Andrea Ward-Osborne - Ipswich area photographer

sig update

2008-09-07T18:02:00.000-07:00

More photos of Hunter

2008-08-31T03:46:00.000-07:00

I know I have a new blog but I want to share a few and well, this is just a big quicker lol!

So, here they are. Enjoy :)

My new photo blog

2008-08-13T20:41:00.000-07:00

please visit my new photoblog at www.andreawo.wordpress.com

I've discovered I can use bigger pics on this one :)

Hope to see you over there
Andrea

A few more of J

2008-07-06T02:36:00.000-07:00

I couldn't resist those little fingers :)

Sweet Little J

2008-07-06T02:31:00.000-07:00

I had the opportunity yesterday to photograph 11 mth old J. Truely a lovely little boy. He braved the cold very well and looked so sweet in his hood. There are sooo many lovely photos I'm having trouble choosing but here is a sneak peak.

My Lil brother got Married

2008-06-14T06:58:00.000-07:00

Here are a few early pics of My Little Brothers Wedding from last weekend.

A new fav

2008-06-14T06:49:00.000-07:00

A fresh one from today! He is just the best little boy and actually wanted to have some photos taken today. This was at UQ this afternoon. He hasn't been to the uni since he was a baby and wanted to know where he had to go to learn to be a doctor.... no need to go to school lol!

Oh, the top picture is a self portrait by H using the remote he bought me for my B'day :)

Our evening with the Lions part 2

2008-06-01T02:49:00.000-07:00

just some more snaps

Our evening with the Lions

2008-06-01T02:45:00.000-07:00

Here are some snaps from our evening on Thursday night with the Lions (AFL). Some of these pictures were taken by our sponsored player No 9 Ashley McGrath.

A Colleague's sweet children :)

2008-05-31T00:08:00.000-07:00

I got to meet 6 week old Miss K and 2 year old Master T today. Aren't they adorable. Just a quick sneak peak as we're off to the footy and have only just uploaded them so just a quick lightroom edit.

Autumn in Armidale

2008-05-02T14:11:00.000-07:00

My beautiful boy on our Anzac Day Long weekend trip to Armidale. Certainly the town of two season the two days we were their. Raining and very cold Anzac Day and beautiful and warm the next. H loved the autumn colours.

Newborn cocoon

2008-04-15T22:35:00.000-07:00

For cocoon enquiries please visit my joint site with Fifi. http://www.babywraps.blogspot.com/

Photoshop # 2 - curves

2008-04-13T14:24:00.000-07:00

Never under estimate the curves tool. Here's a good tutorial from Tutvid on Youtube that taugh me a few things I didn't know.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORM6AZY19pw&feature=user

My photoshop Journey - Levels

2008-04-12T14:22:00.000-07:00

Well, I've decided to use the web to go back to the beginning and learn the ins and outs of photoshop. Here's a handy tutuorial I found on Youtube using levels to correct exposure and also using levels for colour correction.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJsJlgztd5U

My Canon Equipment and others

2008-04-10T16:40:00.000-07:00

My lens collection.

I’m what you would call a serious enthusiast. Photography is my passion and creative outlet but I have no intention of ever making a living from it.

This is my equipment, my wish list and other lenses that I believe are excellent lenses.

My current equipment

Bodies – 40D and 350D

Lenses

Tamron 17-50 F2.8 – I used this lens in for the photo in my sig in addition most of the photos from Christmas on my blog were all used with this lens. It is a good lens for the money (I paid $562 at Rainers Camera House in Brisbane). I find my lens is a nice sharp copy and a touch warmer than my L series lens but that doesn’t bother me. This lens is a good lens for both landscape and it’s still long enough for portraiture. Using the lens at its widest angle can give some cool distortion. The F2.8 can deliver nice dof.

Canon 50mm F1.8 – an absolute bargain lens at $125 to $150. Great length for portraits on the crop sensor bodies (350D/400D/450D/30D/40D) Great DOF and very sharp

Canon 70-200 F4L – this is my only L series lens. It is nice and sharp, lovely sooc colours and a great lens for photographing outdoors as you can keep photograph children from a greater distance rather than be in their face. I’m really slack with my blog so to get some good shots from this lens you’d need to go back to July 07 to the QCG outing. This was my test outing with it and I was happy with the results. I have a 16x20 Sooc image printed from this and it was perfect. Cost about $1200 in Australia

I also still have my 18-55 kit lens. It was good for some fun till I got the better Tamron one.

