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I did a fashion photography shoot up at Buderim on the Sunshine Coast a couple of weeks ago for my new friend Katie Gannon from Mother Maria. I also did some photos for Katie’s sister Krista from Australian Flavour.

The shot above was a spontaneous shot where the model Phoebe was standing there keeping warm from the cool breeze through the trees. The lighting and composition was already set and I had to just take the shot. If you have a look at the gallery you will see that there is another version where you can see the sun peek through the trees. I like them both equally.

The location was at a park at Buderim, with some great big trees all lined up and it gave some really interesting (and hard to work with) lighting. I used an external flash bounced off a reflector board most of the day to give just enough fill whilst still allowing natural lighting.

I use my Canon 5D and a 85mm 1.8 Lens most of the day and I was able to get some really sharp photos, particularly when the sun went down and we were getting some shots outside of the park and in the playground and in front of the trees. The shot above is an example of that.

The models were Roz Kelly (Vivien’s Models, Sunshine Coast - Channel 7) and her beautiful roommate Phoebe. The photo above is with both models at the end, and Katie next to me on the left and her sister Krista the right in the photo.

It was great working with these girls, they made it a fun day to shoot and it’s great getting to know Katie and Krista.

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Saturday night was my Pinata Birthday Party event, held at Ground Level, Substation No4, Petrie Terrace in Brisbane.

It was an unusual event to have in the first place, let alone a 27th birthday! However, I love throwing parties, and I haven’t had much opportunity to have many this year.

After a few phone calls, looking for places which would allow pinatas, I found Substation No4. Thanks to Bec, my work colleague, I booked the venue for June 23rd.

To pay for the venue, I knew I’d have to have a cover charge of $20. This covered the venue, frozen cocktail machine, spirits for the machine, wine, food, equipment, soft drink and most importantly the pinatas, toys, lollies and fillings!

There were 7 Pinatas in total, including the traditional bull, butterflies, a star, and a fish. Filled with over hundreds if not thousands of lollies which burst into the crowds when cracked open.

There were approximately 140 people in attendance for the evening, a record number for any private party i’ve held so it was great to see that turn-out.

Anna Weatherup and Dale Carmody both played acoustic sets for the guests, whilst Cameron & Patrick gave the crowd a blast from the past rendition of “Ice Ice Baby”.

Mum was at the event helping out (in a big way), taking care of the food, greeting guests, decorating the venue and being the official photographer for the night. Thank you mum!

Amanda and my brother Ellery also played their part, by helping with decorations and checking guests as they arrived off the list.

The frozen cocktail machine consisted of Magarita on one side and Strawberry Daiquiri on the other. This machine was supplied by CitySlush

I had chairs, tables and the bain-marie supplied by All-Well Hire.

Finger food was supplied by Harry’s on Petrie Tce and Pizza was supplied by Pizza Hut.

Wristbands were supplied by AAC Wristbands

Pinata’s were supplied by Spotlight

Lollies and confectionary were supplied by Tom’s Confectionary Warehouse

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News:

ATTENDANCE:

As this is a closed door event, only people on the list will be allowed in, please be respectful of this and do not try and bring people on the night. When you arrive you will be required to have a shot of alcohol (unless you are driving). Then you be given a wrist band so that you can enter in and out of the venue.

NO RANDOM GUESTS OR PEOPLE OFF THE STREET ALLOWED IN

Alcohol:

I’ve booked the frozen cocktail slushy machine, there is enough for 220-240 drinks so you’ll have to get to the party on time to take advantage of that. Otherwise there will be wine available as indicated on the invite - Remember this is also a BYO event so feel free to bring your own eskies and drinks (we’ll have as much as we can hold and soft drink for mixers!)

Payment:

Thanks everyone who has paid so far, I still have people unpaid so can you please let me know?

Dress Code:

There have been a few people asking me if you have to dress up as a Pinata, no you don’t . Dress to impress as if you are going to a party. We will have some fun props for people to wear around so look forward to that! arghh matey!

Food:

After speaking with my “committee” Thanks Anna, Leesa, Noni, Bec, Paul and Helen, it seems easier to order pizza and have that as the heavy food and then have spring rolls, chips, biscuits and dip for snacking on. I’ll probably do 2 rounds of ordering.

