BPhotography | Launceston, Tasmania

Hi, I am Belinda Fettke.

I am a wife and mother of 3 grown children.

I was a registered nurse in a past life.

After 13 years as a stay at home Mum, I ventured back into the workforce as the PR Marketing photographer for Scotch Oakburn College for 8½ years. This involved covering every aspect of school life, in which I immersed myself and loved that I could capture kids being kids in a state of the art educational facility. I could celebrate their achievements, their friendships and their growth to mature young adults. It was a very precious time and I learned so much about photography and ventured into Social Media.

I began my own photography business BPhotography over 7 years now.

I consider myself a storyteller and am drawn to passionate, creative people … hence my bi-line “the Art of Storytelling”. I want to capture memories and share stories through the visual medium of photography. I especially love photographing people and consider myself lucky to do something I love as ‘work’.

I find inspiration in the simple things around me, in love, in family and in amazing literature. To convey an emotion and feel something real from an image or written words is incredible to me.

I look for light to see where it falls and the shadows it creates. I find textures intriguing.

I love to laugh and I sing whenever I feel like singing. I sing to my steering wheel regularly on long drives – it makes me happy!

I am humbled by the wonderful people I have met through my work, my photography, my association with the Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP) and allied resources. Humbled that I have permission to capture the deep essence of true emotions and precious moments in time. Often these moments can’t be repeated. I am honoured to capture people’s stories and thankful that I can share them.

While I specialize in wedding photography, family and children’s portraiture I also photograph pregnancies, newborns and pets. I am happy to go to special places for my client portraiture, somewhere that has true meaning for them.

I take time to perfect my craft, to know what I love and to be inspired and inspire others.

I am proud of the work I produce.

I am an Artisan.

Dog on a balcony in Venice

Profile Picture Perfection _ 4. Does Your Profile Picture Appear Professional? _ BPhotography

Updated by Belinda on Jun 10, 2014 in Blog Post | 0 comments

“A Picture Tells a Thousand Words”.

Does your business profile picture tell the thousand words you want it to?

I offer the following 9 tips for ‘profile picture perfection’. http://bphotography.net.au/?p=3453 These tips are not intended to offend anyone, but rather to encourage you to sit back and ‘take a look at yourself’ objectively. To see yourself as others may see you and make sure it is exactly what you want.

This article discusses my 4th ‘Tip to Profile Picture Perfection’ :-

4. Does Your Profile Picture Appear Professional?

No, this doesn’t mean you necessarily have to go and have a professional photo taken, but it does need to ‘look professional’; it needs to have good lighting, your face needs to be in focus, and you should aim for an uncluttered background. No bathroom selfies, sorry.

Scrolling through the hundreds of blank and poor image quality profile pictures on my social media feeds, I always love it when one grabs my attention. When i see an image that has impact. Is clear and I become engaged with the subject before I even know who they are. I get even more excited when I see a face I recognise …

And this beautiful face belongs to a special young woman.

I worked at Scotch Oakburn College as the school’s marketing and PR photographer for 8.5 years and first met Tara Anstie when she was in year 7. She was a good friend of my son’s at school and here she is now, the director of a company!! Where has the time gone?

I was captivated by Tara’s profile picture initially, then so impressed with her company branding – ‘be at the top, lead the pack and set the trend’. Tara is the Director of Echelon Marketing and firmly believes in empowering young people and small businesses with strategies to develop and implement marketing plans to succeed. Growing up immersed in Social Media and understanding the implications it has on small businesses, Tara develops up to date marketing strategies and brand development. Using her personal strengths, natural charisma and industry experience, Tara is able to ensure Echelon Marketing’s clients get the results they desire.

First impressions make lasting impressions and Tara understands that her profile picture is the first point of reference for most people she will network with on-line. She knows the importance of using a professional looking profile picture on her business platforms. Her image is clear and her face is in focus. The background is not distracting and her intended audience is completely engaged with her openness and her smile. She appears highly motivated and describes herself as bold, action orientated, creative and full of energy, just like the young girl I remember.

Tara is involved with The Young Professional Network, Tasmania which is designed to provide young professionals with personal development and networking opportunities so they develop a strong attachment with, and connection to, this region and state. Tara’s profile picture is entirely industry appropriate and will no doubt engage potential clients to both herself and her business.

This young woman has a mature and confident approach to business and will no doubt, go far in her chosen field.

