Sharon Blance Christchurch Photographer

Archive for April, 2010

Commerical photography – Coffee Culture Rangiora

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

One of my favourite clients, the ever-popular Coffee Culture, recently opened a new cafe in the town of Rangiora (a short drive north of Christchurch, where I’m based). I went there this week to photograph the new cafe. It’s situated in a fantastic heritage building in the centre of town, and I’m sure it’s going [...]

Location portraiture – taming the sun with bare off-camera flash

Sunday, April 18th, 2010

This morning I went location scouting up on the Port Hills. In a couple of weeks I’m doing some headshots for a businesswoman who owns a New Zealand immigration advisory service, helping people who want to immigrate to New Zealand with navigating the paperwork and processes involved. For her website she wants a photo of [...]

Promotional headshots: why it’s crucial to get them right

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

I can’t count the number of times I’ve clicked on the ‘About Me’ page of an otherwise professional website and cringed at the out-of-focus snapshot being used for the headshot. Why go to all the trouble of designing a nice website only to let it down with a lackluster photo? I was in Auckland recently [...]