My Wish List

I’m still not 100% which one, but I’m researching and planning to get by the end of May either the Canon 100mm F2.8 Macro, Sigma 105mm F2.8 Marco or Tamron 90mm F2.8 marco. These macro lenses also double up as lovely portrait lenses.

Then I think I’ll have a pretty good kit. Lenses covering most focal ranges and a few good low light lenses.

Other Lenses worth a look

85mm F1.8 – Excellent portrait lens, sharp due to being a prime lens (non-zoom) – about $600-700

50mm F2.5 – worth a look if you don’t already have the 1.8 and want a macro. Read some reviews though as I haven’t looked into this lens. About $500???

50mm F1.4 – if you have the money this lens has usm and is faster – about $500??
24-70mm F2.8L – excellent L series lens, sharp, good colours, good for portraits and excellent walk around lens but approximately $2K

Tamron 28-75mm F2.8 – a cheaper alternative to the L series, most owners are quite happy with theirs and produce good photos.

In the Spirit of my DS's generousity.............

2008-04-06T20:44:00.000-07:00

My beautiful DS turns 4 tomorrow and for his birthday party yesterday, he requested that his friends bring a gift for the sick children at Zoe's Place. In spirit of this wonderful gesture from someone so young, I would like to offer families in the Western Brisbane/Ispwich region a 1 hour photo session with 15-20 full resolution digital images on CD in return for a $200 donation to Zoe's place.

This offer is available for the next 3 month for residents local to the bestern brisbane/ipswich region. Payment is to be made by way of cheque or money order made payable to Zoe's Place. This donation will be tax deductible.

canon 70-200 F4L DOF example - sooc

2008-04-03T17:07:00.001-07:00

autumn is here

2008-03-01T03:31:00.000-08:00

Well, today is officially the first day of autumn and a day for milestones for Master H.

First up today we had his first AFL Auskick class and he got a new footy which he tells me he has to put under his pillow at night and then he had his first lesson in Level 2 swimming. It seemed so strange to see him in a class with kids so much bigger than him but he's doing so well! Today is also a little sad as I realise that my little baby will turn 4 next month *sigh* where does the time go?

To celbrate autumn and autumn colours, I'm revisiting a pic from last year.

Tutu cute!

2007-12-26T19:11:00.000-08:00

More pics from Christmas of my 3 littlest nieces. I'm thinking about making the tutus and headpieces to sell. The littlies look so cute in them. My middle brother recently moved closer to home so this was the first time I got to meet his beautiful blue eyed daughter. The other two cuties with the chocolate eyes belong to my younger brother. How lucky am I to have such beautiful nieces.

Merry Christmas

2007-12-26T19:04:00.000-08:00

We were fortunate enough to share our Christmas with my entire (immediate) family. Yes, all of my brothers and their beautiful daughters made the trip to my parents house for Christmas. Mum put in a mamoth effort preparing for the big day and sure was appreciative of my wonderful husband who helped out on the day. As for me, while mum and my husband were preparing dinner, I snuck in a few mini sessions with my beautiful nieces (well, the three little ones anyway). Here's some pics from christmas 2007. What a wonderful day we all had.

Linville

2007-12-22T02:47:00.000-08:00

H & I visited a friend out at Linville today and on the way home I promised him a visit to the old train wagons and station. Here's a few pictures from today including one of me (thanks to self timer and the tripod :) )

Merry Christmas

2007-12-18T01:00:00.000-08:00

Well we ran out of time for a christmas shoot this year so I used some pics from our recent trip to Caloundra. We hope you all have a happy and safe christmas.

Some Early Proofs for Nic

2007-12-05T12:08:00.000-08:00

Here's a few early proofs from a lovely session on the weekend. Little Miss L is full of personality so look out for some more from this session soon. Master B is such an handsome young man and you'll also see more from him from this session and my year in review post that will feature some of my favourite photos from 2007.

Please feel free to comment.

Enjoy

Sig update

2007-11-22T14:42:00.001-08:00

One of my favourite photographers!

2007-11-03T15:51:00.001-07:00

Master H and I had the pleasure of meeting one of my favourite photographers yesterday! It was such and honour and what a lovely family. Master H & Miss B hit it off instantly! We had a wonderful day! Thank you so much D.

My appologies for the colour, I seem to be having a colour space issue with my laptop.

