A really common question from female portrait clients before a shoot is, should I have my hair and make up professionally done? Ultimately it is a very personal choice. Our advice is always to keep it…
Client Spotlight: Nicole Woodrow
Why did you choose to hire Lizzy C Photography?
I was attracted to her natural photography with sensitive interpretations of her subjects.…
What should I wear?
When a client books in for a Lizzy C Photography business portrait shoot, by far the most commonly asked question is “What should I wear?”.…
I want to look like me!
Often, clients worry when having a professional portrait taken, that we are going to “photoshop them to death”. However, that’s not how it’s done.…
Tips for choosing a great LinkedIn profile photo
A poor image choice can be damaging to your professional brand, so it’s worth taking the time and effort to get it right. Here we give you five tips to putting your best face forward online.…
End of Financial Year checks
Just as December 31 prompts reflection and vows of self improvement in our personal lives, June 30 can be a good occasion to take some time to review and improve aspects of your business. We’ve come u…
What our clients say
Having your photo taken can be daunting for some, but we like to think we make the experience fun(well, as fun as possible!). But don’t just take our word for it. We asked previous clients what they t…
Meet Ian.
I chose Lizzy C after finding her online. I was looking for some new images as the ones I had were quite dated, and I liked the casual and relaxed look of the shoots that I saw…
How to stand out on LinkedIn
In a digital world where everyone looks online to learn more. We are finding more and more people are understanding the importance of having an up to date and engaging LinkedIn account. We know the im…
Client Spotlight: Jewellery Designer, Amanda Dowd
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Six tips for choosing the right photographer!
It seems like there are so many photographers out there these days, finding the right one can be tricky. We’ve put together our best five tips for finding a photographer who’s easy to work with and wi…
Client Spotlight: LinkedIn Portraits
It was a really fun photo session. Lizzy made me feel really comfortable and we tried out different poses and outfits. She ensured the shots were natural and brought out my personality, rather than tr…
Client Spotlight with Bronwyn
I really like the natural look of the photos on the website – the people seemed normal!…
Relax! It’s only a photo.
Not everyone is born naturally photogenic. Let’s face it. Most of us are never happy when we see ourselves in photographs. Most of us freeze up at the thought of getting our photo taken which makes tr…
To Hair and Make Up or, Not to Hair & Make Up?
For those clients that do decide to go ahead with hair and make up we always recommend the artist keep it light and as natural as possible and the day of your shoot is not the best time to try out a n…
Relaxed Corporate Portrait Session with Leanne
This is the second time I have used Lizzy C for portraits. My first experience was great so I went back when it came time to update the portraits…
Website Profile Portraits – Scott Trevethan
Liz was very easy to work with, made me relax and enjoy the experience. It was very personal and professional. I’m delighted with my pics. Thanks Liz!…
Introducing One Fine Print
One Fine Print 327 Smith St, Fitzroy 10-6pm Until 26th of April I’ve been working super hard on a new project which I haven’t really had the chance to tell you about. I work professional…
What should I wear?
The best outfit you can bring is the one that makes you feel relaxed but professional. We usually recommend our clients bring a shirt or top in a color they like to wear and bring a jacket (for a few …
Client Spotlight: Profile Portraits: Tony Romanelli
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Social Media Profile Portraits: Client Spotlight: Paul Conti
Luckily Lizzy is great at what she does. She was friendly, funny, understood that I was well out of my comfort zone and (somehow) managed to put me at easy enough to get some really great shots.…
Competition Winner: Kelly’s Portrait Session
Kelly Reyolds was the lucky winner of our competition. As part of the competition, Kelly won a all inclusive profile portrait session for business owners! We asked Kelly a few questions about her wor…
Featured Client: Simon – Relaxed Corporate Portraits
Simon came to us when he was updating his new website. Simon works with leaders and managers to help them create inspired, and high performing teams. Simon needed banner images for his website and p…
Client Spotlight: Professional Portraits for Jill Blunsom
Jill was looking online for a professional photographer who could create a more relaxed professional profile and our folio appealed. Jill had some really lovely things to say about her experience work…
Travel Photography | Moroccan Adventures
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Travel Photography | Cordoba, Spain
I realised that with the busy year it was last year I never got a chance to post photos from my travels. Considering I visited Mexico, Spain, Morocco, New Zealand and Japan last year I thought it was …
Lizzy C Photography Recent Weddings Featured
We’re thrilled that some Lizzy C Photography weddings have had some recent exposure on popular wedding sites Polka Dot Bride and Style Me Pretty! It’s lovely to see the spotlight shone on …
Professional Business Portraits | Melbourne Photographer
