Coastal Splendours exhibition

I've been photographing lots of amazing artwork this week as everyone set up their exhibitions for this year's Southern Art & Craft Trail. It also provided the opportunity to photograph my lovely friend Anthony Docherty again for some publicity shots for his exhibition with Chris Lee. We headed to the coast and managed to grab this one - called "Collaboration" :-) - between storms.

Doc and Chris are just 2 of the artists participating in Coastal Splendours at the Centre for Sustainable Living in Denmark, WA. The exhibition runs until Sunday 11 October, 10am-4.30pm every day.

Foto Freo 2010

I've been invited to be part of a combined exhibition for next year's Foto Freo - Fremantle's biennial international festival of photography. It's great to have a reason to get out and take some photos just for me :-)  I'm planning on doing a kitchen-based series of photos to show the different sides of the local community. Spent a lovely morning with Luc Longley and Anna Gare in their kitchen this week...as I walked in and spotted the clothes pegs in holding Anna's hair back, I knew we were in for a fun shoot. And the timing was perfect - Anna's busy doing recipe development for her new TV series and book so I picked up some cooking tips along the way, and got to eat yummy cake. Thanks guys!

Gift vouchers

I've been designing new gift vouchers this week and have made them available through my website or directly from me. They can be redeemed against wedding photography, portrait shoots, prints, wedding albums and books, so apart from making great birthday and Christmas presents, they can be added to 'wedding present' lists by the bride and groom.

The extraordinary David Rastrick

Well after months (roughly 36 of them) of saying we'd like to catch up to do some photos, I finally got together with musician and environmentalist David Rastrick this morning.

Iris Awards

I was delighted to be selected as a finalist recently in the annual Iris Awards for portraits, run by the Perth Centre for Photography. I'd entered a photo of a local Denmark couple, Colin and Barbara, taken in their kitchen. It's called Standing Still.

If you're interested, the exhibition of the finalists runs until 27 September at the PCP Gallery in Brisbane Street, Perth. Check out their website for opening hours: www.pcp.org.au

Jodie & Robb

I'm looking forward to a final catch-up with Jodie and Robb this weekend, before their wedding next month. Last time we met we did some pre-wedding photos down by the river but I think my favourites from that day were the ones I took over coffee beforehand...