Rain soaked Islands

This past weekend I got the opportunity to work somewhere I have dreamed of shooting at for many years! Cockatoo Island in Sydney. For a very long time, my desire to shoot in this incredibly raw location has consumed me for some time. And I was finally given the opportunity to capture some truely spectacular images here for Adele and Leighton! The day started out quite warm and glary, all was going smoothly when all of a sudden the patter of tiny drops of rain started hitting the ground around me. Thankfully I had thought to bring an umbrella just incase because all of a sudden, the heavens opened up and we were all drenched!

Rather than running for cover and doing all our shots inside the huge warehouses, we decided to change the feel of the photos and shoot in the rain. I soon discovered how much I loved how Cockatoo Island looked in the rain. All the sensible people on the island ran for cover which left us free reign to shoot in the rain wherever we liked on the island. By the time we were all drenched all the way through, we moved into a warehouse to finish off and get ourselves semi dry. I would like to say an absolutely huge thankyou to Adele and Leighton for not being afraid to brave the elements and who made the day incredibly fun and exciting.

Over the past week I have been doing quite a number of family shoots. One of the most recent ones was Bec and Paul's family shoot out at Walka Water Works. We were presented with a very hot and humid afternoon, so hot that everyone else seemed to have evacuated from Walka, allowing us to have the whole area to ourselves. I had a great time working with their whole family and hope they had as much fun as I did.

Sun on The Rocks

On Saturday I was given the privelige of working with Ching and Sudip. And what a hot day it was! Almost all our shooting was done around The Rocks in Sydney and man was it sunny! It made me almost reget the black uniforms! We started off the day shooting in the lobby of the Westin Hotel in Sydney then made our way to Martin Place and then The Rocks. We tried to keep the majority of our locations out of the sun in some of the lovely shady locations around The Rocks. And there are plenty of them, which was very lucky for us. And thankfully, while we were in the these shady spots, we got a lovely breeze which helped to cool us as well as did magical things with Ching's veil. I was very pleased with the results of the day, and hope Ching and Sudip enjoy them as much as I do. Thanks for letting me work with you guys!

Happy New Year from Candice Campbell Photography

And what a big year it is set to be! We have now re-opened after our break off over Christmas and have been flat out ever since! Last week was jam packed with shoots, but more on that later.

Firstly, we would like to announce that we are now servicing the Mid North Coast Area and we will be now be using that as our second base. Secondly, in a few weeks time we will be releasing our new hard cover, leather bound wedding albums! Stay tuned for the release. We have a new advertisment coming out in edition 10 of Your Hunter Valley Wedding Planner shortly, and a few other ventures on the way as well!

So it is certainly set to be a very busy beginning of the year.

Just before Christmas, I did a small shoot of my parents as a Christmas gift for them. We spent a lovely morning at Closebourne house, wandering around and having a laugh. I kept the photos private until my parents received them at Christmas time. But now Christmas is over, I can give you a sneak peak of them.

Our first shoot of the new year was a Newborn shoot with the adorable little Ellie who was born on the 22nd December.



Last Friday I did a shoot with a difference, a high fashion swimwear shoot. Candice Campbell Photography collaborated with Eye Candy by Ali and Model Tori, to create something truely unique and spectacular. The aim was to create a look that was completely other-worldly, and i think we acheived that. Here are a few sneakies from that shoot... Enjoy...

Phew! What a post!