Profile Picture Perfection _ Props _ BPhotography

Updated by Belinda on Jun 6, 2014 in Blog Post | 0 comments

“A Picture Tells a Thousand Words”.

Does your business profile picture tell the thousand words you want it to?

This article discusses my cheeky comments in regards to my 4th ‘Tip to Profile Picture Perfection’ :-

When I asked Paul Atkins if I may use his profile picture as an example of the photography industry liking to have the extension of themselves (their camera) in their profile pictures on social media and he readily said yes! It just had to be done 🙂

4. Professional? No, this doesn’t mean you necessarily have to go and have a professional photo taken by a professional photographer, you know, the one you see with a camera in their hand, often obscuring part or all of their face … btw, I wonder, why that is?

Why do so many photographers have their camera in their business & personal profile pictures on social media? It is more than in any other industry I can think of … hmmmm, strange??

Is it a security thing?? A status symbol? Or are these photographers wanting to leave the impression that they are always ‘ready’, camera in hand?

Maybe professional photographers are trying to differentiate themselves by the camera in their profile picture; those that take photos with a DSLR compared to those that use an iPhone exclusively?

Could there be some sort of sign language that I am missing? Cryptic messages or a code language for covering one eye compared to covering your entire face? What about the photographer that has multiple cameras slung around their body?? Wonder what they are trying to tell everyone?

Considering I only found out about gravatars yesterday, I am wondering if maybe I have missed something here, too? I tried googling “why do photographers have cameras in their profile picture on social media?”, but all Google came up with were images of photographers with cameras in their profile pictures on social media. Hundreds and hundreds of them. There was no satisfactory explanation … In fact, no written explanation at all!

Imagine if accountants decided to hold their prized calculators in their profile picture? IT specialists cradled their keyboards or tossed their laptop over their shoulders. Bigger and bigger laptops till someone decided to outshine them all and lift up an entire networked desktop computer system?

Well, Paul Atkins is this man! Refusing to be outdone by any old DSLR or even a swag of them pictured with their owner. Paul makes every other photographer green with envy with the size of the camera he is holding in this image. His “selfie” camera …

Not only is he a highly respected photographer within the photographic community, Paul is an Australian Institute of Professional Photography legend!

If any photographer is going to get away with holding a giant camera that takes up a huge chunk of their profile picture on LinkedIn … it is going to be Paul Atkins! A man with a big heart, a big personality and a big … ‘camera store’ 😉

As a third generation director of the family run business, AtkinsTechnicolour, Paul is keenly interested in the survival and growth of the photographic industry. He is always on the forefront of new techniques, trends and current issues, and just loves to share his knowledge. He has been involved in the photographic industry since he was born and joined AtkinsTecnicolour just in time for the company to enter the digital squeeze that Paul championed. He was quick to pick up the technology, and with leadership from Kodak brought Adelaide into the new age.

Paul is State President for the Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP), National Chairperson for PMA Australia, National President of the Association of Professional Colour Imagers (APCI). Lectures on Marketing, Colour Management, Adobe Lightroom and Digital Asset Management (Archiving digital files).

This man understands the photographic industry, he understands marketing, he has a brilliant sense of humour and a bloody big ‘camera’ 🙂

What is a Gravatar and Why do You Need One? _ BPhotography

Updated by Belinda on Jun 5, 2014 in Blog Post | 0 comments

It wasn’t until I was replying to a post comment on my website yesterday that it suddenly dawned on me … where is my profile picture??? Why don’t I have one when I reply to posts on WordPress?

No matter how hard I searched my blog help menu, nothing solved my problem. So I did the next best thing and I Googled it!

Thank goodness for the amazing people who give back to the internet community through Open Source Forums. They truly are a godsend to people like me who grew up before the World Wide Web was a public domain. I push myself to learn new technology all the time and understand what is trending, but I can still miss the obvious, and in case there are others like me; here is what I found!

In computing terminology, an avatar is the graphical representation of a user or a user’s alter ego or character, while gravatar is an abbreviation for globally recognized avatar.

While I used Gravatar to make my gravatar, there are 2 other Open Source alternatives I found during my search: Contact Identicons and Ibravatar. Please feel free to look any of them up and use the one that suits you best.

I am now visible when I post comments on my own and other sites and that makes me happy!

