Why I Chose Portraiture-ric woods photography

We are a portrait studio primarily because we get to meet great families like the O'Brien's...what a hoot

GIDDEY FAMILY 60th Birthday Photo Shoot- by ric woods photography

What a great time we had getting everyone into the white seamless.After Maree and Amanda had completed the make up it was time to compose the Giddey Family.As usual my slightly bent sense of humour and corny jokes did the trick with the smiles.


I preach to my students about back up equipment.In two weeks we had 2x500w studio strobes
do the old flame out trick. Someone is on our side as Id just purchased another 4 x500 Bowens units....To get a decent depth of focus around f11/f16 with diffused light shooting a group of 17 in 4 rows, you need power !!!Other considerations other than the light loss through diffusion is soft diffused light that is kind to complexions of people over 25 (smile) so feathering the light sources requires even more power.We will be looking at all these issues in our new ADVANCED STUDIO LIGHTING COURSE in 2011.The 21 page course will be released in the next couple of days. If your interested in knowing more about Photography and Lighting on location and in the studio, email maree@ricwoods.com for a course booklet.

It was good fun to direct the boys for some interesting shots with their mum...all good sports

This 24' panorama had an aviation theme as their grandfather (60th Birthday) is in that industry

A great group to photograph

O'grady Family- a new addition- by ric woods photography

For more information on family portrait sessions and our fine art products email maree@ricwoods.com or call ric woods photography 02 4962 1066

maternity and newborn photography workshops

Meela, was the star of our recent workshops on newborn photography, so aware at such a young age. At our course we had several lighting changes.Three lights and how to maximise depth of field and minimising distortion of the subjects through lens and aperture selection.Rim lighting high and low key. One light with reflectors.

mother & child

new family

dad and meela

eye contact and voice recognition

some of the students

Dad was fantastic with Meela, mum looks on

Dad getting ready to change Meela's pose

Small groups are great to teach.

Here I am explaining to one of the group about talking to the subject....I did this with a practical demonstration of pointing the camera at the photographer for 1-2 minutes without speaking and using the shutter...they "got it" and we had fun.One of mothers to be in the background, you will be seeing more of her as her "bump" grows.

Here Maree comforts Meela's under study....the under study wasn't needed at all. Our primary focus is the 1. the comfort of the child 2. the comfort of the parent/s and 3. getting the shot.

Here is the results of images of Amy, one of our previous subjects, using 2 lights

Amy in this shot is illuminated by 3 lights.This creates a whole different feel.

Our workshop "Creating beautiful B&W's" is scheduled to run again in 2011.Maree is compiling lots of new courses for next year.

If you would like more workshop details email maree@ricwoods.com.