http://www.pixxil.com This blog opens the door to my world, my passion, my life. And incase you missed it, my names Robb Duncan - Photographer - Father of 6 - Wearer of Kilts and all round nice guy.( OK, so that last bit might be stretching it a little !!) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:48:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I know I have already posted an image from our rather short session at 13th Beach Golf Links, but the response to the first image was so overwhelmingly positive I thought I would post another!! [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="750" caption="13th Beach Golf Links - Barwon Heads"][/caption] Storms always produce great images. So ... http://www.pixxil.com/photography/13th-beach-golf-links-rough/ We all know how "interesting" the weather was over the weekend in Victoria, and I have to say while I missed the heaviest of it, it did play havoc with the wedding I photographed the Barwon Heads Golf Club. In between breaks in the rain and thunder, we wandered out ... http://www.pixxil.com/photography/barwon-heads-wedding-photography/ I noticed that the wedding reception doesn't get that much blog time, which is weird because the reception takes up 30-40% of the actual wedding day!! So I did a quick check through some of my recent wedding reception party images and gathered together a few I would like to share. So ... http://www.pixxil.com/photography/reception-party-animals/ I had a wedding at the Barwon Heads Golf Club yesterday, and there was about an hour of down time between the Bride getting her hair and make-up done in Prahran, and when everyone would arrive at 13th Beach Golf Links to get ready... And you know exactly what I ... http://www.pixxil.com/photography/barwon-heads/ Its amazing what you see while driving home from a client meeting at 10pm. I had pulled over on the side of the road to take a phone call from my lovely wife who just wanted to know if I was on my way, and then told me to take care ... http://www.pixxil.com/photography/landscape-photography/gateway-moonlight/ I couldn't resist posting another sneak peek from Jaz and Daves wedding. Its funny because I dont normally pose people to much at all, I just let them be themselves. So its great that Jaz and Dave were so good at just being themselves !! [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="750" caption="The rings and ... http://www.pixxil.com/photography/lighthouse-point-lonsdale/ I took a quick trip to Bendigo yesterday afternoon to shoot Erin and Aaron's e-session. Here is a quick sneak peek image I thought I would share!! [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="750" caption="A Bendigo Engagement Session"][/caption] So there you have it and like I always say, please feel free to comment... Especially those of ... http://www.pixxil.com/photography/sneak-peek-bendigo-esession/ I took a quick trip to Bendigo this afternoon to shoot an engagement session for an up and coming wedding in Bendigo !! I really love Bendigo, and while I was there, I could not resist capturing this. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="440" caption="Soldiers Memorial Institute at night- Bendigo"][/caption] So there you have it ... http://www.pixxil.com/photography/soldiers-memorial-institute/ After the popularity of my various My Melbourne blog posts, I thought I would start a series on Geelong, considering I book about 1/2 of my weddings there. So hello Geelong !! This was a quick 5 minute exposure of the Geelong Waterfront captured on Saturday Night on my way home from ... http://www.pixxil.com/photography/geelong/ A little sneak peek from Jaz & Dave's wedding this weekend. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="This is Jaz, looking Stunning!!!"][/caption] More to follow I promise!! So there you have it and like I always say, please feel free to comment... Especially those of you viewing this via Facebook !!! And for the Camera/foto geeks: ... http://www.pixxil.com/photography/jaz-dave-point-lonsdale-wedding-photography/ I had the pleasure of being in the city this evening. The light was a gorgeous glow, all soft and warm... almost Autumn like... [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="750" caption="Waiting for a friend."][/caption] So there you have it and like I always say, please feel free to comment... Especially those of you viewing this ... http://www.pixxil.com/photography/melbourne-16-2/ And as promised here is the second part to Jocelyn and Simon's urban E-Session in Prahran. And thats it, Awesome huh?!! So there you have it and like I always say, please feel free to comment... Especially those of you viewing this via Facebook !!! And for the Camera/foto geeks: - Image captured by ... http://www.pixxil.com/photography/melbourne-urban-esession-pt2/ As promised here is a selection of images from Jocelyn and Simon's E-Session in Prahran a few weeks back. As there are a few images, I will break it down into 2 posts... Told you it was an awesome session. So there you have it and like I always say, please feel free ... http://www.pixxil.com/photography/melbourne-urban-esession-pt1/ A little more from Jaz & Dave's awesome engagement session down at Ocean Grove. I said I would post a few more and what better way to celebrate my 50th post for the year!! [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="750" caption="A kiss"][/caption] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="440" caption="holding hands"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="750" caption="watching the waves"][/caption] [caption id="" ... http://www.pixxil.com/photography/ocean-grove-engagement-session/ Its always cool to shoot an engagement session at the same place that the ceremony will be held... For one I can discus the wedding day details with the bride and groom, and of course you get to see exactly what it is about the location that the couple like, ... http://www.pixxil.com/photography/ballarat-engagement-session-sneak-peek/ The idea was to capture something with a little of flavor from Jocelyn and Simon's local neighbourhood... I guess you could say a little urban edge... [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="440" caption="Next to Prahran Station, and almost edgy enough!!"][/caption] It was an awesome session, thanks so much guys!! I will have more on this ... http://www.pixxil.com/photography/e-session/prahran-engagement-session-melbourne-photography/ Just a little something I wanted to share with you guys, [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="440" caption="Flowers under the bridge"][/caption] Image captured by Canon 5D II & 24L II - ISO 100 - 1/800 second @ f/1.4 And yeah, I still love my 24mm lens... :) So there you have it and like I always ... http://www.pixxil.com/personal/jogging-photography-xiv/ I thought of a few different titles for this post... including "Loose ends" and "A Frayed Knot"... but you would expect that from me right? [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="440" caption="Tying the Knot"][/caption] Image captured by Canon 5D II & 135L - ISO 1600 - 1/800 second @ f/2.0 So there you ... http://www.pixxil.com/personal/tying-knot/ This is Bens first day of school. I know I should have blogged these over a week ago, but good things take time. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="440" caption="Ready to go"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="440" caption="Not as nervous as expected !!"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="440" caption="Of he goes, cute little bugger!!"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="440" ... http://www.pixxil.com/personal/first-day-of-school/ Our little man Angus on his first day of Kinder... [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="440" caption="Ready to go"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="440" caption="Not quite as relaxed as he could be!!"][/caption] It is so quiet around here... for those few hours a day !! Captured by Canon 5DII & 24-105mm/4.0L - Various settings So there you have ... http://www.pixxil.com/personal/first-day-of-kinder/ This wedding has been sneak peeked a number of times, and I guess you could say I like to tease. I have a full post almost ready to go, just finishing off the last few images and we are all set !! As with the last image I posted from this ... http://www.pixxil.com/photography/cape-otway-wedding-vi/