Profile Picture Perfection _ 3. Do You Appear Motivated? _ BPhotography

Updated by Belinda on Jun 4, 2014 in Blog Post | 0 comments

“A Picture Tells a Thousand Words”.

Does your business profile picture tell the thousand words you want it to?

This article discusses my 3rd ‘Tip to Profile Picture Perfection’ :-

3. Do You Appear Motivated?

Motivation would have to be one of the most important reasons for having a business profile on Social Media in the first place. Think of it as your CV. You want your profile picture to show your ability to engage with current and potential customers, clients, employers and employees and to establish your credentials. Remember first impressions leave lasting impressions …

Using an industry appropriate, up to date and seemingly motivated profile picture will enhance you written bio tenfold.

On the other hand, using a profile picture of yourself fishing, sky-diving or laid back on the sand at some amazing beach you are holidaying at, suggests that maybe you are the sort of person who can’t wait for Fridays and would in fact, rather be anywhere else than at work!

Christine Hepburn presents the perfect example of a highly motivated business woman in her profile picture on her LinkedIn page. Christine’s image demands attention. Her smile is at once warm and welcoming. Her positioning within the frame makes her comes across as approachable. The colour tones of the image are engaging. Dressed appropriately, she appears confident, motivated and business orientated.

I can tell she is motivated and is passionate about her work simply by looking at her profile picture and the thousand words it tells.

In fact, when I asked her about using her profile picture as an example for my article, every thousand words that her picture conjured up in my mind were realised. She replied promptly and expressed an eagerness to assist me in the area of personal brand imaging, that she is also very passionate about promoting.

Christine’s motto is “live your brand from the inside out”. Such a powerful message and one that transpires from her profile picture into the reality of her business as a Customer Experience Strategist, Corporate Trainer, Professional Facilitator, Consultant and Professional Speaker.

Christine is the director and principal trainer of The Defining Edge, a specialist consultancy for leading organisations and high performance professionals. She has run mentoring services for small businesses in Tasmania for over 15 years and has just begun her 2nd 3 year term as deputy chairperson of the Tasmanian Women’s Council.

Christine is a highly motivated business woman that I am very much looking forward to networking with in the future. Combining our passion for personal branding with Christine’s expertise in defining the spirit and excellence within, developing these elements and delivering them to enhance business success and my expertise in capturing the essence of someone through portraiture to create personal brand image could be a powerful blend.

Watch this space!

Profile Picture Perfection _ 2. Up To Date? _ BPhotography

Updated by Belinda on Jun 3, 2014 in Blog Post | 0 comments

“A Picture Tells a Thousand Words”.

Does your business profile picture tell the thousand words you want it to?

This article discusses my 2nd ‘Tip to Profile Picture Perfection’ :-

2. Is Your Business Profile Picture ‘Up To Date’?

It is important to have an ‘up to date’, recognisable picture of yourself on your business social media profiles. Potential customers and clients, current and future employers/employees and people you network want to know who they are dealing with.

You want your public profile picture to make an impact and leave a lasting impression on your intended audience. Just make sure you do it for the right reasons 🙂

No matter how much you love that picture of yourself from 10/20/30 years ago, times change and people change. A picture from the eighties looks like a picture from the eighties! Even if it is as cute a picture as this one of Gary and I when we first started dating<3 … I love the ‘blast from the past’ and my close friends might get a smile, but people I want to do business with will just be confused. What message am I sending?

My advice – keep old photos of yourself and memorabilia on your personal pages.

Update your profile picture every few years, so when you get a chance to meet up with people you network or do business with, they won’t wonder who on earth you are? You want to come across as confident with who you are now, not hide behind a profile that suggests you aren’t comfortable with yourself? Or maybe that you haven’t had time for 10 years or longer or worse still, you couldn’t be bothered updating your profile!

Even if you wished you still lived in the eighties, don’t hide from the person you are now. Embrace the present so you can live in the future.

Your profile picture significantly enhances your on-line business presence. Make sure it is current and the best it can be.

Profile Picture Perfection _ 1. Appropriate for your Industry?_ BPhotography

Updated by Belinda on Jun 2, 2014 in Blog Post | 3 comments

“A Picture Tells a Thousand Words”.

Does your business profile picture tell the thousand words you want it to?

We scroll through media feeds with greater speed than ever before on our mobile devices. What is going to make us stop for even the briefest of moments?

