My very first wedding shoot!

You may or may not have noticed a severe lack of activity on this here blog, the reason being that my second hand motherboard finally died :( . That combined with being unusually busy has meant my poor little blog has been gently nudged to the side. But I'm back and I come baring wedding photos!!!
I mentioned in my last few posts that I would be shooting my very first wedding, well the day finally came!
Jason & Christina's wedding was beautiful, you could definitely feel the love and it was a pleasure to shoot ^_^ .
I think I did rather well for my very first wedding shoot but I'll let you be the judge.
So here are my favorite "artsy" shots from the day.

 There you have it! What did you think? The rest of the shots will be uploaded to www.facebook.com/pennylanephotography13 after the lovely couple has had a chance to go over them all ^_^ .
I will be back to doing weekly posts, technology permitting, so stay tuned.
This weekend I'm off to Melbourne for Soundwave, I can't bring my DSLR with me :( but I promise I will have some awesome photos to share with y'all.
As always stay safe and thank you so much for reading/viewing...
xxx

23 pictures of flooding.

So as many of you may know we on the east coast of Australia had quite the sizable storm over the long weekend. I adore that kind of weather until it starts destroying lives and properties.
Logan, which is about 10 minutes from where I live was evacuated due to quite severe flooding, my suburb also experienced some major flooding in parts. That being said we came out relatively unscathed but a lot of people weren't as lucky so here's sending all my positive energy to those effected by the storms and flooding.

I did manage to venture out yesterday afternoon and get a few photos of the damage. It was so surreal seeing everything underwater. Also the amount of bugs escaping the flood water was insane! There were even a few clinging to a piece of styrofoam trying to float to safety!
What I wasn't surprised to see though were people swimming in flood water and teenagers driving their 4x4's through flood water just because they can. Seriously people! I mean I saw snakes swimming around where a lot of kids were playing, just because there is water where it shouldn't be doesn't mean you should swim in it!

So here are 23 images of the flooding  in my area...enjoy!

Crazy huh?! As you may have guessed the shoot I had planned for Monday couldn't go forward but hopefully we will be able to try again really soon. I wish I had more news but the crazy weather is the only thing that has happened since my last post.
So on that note I shall leave you and see you next time hopefully with the results of the wedding test shoot.
As always stay safe and thanks for reading/viewing...
xxx

Fewer Than Usual, But Still Awesome

So I didn't get to do my shoot this week but its ok because I have an excellent excuse! I am doing the test shoot for my very first ever wedding shoot on Monday!!! So my brain has been entirely consumed by wedding/engagement shoot ideas. So next weeks post will (with the bride and grooms permission of course) have pictures for their shoot ^_^.

Despite my brain being full I still managed to take some awesome shots this week. There aren't as many as usual but without further adieu here they are.

So there you have it! What do you think? ^_^ The one of my best friend Sarah is my favorite!
In other news my store still isn't up,we've hit a few speed bumps but I will keep persevering and keep ya'll posted.
Also I didn't get into uni, bummer right, but I have decided to do two more distance ed units both photography related and then start at CATC, Brisbane in June and do my Diploma of Photo Imaging and then try again for uni ^_^ .
Well on that note, I shall leave you and see you again next week with the results of  the wedding test shoot/ engagement shoot.
As always, stay safe and thank you for reading/ viewing...
xxx

As always I underestimated the busyness of Christmas.

So I should have done about five blog post by now but, as you do, I completely underestimated how busy Christmas would be not to mention the fact that my family's Christmas was almost two weeks after actual Christmas, because my dad was away for work. So it has taken until now for everything to settle down, my computer room has also been an oven and resulted in us moving my pc to the end of our bed so I could actually get some work done with out dying.

All of that being said the last five weeks have been spectacular! I have spent so much time with my family and friends, my dad made the most amazing Christmas dinner ever, I tried German food which was phenomenal,  I woke up at sunrise and got my trespasser on in an abandoned warehouse and got some amazing shots and I have not one but two shoots organized for the weeks ahead. I also got a studio kit and a flash gun for Christmas so I'm well on the way to having all the equipment I need.
I have also found myself a printer so I can finally get my Etsy store up and running HUZZAH!!!

Alright enough about me, here are my favorite photos from the last 5 weeks ^_^

I will be doing a new post every week from now on so stay tuned. If all goes to plan next weeks post will be about my shoot with my gorgeous model the lovely Miss Jenna Colivas who also just so happens to be my cousin. With any luck I should have my store up and running with in the next week or so and I will also find out if I got into Griffith on Thursday so wish me luck.
As always thank you for reading my blog/ viewing my pictures and stay safe!
xxx

Jeff Martin...that is all.

So I have been MIA for the last week or so, my place gets uninhabitably hot so we escaped to my parents house, but I'm back and ready to tell you about the amazingness that was last Thursday's Jeff Martin gig.

So this was my first time seeing him in the flesh, and oh my god the man is pure genius! I have never been so enthralled by someone in my life. He draws you in and you forget about everything any everyone for a moment. I directly attribute this as to why I took over 1100 photos almost entirely of just him.
I feel a little bit stalkerish but he shows so much raw emotion when he performs it would be a crime not to capture it.
The general vibe of the whole place was just awesome. There could not have been more than 50 people there so it was incredibly intimate. I have never been to a show where I could lean on the stage with out being crushed up against it, which resulted in some fantastic shots!
I alternated between colour and black & white all night because the lighting wasn't fantastic, but it all worked out ^_^.
I would also like to mention that The Byron Bay Brewery is now my favorite venue/ just place to be.
On that note here are my 10 favorite pictures, it was originally going to be 7 but I couldn't help myself ^_^.

I hope you enjoyed them! All the other photos I took that night are on the Penny Lane photography facebook page just click where it says Penny Lane Photography up the top and it will take you straight to it.
I am also setting up my etsy store this weekend so I will keep you all posted ^_^.
If you are reading this and thinking "who the hell is Jeff Martin?" check out his band The Tea Party they are phenomenal!
Next weeks post will be a surprise! Because I haven't thought of it yet ^_^.
Stay safe! xxx