Entertainment:

Anna Weatherup will do a small set, she’s a close friend of mine so i’m not gonna make her work - she’s supplying the PA and is coming straight from a gig so don’t get too angry if she isn’t in the mood to play more.

Music:

This is the worst thing to organised for a diversed group of people, not EVERYONE is going to be happy ALL OF THE TIME so please be respectful and just enjoy the music as “background” music, i’m sure you’ll be too busy socialising, drinking and hitting pinatas! I’m gonna try and play a fairly broad mix, please do not attempt to change, request or bitch and moan about what is playing - if anything is going to ruin my night it will be this!

Other than that, I can’t wait to catch up with everyone, i’m gonna be stuffing pinatas the next couple of days for the big one

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Registered Guest List:

1. Christian Bowman
2. Erin Delaney
3. Ellery Bowman
4. Amanda Bowman
5. Andrew Crawley
6. Anna Weatherup
7. Noni Weatherup
8. Leesa Rutherford
9. Shannon Priem
10. Cameron Priem
11. Crystle King
12. Paul Cherry
13. Helen Johnson
14. Hayden Griffiths
15. Tim Griffiths
16. Ryan Koster
17. Michael Blade
18. Brent Carmody
19. Dale Carmody
20. David Freeman
21. James Rebis
22. Skye Barnesley
23. Sherri Barnesley
24. Reece Walsh
25. Amanda Trott
26. Ryan Sara
27. Derek Burden
28. Daniel Jagic
29. Matthew Kellythorn
30. Bec Little
31. Angel Prassler
32. Jessica Jordan
33. Jessica Jordan’s Guest
34. Ro
35. Kris Heidenreich
36. Kim Le
37. Linh Nguyen
38. Michelle Christie
39. Rachael Christie
40. Cameron Cashin
41. Katey Cashin
42. Andrew Ireland
43. Caz South
44. Wendy Lang
45. Leah Harris
46. Dale Chester
47. Andrew Martin (Martini)
48. Kate Weller
49. Cameron Jones (Lumpy)
50. Mekarla Grainger
51. Chris (Bomber)
52. Adrian Quada
53. Steve Madsen
54. Steve Madsen’s Guest
55. Cameron Smith (Smithy)
56. Rob Workman (Rob W)
57. Emma Swindells
58. Tim Elliss (Fingers)
59. Marc Seen (TV)
60. Marc’s Guest
61. Stephen Swan (Swanny)
62. Jodie Swan
63. Ahmad Feisal (Mo)
64. Lateef Mir
65. Greg Ducroz
66. Patrick Beams (Beams)
67. David Higgins
68. Kate Laird
69. Karina Kirpatrick
70. Taryn Bujega
71. Andrew Foley
72. *Liz ‘The Fighter’
73. Jamie Kerr
74. Luke Stephan
75. Nikola Trajkovski
76. Catherine Stevens
77. Josh Stephan
78. Jimmy Slats
79. Marcus Lambinon
80. Tanya Lambinon
81. Travis
82. Travis’s GF
83. Bec Jones
84. Glenn Kentwell
85. Glen Urquhart
86. Caroline McDougall
87. Tanya McKay
88. Tim Ruxton
89. Emma Harmer
90. Joe Emms
91. Michael Burton
92. Dane Cross
93. Vicky Gordon
94. Luke Foley
95. Emma Foley
96. Mel Patterson
97. Chris Johnson
98. Ben Furman
99. Jessica Kovac
100. Stacey Keene
101. Acacia Cramb
102. Clinton Buchanan
103. Brooke Mitchell
104. Marc Milliner
105. Jerome Bechard
106. Ben McMahon
107. Joanne Blanch
108. Renee Blanch
109. Ash Gryl
110. Emma Weegink
111. Peta Cumming
112. Matthew Vlismas
113. Cat Cherry
114. Bruce Awai
115. Emma Canavan
116. Josh Capelin
117. Lauren Anderson
118. Adam Capelin
119. Eula Rohan
120. Joel Pobar
121. Liam Kelly
122. Ben Johnston
123. Jess Huddart
124. Amanda Lear
125. Carl Lang
126. Steven Muchow