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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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Sep 16
Wedding

Steve and Ruth

Many years ago in Perth WA there was a scout jamboree. I went along as a good scout does. While there I kept bumping into a guy wearing a bandana. It turns out he was also from Launceston and was known as Waldo. Well Waldo is now all grown up...
Sep 15
The Old Blog 2000-2013

Blokes in Wetsuits

Last week we headed up to the Underwater Dive Centre Beauty Point to shoot this shot for Zsports up in Queensland. The idea was to show off real divers in the Beuchat brand of wetsuits. It was an interesting shoot, we were shooting outside and had to retreat inside once...
Sep 14
Wedding

Saturday Sneak Peak

I had a really fun wedding yesterday, some photos up on Tuesday. I had Hobart photographer Dan Cripps come along and play assistant. Bit of fun there. He enjoyed the wedding, but probably didn't enjoy the football results last night.
Sep 12
Portrait

Broken

I just fixed the subscription form for the Straight From The Photobat e newsletter. I have no idea how long it was down, but it's up again. So if you tried to subscribe for some cool e newsletter action and didn't get on the list try again now by heading...
Sep 11
Pets

Mouse

  Our other Cat, less famous than Kooshan and harder to spot as he dashes from under couch to under bed to sink to under char. Just like a mouse.
Sep 10
Family Portraits - All

Tom and Oliver

  I took this shot of my fellow photographer Tom Putt and his cute son Oliver about 12 months ago. They just ordered a couple of extra prints and I while preparing them I saw this fun cropping.
Sep 09
Uncategorized

Love Africa Ball

Last Saturday night saw hundreds of people dress up and head to the Albert Hall to raise some funds for the The Peter Hewitt Care for Africa Foundation. This great cause raises fund for projects relating to community, health and education for the well being of African orphans and other...
Sep 08
Portrait

The Surprise

Last Wednesday I got a call from Sherry, she was frantically ringing around photographers to try find someone who could not only shoot her partners kids, but also produce a canvas from the shoot by Father's Day. That's a 3 day turn around and generally not do able. So after...
Sep 07
Portrait

Nicholette and welcome Ava

A few months ago we went off and shot Nicolette's pregnancy session at her place, we got a few quite different shots. And then a couple of weeks ago it was time to go and meet little Ava, who did alot of cute and not so cute baby things.  ...
Sep 05
Uncategorized

Secret Fathers Day Shoot Preview

Shh... don't tell... more from this shoot on Monday...
Sep 05
The Old Blog 2000-2013

Photobat Shop – It’s ALIVE

  I'm so excited to tell you all that the brand new Photobat shop is up and running! This has been in the works for a few months now and promises to be one of the best additions to the photobat wedding experiance. From now on, all Photobat weddings will...
Sep 04
The Old Blog 2000-2013

Bride Tasmania – Now Out

I just received in the post the 2008 / 2009 edition of Bride Tasmania. It's always fun to get a new magazine and the first thing I did was sit down at the nearest cafe and flip through to see the latest ideas, stories and designs. The latest Photobat Ad...
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