Introducing your photographers - Rosie Joyce

Rosie Joyce (above, with a family of quadruplets) is one of the Photo Studio's newest photographers. She's been in Sydney for less than a year, and at the studio for around five months, but has quickly made her presence felt with her fun, vibrant portraits.
Rosie joined the Photo Studio to specialise in family and baby photography, which she cites as "much more fun and relaxing than fashion photography".

Rosie likes shooting family and kids photos because she wants to get away from the traditional view of family photography as having everyone in a formal stilted pose in front of the camera. Rosie's style is influenced by advertising photography, and is "all about fun and letting the subject express their personality". This really comes out in her baby and children photos, which are brimming with energy and personality.

Rosie says that she likes to let the subjects be the art directors of their own photo shoots. That counts for the kids as well as their parents - Rosie captures beautiful spontaneous images with kids and babies that would be impossible to craft with professional models. She likes to capture the relationship between families in a relaxed and fun way, and her number one rule is to "not be afraid to get down on the floor and act like a big kid!"

Family and children photos make great Christmas gifts, especially for grandparents and family members from overseas. If you have little ones, make sure you take advantage of our special Christmas family photo shoot offers. Just contact the Photo Studio for a shoot and quote 'Christmas Blog Readers offer' to receive a FREE photoshoot and a $100 voucher to go towards any portrait package. This great offer is valid for any booking made before the end of December, so contact the Photo Studio today!

The Perfect Christmas Gift

If you are looking for the perfect gift for Christmas, why not come down to the Photo Studio for a family portrait?
As well as being award winning fashion and commercial photographers, the Photo Studio specialises in getting great pictures of families and kids. North loves working with kids and babies to get those special shots that you will treasure forever.

The Photo Studio offers a range of great packages, and don't forget that beautiful family portraits can make great gifts for grandparents and family members that live overseas. You can come into the studio to get fantastic pictures that will be with your family for years, and at the same time pick up a range of smaller pictures that are just perfect as gifts and mementos.

If you have young children, make sure that you book in for gorgeous family portraits so that you can have amazing pictures of your children at that age that you can look back on for years to come. Kids grow up so fast, and with a family portrait session at the Photo Studio, you will have a lasting image to treasure.

Not only will a family portrait session give you beautiful images of your family, but they are also great fun! North and the Photo Studio crew truly believe in capturing the moment, and they like to make family photo shoots fun and lively affairs. Everyone, from the youngest tyke to the grandparents invariably end up getting involved, not only in the family photo shoot itself, but also looking through the pictures from the day, picking their favourites and deciding what kind of look they would like applied by our Photoshop experts. So don't delay, book yourself a fun family portrait session at the Photo Studio today!

Glebe's 150th birthday celebrations are finishing up in just a couple of days, so if you haven't yet, make sure you check out the outdoor photography exhibits. The large outdoor portraits, taken by Tom Psomotragos and our own North Sullivan, have been printed out on 1600mm x 1000mm canvas sheets and displayed throughout Glebe for the month. Hurry though, you only have a couple more days to tour the 'Glebe outdoor gallery' before the pictures come down on the 28th of November.

150 Locals for Glebe

The end of October saw the start of an exciting new exhibition - a collaboration between our own North Sullivan and portrait photographer Tom Psomotragos. North and Tom, as respected artists as well as proud Glebe residents, were approached by the Glebe Chamber of Commerce to commemorate the suburb's 150th birthday. They hit on the idea to do this through 150 portraits of locals, displayed throughout Glebe both inside and out.

The range of photographs reflect the vibrancy and diversity of the suburb, with the portrait subjects ranging from artist and musician Reg Mombassa (top) to Sister Xavier from Saint Scholastica's College (above) and local personality Mitch the Bike Man (below). The portraits were printed on large canvasses and displayed at nearly sixty locations throughout Glebe, including public parks and spaces, cafes, and building facades. Over one hundred of the portraits will be displayed outside throughout Glebe, transforming the suburb into an outdoor art gallery for the month.

150 Locals will run from October 24 to November 28, so if you haven't seen it yet, make sure you head to Glebe to check it out. You can download the official map from the Glebe website. This exhibition was created not only to celebrate the suburb's 150th birthday, but also to kick off the Glebe Chamber of Commerce's new initiative - the Grand Tour Gallery. The idea is to take art out of the galleries and onto the streets, providing a forum for Australian photographers to showcase their work and allowing people to view great photography outside of a conventional setting.

North and Tom began shooting for the project last December, and although it has taken almost a year to come to fruition, North is very happy with the results. 150 Locals was launched here at the Photo Studio on October 22. The studio was packed out with an eclectic mix of Glebe locals and photography fans, here to view portraits, including those of artist John Ogburn (below) and pianist Bridie King (above), who performed on the evening.

