Sarah and Simon . Sneek Peek!
18 . November . 08
From a recent wedding..
1 . October . 08
Today I have been editing Leanne and Nick’s wedding and just found this one my second shooter, Teneil, got… thought it deserved a post of its own. hehe :)
Recently Featured:
24 . September . 08
Snippet & Ink is a fantastic website for wedding inspiration. They recently featured one of my photos in a inspiration board!
Top row from left: front lawn ceremony from The Knot, dress from Posh Girl Vintage, place setting from Martha Stewart Weddings, carnation centerpiece from Mi Mi Design. Row 2: tea sandwiches from Callahan Catering, playing card seating cards photo by Jennifer Causey, tea bag favors from Martha Stewart Weddings, croquet set from Oh How Charming! Row 3: petits fours from Parisian Events, locket from Vintage Rehab, bunting from Country Living, carnation bouquet photo by Samm Blake. Row 4: RSVP slip from Stitch Rip Repeat, carnation boutonnieres photo from Jupiter Images, champagne photo from Martha Stewart Weddings, bubbles photo by Lisa Lefkowitz
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Ritzy Bee, another wedding inspiration blog, featured my photography on her blog recently:
“We recently discovered an ultra-talented photographer from Perth, Australia and had to share her wedding and engagement session work with all of you! Samm Blake of Samm Blake Photography is the phenomenal talent behind the camera and we hope you enjoy this small sampling of her work..”
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Polka Dot Bride blog featured me too!
“I’ve been following the blog of Perth wedding photographer Samm Blake for a little while now (note: if you have a blog do let me know, I’m a bit addicted!) I love Samm’s fresh take on photography and fantastic use of light and textures.
So recently, I was very excited to see Samm win first place in the Kid’s category of the Wedding Photojournalist Association awards! Congratulations Samm!
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Another inspritation board featuring one of my photos:
(samm blake, brides, paul johnson, wedding style guide, the knot, unknown, the knot, the knot, laura novak)
Melanie + Justin
24 . September . 08
Looking forward to photographing these two tying the knot next weekend!
Back from Bunker Bay!
21 . September . 08
I had a awesome time down at Bunker Bay at the Fuji Breakaway Seminar - all the speakers were so interesting and inspiring, and learnt many new things! The best bit about heading down to Bunker Bay each year, despite the fact we get to stay in five star accommodation for a few days, is meeting and hanging out with all the other photographers in Perth.
Arlene and I headed down to the beach at the end of the first day to get some fresh air and have a play with our cameras.
Annoucement: Photo Booth Hire in Perth!
11 . September . 08
I have always had a soft spot in my heart for photobooths. Though who doesnt right? :) Over the past year I have been setting up makeshift photobooths at weddings in order to bring some photo booth love into more peoples lives :) In the meantime I have been searching the world high and low trying to find an old style retro photobooth, after much research, we have finally found us a booth! I would have absolutely loved to buy an old style booth, but the practicalities of lugging around chemicals and all that mess, did not seem like the best route to go, so we have the best of both worlds…. 20th century meeting the 21st! It is a digital booth living in vintage style housing!
The booth prints double-print photo strips, the idea being, to tear and share! The host gets to keep one and the guests get to keep the other - this has got to beat sugared almonds any day! A perfect substitute for the bombonerie/favors at weddings.. and a whole lot of fun too! :)
We have just launched the website and we have some opening specials! I want to give all my clients first dibbs on the dates as I know this booth is going to book up quickly! The requests we have had in the lead up to the launch as been amazing! Head over to www.pushthebuttonphotobooths.com.au for more info!
bella, jake + violet
4 . September . 08
On the weekend I had the pleasure of photographing three beautiful kids. I love this collection of photographs :)
Portraits
29 . August . 08
This week I have been photographing some of the up and coming fashion designers who are in their final year of studying fashion at Tafe. This is one of my favorites from the shoot :)
Belinda + Gavin - Engagement Shoot
28 . August . 08
Belinda and Gavin are getting married in about 11 weeks time. We meet up the other day for the engagement session. I had never really taken photos in and around northbridge before so we decided to head there for some nice grungy walls, just the way I like it :) Belinda and Gavin were my first clients to photograph since I have been back from the workshop in the USA, I got to try lots of things out on them, I am sure they thought I was a little strange at times, hehe :) Will post more next week!
