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It’s getting closer !

While most of us will be in denial about how close Christmas is,

it is definately fast approaching.

So with less than 15 weeks to go, I thought it might be time to make life just a little easier and suggest a beautiful Gift Voucher from Leanne Stamatellos Photography.

It’s a thoughtful gift that will put a smile on anyone’s face.

Whether it be a gift for a gorgeous couple who simply want to celebrate their love,

a family who want to remember their children just the way they are,

or maybe a gift for your favourite school teacher from all the students!

It is beautifully presented and all ready to be put under the tree.

There is no limit to the value of your Gift Voucher – that’s up to you – and it can be used for any type of session or package.

I hope this brings you much joy and happiness and takes alot of the worry about finding the perfect gift this Christmas!

Take care, Leanne

Stumbled across this!

• leanne •

Tonight, while I was glancing through my own personal photos, I stumble across this one taken a couple of months ago.

Something about it made me take a closer look – I love it for so many reasons.

I love the sun flare – that gorgeous glow in the distance reminding me of that late afternoon play in the park that day with my family.

I love Ethan’s confident stance on the scooter.

I love the worn sneakers and the worn wheel – from practicing so much.

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There is so much for me to love about this photo and nothing about the actual way it was taken.

It’s so true that when I ask parents to choose their favourite’s from a session, it’s rarely the ones that I love.

They choose the photos that ‘speak to them from the heart’ and that’s wonderful.

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This one does it for me!

Featured in Brisbane News

• leanne •

I have just returned from a few days in Melbourne and realised that I hadn’t shared my exciting news about being featured in Brisbane News last week.

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Brisbane News is a great weekly publication that is delivered to many of the inner city Brisbane homes andthe coolest retailers. It features the latest places to eat, art exhibitions, recipes from chefs, fashion etc as well as a page of Brisbane Weddings.

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When Brisbane News contacted me to say they loved the photos of Stephen and Sandy on my blog, I was thrilled but even more thrilled when Stephen and Sandy were chosen to be the main feature photo along with journalling about how they met.

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Of course I had to photograph it for all to see.

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Thank you to Stephen and Sandy for making it all happen!

Something I’ve been thinking about!

• leanne •

A little while ago I started to think about all the families that I had photographed and wondered what they had done with the disc full of images that I had created for them from their session.

I know how exciting it is when you receive your disc and how lovely it is to recall the session, but just how many of us actually ‘do’ something with those images?

Some of us probably print some off for our Mums and Dads, maybe even upload some to our blogs or facebook, but who actually has something on show in their homes

to remind us every day of the reason we had the session in the first place?

Not many of us I’m sure.

So, I got to thinking and decided that my packages would include an album as an option.

Of course, the disc is still there but the album has been a huge hit and I’m so pleased to see so many clients loving the idea. It’s a way to enjoy lots of photos from the session and they can be featured in a gorgeous hard covered and hard wearing album.

What I love best is that you can open the album and stand it on an easel

and enjoy a new page of images whenever you choose.

Here is the latest album that I created for the Clifton Family,

complete with a Custom Photo Cover that I know they will enjoy for years to come!

100 pages of USA !

• leanne •

I’m so excited that the photo album I have been working on is finally finished. After my trip to America earlier this year, I decided to choose my favourite photos and compile a massive 100 page album using one of the leading Album companies that I saw at the WPPI conference in Las Vegas. It’s been a huge task sorting through thousands of photos but I’m really looking forward to getting the album in the next few weeks.

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In the meantime, if you’d like to look at an online version of my Photo Album just click on the link below. I’ll be sure to share photos of the real thing once it arrives.

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http://albumonline.asukabook.com/album/?key=4e67a6e35027

Busy Weekend

• leanne •

It’s been a busy weekend photographing a beautiful wedding as well as a dozen or so of the most gorgeous Year 12 girls at a celebration before they head out to their School Formal.

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I’m looking forward to sharing these photos with you but in the meantime here is a little look at an image that I took that I adore. Hamish and Tommy are brothers and they are just the sweetest!

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I’ll be sure to have more soon.

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Farewell June!

• leanne •

June has been a busy month and has gone by so quickly.