28 October 2007

2007-11-03T04:03:00.000-07:00

Today we went out to North Pine Historical Village for the QCG Hunt & Shoot. It was strange to use a disposable camera but it certainly made you think!

here is one of H afterward.... this pretty much how he felt by the end of it.... and another one having a bit of "traffic stopping" fun.

2007-10-20T13:38:00.000-07:00

Our Sunday Afternoon

2007-10-14T03:46:00.000-07:00

Today we decided to visit the Boonah area and stopped for a picnic lunch and lazy afternoon here. Even DH had a play with the camera though these are all mine. I haven't created a water mark for him yet.

Master H had a great time - especially in the tree :)

for Jane

2007-09-18T12:48:00.000-07:00

Just an example of mood lighting.

Pic for Father's day

2007-08-29T00:40:00.000-07:00

and even more from qcg photoshoot

2007-07-31T20:28:00.000-07:00

more from qcg photoshoot

2007-07-31T20:26:00.000-07:00

QCG Photoshoot Outing

2007-07-31T20:23:00.000-07:00

Some pics from the weekend. All edited in lightroom - no photoshop :)

Mummy goggles but boy H is adorable!

Happy Birthday to Me

2007-05-27T00:18:00.000-07:00

Today I turned the dreaded big 30 but was fortunate enough to spend it with my family and had a lovely breakfast at the park with my Husband and Son, Mum and Dad and two of my brothers and their families. Here's a few pics from today.

Master H meets the Lions

2007-05-24T14:53:00.000-07:00

After 2.5 hours wait, H finally met his lions! Fortunately, Brownie and Chris Johnson were among them otherwise H would have been rather disappointed!

Unfortunately I had to use the inbuilt flash (:0) and I didn't know how to get the flash to work manually so I had to resort to auto mode (:0) but I really don't think H cares!

Since the meet, H has been studying the Lion's book at home learning all the players and their numbers. Lucky DH is a huge fan too so he's more than happy to help lol!

Master H as Pageboy

2007-05-10T23:16:00.000-07:00

Just a couple of quick pics of H as pageboy.

Not only does he steal my heart but also his Nanna's this Mother's day!

Happy Mother's day MUM!

More pics from the EB Photo Meet

2007-05-02T15:36:00.000-07:00

Here's some more pics from the meet.

EB Photo Meet

2007-05-02T15:19:00.000-07:00

Well I had the pleasure of meeting fellow EB'ers who also share my passion for photography. Here's a few pics from the meet.

Meet 5 month Old Miss M

2007-04-29T18:27:00.000-07:00

This was a delightful session from Friday with so many great shots. Here's a few of my early favourites.

The Tutu I made myself and I have called this pic "How much do you love me"

Another from H's 3 year old session

2007-04-15T16:12:00.000-07:00

Just another from his birthday portrait session. What a little poser!

Our Footy Fan

2007-04-14T22:27:00.000-07:00

Master H has really gotten into the AFL this year and even has favourite players!

It seemed appropriate to do his 3 year old portraits in his footy gear!

Just my Boy

2007-04-10T13:52:00.000-07:00

Even fresh out of bed he's adorable!!! Trying out my new tripod. Taken at 1/30 f1.8 (very low light lol!)

variations on previous posts

2007-03-27T14:48:00.000-07:00

Thanks to some kind people at BP, I learnt some new PS tricks so here's a very quick edit (I know around the ear needs work lol)

Also, another crop variation

Trying to be more artistic

2007-03-25T23:49:00.000-07:00

Well, I've decided I need to find my "style" and I'm quite liking this one. WDYT? Just my darling little man!

Two of my favourite models!

2007-01-26T13:25:00.000-08:00

Hunter's little friends came for a visit last week which was a good opportunity for me to get some more studio practice. Here are a couple from the day.

Noah proofs 61 to 62

2007-01-19T13:19:00.000-08:00

This them all! hope you enjoyed them all.

Proofs 56 to 60

2007-01-19T13:05:00.000-08:00

Proofs 46 to 50

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Proofs 41 to 45

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noah proofs 36 to 40

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Noah Proofs 31 to 35

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Proofs 26 to 30

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Noah Proofs 21 to 25

2007-01-19T11:49:00.000-08:00

Noah Proofs 16 - 20

2007-01-19T11:33:00.000-08:00

Proofs 11 to 15

2007-01-19T00:05:00.000-08:00

Noah Proofs #6 to #10

2007-01-18T21:38:00.000-08:00

Proofs # 6 to 10

Noah Proofs #1 to #5

2007-01-18T21:23:00.000-08:00

Theres about 60 so this will be a slow process on dialup lol! The one's on the mat is how Master N was when I arrived lol!