The evening was a great success, and we look forward to seeing what the Glebe Chamber of Commerce cooks up for the Grand Tour Gallery in the future. In the meantime, 150 Locals will continue exhibiting throughout Glebe until the 28th of November, so if you have a chance you should definitely check it out for yourself.

Introducing your photographers - North Sullivan

We like to think here at the Photo Studio that what makes us different from a lot of other commercial photography studios is the relationship that we form with our clients. As North has told us time and time again, the Photo Studio is about 'the Art of You'. That means that our job, as photographers, producers and editors is to work together with the client to create something that they are truly happy with, something that really represents them.
Well, we think that can go both ways, so over the coming few months you'll see some mini biographies of the Photo Studio staff popping up on this blog. Seeing as North (above, with Erin Collett outside the studio in Glebe) is in the Blue Mountains at the moment photographing a campaign for Emirates, we thought we would take the opportunity to do a piece on him that he can't influence!

North has been a professional photographer for over thirty years. As one of Australia's most esteemed advertising photographers, he has been involved in some iconic campaigns, including the first Qantas Children's Choir photographs (see the blog entry on the subject below), the AMP Olympic Torch relay, launching the new GMC Envoy and many others.
Despite his famed commercial work, North also has a passion for photographing people, from the well known, such as Sydney intellectual, writer and radio personality, Phillip Adams, to the average person on the street, seen in his portraits of the Glebe Girls and Glebe Boys near the Photo Studio. His 2004 exhibition 'Local Heroes' celebrated the known and lesser known champions of the local Balmain community. He is currently executing a new series of portraits based around Glebe.

North has been a finalist two years running in the AGNSW Australian Photographic Portrait Prize and was a runner-up in SMH’s Shoot the Chef. North was responsible for founding The Australian Photographers’ Collection, is the past President of The Association of Australian Commercial and Media Photographers and was the inaugural Director of The Australian Photographers’ Gallery. He is currently Australia’s representative with the newly formed Imagery Alliance based in the USA.

North was just over a mile from Ground Zero on September 11, and took many powerful images in the days following. He founded one of Australia's most respected photography collections, the Fuji ACMP Australian Photographers' Collection and is also a guest lecturer on photography at The Art Gallery of NSW. Last but not least, North has the most modern tribute to his importance as a photographer and Sydney personality in the form of his own Wikipedia entry!

Lastly, the 'Face of the Baby Show' competition is up and running and we're starting to see the results come in. Everyone here at the Photo Studio has their favourite image, what's yours? Make sure you vote for your chance to win!
We would like to thanks all the families that came in to our mobile studio and took pictures with us over the Baby Show weekend. It was a huge success and we really enjoyed the energy and enthuasism which we got from the parents and babies. The fantastic expression and adorable smiles we got on the day made the whole experience very enjoyable for us here at the studio. With such a large number of entries it really is going to be a tough competition
Each entrant has the opportunity to take away the fabulous prize of an hour long fun-filled Magazine Style Studio Photo Shoot for the whole family. Plus 4 x A5 hand crafted fine art prints of your choice valued at over $1,200.
All you have to do is get your friends and family voting for you by the corresponding number on our image gallery.
The winner will be chosen by a panel of judges from our studio along with the organisers of The Baby Show. Also you are entered into the ‘Peoples Choice Award’ where you can get your friends and family to vote on line where you could both also win one of the additional free family Photo-Shoot Prize Packages.

The Photo Studio's weekend of baby and family photography

The Photo Studio spent the weekend at the Baby Show, which ran from the 18th to the 20th of September at the Royal Hall of Industry, Moore Park. North and the crew were there to set up their famous white mobile studio to capture all the fun and excitement of the weekend. Families were lining up around the block for a chance to get a high quality print of themselves with their baby, and the Photo Studio didn't disappoint, delivering classic pictures for the families to treasure.

The Baby Show was also a 'baptism of fire' for one of the Photo Studio's newest photographers, Rosie Joyce. Rosie jumped right into it, delivering more than 170 stunning images over the course of the weekend, and had a lot of practice at making her subjects smile. She puts her success down to "tickles and squeaky toys". Rosie is joining the team to specialise in family and kids photo sessions, although she'll keep her hand in with everything that the Photo Studio can throw at her.

Every picture that we took entered the family into the draw to be declared 'the Face of the Baby Show'. The winner will receive an hour long fun-filled magazine style photo shoot for the whole family, plus four fine art prints of their choice from the session, valued at over $1,200. Stay tuned, the winner will be announced soon!
Keep checking our website as well, as the photos from the weekend will soon be up. Vote for your favourite shot, and the winner of the 'People's Choice Award' will win one of the additional free family photo-shoot prize packages. Make sure you register and vote, as that puts you in the draw to win your choice of a family photo shoot or a fashion portrait session!

