15 years ago when I first started this blog, the posts were a bit like a letter to old friends. The one's I used to write on the train as I went too and from Uni to friends back in...

Oct 31

Portrait

Halloween 2021

31 October 2021

A little pop up studio fun for the families in our local area. Two set ups in two locations! If you are in them. please grab them! A tag for photobat if sharing online is always appreciated! Alan

Sep 23

Uncategorized

5 School Holiday Ideas For Families

23 September 2021

This was originally posted as school holiday ideas for Melbourne family when they were in lockdown and now it's full of new school holiday ideas for everywhere not locked down! Get out and do some things with the kids, or better yet just leave them to do it by themselves!Texas...

edithvale beach boxes Melbourne family photographer

Jul 20

Family Portraits - All

2021… The story so far | Melbourne Family Photographer

20 July 2021

2021 has been a fun ride here, being a Melbourne family photographer I've been out and about a heap capturing families connecting together. I've had the joys of heading south to Tasmania a couple of times to photograph families all over Tasmania but it seems like the Melbourne beaches are...

Jul 13

Comedy

The top three kids books to make you snort

13 July 2021

I've become a little obsessed with kids story books. As a Dad I love reading books to my kids... but these ones here aren't the best ones for settling down the little ones before a good nights sleep! I know that a sense of humour is really important for kids to...

Feb 17

Family Portraits - All

The top 7 Frequently Asked Questions About Beach Family Portraits | Bayside Family POrtrait Photographer

17 February 2021

Shot taken just as the sun was setting It’s hard to avoid here in Bayside, we have a heap of amazing beaches and we are a pretty beach centric community. From nippers, dog walking, swimming, paddle boarding and just taking the kids for a splash, the Bay is a huge...

Dec 12

Branding

PHOTOBAT – 12 DAYS OF BAYSIDE CHRISTMAS

12 December 2020

Time for day 12 and it's Photobat! A business I've come to know very well over the last 20 years from when I started it! When I get asked what I do, I always tell people that I photograph people in a way that they have a heap of fun...

Dec 11

Branding

Quest Cheltenham – 12 Days of Bayside Christmas

11 December 2020

When you think of big chain hotels, you don't really think too much about who owns them, I was delighted to meet Nikki from Quest Cheltenham who happens to own this beautiful set of self contained apartments. I hadn't been inside before and I managed to sneak a little tour....

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