This article discusses my first ‘Tip to Profile Picture Perfection’ :-

1. Appropriate for your industry?

While not everyone needs to be in a suit for their business profile picture, you should present an image appropriate for the industry you are involved in or want to be involved in. Your profile picture doesn’t necessarily have to be a close cropped ‘head and shoulders’ shot, but your face should be recognizable. In saying that, a smaller image of yourself can work if it contains the ‘right’ graphic elements and doesn’t fall into the ‘cringe’ category.

Weird and whacky post production effects that distort your features, filters that colourise an image and add textures may be fun on your personal profile, but on your business one, they just don’t work!

Unless of course you are in the Creative Arts Industry and happen to understand marketing like the brilliant DJ Paine! Not many people have the creative talents to design a profile picture that has as much impact as his does.

DJ’s profile tells more than a thousand remarkable words! It jumps off the page and is a precious gem amongst the hundreds of faceless and poor quality images I am presented with every day. His talent shows in that one image. Confident, creative, passionate and approachable … the list goes on.

DJ Paine’s profile picture doesn’t just draw me in, it makes me want to listen to what he has to say. It is appropriate for his industry – photography and social media marketing. We can all learn something from this man.

Your profile picture significantly enhances your on-line business presence. Make sure it is appropriate for your industry and the best it can be.

Berkley Cox _ Carlton AFL Legend Celebrates 80 Years _ BPhotography

Updated by Belinda on Jun 1, 2014 in Blog Post | 1 comment

Thank you to Jenny, Sarah, Stuart and Linda for inviting me to photograph their Dad’s 80th Birthday Celebrations in May.

Their Dad was former Carlton AFL player, Berkley Cox who was revealed as one of the 150 club legends to celebrate the Blue’s 150 Year Anniversary in March. It was a real honour to be included in this exclusive list. A minimum of 50 games had to have been played with over 5 years service to the club. Berkley started his Mighty Blues career in 1958 after being recruited from the Tasmanian Club City South. He played 102 games for the club finishing his career in 1965. During his time with Carlton, he played centreman and was described as tenacious and reliable. He kicked 45 career goals for the Blues.

There was football memorabilia around the house the party was held at and a slideshow of his life, including many pictures of his time as a Blues player, travelling between Launceston and Melbourne with his lovely wife, June. The cake was a football field and the candles, footballs.

Family and friends celebrated with much reminiscing and laughter.

A very special occasion.

9 tips for Profile Picture Perfection _ BPhotography

Updated by Belinda on May 29, 2014 in Blog Post | 2 comments

The most important visual content on any Social Media Platform

is YOU!

“A Picture Tells a Thousand Words” – Arthur Brisbane, newspaper editor of the New York Times, as quoted from a speech he presented on journalism and marketing, March 1911.

That quote is as relevant today, if not more so, in the virtual world we now market ourselves and our businesses.

In a World Wide Web full of billions of images. How can we possibly tell OUR thousand words?

How do we get seen and heard?

It’s easy!

Start with a profile picture. A good profile picture says a lot about who you are, not only as a business person, but also as a private one. It creates an identity. A connection, so when someone visits your page, it feels like they are walking into a shop or an office and being greeted by a smiling face.

Do you have a recognisable profile picture of yourself across all your Social Media Platforms? An image, so potential customers and clients, people you network with and your future employers and employees know what you look like?

We scroll through media feeds with greater speed than ever before on our mobile devices. What is going to make us stop for even the briefest of moments? An image that catches our eye? A face we might know? Someone we would like to connect with?

I offer the following 9 tips for ‘profile picture perfection’. These tips are not intended to offend anyone, but rather to encourage you to sit back and ‘take a look at yourself’ objectively. To see yourself as others may see you and make sure it is exactly what you want.

Does your profile picture on your business page appear :- .

Appropriate for your industry? While not everyone needs to be in a suit for their business profile picture, you should present an image appropriate for the industry you are involved in or want to be involved in. Your profile picture doesn’t necessarily have to be a close cropped ‘head and shoulders’ shot, but your face should be recognizable. In saying that, a smaller image of yourself can work if it contains the ‘right’ graphic elements and doesn’t fall into the ‘cringe’ category. If you happen to be a creative person in the arts industry you may well get away with a creative profile picture, but if you aren’t – then you can’t. No avatars and no dress-ups.

