Kapa’s Blog

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.

Due to personal reasons, I am not taking any bookings until further notice.

If you are looking for another photographer, visit my contact page here:

http://kapaniris.com/contact.php

What a year its been, looking forward to 09, see you then.

What can I say, a bit of facial hair & a haircut, next thing I know the dog bites me, the kids don’t recognise me & my wife thinks she’s sleeping with another man.

BIG thanks to those that have already sponsored my MO to GRO. As promised, picture update below.

Remember, I’m doing this to raise funds for two men’s health issues that don’t get enough exposure or funds: Prostate Cancer and Depression.
Sponsor my Mo by clicking this link

Succumbing to peer group pressure, during Movember (formally known as November) I’ll be growing some facial hair. That’s right I’m bringing the Mo back because I’m passionate about tackling men’s health issues and being proactive in the fight against men’s depression and prostate cancer.

How can you help? Donate to my Mo by either:

Click this link and donate online using your credit card or PayPal account, or
Write a cheque payable to ‘Movember Foundation’, referencing my Registration Number 1408621 and mailing it to:
Movember Foundation
PO Box 292
Prahran VIC 3181

Remember, all donations over $2 are tax deductible.

The money raised by Movember is used to raise awareness of men’s health issues and donated to the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia and beyondblue – the national depression initiative. The PCFA and beyondblue will use the funds to fund research and increase support networks for those men who suffer from prostate cancer and depression.

Did you know:

Depression affects 1 in 6 men….most don’t seek help. Untreated depression is a leading risk factor for suicide.
Last year in Australia 18,700 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer and more than 2,900 died of prostate cancer – equivalent to the number of women who will die from breast cancer annually.

Update: 1st November:

Here is a “clean” shaven image I took this morning, stay tuned for updates.

Kapa

I’ve never tried to shoot wildlife before, this is my first attempt. Saw this Rosella having a bit of a feed on the bottle brush, since I had the long lens on the camera tried a few shots.

Full frame.

Cropped

It’s a shame I have to dumb down the images for the web, the amount of detail and colour in this image is amazing when viewed full screen. Although in this image you can see a bit of the bottle brush hanging of it’s beak.

July was a busy month for me, weddings, christenings, personal stuff, and it’s now end of August and I just realised that I had not put in a single entry in my blog for the month of July. Now I can’t let that happen, can I……

One day in July, I went to the park with my nephew’s to grab some natural portraits of them. This candid is going to be my very quick entry for this month