WAIFT 2007 FASHION SHOW - PHOTOS ARE UP!
30 . November . 07
The WAIFT (West Australian Institute of Fashion and Textiles) 2007 Fashion Show photos are now available to seee! Yipppppppie!! =)
Head over to my proofing website http://www.sammblakeproofing.com/pickpic/gallery/jump.php and click on the WAIFT link. Here you can view all the photos and place orders for prints! Please contact me if you have any queries! =)
Update
28 . November . 07
The studio has been extremely busy the past few weeks, I am working 15 hour days trying to catch up! I have been recieving emails from clients, family and friends asking when photos will be ready to see.. please see below.. leave a comment with your email address if you would like to notified once the photos go live.
- WAIFT Fashion Show - All these photos will be uploaded to a proofing website where you can view all photos taken on the night. You will be able to order photos directly off the website via a shopping cart. Leave me a comment and you will be sent a email automatically once this all goes live! The proofing site will be up by this Thursday night (tomorrow) at the very latest - many thanks for your patience guys! =)
- Lisa and Luc - blog post coming soon!!! =)
- Clare and Viv - blog post coming soon!! =)
- Danni and Matt - proofing galleries will be up by early next week
- Sharee and Mick- proofing galleries will be up early next week
- Kelly and Nev - proofing galleries will be up early next week
- Kate and Colin - everything will be ready by the 10th December
- Reshma and Ben - proofing galleries up early next week
- Lisa and Luc - proofing galleries will be up end of next week
- Clare and Viv - proofing galleries up by the end of next week
- Kristy, Lucy and Ellie - proofing galleries up by early next week
- Bronya and Ella - proofing galleries up early next week
I think thats everything.. =)
WAIFT 2007 Fashion Show - 20 November 2007
23 . November . 07
Nicole Ferraro:
Helen Crawford:
Paige Featherston:
WAIFT 2007 Fashion Show - 20 November 2007
22 . November . 07
The West Australian Institute of Fashion and Textiles had their graduation show on Tuesday night at the Burswood. I was the official photographer of the evening and here are some of the stuff shot on the night… I have heaps of shots to go through and edit so I am going to post a few each day and will start off with the first of the evening (sorry guys who were at the end of the show… I will try my hardest to get them up!!)
All these guys are so talented and will definately be making a name for themselves in the fashion industry in the years ahead! The lovely and very beautiful models were from Viven’s Model Management they were all amazing!
Stephanie Towsend:
Yasmin Jebb:
Ariane Robertson:
Emily Barnett:
Kristy + Lucy + Ellie
21 . November . 07
Yesterday I had the great pleasure in hanging out with Kristy and her two little friends Lucy and Ellie. I have been looking forward to this portrait session since Kristy booked me a few weeks ago. We met up at Kristy’s house first so we could take some photos of Lucy and Ellie on my white seemless background:
First up… Lucy! I love her big beautiful ears!
Little Ellie, who is about a year old.
Kristy had seen the fashion shoot I did with Renee at the Pines at Kings Park and decided she wanted to do the portrait session of her dog Lucy there, so we headed off to Kings Park after finishing up on the white seemless:
This shot makes my heart melt. Dogs are so beautiful..
Kristy and Lucy have been best friends for 10 years =)
Kristy had a special request… her birthday was the following day (today!!), she wanted me to take a photograph of her to celebrate her birthday! She had seen the photograph I had taken of Renee and asked if we could do something similar… of course I agreed!!! =)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KRISTY! I hope you had a beautiful day =) xox
Office Update
17 . November . 07
The scaffolding is up, painting is about to begin, the new furniture has arrived and I have a new A2 printer coming in next week. Hopefully by this time next week everything will be completed and I will all setup in the new office!!
My new 2 metre x 2 metre bookself, this is going to act as a room divider. You can also see in the far background the atrium which is looking rather shabby at the moment. I will have to do some gardening over the next week!
This place has amazing natural day light, these photos were taken at 6:45pm - I love how half the roof is made of glass, so much pretty light coming in.
