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Village Fair 2010

I recently got the chance to photograph this years Village Fair again. With some high energy performances from some of the bands, I was able to capture some fantastic photographs from the night.

Here are just some highlights from Village Fair 2010.

Bathurst Portrait Prize

The opening of the Bathurst Portrait Prize was held last Friday night at the Bathurst Regional Art Gallery. With over 400 people in attendance to view the 190 plus entries for the portrait exhibition, it was a very successful night. There were some really brilliant works on show, ranging from drawings, paintings and photography.

It was also a successful night for myself, with my entry of local Bathurst photographer Frank Colzato taking out a highly commended in the photography section. It was a real surprise for me and my family who came to see the exhibition opening with me. It was also great to hear all the positive feedback about my portrait entry. Even over the past few days after the opening I'm still having people congratulating me.

There is still time to check out the portrait prize which will be on show at the Bathurst Regional Gallery until the end of September, and you can place your vote for your favourite picture (which I hope will be for my photograph) for the people's choice awards.

Style Magazine

After being a contributing photographer to Style magazine for a number of years, I've been invited by the editor, Jacqui Greig to join other contributers to the magazine on the list of contacts of Style magazine's website.

The contact details should be up as soon. Just go to www.stylemagazine.net.au and click on contact us.

Recommended

There is a saying that I hear a lot when talking to people, and that is word of mouth is the best form of advertising.

It's always nice to hear from a client who wants to book you to photograph their family's portrait or to photograph their wedding day, that they came to you because they heard great things about you and the work that you've done. It not only gives me a sense of pride, but more importantly, it shows to me that I'm meeting (and sometimes exceeding) the expectations of my clients.

It makes me feel even prouder to be place in the recommended lists of other businesses that I've collaborated with, or have done commissioned work for. Bishop's Court Boutique Hotel, Sterling PR & Events, and Citigate Mt. Panorama are just a few that have placed me on their recommended list as a photographer.

It's great that so many people appreciate the work that I do enough to sing my praises in this way, and I really appreciate the fact that they have done this.

Bathurst Portrait Prize

I've recently completed my entry for the up coming Bathurst Portrait Prize, which will be exhibited on the 27th August at the Bathurst Regional Gallery.

As I don't want to ruin the surprise of who I've photographed for the portrait prize, I'm not going to reveal the name of the person that I chose to photograph. Let's just say that they are a well known identity here in Bathurst.

I gave a lot of thought about how I might photograph my portrait subject over several weeks, and eventually come up with a simple idea. With this idea in mind, and great co-operation from my portrait subject, I was able to capture exactly what I had hoped for from my portrait subject, and had the portrait session finished within 10 minutes.

It was fun to photograph a portrait just for the fun of it. To push my creativity, and just to have a bit of fun while supporting a local community event at the Bathurst Art Gallery. It should be a great exhibition.