ALMOST...

My dear readers, I know you must be so annoyed with me! I am so so sorry. I significantly underestimated how freakin BUSY I would be these past few weeks. Holy schmoly!

The good news? I have photos. Like, real honest-to-goodness wedding photos.

And you will get to see them tomorrow. Yes, you read that right..... TOMORROW!!!
(Tuesday morning in AUS - Monday afternoon in the US) 

Wheeeee!!

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Sorry, I know that was SUCH a tease!

(insert evil, but cute laugh here)

For anyone wanting an actual update, I am nearly through editing the post-ceremony photos and only have the reception left! Between the day job and some computer/monitor complications (why do colors look different on EVERY single screen?!) it has been slow work. But I promise I'll get faster with every new wedding I do!

xo Lis

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HUNTER VALLEY WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY

Would you like a sneak peek? Huh? Would ya?

Yeah....I thought you would....


It's one of my favorites :)

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LIGHTBOX MAGIC

Ummm, so my blog started doing something kind of awesome. Without me actually changing anything?!

When you click on images within a post, they pop up in fancy lightboxes. Crazy! Has this happened for any of you?

I'm using Firefox so maybe it's a browser thing??

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I SURVIVED

It was gorgeous, romantic, exhilarating, EXHAUSTING and most of all... so rewarding.

I took some beautiful shots - made easy by Nikita and Justin's perfectly planned day and genuine love for each other. It was an absolutely stunning wedding!  

But, let's be honest, I also took some less than beautiful shots. There were moments when I thought my camera had actually decided to rebel against me and purposely put everything out of focus. Just to spite me and my sweaty hands. There were also moments when, while crawling around on the chapel floor, I dreamed of being invisible so the guests weren't tempted to laugh at me. (I don't think any actually laughed at me...but they should have.) And speaking of dreams....after the whole day was said and done, and I had backed up all of the images 3 times on hard drives and computers, I crawled into bed exhausted and had nightmares of trying to edit photos that were completely and horribly out of focus. Talk about psycho-stress-Lisa. Geez!

But all jokes and worries aside, I am really happy with the results. And now I am so excited to edit the photos and share them with the bride and groom! And you, of course :)

I still have my work cut out for me though. Because between two camera bodies, four lenses, 6 camera batteries (I may have over-estimated how many I'd need. Haha!), four memory cards, a flash, and two spare lenses... I snapped over 1500 pictures. Yes. You read that right. 1500. One person. In eleven hours. 1500 photos. Soooooo it might take me a little while to post them. Sorry... just enjoy this sneaky iPhone snap for now.

xo

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MY FIRST WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY GIG

Well, it's here. Much sooner than I expected, but it's here! This weekend I am shooting my very first wedding. Crazy, huh?!

I'll be honest...I'm a little bit nervous. But over the past week I have been going over everything in my head, planning all of my ideal shots, and making lots of lists....all of which have actually made me more excited than I am nervous. Bring it on!!

Without giving too much away, I'll tell you that the wedding is in the Hunter Valley (Australian wine country) at an adorable little church. The post-ceremony portraits will be taken at a vineyard and the reception is in a cask hall. Goodness. Is your mind creating beautiful landscapes, lighting and atmosphere in your imagination?? Mine totally is.

Of course I've been collecting inspirational images from day one, and I thought I'd share some with you. Mainly for a bit of fun, but also so you can hold me to this high standard when I share MY photos with you. The inspiration is mainly coming from the composition and type of photo...not so much the coloring or people obviously :)

Enjoy....and wish me luck!

(Images stolen mainly from OnceWed, 100 Layer Cake and Ruffled. Sorry for not linking. Bad blogger!)

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SAM STEPHENSON MUSIC

This kid never ceases to amaze me. Seriously, how can one person have so much talent?!

I'm really really proud to share Sam's latest project.... a solo mission!

When he's not busy with Fisherking, he's writing and recording songs like mad for his own EP. The work he has done so far is pretty amazing and I think everyone is going to really like it.

To hear three early demo tracks, read about his music and browse plenty of photos, check out his new site  HERE

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HOLIDAY HORSEBACK RIDING

Ok Lisa, snap out of it! Time to get inspired. Or at least a teensy bit motivated...

So here are some happy snaps from last weekend. Monday was a public holiday (and much needed if you ask me!) so I headed down south for a bit of true relaxation. I even left my camera back in Cronulla on purpose. It was time to unwind.

Buuuuuut did you really think I'd be able to go an entire weekend in Mollymook without taking a few photos? Especially when we spontaneously decided to go horseback riding? Nope. No way :)

Have you ever seen a white peacock!? I was amazed.

The farm was in the middle of NOWHERE. Just sitting in a little valley, with green hills all around. It was rustic and charming...but we quickly headed out onto the trails with our horses. Sam and I were looking super cool on our BFF horses. They were supposedly inseparable from each other, but mine seemed more interested in eating than anything else that afternoon. Such disobedient things, those horses!

Case in point. That is NOT the trail...ugh

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BLAH

I'm not feeling very inspired this week. Sorry.

I did walk into a spider web this morning though. So yeah....there's that.

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