Isaac was a bundle of energy when I came to take his photo today, but we managed to convince him to strike some great poses and ended up with some excellent photos.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Sofie and Steve
Mark Carmody promised on ABC television's weather forecast that Sofie would have perfect weather for her wedding to Steve, and to his credit he delivered.
There were loads of great features to this wedding .. a beautifully turned out bridal party, cool cars, a classy reception venue and loads of champers. Everyone had a great day.
Friday, November 25, 2011
Weddings
I've changed my website a little so customers can work out their own pricing - see http://ianchamp.com/weddings.htm
Fingers crossed that it will help those browsing my site realise that my pricing is more than competitive even when I need to travel interstate.
Fingers crossed that it will help those browsing my site realise that my pricing is more than competitive even when I need to travel interstate.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Emily and Ash
Emily and Ash had perfect weather for their ceremony at the Hobart Botanical Gardens at the weekend. This was my first Hobart wedding and allowed me to catch up with old friends while in town. I love my job :)
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Victoria Park
I was lucky enough to be able to photography Helene's house and gardens at Murrumbatemen last week. It was like a mini botanic gardens ... delightful!
Monday, October 31, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Belinda & Bruce
The Old Stonehouse at Bungendore is a lovely location for weddings. The gardens looked a treat and provided a gorgeous setting for Belinda & Bruce's wedding photos.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Bow Tie
Another busy day for Julie and I. Our first wedding at "The Old Stone House" at Bungendore - a lovely setting with gorgeous gardens.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Canberra Hyatt Wedding
Julie and I had a wonderful time at the Canberra Hyatt, taking shots for James and Lisa. A lovely couple and gorgeous kids - a pleasure to photograph!
Card2_3503, originally uploaded by Ian Champ Photography.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Evan & Jemma
Now, have I thought of everything?
I'm sure customers think you just grab your camera and jump into you car on the morning of a wedding, but in reality there is heaps of preparation and planning involved.
Monday, September 5, 2011
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
More blossom
The bees are making the best of the newly emerging Canberra blossoms.
They can be tricky to photograph when they move quickly from flower to flower, but this fellow sat still long enough for me to focus on him.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Blossom
The trees in Canberra seem to have decided that it's spring time. There's lots of blossom in our parks and reserves making photo walks very rewarding.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Kristy & Joe
Thanks heaps to Kristy & Joe for coming all the way from West Wyalong for their photo shoot.
Kristy went ice skating after the shoot!
All the best for the birth folks.
Friday, July 22, 2011
Lukey
How cute is little Lukey in his beanie?
Here he is wishing he could run around on the back lawn chasing soap bubbles with his big sister.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Blue Wren
I had a great holiday last week on a Murray River house boat. The bird life on the river was amazing.
These little Blue Wrens would visit us every afternoon to investigate the wood we had gathered for our campfire.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Abigail & Kylie
Photographing babies is lots of fun - as long as you remember that the baby is in charge of scheduling.
You have to adjust your shots to whatever mood baby is in. You will not get nice shots if the baby is hungry or needs a change so you have to take a break to allow until baby is feeling contented.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Move over
I'd hoped to get some snow shots at Tidbinbilla, but the snow was too high to reach in the few hours I had available to me.
It's hard to be disappointed though - Tidbinbilla is never short of amazing photos.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Skeletal Leaf
I had a great morning taking shots out at Tidbinbilla yesterday. The light shining through the skeletons of these leaves was delightful.
Click through to see this on Flickr, then click it again to see the full size image. The filigree edging of the holes in the leaves is gorgeous.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Another Rail Bridge
Once again the repeating pattern made by the supports of this rail bridge give the shot a pleasing symmetry. The narrow depth of field and the frame formed by the outermost supports both draw the eye into the shot.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Stony Creek Rail Bridge
This wonderful old railway bridge is near Nowa Nowa on the railway line that has been transformed into a bicycle track. Unfortunately the bike track goes around the bridge rather than over it - although maybe that's a good thing given the lack of railings.
It's hard to take a bad shot of a feature like this. The repeating patterns made by the trestles look good from just about any vantage point.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Nowa Nowa Caravan Park
Nowa Nowa Caravan Park has a great little antique store. I've given this photo the treatment in Photoshop to try to give it some of the olde worlde charm that the shop exudes.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Making Us Think Together
I have the honor of having been featured by the Making Us Think Together web site as their photographer of the month.
It is certainly rewarding to have my work complimented in this manner!
In their own words, the website provides :
"The opportunity for four individuals who stand out in their respective areas to be featured and promoted each month."
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Nowa Nowa Sculpture Walk
I love Photoshop.
