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A Weekend Away in Mount Tamborine: Exploring Queensland with Brisbane Commercial Photographers

The Must-See Highlights on a Weekend Away in Mount Tamborine

Exploring Queensland’s Mount Tamborine with Brisbane Commercial Photographers, LP Commercial Photography

With restrictions slowly lifting in Queensland, now’s the perfect time to plan a relaxing weekend away! My partner and I love exploring Australia, staying at homely Airbnb’s and exploring the nearby attractions, sampling the local food & drinks and immersing ourselves in the experience.

We recently travelled to Mount Tamborine for a long weekend away for my Birthday, staying at a gorgeous Chalet on the Gallery Walk on the top of the mountain. From the moment we walked into “Rest a While” we were greeted by the sound of birds, the fresh mountain air, forests surrounding the area and a gorgeous chalet amongst nature. Entering the space, we immediately felt at home…. with a gorgeous fire, gowns, everything we’d need in the kitchen and a lovely handwritten note from our hosts Narelle and Denise. See some of the little details of our stay below.

You can see more about the airbnb on their fb page HERE

What to see in Mount Tamborine

We ventured out and explored the Gallery Walk, visiting a number of businesses. We went to Fortitude Brewing and tried a tasting paddle and their delicious sweet potato wedges, tried the famous home made pies at Mt Tamborine Winery, did a tasting at Tamborine Mountain Distillery walking away with a lovely bottle of Wild Forest Plum Liqueur and finished the afternoon by the fire at our airbnb.

The next day we explored the wineries all within 5-10 mins from the Gallery Walk, Cedar Creek Estate Winery (also where the Glow Worm Caves are which are great to see), Witches Falls Winery doing a lovely tasting in the winery and enjoying the morning sun, and then having an afternoon lunch at The Polish Place with views to die for! After rebuilding after a fire, this business has created a spot you can’t miss with views over the mountain watching the hang gliders jump off the cliff and fly into the valley.

Some other great activities are the rainforest and waterfall walks, we loved Curtis Falls for a nice easy walk with gorgeous views. We also played a round of golf at the gorgeous Mount Tamborine Golf Course which was absolutely gorgeous with its views and fresh air.

We hope this gives you some ideas for your travels and enjoy being able to explore more of our wonderful country now that restrictions are easing.


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The Art of Studio Photography: Brisbane Branding, Commercial, Lifestyle, Fitness & Portrait Photographers

The studio can be the most elegant of backdrops; beautifully crafted light, seamless backdrops, with you, the photographer, in full control. However, it can also be a very difficult space to work with if you don’t think outside the box and know your lighting….

In studio is where perfection is created. It’s the place where the photographer has complete control over everything from the content of the image to how it’s lit. It is where the photographer is no longer at the whim of nature and the sun (or lack of it) but can create any style of light required for an image from wonderful soft sunlight to the harsh contrast of the spotlight… as long as they know what they are doing.

To a photographer that hasn’t studied their lighting, a studio session can prove difficult producing unpleasant results of overlit, brightly glaring shots or maybe deep shadows and darkness.

While we love and thrive on the challenges of location shooting, using a mix of ambient and flash lighting and strange and beautiful locations, we love taking complete control over our photoshoots and working in the studio.

It’s here we can take the time to craft and create exactly the right kind of light for each photoshoot. It’s where you can think outside the box and use different backdrops and props to create your own interesting scene that perfectly compliment your subject rather than having to accept what nature gives you on location.

Across our portrait and commercial brands, we do a lot of photoshoots in studio for health, fitness, couples, commercial portraits, lifestyle imagery and products. We wanted to take you through some of the incredible results we can achieve with your imagery within the constraints of the studio.

Whether we’re photographing branding imagery or personal imagery, we love to create something unique! Coloured backgrounds, white or black backgrounds, smoke machines, water, props…. We love to make it fun for our clients and the images speak for themselves.

We have a number of Brisbane Studio Photography days ready to be booked! Book your session, a 30 minute express or 60 minute photoshoot for your commercial, corporate, lifestyle, fitness, boudoir or personal imagery. Book your session below!