Check the Photo Studio website soon to check out the images from the weekend and vote for your chance to win your own family photo shoot here at our studios.
As well as giving you beautiful pictures to remember forever, the photo shoots themselves are great experiences as our photographers and staff make everybody look and feel fantastic.
"We all loved the photo shoot, the girls had so much fun. We are really enjoying our family portrait, my husband said it was the best ever gift." - Sharmini Poynder
"Our family had a fantastic morning - I didn't expect it to be so much fun. The photos are really great and have captured the family beautifully." - Lorna Clark
"Thank you for a great shoot with the girls. They loved it." - Louise Kalmus

But it's not all babies and family portraits here at the Photo Studio. Later this week, North and the crew are heading up to photograph the promotional pictures for Emirates' new luxury resort in the Blue Mountains. Located in Wolgan Valley, adjacent to the greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, the resort is opening in October of 2009. Check back in the coming weeks to see some of the stunning images that we are sure to capture!

Qantas relicenses North's famous campaign

Children are notoriously difficult to work with as subjects in photography portraits. So when Qantas needed someone to shoot not one, but an entire choir of kids for their famous 'I Still Call Australia Home' commercial, the first person they turned to was North Sullivan.
These images were shot during the filming of the first commercial in 1998. This campaign was voted Australia's favourite advertising campaign in 2006. The images are recurring favourites, with the picture above being viewed on Flickr over 80,000 times and favourited by 1,500 people.

North is known as one of the world's greatest photographer of kids and families, and he now uses his passion to deliver unforgettable family portraits at the Photo Studio in Glebe.
Qantas have, in their latest advertising campaign, decided to relicense some of the most famous and iconic images from the previous campaigns. Foremost amongst these of course, is North's unforgettable picture of the members of the children's choir lining the Great Wall of China. Eleven years after it was originally shot, this stunning portrait is once again being used to deliver Qantas' brand to the world.


North has done many other famous advertising campaigns - the AMP Olympic Torch relay and his series for Land Rover spring to mind - but children and family portraits remain his passion. This passion has continued with the Photo Studio, where North likes to step in to deliver unforgettable family pictures for a range of clients. Some of North's work will be on display at the the Baby Show this weekend from Friday the 18th to Sunday the 20th of September. Make sure to drop by and see our mobile photo studio at Stand C2. North and the Photo Studio crew will be taking photos of babies with their parents and carers, so make sure you get some shots done for the chance to be voted the Face of the Baby Show 2009! All photos will be able to be viewed after the event, so check online at our website after the event to see all the great shots we're sure to see on the day!

Tayla Made Photo Shoots

Here at the Photo Studio, we've seen many aspiring young models, and helped them add to their portfolio with fun and stylish fashion and beauty shoots. But we have seldom been so impressed with a young model as when we photographed Tayla Monkhouse's fashion portraits last month.
Tayla and her family headed down to the Photo Studio from their hometown of Grafton, impressed with the Studio's reputation for professional magazine style photography shoots and proven track record of promoting the best in exciting new talent that Australia has to offer.

Tayla enjoyed the fun and informal fashion portrait experience that the Photo Studio offers, taking advantage of the extended shoot times and huge amount of photos that our photographers like to take as opposed to other commercial studios. She had multiple clothing, hair and makeup changes throughout the session, resulting in a great range of looks in the finished product.


Tayla's photographer commended her on her shoot. "Other people come in here and I make them look like a professional model," he said, "with Tayla, I didn't need to try." To book your own professional style model portrait photo shoot, you can get in touch with the Photo Studio by clicking the links at the top of this blog.

Fun Christmas family portraits here at the Photo Studio!

Once again, Christmas is creeping up on us! As well as being an acclaimed fashion and beauty photography studio, the Photo Studio is also renowned for its family portaits and kids and baby photography. If you're after the perfect Christmas gift this year, book yourself in for a family portrait shoot at our photo studios here in Glebe.

For a fun christmas gift that will be treasured for generations, book your family photo session now! Our range of photo print offers ensure that you can get the ideal gift, no matter who it's for. You can look at getting a large print of the whole family to hang up in your own family or dining room, a durable and stylish perspex print for the grandparents, or a selection of smaller prints that make great gifts to send around with Christmas cards or letters.


On top of that, a family portrait shoot here at the Photo Studio can be a fun experience with the whole family! Our photographers are skilled at getting the best pictures out of even the youngest kids, and the result of the day is a series of great pictures that you can look back on and cherish forever. Stay tuned to this blog for details of the upcoming Christmas specials that the Photo Studio is doing just for families!

Upcoming events!

