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Brett Fitzsimmons' AUTUMNFEST 2012 is coming 28th 29th April 2012-ric woods photography official photographers

We are the official photographers for AutumnFest 2012 .Seriously this is worth the drive if you are into hot rods,music,pin ups,tattoos and just being seen around cool people.

Speaking of cool people Brett Fitzsimmons the the father of Autumnfest and a great ideas man needed some up to date headshots for his portfolio.Brett has such a diverse life he needed something that would work for Autumnfest ,the newspaper and something that he could include when talking to high end sponsors like banks and insurance companies


Here are couple of images we shot ,one for magazine profiles....

...and something to send to his sponsors etc

See you at the Gig 28th & 29th April 2012...book your hotels NOW !!

Ace O' Breaks-ric woods photography

We photographed "Ace O' Breaks" the other day.She turned on the GLAM for the lens proving these Roller Derby Girls are not all Crash & Bash.Maree applied the make up and Ace showed us some tricks on skates.

Check out Cat- from Cat fight Collections-ric woods photography

Cat Heart owner of Cat Fight Collections , maree and myself got together in the studio the other day and made some great photographs.
I must ask the question....
Can anybody tell me ..What is this obsession women have with shoes?
To be honest, Ive seen shoes of late that are seriously bordering on becoming ART!
Maree did Cats' make up and cat provided the costumes, there is certainly benefits in owning a clothing store.
I provided the photography..

Crissy's Pin Up Photo Shoot-ric woods photography

We shot Crissy the other day.We were commissioned to shoot her in the style of a pin up.These retro photo shoots are coming our way often these days and they are lots of fun.The clothes are great and Crissy certainly has great praise for Kat at "Catfight Collections" in Hamilton for their great range of Retro clothing. Maree Nichols applied Crissy's make up and assisted with the photo shoot. Well done Crissy...3 hours without a fade out.....





See some behind the scenes action here..........

"Cut Throat Carly" pin up photo shoot-ric woods photography

Carly commissioned us to create her "retro pin up portfolio". She came to the studio armed with a collection of amazing clothes and then her and Amanda her mother/assistant/coach layed out a wardrobe that we could have spent days shooting.

Professional presentation was key word in this shoot ,all the clothes came pressed and on hangers, the shoes we like art pieces. Maree did her make up magic and we were ready to create "Images with an Edge".

The most difficult part of the photo shoot was deciding which outfit was the best...The Sailor Suit...

This Killer "Spanish" influence full skirt with yards of petticote..

..OR...this huge cluster of balloons...

We also created a collection of romantic monochrome portraits at the end of the Photo Shoot...

See the Low Res Behind the Scenes Video below...

Beauty Shoot of Lucy-ric woods photography

Lucy shows us one of the best smiles we have seen in a long time. Lucy commissioned us for a beauty shoot, to capture what she looks like at this time in her life...... Learn more....photography and lighting workshop course booklet **HERE**

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See behind the scenes video of Kara's shoot HERE

Lucy's Beauty Photoshoot- a great subject

Lucy commissioned us for a photo shoot and we all had a great deal of fun.

The shot list included images in colour and monochrome, images were to include, formals on seamless white, face portraits, some pin up style images and a selection of moody rock chick images. Lucy wanted to keep her natural hair style....I could see maree wanting to push the look a little...

At our studio we are less inclined to push the latest fashion of overworked over saturated images...in saying that we do show clients before and after images that have make up but very little photoshop work.

Maree kept the make up minimal and young.Make up in a photo shoot is very important to present clients at their best, it safeguards against too much shine as the studio strobes produce a great deal of light and the reflection of human skin can blow out high lights.

Air conditioning in the studio was great to keep the skin cool during these very hot days...I'm sure glad that we were not working in a warehouse studio.

We ask clients to come with washed faces with no make up, with a good breakfast to keep the blood sugar up and bring costume changes...we guide clients on clothing depending on the "tone" of the photo shoot and the looks that are requested.

I'm sure that a few of these images will find their way into Lucy's mums house on mothers day.

We provide a complete framing service with all the examples on the wall .Also other products like images on acrylic, leather free standing double or triple portfolios for all the young people that are renting apartments and cannot put frame hangers in the walls.

We run photography and lighting courses for those interested in taking their skills to another level or want to get out of the rut of shooting in the same way.

We also instruct people about digital colour and monochrome photography.

Some images work in colour,some work in monochrome and some can look great in both formats.

The pin up images were fun ...some for public view and some not...

Lucy settled in after an hour and produced some stunning images in colour and black and white...

The corporate world will never look at a blazer in the same way again after this photo shoot

Lucy was able to give me great laughs for images, this is a great deal harder that one thinks...Note how the colour tone changes in Lucy's makeup (especially the lipstick) in the colour image and then check out the monochrome images.I like to have the "tone" of the lips at least as dark as the eyebrows...