HAPPY New Year!

Our first blog for 2010 - a compilation of some of our favorite smiles and hugs and kisses and all manner of HAPPY things from 2009!

We thank all of our clients, friends and family for supporting us in 2009. ARTsnic was officially "born" as our Business name in March of 2009, so officially we're not even a year old yet! (although I've been photographing people and places and things for .... forever it seems :)

We're really looking forward to 2010 - there are so many changes coming for us - it's very exciting! You'll hear more about it soon - the first change will be our monthly newsletter - starting mid January - I'll post a link soon so you can sign up!

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU! I hope it's safe, and prosperous, and loving, and exciting - and HAPPY :)

Kristina and Con's Wedding

I recently had the privilege of photographing the wedding of Kristina and Con.  There was a lot of photography and video coverage at this one - 2 photographers and 2 videographers.  Sue started at Kristina's house at 7:45 am ... which is really early for someone like me!  So I started at the Con's house with the boys getting ready at 10:45 - at least I had time to wake up properly.  And I needed it - the boys were in high gear!  In fact, they had Harleys to deliver them to the ceremony. :)

I knew they'd be just too cool when I saw the shoes - Con and one of his page boys modeled these for me.

Con had some moments of quiet contemplation before hopping on the Harley. 

The ceremony took place at the Macedonian Orthodox Church "Sv. Kiril & Metodi" in Rosebery.  It's a very ornate church, and a wonderful place to celebrate their rich and beautiful traditions.

After the ceremony we went to a local park for family photos, then off to Martin Place and the Westin for bridal party photos.  It was my second time shooting location at the Westin - gorgeous place!

The reception was held at the Grand Roxy, Brighton Le Sands.  I highly recommend it - the food was absolutely delicious, and the service was impeccable.

Con and Kristina added a bit of drama to their bridal waltz with a smoke machine - great idea - if you don't mind all the kids at the reception running around in the smoke while you dance!  They didn't seem to mind though, and if anything it just added to the romance.

Engagement Session - Kat and Rob

Introducing Kat and Rob, and their gorgeous daughter Arabella. Kat and Rob are getting married in a few weeks, and I'll have the privilege of being their Wedding Photographer. I'm really looking forward to it - Arabella will be part of the ceremony.






Kat and Rob are having their wedding and reception at the Oxford Falls Function Centre - this engagement session was done there too.



Can't wait to see Arabella all dressed up for the wedding - those eyes are gorgeous. And hopefully we'll be able to keep her away from the Tiny Bears for just a few photos. Cuteness will be in abundance I think :)

I just love surprises!

I woke up this morning to find out that someone had purchased one of my photos online! It wasn't a big sale, but it brought a smile to my face anyway. Isn't it fantastic when a total stranger likes your product enough to buy it? Especially when it's something as fun as this!

(now you all know just how long I've been around taking photos...)

Well, anyway, that put me in such a good mood that I've decided to offer even more to the winner of ARTsnic's prize draw! Now I'm giving one lucky Expo Attendee a $340 value prize! Ya gotta be in it to win it, so visit the ARTsnic stand today , from 4-8 pm, at the Sydney Women's Network Hills Business Expo, Castle Grand Community Centre, Castle Hill.

New Wedding Video!

We've created a new sample wedding video - 6 different couples, from bride and groom getting ready to fun at the reception. Check it out!

Slow but good

Ok, so we're a bit slow posting - I'm sure we'll pick up in the coming months!

It's Saturday and we don't have a wedding! Brian's going off and to do some fun stuff (shooting at BMX competitors at Macarthur BMX Track, home to the Macarthur Pirates.), but I'm stuck home with the sniffles! So, I thought I might as well spend a little time updating the blog and posting some wedding photos.

Featured here are some photos from Will and Keina's wedding on June 27, 2009.




Will and Keina were married at the Sebel Resort and Spa in Windsor. It's a fantastic venue, with everything you need in one spot!




The grounds of the resort are lovely - ponds and weeping willows, roses lining the driveway to the chapel - plenty of photo opps and no need to battle traffic!
The chapel at the resort is small but lovely, and was packed with family and friends on the day!



The Sebel wedding co-ordinator Rebecca did a lovely job fitting out the chapel, including a red carpet, beautiful white draping and rose petals lining the aisle.





As I said the grounds are lovely - we only had to walk a few feet from the chapel to a beautiful pond surrounded by gardens and weeping willows - great photo opps even though we had a cloudy day.


Will and Keina looked wonderful together - when two people are so much in love it makes a photographer's job easy :)




After the location photos it was off to the reception - again - just a few steps away! The food was yummy, all the guests seemed very well fed and happy. There was a quick run to empty the dessert table, but the reception staff fixed that up quickly and everyone's sweet tooth was satisfied nicely :)

Did we say weddings are fun?

Let me point out that ARTsnic was NOT, I repeat NOT the photographer on this wedding. But I stumbled across the link to this video, and just couldn't resist sharing it with you. If you want to have a wedding like this - please call us - we'd so love to be part of it!!! There's nothing better than being part of something like this - made me laugh and cry just watching it!

Hello all you beautiful people!

We're new to blogspot, so please bear with us while we sniff around a bit and figure out how all this works!

ARTsnic offers services in photography, custom framing and art sales and leasing. We're very excited about what the future holds for us - recession begone - things are looking up!

We LOVE LOVE LOVE what we do - photography in particular. So, starting out, ARTsnic will be blogging about some weddings, maybe the occasional portrait shoot, and other fun stuff. And really, weddings and portraits are FUN for us.
















YES - Weddings are FUN! Of course we cover all the formal family photos - nanna's going to want them after all!! But for much of your wedding day we take a photojournalistic approach.

There is nothing that makes your wedding photos more memorable than the unguarded moments - emotions, reaction to funny speeches (or boring ones :), kids... oh kids are fantastic and we tend to stalk them at weddings a bit. Generally, any moment of merriment, tears, tenderness, silliness, hugs, kisses, wild dancing and cheering - we want to catch it for you so you can keep it forever!



....follow along with the blog and you'll see what we mean :)