My new desks - instead of buying boring old office desks, I bought 2x 2 metre long desks. 4 metres of desk space, I cant wait to spread all my stuff out!
Well I will post another update when everything is finished! Have a great weekend everyone!
Cher and David - Enagement Shoot - 13 Nov 2007
17 . November . 07
On Tuesday I meet up with Cher and David at Cottesloe Beach for their engagement shoot. I think it was a great location for them to choose to do their engagement shoot as David proposed to Cher here so this place holds a special place in their hearts =) We meet up late afternoon at 6pm as I knew the light would extra nice, and I could have some fun with sun flare, as you can tell I am a big fan of playing around with the light lately =) Cher and David are getting married on the 9th February next year at one of my favourite locations, the Blue Water Grill in Applecross - I cant wait for their wedding as these two are very friendly and beautiful people - I know their day will be a joy to photograph.
My absolute favourite photo of the day. It also makes it to make my all-time-ever favourite shots =)
Since I love this photo so much, it makes it an appearance twice in this post =)
Another favourite for the day. I love Cher’s expression in her eyes.
The West Australian Wedding Guide Magazine Ad
12 . November . 07
As I arrived at my office this afternoon I was greeted with a new copy of the West Australian Wedding Guide Mag in which I have a advertisement in this year. This is the first time I have had an advertisement in a magazine, very exciting!
Today I finally finished purchasing the rest of my new office furniture, tomorrow’s task is to organize a courier to pick up and deliver my new purchases; one white leather couch, one huge 2m x2m bookcase, two dining tables (desks) and one very cool and large 1.2m x 1.2m coffee table. The walls are being painted tomorrow, so hopefully the new office/studio will be ready next week!
Reshma and Ben - 7th November 2007
11 . November . 07
I had been looking forward to Reshma and Ben’s wedding when they booked me earlier on in the year. They had so many exciting things planned for their wedding and it was great to finally see all the great things they have telling me about. Reshma’s family flew in from Trinidad for the wedding, and many other family and friends flew in from around the world and country. It was indeed a special day for Reshma and Ben as they got to spend it with so many friends and family they do not get to see too often. It was a amazing day and was glad I was able to capture so many special moments =)
Ben bought these beautiful earrings as a wedding present for Reshma.
Reshma’s beautiful dress she bought on a trip to Melbourne. It suited her perfectly.
These two beautiful girls were helping out Reshma get ready in the morning, both flying in from Trinidad for the big day!
The flowers were absolutely amazingly beautiful.. This blog post has lots of flower shots as I went a little crazy photographing them but they were just so pretty!
Like I said above, pretty pretty flowers!
The beautiful bride
Reshma with her brother and father
The ceremony took place in Hyde Park under the Jacaranda trees. The weather was absolutely perfect. They could not of asked for a better day.
Reshma and Ben made a magazine for their wedding guests, this is one of the coolest ideas I have ever seen at a wedding. They did a little intro about every guest at the wedding, along with stories of how they met. The photos I took for their pre wedding portrait made it in as well, as well as the front cover! =) The guests had a great time before the ceremony looking through the book and reading the blurbs about them.
The ceremony was beautiful, full of lots of emotion and laughter.
The reception was at the Must Wine Bar in Highgate, which is a awesome venue. Reshma and Ben had large prints made and replaced them with the ones already hanging up there, it was a great way to decorate the place =)
Love the flower centre pieces and those cupcakes smelt so good!
Lots of good music was in store for the evening..
I had a great time photographing your wedding Reshma and Ben, so many beautiful moments captured on you, your family and friends =)
Verdouw Family Portraits - 4th November 2007
9 . November . 07
Last Sunday I photographed the Verdow Family, I am getting to know these guys pretty well, last year I photographed Laura and Brad’s wedding and in about 3 weeks time I am photographing Amy and Craig’s wedding! Laura organized a gift voucher for Brad’s mum for mothers day… 6 months on and it was time to cash it in so we meet up at Maritime Musuem in Fremantle…
Kate and Colin - 3rd November 2007
8 . November . 07
Kate and Colin had a beautiful and intimate ceremony in Kate’s mothers backyard last Saturday morning. They had many unique touches to their wedding that made the day very special.