San Francisco - Day 8
14 . August . 08
Monday was a beautiful day. In the morning I hired a bike and cycled around San Francisco and also rode across the Golden Gate bridge. The weather was lovely, I ate a picnic lunch on the foreshore in Sausalito, then caught the ferry back to San Francisco, to discover I should have probably worn sunscreen cause I looked like a lobster (still do, heh). In the evening I went to see David Jay and Jasmine Star on their Free to Succeed tour, they are traveling around the USA teaching photographers how to have more freedom in their lives. It was really great to meet Jasmine Star, she is really a lovely person, very friendly and sweet. I learnt a ton at the seminar, many new things I will be introducing to my business over the coming months. Learning from Jesh and Jose last week, and DJ and Jasmine this week, my head is exploding with ideas! This trip is honestly the best investment I have made towards my business. I can’t wait to get back into the studio to start putting all the things I have learnt into practice :)
San Francisco - Day 7. Portrait Session. Manus + Annette = Julia
11 . August . 08
Today I had the pleasure in photographing a sweet little family portrait session right in the middle of San Francisco! I meet Manus earlier in the week as he was also in the workshop I have come to San Francisco for. Manus and I had been exchanging emails a few weeks prior to me arriving, it was great to know someone when I first arrived :) I meet his beautiful wife Annette and gorgeous little girl, Julia, at the welcome dinner as well and I have had a great time getting to know them all week. Here are a few favorites from the session:
Manus and Annette, its been great getting to know you and thanks for lunch! I sure our paths will cross again :)
note: these images were edited on my laptop, so the colors/darkness/lightness are more than likely not ideal.
It’s Ready!
31 . July . 08
In honour of my birthday (today I turn 25!) I am launching my new websites!! Brand spanking new wedding and portrait websites! Head over to www.sammblake.com to check them out!
If you have any hiccups using the site please leave me a comment! I LOVE feedback :)
Decided against the background music route, I was told I would have to contact each record label to get permission and pay fees, decided it probably was not worth it because most people look at websites while they are at work!
Not long now until I jetset off to San Francisco! Getting my haircut this morning, dentist this afternoon, dinner with Micki tonight, wash all my clothes, pack, finish off some jobs for clients, email (oh I am so behind on email, I have a six hour stopover in Singapore - I intend on replying to everyone then!)
love
22 . July . 08
Yesterday I did a awesome shoot of fellow photographer Lara Beck and her family. These kids were too cool ;) More to come later!
Richard + Bec
13 . July . 08
Richard and Bec are my neighbors! They live in the building next door to my office in Fremantle. Their place was amazing and a perfect location to do a portrait session. This is one of many favorites from the day. More to come soon! :)
Sage
11 . July . 08
Early in the week I did a portrait shoot with a adorable little girl called Sage who turns one in a couple of weeks time. Sage’s mum, Amanda, wanted to capture photos to celebrate her birthday. It was a great time to do the shoot as she is a few weeks off walking and was so cute to watch trying to stand up on her own.
sneek peeks from donna and grant’s wedding
7 . July . 08
On Saturday I photographed Donna and Grant’s wedding. It was an absolutely amazing day! Here are just a few favorites from Donna getting ready at the Hyatt. More to come soon!
Claire and Peter - Portrait Session
3 . July . 08
Last weekend I headed down to Denmark to photograph Claire and Peter for their engagement session. They got engaged in Denmark so the place holds a special place in their hearts. We first headed down to William Bay but it was pouring with rain so we headed back to the chalet and started the photos there. Peter proposed to Claire at these chalets so it was great to be able to incorporate this into the photos :)
We then headed back down to William Bay and the rain had cleared up, though it was nice a windy - my favorite for a portrait shoot. I honestly love taking photos when its really windy.
My absolute favorite for the day! There is something with wind in hair I find so lovely.
After finishing up at William Bay and Claire losing her shoe in the Southern Ocean we headed into town to do some by the old bridge.
Thanks Claire and Peter for getting me to come down, it was lots of fun and I had a great weekend :)
Great Wall of China
2 . July . 08
A worker having a midday nap on the Great Wall of China.