Wow, we certainly are busy over the next couple of months! There are a couple of upcoming events where you'll be able to see The Photo Studio, with its mobile studio in tow, taking a variety of glamour, fashion and beauty photography, as well as kids and family photography and portraits.
We'll be all over Sydney for the next couple of months, and you can visit us at any of these locations to get involved in our mobile portrait studio. There are a variety of competitions and prize draws at each event, so come and enter for the chance to win a full photography session at our studios in Glebe!

First cab off the rank is the Baby Show, running from the 18th to the 20th of September at the Royal Hall of Industry, Moore Park. If you have little ones, are expecting, or just want to check it out, come and see our mobile photo studio in action, snapping pictures of bubs and their mums. Not everyone knows that as well as being an acclaimed fashion and beauty photography studio, The Photo Studio also offers a great range of kids and family photography.

We'll also be setting up the mobile studio at the Athena School in Newtown on September 26. More information as it becomes available!

Along with the 2009 Women's Expo, The Photo Studio is hosting the Sydney Woman competition, to find the woman who best represents the beauty and sophistication of the city of Sydney. The Women's Expo runs from October 23 - 25, and the winner of the Sydney Woman competition will receive:

• A professional magazine style model portfolio, worth $2,000
• A 12 month modelling membership with a leading model agency
• A luxury stayover at one of Sydney's top hotels
• Limousine transfers to the hotel from Wedcorp Limousines
• A skin care pamper pack

Stay tuned to this blog for more details closer to the date!

Then over the weekend of November 7 - 8, The Photo Studio will be at the 2009 Balmain Art and Craft Show. Last year's show was a great success, and we look forward to setting up our mobile photo studio and taking some great portraits over the weekend this year.

Then of course, coming up over November 12 - 15 is Fashion Weekend Summer.
We'll be there, running the Face of Fashion Weekend Summer competition, so make sure that you check it out for your chance to win a professional fashion portrait session in our Glebe studios.
Plenty more information is on its way regarding these and other exciting events that The Photo Studio is getting involved with in the coming months. So whether it's setting up our mobile portrait studio, or getting out at events to take great freestyle pictures, fashion photos, beauty shots, kids and family portraits and everything else you can point a camera at, we'll be out and about photographing Sydney. Keep checking out this blog and our website for more info as it becomes available.

Gabrielle Dover, runner up in our Face of Fashion Weekend competition

As promised, here are the fashion portraits of the runner up to our Face of Fashion Weekend competition, which we ran along with Fashion Weekend Sydney. The stunning young Gabrielle Dover was a pleasure to work with and a personal favourite of The Photo Studio photographer Carlo. The Photo Studio's mobile stall at Fashion Weekend was a popular destination for the attendees, who saw a small sample of what they could expect from a full studio shoot in our portrait studio in Glebe.

The mobile studio that The Photo Studio sets up is great for providing a glimpse of the full fashion shoot experience that we can offer in our Glebe studios. Of course, it can be difficult to get out to the events that we are taking the mobile studio out to, but stayed tuned to this blog and we'll let you know about all the upcoming events that we'll be at. Otherwise, you can always get the full studio experience anytime just by booking in for a personal or family portrait shoot through The Photo Studio!


For more great portrait shoots from The Photo Studio, make sure you check out our Flickr Photostream, and don't forget that Fashion Weekend Summer is starting 12 November 09 at the Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park. We'll be there with the mobile photo studio again, so make sure that you drop in if you get a chance to see a sample of the full fashion or family photo shoot experience that we can provide at The Photo Studio!

The Photo Studio at Mardi Gras Fair Day Victoria Park.

North Sullivan and the crew from The Photo Studio took their mobile portrait and event studio to the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras launch Fair Day at Victoria Park last Sunday.

In a day of patchy weather the photographers and re-touchers created a mini version of the full experience of the excitement of having your portrait taken by the professional photographers at The Photo Studio. The portable studio allows for the cool white background portrait photography the studio is known for on location. With the re-touchers Carlo and Kent adding the finishing touches for the custom postcard prints that were then made on the spot, the day provided a fine example (on a smaller scale) of what you can expect from a full studio portrait shoot.

And there where quite a few takers for The Photo Studio Portrait experience who walked away as very happy campers with their finished mini print. In fact we had some of our early customers returning with their friends to have their portraits taken too. Pets were welcome subjects as well; two dog lovers made excellent portraits with their pooches who had been readied for the Best Dog show on the day. (More about pet portraits soon).

Now you won’t always be lucky enough to catch our team out on one of our promotional exercises but you can have the full studio portrait experience anytime you choose by simply booking your family or personal portrait photography shoot through The Photo Studio.

www.thephotostudio.com.au
The Photo Studio
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Sydney, Australia
(02)9571 9955
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