Up to date? You may love that picture of yourself from 10/20/30 years ago, but who are you kidding? What do you say to the person that wants to meet with you and do business? What impression does it give? How do they come to terms with a totally different person to what they were expecting? That you don’t like who you are now? You wished you still lived in the 80’s? Don’t hide behind a picture that suggests you aren’t comfortable with who you are now. Or that you haven’t had time, or worse, couldn’t be bothered updating your profile. Even if you wished you still lived in the eighties, don’t hide from the person you are now! Embrace the present so you can live in the future.

Motivated? Do you look like you love what you do? Are you dressed smartly? Or have you somehow uploaded a picture of yourself fishing, or sky-diving, or laid back on the sand, holidaying at the beach? Suggesting maybe, that you are the sort of person who would rather be anywhere else than at work?

Professional? No, this doesn’t mean you necessarily have to go and have a professional photo taken (by a photographer with a camera in their hand, often obscuring part or all of their face … btw, I wonder, why that is? Why are there more photographers with a prop in their profile picture than in any other industry I can think of … hmmmm, strange??) So no, not necessarily a professional photo, but it does need to ‘look professional’; it needs to have good lighting, your face needs to be in focus, and you should aim for an uncluttered background. No bathroom selfies, sorry.

Just you? You can’t cut yourself out of group photos. It honestly looks bad, especially if part of the other person is still in the picture; some stray hair off to the right, half an arm or a cheek close to yours, but missing … and usually these sorts of photos are taken at parties, so your attire may not be entirely appropriate either?

Just you? I have to clarify this point again. No husbands, no babies, no pets! Seriously, don’t do it. Don’t be judged on your homelife. Especially as a young woman holding a baby. First thought that comes to mind is; ‘this woman isn’t ready to leave her child’. As an employee she could be a liability. Sick days with kids … I understand, I am a Mum, too! But don’t be judged by that first glance at your profile picture. Prove you are capable of the job and can leave your family life where it belongs. At home. Fill your private Facebook page with all your extra’s and if anyone stalks you they will see that you have a million friends, are happily married, are a great Mum or Dad and love your cat <3

Connected to the viewer? When you make eye contact, conversation follows in reality, why not apply that same theory to the virtual world. While the customs and significance of eye contact may vary widely between cultures, it is a key non-verbal communication in the Western World. Eye contact lets someone know you are ‘interested’ with the briefest of glances, even across a crowded room. On a platform with thousands and thousands of profile images, that ‘brief glance’ can make someone stop and pay attention. Have an industry appropriate image that appears professional, motivated and establishes eye contact to engage your audience, make it meaningful and please don’t wear sunglasses. Establish the first rule of non verbal communication and it will pay off.

The correct size? There is nothing worse than an out-of-focus, pixelated image that is unrecognizable in a profile picture. Make sure it fits like a glove.

Blank? Actually, this is the worst profile picture of all! What is a blank profile picture telling your potential clients and customers, your future employees/employers or even the network you are a part of? That you aren’t confident in your appearance, maybe just shy, that you don’t have time to upload a photo or worse, you just couldn’t be bothered, which will go down really well at an job interview … A blank profile picture tells me nothing! And I lose interest very quickly.

LinkedIn regularly asks me to take a look and see if any of the faceless profile pictures in an extremely long feed, that continually refreshes at lightening speed, may be “someone I might know” …how could I possibly tell? In fact, I skip over any blank profiles on all my Social Media platforms, because I am not interested and I don’t have the time. You have one brief moment to capture your potential audiences attention, so don’t stuff it up!

And just in case I haven’t proven my point yet, the guys at TheLadder.com have invented an eyetracking heatmap that shows business recruiters spend 19% of their time on your profile page looking at your profile picture. 1/5th of their time spent on your resumé is just looking at YOU!

Remember, first impressions make lasting impressions and could mean the difference between getting that job you always wanted, being asked to give a public talk, landing a million dollar contract, building relationships within your industry or simply … ‘nothing at all’

Your profile picture will significantly enhance your on-line business presence and maximise all possibilities. Make sure it is the best it can be.

Belinda Fettke

The Single Biggest Mistake You Make Using #hashtags

Updated by Belinda on May 28, 2014 in Blog Post | 0 comments

The single biggest mistake many people seem to make using #hashtags on their Social Media platforms is to only tag themselves and their business.