I copied this photo to 2 layers, then tweaked one to get the background the way I wanted it and the other to make the rusty figures look nice, then finally I blended the two layers together.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Jamie and Mel
I had a great time conducting a photography tutorial with some interesting clients who are sharpening up their photography skills prior to going to the U.S.A. to do some tornado chasing. I can hardly wait to see the images they come back with!
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
What're you lookin' at?
There are lots of ways you as a photographer can encourage people to look at just the part of a photo you want them to look at.
This scene had lots of distractions such as cars in the background and a number of people doing different things. However by getting low so that the kayaks draw the viewers eye in to the central person, and by framing that person with lots of empty sky, the viewer can't help but look at the intended face.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Tuggeranong, Canberra
You have a digital SLR camera (tick). You have a tripod (tick).
Do you also have a shutter release cable? No? GET ONE!!!
For only a few $$$ on ebay you can get a cheap as chips cable release. Once you have one, set your camera to "B" mode (bulb mode), put you camera on your tripod and wait for it to get dark. Point your camera at a city scape or the stars, then just press and hold the shutter open for a while.
How long? Experiment! This exposure was 12 seconds.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Busy Bee
One of the presents my lovely wife and kids got me for my birthday was a ring flash ... perfect for brightening up macro shots on overcast days.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Jacki
Retouching faces is a tricky business. A magazine might prefer skin that looks like a plastic doll and is clearly air brushed. Another client might prefer a more natural look such as the one I've tried for in this photo.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Balinese Temple?
No, it's not a statue at the gates to a temple in a steamy tropical garden somewhere in South East Asia. In fact, it's a 6 inch high garden ornament!
By laying on my belly to take this shot I not only made the ornament look larger than life, but I was able to use the fern plant at the back of the garden into a great background.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Shells
I try to keep my eyes open for pleasing patterns - naturally occurring repetition on a theme. Once I spotted these shells I zoomed in and out, and panned back and forward until I I found the composition agreeable.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Yarrangobilly Caves
Trying to take nice photos while on a guided walk in limestone caves is tough. There is typically little room to move and frame shots, using tripod is impractical with so many people and so little space, and you need to move at the same speed as the rest of the group. Hopefully I'll get the chance to take shots -without- those constraints one day.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Grass
My partner Julie took this great shot recently at Broken Hill. Great use of back lighting and the stunning deep blue sky to show the grass seeds off to best effect.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Guided Walks
I've been playing around with CoolIris photo galleries that can be embedded in your own blogs, facebook, web page, etc.
It's an amazing interface and does much more than initially meets the eye. You soon realise that if you slide the blue button or click on the "<" and ">" buttons the wall of photos will fly left or right. But wait ... there's more. Scroll the mouse wheel in-out and the whole wall moves closer-further away. Click one photo and it gets enlarged. Click the diagonal arrows icon at bottom right and it becomes full screen photo. Click the icon bottom center when enlarged and it becomes a full screen slide show. Very cool.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Another baby in the family
I'm now the proud owner of the Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM. I'm looking forward to playing with this baby, and will post some of the resultant photos in a few days time - once I manage to get my wife to let me have a turn with it!
Monday, January 10, 2011
How to change Depth of Field
Depth of Field, originally uploaded by Ian Champ Photography.
Here's a series of photos that show the variation in depth of field by taking the same shot several times but changing the aperture for each shot.
At f 32 the iris hole is tiny and less light gets in. This gives you plenty of depth of field.
As the iris hole gets bigger (that is, the f number gets smaller) more light gets in - AND you get much less depth of field.
In this series of shots the "brightness" of the shots is kept more or less the same by speeding up the shutter speed as the hole in the iris gets bigger (bigger hole for the light to get in, but open for less time).
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Clontarf Rolling
I got to try out a GoPro Hero waterproof camera yesterday. It's not the world's highest resolution or highest quality video/still camera, but it does what it aims to do very well. It's easy to use, it's well and truly waterproof and it's unobtrusive once you put it on and hit record.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Repetition
Keep your eyes out for repeating patterns, both natural and man made. Repetition is pleasing to the eye and what we typically rush past every day can look stunning when frozen in a photograph. I have this image as my PC wallpaper - it looks terrific blown up large on my monitor.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Klixus
Wow - I've won the Klixus Photography Challenge, Best Album Award for my photos of the Woden Valley Festival.
Thank you very much to Richard Block and Klixus for this much appreciated vote of confidence, not to mention the prize money.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Rebel
Meet Rebel, a gorgeous Miniature Fox Terrier. When photographing pets take the time to immerse yourself in their world. To help viewers of your shots feel they have stepped into the animals private life, get your camera down to their eye level.
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