Acid action

2007-01-13T02:00:00.000-08:00

Here's an attempt with an acid action - thanks JR

graffiti wall

2007-01-13T00:40:00.000-08:00

Well finally got to a graffiti wall today after noah.... I know, completely wrong time of the day and will try again during the morning when it will be quite well shaded, but I thought I'd share this one of H with you anyway. I've tried a dark B&W on it as well and not sure if I like it or not... maybe a smidge too dark. Looking for an acid action to run over it too for a different look. Let me know what you think. Still looking for my wall in an ally lol!

Meet Noah

2007-01-13T00:33:00.000-08:00

Today was suppose to be a maternity shoot for his lovely mum but Master N decided to make his appearance over 6 weeks early! He was an absolute delight and there will be lots more to come. These were some of the first of the day.

It was a pleasure to take pics of this lovely little family.

Breakfast in the City

2007-01-11T12:21:00.000-08:00

Last Sunday we met up with H's godparents for breakfast in the city. Afterwards we visited the new library. Here's a couple of happy snaps from the day.

Park playdate - for the mums lol!

2007-01-10T13:02:00.000-08:00

I finally managed to meet up with a lovely lady whom I met back on EB and her beautiful children! We're both camera mad so I think it was a playdate for us rather than the kids but they had a great time as well. L's children are just beautiful and it was great having a little girl to 'dress up' (sad but true). Here's a pic of Hunter from the day. I tried a cross process action on it for a change. I mostly took pics of L's 2 children so not many of H at all......

These were taken at a nice park not too far from home... around the Pullenvale/Kenmore area.

Thanks L! We had a great day.

For Mum - Tonka Fun!

2007-01-03T02:44:00.000-08:00

Well H certainly likes this chrissy present! We had some really good rain this morning (Fingers crossed our water supply dams got some) and I promised H he could play in the puddles. He had such a great time as you can see!

More light practice lol!

2007-01-02T16:07:00.000-08:00

I think H is over these lights. I'm sure he'll start to run when he sees them soon lol! Just some more practice. This time no reflector and light to the left of me when shooting.

Testing studio lights on my Little Bro's Beautiful girls

2006-12-29T22:49:00.000-08:00

I had the opportunity to photograph the newest addition of our family today. My beautiful 7 day old niece and her 2 year old sister (though would only co-operate while we were testing the lights). It's amazing how different the lighting can be from one house to another. No wonder photographers like to have permenant studios. Anyway, here are a couple from today.

The pic on the lounge is using natural light.

First attempt at studio lights

2006-12-28T22:54:00.000-08:00

Finally decided I needed to work out how to put my softbox together today so when H woke up it was testing time. This is probably my fav. Hopefully I'll get better at these soon as I love how little effort is required pp.

TJ & Her Daddy

2006-12-28T11:50:00.000-08:00

Some pics of my beautiful niece and her daddy as promised.

Added a few more pics.... Hey Big Bro... there are heaps more!

It's been raining!

2006-12-27T13:16:00.000-08:00

It's been raining pretty much since late christmas day... not a lot, quite light actually but the grass is really appreciating it.

I took some pics yesterday and just love this one of Hunter. TJ had just done something that had H laughing so hard. I just love his smile in this one. There will be more to come including some of TJ and her daddy.

Christmas 2006

2006-12-26T00:32:00.000-08:00

Well, Christmas has come and gone and we all had a lovely time. Hunter was spoilt by all parties receiving some lovely gifts and he's having lots of fun with them all. We had a lovely day and my older brother hosted christmas dinner.

Welcome to Vanessa Marie

2006-12-26T00:29:00.000-08:00

Well my baby brother has beaten us all to have his second child. Vanessa Marie was welcomed into this world on Friday 22 December 2006 a few weeks early but weighing a healthy 8pd 5 ounces. Photos will be coming soon!

My First Post

2006-12-20T13:14:00.000-08:00

Okay, so I've decided to start a blog. I think this will be easier to share with Family and Friends than random pics in flickr.

Will start posting some pics soon.

Andrea