It was a “light-bulb moment” for one of the members from yesterday’s meeting, when I spoke to the group Empowered Mums at the Tailrace Centre in Launceston. Her business name #polishyoursparkle is very unique and unless someone was specifically searching for that name, she would have difficulty being found.

My husband, Gary Fettke, is promoting health awareness and has written an article called The Nutritional Model of Modern Disease that he has spent more than 10,000 hours researching over the last two years. He has promoted his article and the public talk he gave on the topic on his website, his Facebook page, LinkedIn profile, and his YouTube, Twitter and Instagram accounts.

Gary has a raving tribe of 5,000 followers on Facebook. Over 128,000 people around the world visited his website garyfettkenofructose.com the week he launched his article and the video has had more than 4,000 views on YouTube.

“How” you may ask, has an orthopaedic surgeon in Tasmania, amassed such a following, talking about an allied health issue? In the last 2 years since he tentatively ventured onto the World Wide Web, I have encouraged him to market himself with visual content. Using stock images to grab his audiences attention with each article he posts and to promote his ideas using trending #hashtags on the different platforms. Btw, it is a brilliant article!

If you want the world to hear your message, know about your business or share something you are passionate about, then you have to be loud and demanding on Social Media. Be a little creative and send your message to feeds that are interested in the same thoughts and that might give you exposure. Use keywords and related topics as well as the more obvious tags.

Hashtags.org offer a simple interface to search for hashtags and their trending popularity. They graph the times of day and which day of the week you will get the most exposure and also the latest tweets that include particular hashtags. WhatTheTrend offers a similar service. Also look into Twubs, which is a unique site allowing Twitter users to form groups around hashtags.

On Instagram I use #hashtags for different hubs (e.g. #ig_australia, #wow_captures, #portrait_perfection, #snap_people) because I want my work to get shared and have more exposure, rather than send them into tag feeds like #wedding #family and #love where they tumble out of existence before anyone has the chance to see them.

I also tag affiliated people in my posts, ones I may have worked with on a project or the clients I have photographed to help reach a wider audience. On a recent modelling photoshoot I hash-tagged the models #tanishakoops #phoebepurser #sophiejones #brogankatehowiewootton #meganquillam. I tagged #littlewhiteboutique whose store and wedding dresses we were promoting, the makeup artist #makeupbybriannaschipper, hairstyling #bladerunnerprospect & #jessmanning and the gown designers #annacampbelldesigns #lovefoundtrue #watterswtoo. I also tagged accessories for #samanthawills

I then tagged all the hubs that featured weddings, portraits and black & white portraiture that I am associated with on Instagram.

I recommended to Gary that he tag Sarah Wilson’s #IQS #iquitsugar Michelle Bridges #12wbt #12weekbodytransformation and other Thought Leaders in this area on Instagram with his posts, especially the carb/sugar comparisons. I suggested he use health tags like #diabetes #lowcarbhighfat #lchf and when the Australian Cricket Team went Low Carb/High Fat last season it was the perfect opportunity to use #aussiecricketers #wintheashes on Twitter. He might get my message soon and build up a huge following on there, too!!

Use #creative hashtags for your business and get seen!!

Photography Awards 2014 _ BPhotography

Updated by Belinda on May 17, 2014 in Blog Post | 0 comments

I am a little excited to share the news that 9 of my images received 4 acceptances each, in each of the 4 Judging Salons of the 2014 Trierenberg Super Circuit in Austria recently. This automatically qualifies them to be showcased in Austria, Switzerland and Germany as part of a touring exhibition. Thank you to my wonderful clients for allowing me to photograph them and share these images. A special congratulations to the Launceston Photographic Society for winning our 9th Gold Medal as a Club in the Best Digital Files Category. Over the last two decades, the TRIERENBERG SUPER CIRCUIT has attracted hundreds of thousands of images from nearly every countries around the world. It is by far the largest annual salon of photography on the globe. It is the aim of this competition to find out the very best photography from different styles, techniques and genres. The TRIERENBERG SUPER CIRCUIT has established as an international benchmark of perfect photography. Not only amateur photographers, but also internationally well known artists and professionals have been participating.

I also received 2 Silver Awards in the Tasmanian AIPP Awards last month for the image of Emma and Scott’s Wedding in the Apple Orchard and Amelia’s Pregnancy shoot where she is peeking around the wall, pictured below;