by Belinda | Sep 19, 2019 | Art, Autumn photoshoot, Child Photography, Christchurch, Creative Photography, Creativity, Double Exposures, Family Photography, Fujifilm, Fujifilm X-T2, Maternity dresses, Maternity Photography, XF56mm F1.2
Christchurch Maternity Photographer Hazel is a beautiful young lady with twins. Check out her blog and website Tiki Touring Twins to read about her adventures. She came to me several months back for a family and maternity shoot. She was so excited to capture her...
by Belinda | Sep 15, 2019 | Art, Awards, Christchurch, Creative Photography, Creativity, Double Exposures, Fine Art Child Portraits, Fine Art Portraiture, Iris Awards, Nature Photography, NZIPP, Portraits, Travel, XF18-135mm, XF35mm F1.4, XF56mm F1.2
Be Creative and Follow Your Passion Being creative and following your own passion is one of the best things you can do in life. There is nothing worse than doing a job that you hate and not following your dreams. Once you get into a creative mindset everything you see...
by Belinda | Sep 15, 2019 | Art, Arts Centre of Christchurch, Christchurch, Creative Photography, Creativity
Crafts to Inspire your Brain About a year ago I went to Rekindle and made a spoon in their spoon carving workshop. Rekindle are trying to encourage resourcefulness in the community. Their motto is, if you have some spare material lying around home – don’t...
by Belinda | Sep 11, 2019 | Art, Arts Centre of Christchurch, Awards, Christchurch, Forest, Fujifilm X-T2, Iris Awards, Nature Photography, XF35mm F1.4
Nature Photography As well as child fine at portraiture, I also love taking photos of nature especially when on holiday with my children. Photos on camping trips and picnics As a family we often go camping or going on holiday at Kaikoura. Give me the simple life every...
by Belinda | Sep 11, 2019 | Child Photography, Christchurch, Dance Photography, Double Exposures, Fine Art Child Portraits, Fine Art Portraiture, Fujifilm, Fujifilm X-T2, Location scouting, Ocean, Portraits, Sea, Sunset shoot, Teen shoot, Video, XF56mm F1.2
Christchurch Fine Art Photographer An amazing video experience The other day I was videoed for a cool inspirational video for my website. The videographer Andrew Thorman is my children’s dance teacher. He is an amazing dance teacher and specialises in Ballroom...
by Belinda | Sep 4, 2019 | Art, Child Photography, Christchurch, Family Photography, Fine Art Child Portraits, Fine Art Portraiture, Fujifilm X-T2, Portraits, Preschool portraits, XF56mm F1.2
Studio shoot with Preschoolers Check out these cute photos of Lila and George which I took last year. Lila was only about two years old and George four years old. I warned their mum that it might be a tricky shoot due to their preschool age. Instructing Children When...
by Belinda | Sep 4, 2019 | Backdrops, Child Photography, Christchurch, Fine Art Child Portraits, Fine Art Portraiture, Fujifilm, Fujifilm X-T2, Photography props, Portraits, Sewing, XF56mm F1.2
Make Your Own Photography Props Using up Old Curtains One day I was up at Kaikoura in the garage when my husband Stu and I found a box, high up on a shelf left by the previous owners. Stu took it down and we found some old curtains inside. They were dark glossy purple...
by Belinda | Sep 3, 2019 | Art, Backdrops, Black and white photography, Child Photography, Christchurch, Fine Art Child Portraits, Fine Art Portraiture, Food Photography, Fujifilm, Fujifilm X-T2, Lyttelton, Photography props, Portraits, XF18-135mm
Fujifilm X Series NZ The Fujifilm X Series New Zealand Facebook page put out a photographic challenge every month. For the month of July the theme was portraiture. I had been on an amazing trip up the gondola with two of my children and walked back down the other side...
by Belinda | Sep 3, 2019 | Aurora chasing, Christchurch, Fujifilm, Fujifilm X-T2, Fujifilm XT-1, Landscapes, Samyang 12mm, Travel
Christchurch Photographer / Aurora Chaser What you don’t know about my photography When I first started photography I mainly shot landscapes on holidays. That was my thing. When I first got my Fujifilm X-T1, I bought a Samyang lens to go with it so I could...
by Belinda | Sep 3, 2019 | Art, Child Photography, Christchurch, Fine Art Child Portraits, Fine Art Portraiture, Fujifilm X-T2, Photography props, Portraits, XF56mm F1.2
Make Your Own Golden Crown Photography Prop An Inspiring Golden Dress Last year I bought a beautiful golden dress from Dollcake. Dollcake which is an amazing Australian company who make boutique dresses for children. The dress arrived and I was extremely excited it...
