Kapa’s Blog

Today I was at the Greek Orthodox Parish & Community of ‘St. Andrew’ in Gladesville to photograph the orthodox christening of Chloe. The ‘psalti’ reads the Creed with Chloe’s parents captured in the background.

Chloe being immersed in the baptismal font.

After the service, Chloe grabbing a power nap on mums shoulder.

A tight portrait with Chloe, Mum & the Godmother.

Soon after, Chloe was snuggled up into her dads shoulder, grabbed this (my favourite shot of the day) using natural light and the aperture wide open.

The reception was at Banjo Patterson’s Cottage Restaurant, and while everyone was enjoying drinks during a beautiful (but humid) Sydney day, I was grabbing candid shots of the family & guests.

A very impressive cake put together by Sweet Art.

And a signature bear for all the guests to sign.

Kids entertainment was provided by “Fairy Star” from FairyCrystal.

While Fairy Star was telling her story, the expression on Chloe’s face was priceless.

Chloe giving me the Robert de Nero “Are you looking at me” look.

Had some time to capture some cute portraits using an off-camera flash.

Happy Valentines Day

Normally I wouldn’t take my camera gear to a game, however I went straight there from Chloe’s Christening – stay tuned for photos later this week. It was the last game of the regular season, the winner not only becomes the minor premiers, but also get direct qualification into the Asia cup.

It was the biggest crowd of the year, the cove was a sea of blue supporters.

Second half, Sydney was up 1-0 and the action was happening at my end of the field, Brosque making a few moves.

Soon after, Aloisi nailed it, taking the shot.

He soaked in the roar of the crowd

Then was joined in by his team mates.

The cove went crazy.

Final result, 2-0 congratulations.

The Australian Community of Child Photographers (ACOCP) is a group of dedicated photographers that do something I could not bring myself to do. I’m left speechless & in awe of their work. I’m fortunate that I photograph children & their families at times of joy & celebration, and to be honest until recently didn’t know that photographers provide their services at the other end of the spectrum.

Read about them in an article published by Sunny Days here.

Visit the ACOCP Website here.

God Bless.

I thought I was going to have a challenging day today…..as soon as I said hello to Matthew he broke out tears. Obviously a photographer with a big scary camera & flash frightened him, however he soon started to get comfortable with me around.

Soon after he got dressed managed to capture some cute photographs.

Here is Mathew with his big sister Laura. I met Laura over 2 years ago when she was an infant, I photographed her baptism as well.

The church was St Charles Borromeo in Ryde, I got there a bit early & captured this using natural light.

Father Paul had a good demeanour with the children. He invited them up to the baptismal font & explained the significance of the Water.

He then got all the children to assist in the blessing of the water.

Matthew getting baptised with his very proud parents looking on.

A close-up of the water being poured on Mathew’s head from a shell.

Here is a couple of candid shots I liked, both capturing a special moment.

Just 12 days to go, the Christmas tree is up, the kids are on holidays, and looking forward to a great Australian summer in Sydney.

A sneak peak on what our family & friends will receive as their Christmas card this year.

Yep, the boys are growing.

For everyone else, you can have this on-line version.

A Safe & Merry Christmas to you & your family, and may 2010 be filled with health & happiness.

John & Family.

In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve put my contact page back up. If you have forgotten to book a photographer for your event this year, you may be in luck. As I’ve been off-line for several months, my schedule for the remaining of 2009 is pretty open.

If you’re looking for a photographer for 2010, all I can suggest is don’t procrastinate. Within a week of getting back on line, enquiries have started to come in and the first few months of 2010 is starting to look quite busy.

I’m looking forward to a great Australian summer in Sydney, and should start posting pics & stories in the not too distant future.

Cheers.

Spring in Sydney is a beautiful time of the year. One of my favourite things is the colour produced by the jacaranda trees.

It’s that time of year when the magpies are born. Every morning a family of maggies come into our yard to pick up the scraps our that fall out of our birds cage. I’ve been unsuccessfully trying to capture a decent image of them, they tend to scatter as soon as they see me approaching, even with my 200 lens, I can’t get close enough….anyway, here is the best of a bad bunch.

I’ve been going through my personal photographs, and have to say photographing the under 6’s has been a lot of fun, especially they way they all hover around the ball.

You can see 8 kids in this shot, the fact that it’s 4 a side gives you an indication of how close they play. Also makes it easy for a photographer.