day at the beach

Had a wonderful time photographing a lovely family at the beach on the weekend in less than wonderful conditions. We were actually very lucky as it started raining just as we were finishing up. While it was cold and windy I'm sure the photos will be worth it for them so here is a sneak peek,

baby bump

here are a few baby bump shots from a recent shoot;

kittens

There are three other reasons we've been busy of late...

We rescued these kittens that were found and taken to a vet clinic.
We will raise them until they are old enough to be adopted - around 6-8 weeks old.

Luckily they all have great homes waiting for them, so giving them back won't be so bad. I'm sure we'll all miss them, especially the kids, but it's been a great experience for them. We started with four and lost one by the end of the first day, the remaining three have all come close at least once but we've managed to keep them alive and get them to the point now that they are all on solid food and should all be fine.

bigger people

Photographing adults is not as different to photographing children as I first thought. Yes adults can (usually) follow directions easier, but unless they are relaxed they will look stiff regardless of your instructions. I usually find it easy to relate well with both kids and adults so I don't find one or the other more difficult, just different.

byo monkey

...been photographing lots of small people, on their own, with their parents, and of course, with their monkeys...

p.s this blog appears to be chopping off the right hand side from some of the images, if you'd like to see the full version just click on them

a wedding...

Been super busy and the poor old blog has become almost forgotten, here are a few shots from a wedding I photgraphed recently

...more of what I've been up to coming real soon...

newborn

Congrats Michelle and Chris on your new baby girl!

After the jump

My first solo exhibition is running for the next couple of weeks at Immersion Therapy 420 high st Northcote ending on Nov 30.

The exhibition is not related to the family portraits, but is basically photos taken over the past two years relating to the theme of making choices and choosing paths that will ultimately decide your fate, the life you lead and the person you will become.

After hanging all the works I realised that while I hoped other people would like the show, and would maybe even purchase some, it wasn't how I would gauge it's success.

I had already decided it was a success just based on how much I learned putting the show together, about art and about myself, and I loved seeing the works hanging together.

It somehow made all the work I had been doing much more valuable to me.

yeah yeah I know, me me me! It was also nice to hear how the works affected other people, how one image can mean so many different things to different people.

Anyway, it will be open the next couple of weekends so feel free to drop in, it doesn't cost anything to enter the gallery and I have been known to drop in with bags of cakes/biscuits from a nearby greek cake shop.

Our girls with their favourites:

Happy Halloween

Our Kids organized a halloween party for their friends this year. Despite not really celebrating Halloween in Australia, the kids see it in all the movies and tv shows and I must admit it's a lot of fun, so what the hell.

bottom of the mountain

So now the website is pretty much complete apart from linking back to my main hub, geoffburrows.com.au which still needs to be finished before I do.

We sold the first gift voucher under the chasing butterflies name, very exciting - I should probably also point out that if you still have a voucher for geoff burrows photography it is, of course, valid at chasing butterflies.

Oh, and also get ready for my first solo art exhibition, but more about that later...
Meanwhile here's a shot of our girls helping me try out some new lighting equipment after school