Posts Tagged ‘Melbourne professional photographer’

Relaxed Consultant Portraits ~ Mary

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Recently I had the pleasure of meeting, having a great chat with and photographing Mary from Career Sheila. Years ago, Mary had corporate portraits of herself taken but she realised she’d like to update them and wanted some images that reflected her personality and business rather than a stiff corporate head shot.

Mary Goldsmith is the consultant behind Career Sheila. Mary works with people at every career stage: young professionals on the move, women returning from parental leave, managers seeking advancement into a senior position, or individuals redirecting their careers altogether. Career Sheila provides consulting, coaching and mentoring for women who are motivated to explore, develop or change their career focus.

Mary has an extensive background Mary combines her extensive corporate and government experience in Human Resources, Executive Search and Selection, Executive Education and Career Transition consulting. I have no doubt she’d be well equipped to help anyone navigate through a career change.

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Relaxed Business Portraits

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

One of the things I really enjoy doing is photographing small business clients and consultants. I work a lot with people who are the “face of their business” They realise the importance of having engaging photographs on their websites and marketing material. Often they aren’t all that eager to have their photograph taken but an hour spent with me in front of the camera intertwined with general chit chat about business, life or the weather and a good laugh usually makes people feel relaxed and at ease in front of the camera. The result is engaging, friendly and relaxed photographs which illustrate their personality and business ethos.

Recently, I photographed Jacquie Molloy. Jacquie is an expert in corporate communications. She works with organisations and individuals to support those who are about to move into a new role, those who are in their first year of a senior role, or those who aspire to lead.

It was a pleasure to photograph Jacquie, as she was very clear on what she would use the images for and the image she wanted to portray.

Jacquie also had these lovely things to say about our session:

Lizzy is my photographer of choice! I love the way Lizzy is open to what I want but always aware of what will look best. She manages that ‘line’ very well. Consequently I feel like I am in the best hands and the proof is in the quality of the photos. I also appreciate the extra effort Lizzy takes to make sure I have all the formats I need and is very helpful with meeting sometimes tight deadlines.

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* Jacquie does some acting on the side. The bottom middle one is a headshot for upcoming productions.

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Portrait of a film maker

Friday, February 4th, 2011

And as I was saying… I get to meet some really interesting people in my line of work. Dom is a lawyer by trade but he has a passion for documentary film making. Recently he went to Mongolia and filmed a documentary there. I don’t know about you but last time I was in Mongolia I ended up lost in the Gobi desert with a blue combi 70s van as transport and a driver who we affectionately called Shamus. But that is another story…

Dom was there on a much more important mission. He was documenting the changes in Mongolia due to urbanisation. He made a documentary and magazines wanted to write about him so we took some photos for them!


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In case any of you are wondering “what blue combie?”

Here are a few photos I look in Mongolia when I was there in about 2005. These are taken on film… remember those days?

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Bloom Cosmetics magazine feature and cover

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

One of the things I like about my job/chosen career path is that I meet people from all walks of life. I’ve photographed people in the community, politicians, celebrities, business leaders and even a president. But the people I often look most forward to photographing and feel most inspired by are the entrepreneurs who are just doing their thing .  I like hearing their stories. I appreciate how humble they can be.

Recently I met and photographed a feature in Latte Magazine for Emma Isaacs who is the entrepreneur behind Business Chicks.  A successful entrepreneur in her own right, she likes to shine the spotlight on other successful women carving a path in their own chosen profession.  The focus of the current issue is on Natalie Bloom from Bloom Cosmetics. Natalie has managed to build a very successful cosmetics company despite humble beginnings. And to top that, she is also one of the easiest, friendliest people to photograph and work with! Some people are just too awesome!

The images I shot for the magazine cover and feature are below…

And if you don’t mind, I might just toot my own trumpet a little, this is a testimonial Emma wrote about working with me on my linkedin profile:

“Lizzy does a great job of photographing those who’d rather be someplace else! We hired her for a shoot for the Business Chicks magazine, Latte and she was super professional and a delight to work with. Well done Lizzy and thanks so much.”

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Writer extraordinaire | Business Portrait

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

I’ve been lucky enough to photograph a few writers and authors lately. They are always fun people to work with.  Clare was no exception!  Clare has a myriad of talents and is very easy going.  She was very clear on what she wanted and who her target market are, that is the type of clients who she appeals to.  Creatives and relaxed business people were a common theme.  We therefore kept this in mind for the colours we included, what she wore and the environment we photographed her in.

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Portrait Photography | Images from Japan

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Most often in Japan cities are filled with national chains.  The same coffee shops, restaurants, isakayas (Japanese pub for eating and drinking), department stores and the like can be found in every city.  When I lived in Japan I used to go to one Isakaya which I thought was so individual and cute.  I discovered on this trip, when in Hiroshima 700km away that my quaint isakaya was also part of a national chain.  So that is why it is really cool, when you come across cafes, restaurants and bars which are owner operated and have their own unique individuality.  Quite often you are serviced by the owner who is quite open to a chat over the counter. I think these guys are always pretty cool, becasue they have steped outside the square and chosen to do something quite different in a place where you are often expected to follow the crowd.

These are some photographs I took of a cafe in Kyoto, Japan of the owner Takaaki Matsumoto and his cafe Ichigo Ichie.  It is tucked away in the inner suburban sprawl of Kyoto and is a welcoming front of colour in a sprawling mass of 3 storey apartment buildings.

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