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Some days.... | Willro&co Photography

Ahem.
AHEM!
Oi - you said you would come and take photos with me....


























The camera is over this way

Yes. Farm life is amusing.
There are hazards ya know though

see! I told you so.
"gotta quit smoking" she says, deadpan.
I see this for the distracting technique that it is.

Could you just pose for a minute?

Oh come on!

I might as well just shoot the scenery.

But sometimes she will play.
It is all about bribery and corruption.

A visit home | Willro&co Photography

I grew up at Parkes.
On a farm.
Can you tell?
Bill says that I speak Goonumblish... (feel free to google Goonumbla if you like). At this point I usually draw a comparison between our HSC marks. But we wont go there.....
He grew up on a farm too - his argument is not sound.

So on a recent trip home to drop off my mother (who had kindly minded my children whilst I went to the workshop mentioned in a previous post....she also speaks Goonumblish.....I don't know what she and Bill talked about whilst I was gone....) I took a few photos.

This is in our front paddock.

It is her best impression of a reindeer.
I am thinking of using it for our Christmas cards.
This exercise also reminded me of something that is virtually non-existent on the coast where we live.
Burs.
Bindies, grass seeds, prickles, corkscrews....I dont know technically what they are, but I spent the next 3 hours pulling them out of our clothes and shoes. I had to pull them out of Tara's clothes as well because, well frankly she didn't want to go down there anyway and seeing as I made her, then I should have to fix the resultant problems as well.
Nice.

But that was all a practice for the next day when I took photos of this lovely family

Don't you love their faces in this next one? So much fun!

oh, and if you want to know how to get a lounge in the middle of your front paddock, this is the way you do it...

I had to drag Tara away crying (it always looks bad when your assistant bursts into tears).
She wanted to keep this:

She wanted to call him Lucky.
Lucky all right.....lucky he didnt have to come with us. I've seen what it takes to get her to feed our 'other not so cute and cuddly any more' dog. You were lucky Lucky.
And we stopped for one quick shot in the grape vines on the way home (you are correct, there are no grape vines at Goonumbla...this was at Cowra). Where we stood in yet another patch of burs and transferred them to our car. If any come up in our lawn, I wont be happy....

Inspire Me 2010

As promised, here are some images from the workshop

I'm back! | Nowra Photographer | Rowena Field

Did you miss me?
Don't worry if you didn't - one of my work colleagues also failed to notice too....although she did think it seemed quiet.

Instead of being a physio, I got to indulge myself as a photographer for the week on the Gold Coast. Somehow I scammed my way into a workshop for professional photographers Inspire Me 2010, and had the guilty pleasure of being taught by Brianna Graham, Raye Law & Ashley Skajveland

Not only that, I got to take 2 of my besties along with me for the ride (bestie 1 & 2)
and they did not disappoint.
Nor did they let me get any sleep.
Nor did I stop laughing for about 6 days.
I had to come home for a rest.
What can I say? they are country girls :)

And a nice picture to share (that I shamelessly admit to stealing from bestie 1's facebook page) of us with Brianna Graham (she is centre right)

























I will be back with some photos.......soon.....

oh - did I mention we stayed at a mansion? I think it was built for giants...

Creativity | Willro&co Photography | Callala

I can get lost in photoshop for hours. Really. Ask my family.

I try to get to the Shoalhaven photography club when it is on. Yesterday's theme for the competition was 'eyes'.
Here are my 2 creative category entries.

Tara thinks she looks good with green eyes and purple eye shadow. Thank goodness this is not real life.

and one of my monochrome entries:

Young Talent | Nowra Portrait Photographer | Willro&co

What was I thinking? Taking three 13 y.o girls (one closely related to me and supposed to be my assistant) on a semi serious photoshoot?

Obviously I wasn't thinking too hard as I proceeded to let my 6 y.o tag along too.

Despite the container of a bazillion earrings being upended at least twice, and 32 potential costume changes, we did come up with some great pictures for a CD cover........and another to add to my collection of "when they become famous, I did their first photos"

sometimes it is worth getting up at 4.30 am | Nowra Commercial Photography

because the light is just sensational.
I wasn't really convinced that would be the case as I struggled out of bed. Tara was even less convinced despite the deal we had brokered the previous evening that she would come and hold the reflector and be paid in chocolate!
Katie was up for the challenge however, and if you check out my website you will hear her unique music.

Digital album design | Willro&co Photography

I love to see what people do with my designs.
A beautiful album example from Memories by Carol

using this album

Easter | Callala Bay Photographer

I'm not fantastic at early rising.Big Red opted out all together and decided a 9am Easter Service was far more reasonable.
The rest of us made it to the sunrise at Callala headland. It is always worth it. A wonderful reminder of the unconditional love and unmerited grace that God offers to us at Easter.

Handmade cards and Landscape prints | Jervis Bay & Nowra Photographer

I've had a selection of handmade cards for sale for a while now....just haven't done much about marketing them.
You can see them all on my website.

There is also a range of landscape photography from Jervis Bay and surrounds available as framed prints, unframed prints, and prints mounted on board.

and a couple more 12x12 adjustable photgraphy albums | Willro&co Photography Resources

while I am on a roll....

1. Classic Album - similar to the album in the last post, there are lots of adjustable layers and elements to help you create a consistent album with all the clipping masks provided to line up your photos easily.

Doodle Album - This album also contains an adjustable background, similar to the adjustable 12x12 papers that are already for sale at Divine Digital. This means that you can alter your background to any colour that suits you!

 

courtesy of
Heidi Rookyard Photography