Love Colin’s pocket watch and beautiful corsage.
I love brides who go the less traditional route of wedding shoes and wear something very funky… Kate wore these with purple leggins underneath.. way too cool! =)
This is Kate and Colin special little bear who was the ‘ring bearer’ for the day..
Kate and Colin performed a hand fasting during their ceremony.
Love this shot! =)
For the location photos we headed to Gnangara Pine Forest before heading onto the Black Swan Winery were the reception was held.
Loved these weddings cars
Favourite shots of the day..
more hot stuff. renee blake
6 . November . 07
This is the rest of the series I have been working on for my sisters fashion range. Pine forests are definitely the flavor of the month! I had so much fun shooting this with Renee, I love when I get completely creative control and just get to do anything I want - for the first shot I had Renee laying on the ground in the pine forest which she protested to at first, but as soon as she saw the first few shots I took she was amazed and than did anything I asked for the rest of the shoot! The light in the pine forest is so beautiful, and so many different ways to embrace this light. Renee and the rest of her class over at West Australian Institute of Fashion and Textiles is having their catwalk show on the 20th November - and they have hired me to photograph the catwalk show and the rest of the evening - I cant wait for the show, it is going to be a great night! I have also designed a newspaper/magazine for them to hand out on the night, it was all finished up yesterday and today is at the printers, so as soon as I get a copy I will post it up here, it looks pretty cool! =)
New Portrait Website!!
5 . November . 07
So many exciting things have been happening lately, so many exciting projects in the works.. here’s one of the first ones - a new website just for my portrait photography! Yipppppppie! Go take a look at http://www.sammblakeportraiture.com.au
In celebration of my new website… I am offering portrait sessions between now and the 5th December to be 50% off the session fee price! Portrait session fee’s are normally $150.00, so make the most of the opportunity (and knock out a few xmas pressies in the process) for $75.00. Gift Certificates can also be purchased during this time for sessions after the 1st January 2008. The portrait session can be for any type of portraiture including newborns, maternity, toddlers, children - young or old, familes, couples and even doggies and other cherished family pets! When was the last time you had photos taken of your most loved ones? =) Please email or call me for extra details!
Some of the other exciting things in the works are:
- a new office space with room for a projector! Yipppie doo dahhh! All clients will be able to see their photos projected HUGEEE - definitely a great way to see your photographs for the first time! Not to confuse any clients who have already been to my studio..my ‘new’ studio will be still be in the same building.. I am just moving out into where the art gallery use to be =) I get to deck the place out completely from scratch.. so so very exciting!! So many choices.. and so hard to decide on what colour couch to get, white leather couch or red???
- a new website for my fine art photography
- a shopping cart website that will make life ordering prints incredibly easy!
hot stuff!
4 . November . 07
here’s a little sneak of a little project I have been working on with my sis Renee the past week for clothing range has just completed. She’s complete hot stuff….. fashion designer and model all in one! More coming soon - I just finished editing these and completely love them - Ive learnt to embrace the sunshine! Yippie! xox
Angus and Julia Stone Concert
1 . November . 07
Last Thursday night I went to the Angus and Julia Stone with my little sis Renee and her friends Antosh and Shani. I have been listening to Angus and Julia Stone all year, ever seen they first started been played on Triple J. They are now one of my favourite bands and it was great to see them live. The concert was absolutely amazing, I really enjoy going to small intimate venues (though The Capitol had way to many people squished in there, but the last concert I went to was the Scissor Sisters concert at Wembley Stadium in London, so that was a huge difference ;) I must say I like the small venues way better! At the beginning of the night I also bumped into my two friends Sarah and Bree, which was a very pleasant surprise as I had no idea they were going! Well it was a awesome night and I think everyone who went floated out of the venue on a little cloud.. it was a magical night seeing them perform! xox
My little sister, Renee and me..
I did not bother taking my camera with me (its way to heavy to carry around..though I wish I did now) so we only had Renee’s silly little point and shoot to take some photos..