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Relaxed & Natural Professional Portraits
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My journey to “holy crap I won”
Every year the Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP) holds their print awards. For those of you who have never heard of such a thing, it is a way for us as professional photographers…
Sam and Chris’s Wedding featured in Your Day Magazine
I can’t help but feel a little thrilled when I thumb the pages of a glossy magazine to see your images and your beautiful couples featured. I couldn’t be happier to see Sam and Chris’…
Consultant Business Profile Portraits
“I am usually very nervous and uncomfortable in front of a camera, but with all the chatting, the photo shooting was over in no time and I wasn’t stressed at all. When I saw the results I was very hap…
Author Portraits -Louise Reynolds
Louise Reynolds’ first email to Lizzy C immediately piqued our interest. She’s a romance writer recently contracted to Penguin’s Destiny Romance imprint, and she was in need of an author photo.…
Business Profile Portraits: Consultant
Client Spotlight: Marion Haydon We recently spent the afternoon photographing Marion Haydon, a Melbourne-based organisational and personal coach. She specialises in helping her clients reach their ful…
Big Issue Magazine Feature images from Sri Lanka
Last year, when I went to photograph Sasi and Tom’s wedding in Bangkok, I tagged along on a trip to Sri Lanka with my friend Kate. Kate and I first met when we were both in our first year of pri…
As seen in… American Wedding Magazine, Nouveau
It was really lovely to be approached by American Wedding, Nouveau to feature Linh and Rangi’s wedding in their magazine! It has been featured in their current holiday issue!…
The year I turned 30.
On July 2 this year I turned 30. I don’t really mind getting older, I just hope I am getting wiser. To celebrate, I travelled across America with my favourite people in the world. Just the girls…
Creative business portraits
Meet Phillippa. Phillippa is a business owner. She approached us and this was her initial enquiry. I am looking for a gentle and creative photographer to take portraits of myself to be used for web an…
A Mandarin Oriental Wedding in Bangkok Thailand!
Blessed. Honoured. Happy. That’s how I’d describe my feelings as I reflect back on the images I took of Sasi and Tom’s Wedding in Bangkok. Blessed, because I had the opportunity to b…
Being a bit of a media tart ~ Lizzy C featured
So I have this other thing that I’m passionate about. People ask me about it all the time, even seeking out my advice. It gets me excited and I love to talk to others about how great it is, and …
Creative Time Out
I don’t usually blog much outside of what I photograph directly for clients, but I thought I might share a little piece of what I was doing and where I was over the last few days. I guess I’m re…
Lizzy C Wedding featured in Real Weddings Annual Style Guide!
We were very excited and pleased to see Emma and Ben’s Wedding featured in the current Real Weddings Magazine. The annual style guide is a beautiful publication which features Emma and Ben’…
Relaxed Portraits ~ Sharon
I am sure I’ve said it on here before but I’ll say it again. One of the things I really enjoy doing is photographing my small business clients. I think what I enjoy most is getting to hear…
Small Business Profile Portraits
So I am starting to think that my clients are crazy. I mean that in the nicest possible way of course! I mean I actually rate someone with a little bit of crazy quite highly. As we are all a little cr…
Relaxed Consultant Portraits ~ Mary
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 t…
Galerie Montmartre ~ Vintage Posters
These are some photographs I took for the lovely Galerie Montmartre. Gallerie Montmartre sells beautiful original vintage posters. They have a fantastic gallery warehouse type space in Fitzroy full of…
Slow Magazine ~ Burmese Train Journey
I’d wanted to go to Burma/Myanmar for a long time. I’d also debated about whether it was the right thing to do. Burma has been boycotted by the international community since 1995 because o…
My Greek Kitchen: Cookbook Author
About a year ago I photographed Mary for her cookbook, which was about to be published. In the end, one of the photographs was included in the book (see below), which has since been published and is s…
New York, New York
I’ve just returned from New York, so I’m spreading the news… It is such an amazing city to shoot and be inspired by. These are a few shots I took while walking the streets. As you can see I was defini…
My Creative Space: Iphone adventures
I don’t get a lot of free time and sometimes, when I do, the last thing I feel like doing is taking more photographs. And that scares me. The thing is, I might not always feel like taking photog…
My Creative Space: Myanmar, Burma
People talk about having the travel bug. And I truly think I have it. I love to travel and always have. I think it stems from listening to my parents’ stories of travelling. Not very often but o…
Portrait of a film maker
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 …
New Zealand Earthquake Editorial Images
I love to travel, I love it when my work and travel come together. Sometimes I don’t mean for my work and travel to coincide but they do. Last year I was in NZ for a ski holiday when Christchurc…
Bloom Cosmetics magazine feature and cover
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 e…
Writer extraordinaire | Business Portrait
