10 tips for portrait photographers

A while back I wrote a page for Photo Continental's website titled '10 tips for portrait photographers' - I thought I would share it via my blog as it's got some cool tips and welcome any comments and additional tips any one may wish to share.




















10 tips for portrait photographers

Summa field dayze

Some friends of mine from the UK flew into the Gold Coast over the weekend to perform at the Summadaze event. It was a huge event with over 20,000 people in attendance and some great acts performing on the various stages. I took my camera along and grabbed a few pics, here's one of Simon and Max aka The Shapeshifters...

Gold Coast wedding

Feeling refreshed after Christmas and a New Year holiday I thought I would kick start 2010 by sharing some images from a wedding that I shot over the festive break. The wedding started at the plush Versace hotel on the Gold Coast with a small ceremony on the nearby beach. The big concern on the day was the rain which had been hammering most of Queensland in the days prior to the wedding so I took every precaution (including extra umbrellas and a change of clothes) just in case we were caught in a downpour! Luck was on our side though as the weather was beautiful and everything went smoothly for the bride, groom and wedding party who were all fantastic fun and a pleasure to work for.

Space Hopper

I took this 'snapshot' of my lad a while back and just stumbled across it again this evening whilst clearing my desktop. It's far from an outstanding shot by any means but it has that certain something special about it that I love. OK so it's a photo of my son and in my eyes he's always going to look great but this one seems to stick out from many of the others (and I take a lot of pics of him like any proud Dad!!)

Win a Photo-shoot

I'm giving away a photoshoot worth $700 to a band, DJ, artist or producer who needs some promotional shots. The competition is in partnership with Scene Magazine so pick up a copy for more details.

THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED

Nocturnal in the valley

I have been working on a photography project on and off for a year after somebody gave me an old film camera that they were throwing out. I decided I would load it with some fast black and white film (Ilford delta 3200) and do some night time street photography in Fortitude Valley in Brisbane. This has now evolved into a project I have titled 'Nocturnal in the valley' which I continue to add to on a regular basis.















To view a selection of images
click here > Nocturnal in the valley gallery

Where to buy camera gear . . .

I get asked a lot about cameras and equipment so I thought I would let everyone know where I get all my gear from....

Photo Continental in Mount Gravatt (Brisbane) is one of Australia's largest photography and imaging stores and is my recommendation for service and for the best range of equipment on offer.











www.PhotoContinental.com.au

NEW LOOK WEBSITE

So this week I decided that my website needed a face-lift. So I've been spending my spare few evening hours tweaking the design and layout, testing the links and deciding what images to include. It's not been an easy task and more than a few glasses of wine have been consumed along the way but I'm pleased to say it's now up and running!













I decided on a simple, clean layout and that (in terms of images at least) less is more! So I have included a few of my favourite images alongside some of my newer work which I'm really proud of.

Click here to view website > www.paul-farris.com

Hope you like it.