Sharon Blance Christchurch Photographer

Archive for November, 2009

Environmental children’s portraits

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

This afternoon I did another photo sessions for some friends who have a gorgeous 11 month old wee boy. I’ve done several photo sessions with him since he was a baby, and it’s been so interesting to document him growing and changing in his first year. In today’s session, done at their home, I particularly [...]

Park portrait with lens flare effect

Friday, November 6th, 2009

Yesterday evening my partner and I went to a nearby park to fiddle around with some photography ideas in the long grass with the setting sun. I played around a bit with lens flare – sometimes it can add quite a cool effect. Here’s my favourite pic of the day, shot at 17mm on f4. [...]

Baby portraits to sink your teeth into

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

A wee while ago I had the pleasure of photographing my friends’ young son. I’ve been photographing him every few months during his first year and it’s amazing to see how quickly children grow and change during this time – making it even more important to have a fantastic photographic record of their very early [...]

Casual portrait at Lake Brunner

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

I spent last weekend on the West Coast of New Zealand, mainly in the tiny town of Punakaiki for a friend’s wedding (attending, not photographing). Even though it’s only about a 3 hour drive from Christchurch to the coast, my partner and I spent about 6 hours getting there as we kept stopping to take [...]