Besides being sick for a couple of weeks with an aweful virus, I have been busy filling orders for clients and can’t wait to see some beautiful canvases arriving in the coming weeks

along with some stunning albums as well.

Speaking of albums, I have been working on a mammoth task of completing my own album with images taken from our holiday to America that we took in March this year.

It is almost finished and will be a beautiful 12×12 inch photo book with 100 pages inside and over 400 images from our trip. I thought I would share the first page with you now and I can’t wait to share more when it’s all done and printed.

Thank you to everyone who knew I was unwell and sent me good wishes

– I am definately back in action

and look forward to some fantastic sessions and a very special wedding to photograph in July.

A gorgeous wedding!

• leanne •

I had the pleasure of being asked by Rachel Richter to assist photographing the Wedding of Michael and Nicole last weekend. They were a great couple and I absolutely loved the Scottish influence. It was held at Dayboro at a gorgeous location, Glengariff Estate. It was so picturesque.

Take a look over here if you’d like to see some of the photos that were taken. Some of mine are in there along with Rachel’s images. And as always, we had a wonderful time. If you like what you see, pop back here and let me know !

lights, camera, action!

• leanne •

I finally got around to taking a look at some of the photos that I took while I attended WPPI in March last month – it’s an annual event held in Las Vegas for photographers from around the world to attend. Approximately 15 000 photographers flew in for this one week event and had the opportunity to hear some of the best speakers in the industry talk about the business and also share their talent with the rest of us.

There were 2 huge rooms full of exhibitors and I’m so pleased to be able to source some beautiful albums and other bits and pieces from them.

This is a view of one of the exhibition halls.

I spotted Bobbi and Mike speaking on the floor – these 2 photographers are well known for their super cool engagement and wedding shoots. Go take a look at their site if you haven’t already.

One of my favourite speakers was a fellow called Jesh de Rox.

He is a true artist and was fantastic to listen to – inspiring is simply not a big enough word to describe this photographer. The couple in the background are fellow photographers and friends all the way from Australia, Matt and Katie, who were chosen to be clients for a pretend shoot that Jesh did.

I crowded into a room with 1200 capacity to see this talented child photographer.

Audrey Woulard is superb with children and was a gorgeous and entertaining speaker.

And for 2 whole days from 8.30am – 5.30pm I was fortunate to get into a small class of just 25 students with Yervant.
Yervant is a Melbourne photographer and won the title of

‘Best Wedding Photographer of the Year’ for 2009.

I loved every minute of his class and he shared so much about his talent and his skill with us.

We got to photograph some models in and around the MGM Hotel where the classes were held.

Here are some of my photos.

And what never ceases to amaze me is how small the world really is.
A friend of mine found this photo on Caroline Tran’s photography blog and sent me the link straight away asking me if it was me …. mmm … yes it is.

That’s me with the stripey bag looking at one of Caroline’s gorgeous albums at the Cypress Albums stand. Out of 15 000 photographers and I’m in this pic – small world.

Now that I’m home and I’m almost settled back into a normal routine again,
I’m looking forward to lots of sessions coming up over the next feew months.

I am almost booked out until the end of August with maybe just one session still available, so drop me an email if you’d like to make a time for me to capture some memories for you
whether they be with your children, or just a cool ‘the two of you’ session
or a wedding celebration!

leannestamatellos@hotmail.com

• leanne •

I know it’s been ages since I’ve posted but for good reason.
I have just arrived back from 3 weeks away in America and I had a fantastic time!

Firstly, I flew alone to Las Vegas for a week at WPPI – this is a huge convention where 15 000 photographers flew in to hear some of the best photographers in the world speak and share their secrets and techniques. I can’t begin to say how much I learnt from these incredible artists and I loved every minute of being there.

After that, my husband flew in to join me and we became tourists and did the sight seeing thing in Las Vegas then New York then Los Angeles. We had an amazing time away and I’m looking forward to printing up my favourite photos out of thousands of photos ….. like this one!

And for those clients that have sessions booked with me over the next couple of weeks, I’ll be in contact with you all next week to confirm details.
I can’t wait to get back into shooting sessions.

It’s great to be home!

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