TEENS AGAINST WHALING-Skye Bortoli

Skye Bortoli is a wonderful young lady on a mission. At a recent shoot for the launch of a new product she filled us in on her quest. www.teensagainstwhaling.net is a strong group of young people determined to stop the slaughter of whales. Their latest goal is to send 1,000,000 postcards to the US President. Billabong is one of her sponsors and if you buy one of her stylish T shirts ( see film clip) , Billabong will donate $5.00 to help the cause...

Skye was a great professional and easy to shoot. The brief was to do some lifestyle shots, light, happy and young...that came easy. We also had a huge shot list of the new product she is launching ( a secret at the moment). Monique , Skye's mum and Skye we able to keep up the pace with the help of fruit juice, biscuits and a huge bag of red frogs that eventually evaporated.....Well done, good luck with your worthy mission.

A GREAT GIFT FOR HER BOYFRIEND

Anna Lee commissioned us to do a beauty shoot for he,r as a gift for her boyfriend. The images were stunning. We shot on varius backdrops with a selection of lighting. After viewing the proofs she chose a selection of warm tinted mono images, in favour of colour.

It was a 3 hour shoot and although she was exhausted at the end of it, the results were worth the effort.

Sparke Helmore raise the bar for Business network meetings...

Hunter Business Chamber organised an network meeting recently at Sparke Helmore on the foreshore in Newcastle. Sparke Helmore arranged a full fire drill ( joke) whilst we were in the building, in true spirit the chamber members continued to network and exchange cards on the sidewalk...WELL DONE . At ric woods photography we have reportage in our blood, never far from the action, this enables us to capture this moment in time. Seriously there has never been a better time to capture news photos as well as HD videos with the latest compact cameras. Even though some of the accessories might be a bit out there, there are many good products on on market.

Lisa's Success Story-A 95kg weight loss.

Lisa is a fantastic success story. Lisa a client of Curves Gym, Mayfield branch.I was commissioned to do a shoot for diane the Curves Magazine.

The brief was to supply a selection of images where Lisa looked vital and dynamic to capture her excitement at losing 95kg. Sample pdf was sent as samples of the layout.Clothing guidelines were no frills,plunging necklines or florals.Darker solid colours were the preference. We decided to add some purple the signature colour of Curves. Text will be added to images so there needed to be provision for that. Through discussion with the art director a seamless white studio shot was arrived at, with various poses.Facing the subject in both directions enables the graphic artist freedom when laying up the page ( they appreciate it).
Once the brief was filled we decided to add some more dramatic images, hard lights and some showing the light source. Many of our clients like a "behind the scenes" style of image. I think we are swinging the other way from OVERLY DIGITALLY MANIPULATED images and PHOTOSHOP DISASTERS. These images of Lisa are not liquified, pushed, pulled or reduced.
The more dramatic images were a hit with both the art director and Lisa and they are the selection that will appear in the magazine.

ric woods photography studio totally enjoyed the shoot and sharing the excitement of Lisa's fantastic achievement.