Portrait Photos

How to get great photos of your kids

by October 19, 2011
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How to take great photos of kids   Make your invitations personal Every year, for both kids I've shot a photo for their birthday invitations.  It's one of my favourite things as I get to choose a photo that reflects their personality at that age.  This year was no different, except that we've decided there [...]

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Actor headshots

by Gareth Robins May 30, 2011
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I never really knew how to take Tonci when I first met him.  Mainly because I don’t remember hearing his real voice until probably the third or fourth time we met.  Tonci is an actor, in the truest sense of the word.  He doesn’t just portray characters in movies, he tries to live and breath [...]

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Clients: A new way to get your files

by May 15, 2011

I’ve been using Dropbox for sometime now to keep my own files synchronised across multiple computers, and my iPhone. It’s an invaluable tool, and it’s also free! But recently I’ve started to use it more to share files with people, rather than send them a disk or use email. So I’m going to extend this [...]

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Murawai Beach Shoot

by Gareth Robins October 8, 2010

This is just a quick sneak peek.  Well really it’s just one photo, but I promise I’ll post more soon. Heading out to Murawai beach, put the call out on Twitter for some models, and Brad a.k.a. @Kiwi_Chatter and Melissa a.k.a @BestNestNZ kindly agreed.  Didn’t quite get the sunset I wanted, there was a speck [...]

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Portrait shoot with friends

by September 11, 2010
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I love nothing more than grabbing some friends and heading out to some random location for a shoot.  There’s no stress, no pressure, no time limits.. just us and the camera.  Today we headed up to Silverdale and found this wicked derelict building.  If you ever want to come along, flick me an email, always [...]

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Fast Track Photographers: Studio Shoot

by Gareth Robins September 5, 2010

This weekend some of the Fast Track group got together to learn a wee bit about studio lighting thanks to Jason Searle from Omakiwi. I was very pleased to have Steph to pose for us, and I’m a bit uneasy in front of the camera. We covered the basics of studio lighting, how to position [...]

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