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.