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. S…
Featured in The Big Issue – The Moustache Brothers
Dave and I have collaborated again and the Big Issue has published our story and images in their current issue. The images and story are from a trip we took to Myanmar (Burma) a few months ago. As Aus…
Fashion photography ~ Jewellery
In the process of going through old shoots and getting them ready to archive I’ve realised there are heaps of photo shoots I never got a chance to blog. These images were taken for Look East Aus…
Interiour Venue Photography~ Hazeldene Yarra Valley
Sorry, it’s been a bit quiet of late on the blog, I’ve just returned from overseas. But more about that later. This shoot was for Hazeldene in the Yarra Valley. Hazeldene is a beautiful re…
Commercial Portrait ~ Composer/Musician
David contacted me when he realised that he didn’t have a single photograph of himself! Not one that he could use for some publicity and the PR opportunities that he needed. David is the brains …
Commercial Portraits ~ Image Consultant
Anne contacted me because she was starting a new business and needed some portraits of herself for her website and promotional materials. Anne is an image consultant. As soon as you meet Anne it is ve…
Australian Instistute of Professional Photography (AIPP) Victorian Awards
For many years I’ve been meaning to enter the AIPP photographic awards. Every year I’ve made excuses, but this year I said to myself “I’ve got to do it” – so I did! It’s a litt…
Fashion photography ~ Jewellery
I’ve been working on some images this morning for Look East Australia. So I thought I’d post an image… (more to come!) Look East are a wholesaler for jewellery stores and boutiques a…
Website and Marketing Images
You can’t help but smile when you talk to Bridget. She has a lovely warm personality and is obviously passionate about what she does. Bridget is the director of Fresh Green Clean. Fresh Green…
Portrait photography of you being you…
As a photographer one of the most common things people tell me before I take their photograph is either I hate photographs of myself or I don’t like having my photograph taken! I like to think t…
Publicity Portraits
These portraits are of Tess Evans. Tess needed some portrait photographs which she could use to promote her new book which will be to be published by Allen and Unwin on the 31st of May. It’s t…
Images from The Big Issue feature (plus a few extra)
These are the images (and a few extra from the same shoot) featured in The Big Issue magazine in which my husband (David Carroll) and I collaborated. He supplied the editorial, I supplied the images.…
Lizzy C Photography Big Issue Magazine Feature
The current issue of The Big Issue features a four page spread of my photographs accompanying a story by David Carroll (my husband!) about joining an Italian marching band in Melbourne. I’ve po…
Urban Japan
If you’ve been reading my blog you’ll have noticed I am quite fond of Japan. One of the things that really gets me is that it isn’t always what people expect. These are some photog…
Matsumoto Portraits
Over the Christmas and new year period I took a short break. Which meant I got a chance to work on some of the images I took while in Japan late last year. Some previous posts from Japan can be seen h…
Reptile Encounters | Melbourne Photographer
I can honestly say that no two days are ever the same for me. It isn’t every day that you get the opportunity to get right up close to snakes, lizards, cockroaches, stick insects, birds, possum…
Meditation workshop photos
It makes complete sense that Kate James has begun doing meditation workshops. By teaching meditation in an accessible way, she has the ability to create a space which encourages women to be open, rela…
Shinto Wedding Ceremony Japan | Wedding Photographer Japan
There seems to be a tendency these days to move away from tradition, especially during weddings. I think it is almost a shame, especially if you are from a culture which has long standing traditions …
Before the Ceremony | Wedding Photographer Japan
Recently, I travelled to Japan and photographed Yoshie and Andy’s wedding. It was an amazing experience. Andy is Australian and met his beautiful bride Yoshie while working at a National Institu…
Portrait Photography | Images from Japan
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 c…
Wedding in Japan | Wedding Photographer Japan
So I am really looking forward to blogging the images from Andy and Yoshie’s wedding in Okazaki, Japan but I’ve just been busy with so many other bits and pieces I haven’t had the ch…
Back on Australian Soil | Images from Japan
I’m back in Melbourne after an absolutely amazing time in Japan. It was a bit whirlwind but we got to visit some amazing places and have some great unique experiences including s…
Sydney, A President and Miss Australia… | Melbourne Photographer
On Sunday I flew to Sydney with the guys from Change The World. This fantastic project will enable six teams made up of ordinary Australians to go out into the community and spend six months changing …
It’s all about Balance | Melbourne Commercial Photographer
Recently I photographed Kate James from Total Balance. Total Balance is a boutique coaching and training organisation, who offer face to face coaching in Melbourne and Sydney. Total balance works wit…
Business profile photos
Have you ever thought about what potential clients think about you? Everyone knows that it is important to make a good first impression. So you’ve got the bells and whistles website, a great product a…