Father + son at Karnimata
29 . June . 08
Katy
26 . June . 08
Another shot from the very awesome shoot I did with the very beautiful Katy last month. I love this one.
the fire twirler
25 . June . 08
A few years back, Absolut Vodka approached me to be part of an artist project they were working on. They commissioned me to take 3 photographs taken at 3 different times of the day depicting life in Perth. The shot above was taken late at night in my friends backyard doing some crazy fire twirling (and fire breathing!!). These images then went on exhibition in Sydney and Melbourne. I will post the other two images soon! xox
Karina and Wysun
20 . June . 08
Roxy the dalmation
11 . June . 08
On Sunday I meet up with Karina and Wysun who are getting married next month. We meet at the beach to do their portrait session and so I suggested they bring they dog along for a few photos. Isnt she gorgeous? Roxy only stayed for a few photos before Karina’s parents took her home so we could continue on with the shoot. I started to edit the session today and I just had to post these =) More to come of Karina and Wysun later!
Book Layout
11 . June . 08
Donna and Grant are getting married on the 5th July. Instead of going the usual boring old guestbook, they have decided to use their photographs from their portrait session and turn it into a awesome and very unique guestbook for their guests to sign in at there reception. Here is the layout I have just finished working on. Once I receive the book back from the publisher’s I will post some pictures of what it actually looks like.
baby time!
8 . June . 08
About a fortnight ago I had the pleasure of photographing the beautiful little Amelia, only 15 days old. She was an absolute treat to photograph, only getting a wee cranky towards the end of the shoot. So many beautiful photos captured of this little family, I cant wait to have them all edited and to show Kristy and Evan =)
Wide awake…. and after a bit of effort, finally fast asleep!
The whole family!
Sleeping next to dad..
Some little toes!
Ive set myself a bet… im going to try to blog everyday for an entire week! two days down!
Photos from Brisbane
7 . June . 08
Finally back from Brisbane and back into the swing of things. It was great going over to PMA, my head is about to explode with all the ideas I want to implement into my business. It was great hearing everyone speak at the imaging conference on Sunday, lots of advice I will be taking on board. We finally got some good weather on Tuesday and so we walked around Brisbane for most of the day. The first two shots were taken in the Botanical Gardens. I only took my 45mm Tilt Shift lens out with me, it was great to just shot with this lens, manual focus and manual exposure, it definitely slows me down a lot, which is a very good thing indeed!
Sarah chilling out on some stairs in the gardens.
Sarah wanting to return the favor and took some photos of me. I hate having my photo taken! I look impressed don’t I?
We found this cool little cool cafe called Batavia on the South Bank, its basically a tea house, you order which blend of tea you would like and you get your own little tea party on your table. I had Chinese Gunpowder mixed with Emerald Sunrise. Its the best green tea I have had, so good in fact I am drinking some this very minute!
Myself and Sarah at the APPA awards night, taken in the ladies loo’s!
Lots of blog posts coming over the next week. Finally have the time to catch up on all the weddings, portrait shots and many other things I have not had time to blog! Stay tuned!
Lil Books
8 . May . 08
These little books are the latest edition to my range of products on offer. They come in brown, red and black and they fit 24 photographs at 5″ x 3.5″. They are available for $280. Contact me if you are interested in purchasing one! They are great for presents for parents or for parents to have as a little parent album! =)
Sneek Peek : Fleur + Matt
23 . April . 08
I have just started editing Fleur and Matt’s wedding. All I can say these guys are way too awesome and too cool for their own good.
These are some shots we took quickly of Matt and his gang before heading off to photograph the girls getting ready. If you think these are great, wait til you see Fleur, her amazing dress and details!
more comin soon!
Christiane + Christoph - Engagement Shoot
1 . April . 08
Here are some of my favourites from the pre wedding portrait session I did with Christiane and Christoph last week. These two are getting married on the beach this Thursday.
I love how the wind is playing in her hair :) I really connect with these photos. They make me have butterflies in my belly.
Looking forward to Thursday guys!
Ameera Jane - Portrait Session
1 . April . 08
I meet Heather and Cameron in February after Heather enquired about getting some maternity shots done, we did those in the middle of February (yet to be blogged!) and a few weeks later Ameera popped out! A little over a week ago Heather and Cameron bought in their new bub into the studio to be photographed. Ameera was not really in the mood to be photographed, and as the session was coming to the end, I felt like I had not got enough photos! However after looking at the photos and editing them I think they turned out great!
I think this is a fabulous way of displaying multiple images from a portrait shoot or wedding - I am going to be doing up a sample for my studio soon.
Ameera’s great grandmother knitted her this blanket!
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One without the beanie on =)
