10/9/2009 Back to work

I've had a grin on my face for almost a week now. It was such a thrill to have my name read out as the 2009 WA Wedding Photographer of the Year. Here's my 3 second grammy award speech:

Thankyou Roger for being my teacher, critic, husband and for printing my images so beautifully. Any photographic skills I have are because of you...and even though I now have a huge ego I will still carry your bags.

Thankyou also to the gorgeous brides who appear in the winning portfolio .

OK...back to work.

Click on the pics below to see what we've been up to lately - I'm not sure which is more cute - the babies or the puppies!

Enjoy!

K x

Wedding Photographer of the Year - and the winner is...
Perth, Western Australia



Blog Post from Roger:

Normally I don't do the blog...that's left to Kirsty. But last Friday night she received a very special honour, and being the quiet, bashful little thing that she is I thought I'd let you all know about it...

Kirsty was crowned the 2009 Epson WA AIPP Professional Wedding Photographer of the Year at a gala event at the Duxton Hotel in Perth. She was up against WA's best wedding photographers. This is an award that I have yet to win (I've twice been runner-up to the wonderful Ric Syme who, in my view is one of the best wedding photographers this state has ever seen).

Kirsty was also runner up for the coveted John Whitfield-King Award - a perpetual trophy for the "best people Pic". John Whitfield-King is regarded as the most naturally gifted and visually literate photographer of his generation who sadly passed away in 1990 of motor neurone disease at the age of 50.

She was also runner up for the Best Individual Wedding Print Award.

So well done and congratulations to Kirsty!!!

But what does this mean to you, our clients?

You're lucky! You now have the 2007 WA Portrait Photographer of the Year AND the 2009 WA Wedding Photographer of the Year shooting your wedding.

Few studios in Australia can claim two such accomplished and awarded photographers both shooting together at the same wedding.

For years I have reigned on the throne here at ENVY. Now Kirsty is wearing the crown (for now...) I'm wondering though...will she still carry my bags??..surely??..

Congratulations Kirsty - no one has worked harder or deserves this more than you.

Your loving husband,

Roger

Winter time = Portrait time!
Margaret River Photography
These are the portrait sessions I've wanted to show for ages but couldn't because of our internet woes.

So click the photo, sit back and watch a little slideshow of portrait fun...ENVY style.

Enjoy!

K x

PS There are HEAPS more sessions waiting for me to post, so lookout, they're a-comin'... K x

WPPI 2009 - More awards for ENVY!

Roger and I are members of Wedding & Portrait Photographers International - which is pretty much an international group of wedding and portrait photographers...der!

WPPI hold three print competitions throughout the year. This year we decided to enter the competition for the first time and we just received the results.

Out of 1100 entries our photos won:

~ 2nd place in the Wedding Photojournalism category (Kirsty)
~ 3rd place in the Wedding Humour category (Kirsty)
~ 1st place in the Illustrative/Editorial category (Roger)
~ 1st, 2nd AND 3rd place in the Landscape/Nature category (Roger)
PLUS
Between us we received 6 Accolades of Excellence for our other entries.

What a buzz...

Here is the link to the winning entries. Below is my third place "Humour" shot. I'm not really sure what's funny about it, but every time I see this photo it makes me smile.

Enjoy!

K x

APPA 2009 - Award time!

It's that time of year again, when professional photographers across the country enter the Australian Professional Photography Awards to have their images judged by a panel of their peers. The Canon AIPP APPA attracts hundreds of entries and the AIPP Members who participate in the APPA are able to accrue "award points" which count towards the achievement of Associate and Master status within AIPP.

Roger is already a Master of Photography with three gold bars (M.Photog.III), and this year he recieved two Silver awards to go towards his next gold bar.

My images received one Silver and two Silver with Distinction awards. I have accrued enough points to earn the honour of Associate - which means I can put a few more letters after my name (AAIPP) and wear a fancy yellow ribbon around my neck.

But these awards mean much more than that.

Entering each year challenges us to be better.

Knowing that our images will be compared to those of other photographers from around the country forces us to stay at the forefront in terms of photographic style and technique.

And being able to say that we are the most awarded studio in southwest WA is a really nice feeling too...

Below is one of the images I entered (and one of my favourite shots of the year). It scored 89 - one point away from Gold...

Enjoy!

K x

The Love Boat...or The eat-until-you-explode Boat?

A few weeks back Roger and I braved the threat of swine flu and joined our friends, fellow-photographers Warren and Maureen Bellette, on a cruise aboard The Sun Princess.

We've never really been excited about the idea of cruising but thought it would be the perfect way to force ourselves to relax and put our feet up for a change - which we did...


The food was fantastic - the amount of it was obscene. You could eat all day, every day if you really wanted to. I found myself feeling like Mr Creosote in the Monty Python sketch - "Come on Madame...just one more mouthful...it's only waffer-thin" KaBOOM!

The best part of the trip was (shopping in Singapore and) having our friends there for company. Here we are on board before we all ate too much!



K x

24/7/2009 Great moments in history

Everyone has days that they will hold in their heart forever...days that will always be remembered fondly with a lump in your throat and a tear in your eye.

Roger and I would like to share some of our special days with you.



It's so good to be back in the land of technology.

Andrew, the amazingly gifted computer nerd (and I mean that in a good way) from Platinum Computer Services came in today and hooked up all TEN of our computers to the internet and sorted out our PHONE!!

So now, after many months and multiple fights with the big company that starts with Tel and ends with stra, you can email and call us and we will actually answer...unbelievable, but true!

Thanks to all of our clients who have been so patient while we've been in limbo. Roger and I will be working extra hard over the next few weeks to catch up on all of your orders and emails.

Thanks also to one of our beautiful brides, Kell, who offered to help us get the phones sorted out - luckily the threat of taking our story to Channel Nine worked!

Get ready for lots of posts...

Kx