See some examples of some different styles of studio photography below:

Brisbane Commercial Portraits & Branding Photography

Brisbane Fitness, Health & Boudoir Photography

Brisbane Product Photography

2020 BRISBANE STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY SESSIONS: FITNESS PHOTOGRAPHY, COMMERCIAL PORTRAITS, BRANDING IMAGERY, FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHY
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Refreshing the photographic creative juices

REFRESHING THE PHOTOGRAPHIC CREATIVE JUICES

Gosh its been a busy start to the year. Our busiest January ever followed on from our busiest December, and don’t even ask me what happened to February, I blinked and suddenly found myself striding into March.

I love it when we are busy and the shoots are stacking up and we are running from one job to the next. It’s exciting, it’s varied and it’s everything I love about the job.

But every now and then you have to stop and take stock, and in those quiet moments I love to pick up my camera and go shoot… I know that sounds backwards…. surely that’s when you take a rest from the camera, but for me one of the best ways to rest is to go shoot….. but shoot for myself and not for anyone else. Where you only ned to care that you like the images and don’t need to think about anyone else in your creative process.

There is a big difference between working photography and personal photography and no matter how busy you get you sometimes have to make time just to go out and have fun with your cameras.

On a job you don’t often have the luxury of time, but an important part of good photography is just taking your time… sitting and watching the world go by. Getting into rhythm around you and then moving through it looking for your images. Sometimes you just have to take your time. If you don’t you run the risk of reaching that point when your brain goes into work mode every-time you reach for your cameras. Too often that means you stop actually opening your eyes and mind to all the images around you and you just focus on the ones that clients need, and that is the start of the downfall of your own creativity.

One of the things I love to do to keep myself sharp is a “one-on-one” challenge…. In my work I have a myriad of camera bodies, lenses, lighting gear and so on that help me meet any challenge a client can throw at me and deliver the images they want…. but in a one-on-one challenge I strip it all back to one camera body with one prime lens…. one focal length, no zooms, no flash, nothing. It strips you right back to basics and makes you start to think about your shots a lot more.

So this morning was my first day in weeks where I had nothing to do for anybody else. It was wet and a bit miserable but what they hey. Leaving my car I jumped on a bus and travelled into Brisbane CBD. I love taking the bus or train when I do this kind of thing. That dead time in the journey gives me a chance to just gaze out the window and wipe my mind of everything and just let my eyes wander and properly look at the world as I go by. Something you just can’t do when you drive.

So I spent the day with my little Canon EOS M5 mirrorless camera with the wonderfully sharp and punchy 22mm f2 pancake lens (35mm full frame equivalent). When I first started in photography the 35mm was my go to lens and I would hardly ever take it off my old Canon AE1. These days I hardly ever use one so for me it was a nice step back in time as well as a good part of the challenge. Then with no plan I just wandered round the town going wherever my feet took me with no plan. Below are some of my favourites and it was only once I loaded up the images on my computer that I realised that today’s theme seemed to be mostly reflections… maybe because the rainy day put me in such a reflective mood today, who knows LOL.

No matter what you do for a living, no matter how much you love what you do…. every now and then just remember to take the time to recharge the creative batteries, find some breathing space and isn so doing keep that passion for what you do alive.

Andy



Inside an Industrial Warehouse Project for Miele & Tomkins - Brisbane Architectural Photography

We regularly photograph architecture and building and construction completion projects across Brisbane, Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast and last week I felt like an ant inside this warehouse!

I photographed the Miele Warehouse at Brisbane Airport for our valued client Tomkins, doing an amazing job on the project. Comprising of a 6,000sqm warehouse and an attached 1,065sqm office, this project continues the ongoing relationship that Tomkins have built with Brisbane Airport Corporation.

The Miele Warehouse includes a showroom and service centre with polished concrete in the office. The development also includes an external car park and a concrete loading facility.

See some of the images below of the completion project photography.

Em

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