Christmas Special 17 Nov to 17 Dec 2013

From November 17 to December 17 2013 FACEZ Fine Art Portrait Studio is offering a Christmas Portrait Special.

A Fine Art Portrait is a gift that will bring joy and pleasure to a loved one or the whole family. Unlike so many other gifts a Portrait Photograph will last more than a generation.

The $95 Christmas Special includes a Studio Sitting for an individual, couple or family group plus two digital versions of your favourite image - a retouched digital image ready for professional printing together with a low resolution version ready for the internet and emailing to friends.

 An alternative gift could be a Gift Voucher using the advantages of the Christmas Special. If you purchase a GIFT VOUCHER between Nov 17 and Dec 17, the recipient can use the voucher anytime in the next 12 months.  The gift voucher can be used by an individual, couple or family. This is one memory that will be a treasured gift now and for many, many years to come.

As a  bonus, any prints ordered from your sitting are at half price if ordered during the Christmas Special period November 17 - December 17. Our Fine Art Prints are printed on the highest quality, archival performance Fine Art 100% cotton and are 'touch-free'.

Remember, the Christmas Special is only available from November 10 to December 10. For bookings and enquiries please contact dale@facez.com.au or telephone (08) 9430 6422.

Listening to Our Clients

At FACEZ Fine Art Portraiture we pride ourselves on listening to our clients and interpreting their wishes with creativity, superior photographic expertise and archival images.

With so many items these days that have 'use by' dates the media we use to print your final images are of the finest quality with an archival performance that will is destined to last many generations.

From 10 November to 10 December FACEZ Fine Art Portraiture is making a special offer. For just 30 days FACEZ is offering twelve (12) $95 packages.  Each package will provide an individual, couple or family with a portrait sitting and a digital image. Alternatively, we can provide you with a GIFT VOUCHER for the same product to be used as a gift.

Both the portrait sitting and the voucher make ideal Christmas Gifts.

To book telephone 9430 6422 or 0407 082 371. For enquiries please email dale@facez.com.au

Stormy Shoot

Perth is experiencing its wettest September in ninety years. I can vouch for that! The stormy, wet and windy conditions means I've hardly been on my bicycle once and even daily walks into Freo have been restricted.

So it was like a breath of fresh air yesterday when a couple arrived for their shoot and specifically asked to go down to the beach at 'sunset' for their shoot. We did a few studio shots first before venturing out and armed ourselves with brollies.

Real people, real beauty

Mona Ashfar in FACEZ Studio

At an AIPP photography workshop yesterday at the Moores Building in Fremantle, Tony Hewitt suggested that I took real photographs of real people. Thanks Tony!

Click the link below -yes, its an advertisement made by Dove. Its one of the most watched advertisements in history but parts of it give us an insight into that hugely complicated and problematic area of self-image and perceptions.

Your self image

And if you would like to learn a lot more about making real portraits join my Portraits - Memories Forever workshop at UWA on 6, 7 and 11 July.

You will come away taking some of the best portraits of your life and may just end up with a real portrait of yourself!

Tip - How to achieve Remrandt Lighting in Portraiture

Rembrandt lighting is achieved using light coming from the side of the face and body. The angle is usually somewhere between 6o and 90 degrees.

The effect is one side of the face is fully lit and the shadow side partly lit, ideally with a small triangular patch of light under the eye on the shadow side.

If the photographer positions himself and camera so that the lit side is towards the camera it makes the face look broader and plumper. This is called Rembrandt Broad lighting.

With exactly the same lighting, if the camera is now re-positioned to point at the shadow side of the face, the emphasis is on the dark side with the small triangle of light. This produces a far more theatrical, dramatic lighting effect and makes the face and body look narrower and slimmer. This is referred to as Rembrandt Short lighting.

The Fremantle Portrait Prize offer more than AU$10,000 in prizes including a AU$5000 cash First Prize for the best portrait. Entries are $15 each and close on 8 July 2013. All proceeds to the Arthritis and Osteoporosis Foundation of Western Australia. Click HERE for details.

To learn more about Portrait Lighting and Techniques join Master Photographer Dale Neill in his next UWA Extension Portrait Workshop on 6/7/11 July 2013. Click HERE for details.

Mother Day Gift Vouchers

Remember how important mothers are and celebrate the day. 

Flowers and chocolates soon disappear. 

A photograph creates everlasting memories. 

You can photograph your Mum or photograph your family as a gift to your Mum.

 Its something you’ve made by yourself.

Alternatively you can have your Mother and family photographed together by FACEZ  Fine Art Portraiture. 

Our Mothers Day Gift Vouchers start at $270. 
Email Dale@FACEZ.com.au or telephone Margaret on 9430 6422 for a free brochure.

Put Your Pink Dress On

Shot at the Old Mill Theatre for production of Breaker Morant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIoi7s42lrA

What makes 'Fine Art' photography?

Australian's have purchased more than 14 million new digital cameras in the last three years. These cameras are equipped with sharp lenses, auto-focus, auto-exposure and auto colour balance. It would seem that its a foregone conclusion that the new camera owner is going to get a perfect picture.

Unfortunately, paying a large amount of money does not guarantee that you take perfect pictures. It doesn't even guarantee that you get good pictures. It simply means that you are the proud owner of an expensive camera.

The word 'camera' is Greek for 'writing' or 'painting' with light. And a pre-requisite for fine art photography is studying light; its direction, colour, softness or harshness and its intensity. A love of light follows this understanding.

The second pre-requisite for fine art photography is a learning how to make best use of negative space ie the dark areas of the image. The concept of negative space eludes 99% of amateur photographers and a fair number of professionals.

The third element if fine art photography is the creative development of ideas. Anyone can buy a fine camera and sharp lenses if they have the money. You cana lso attend courses and read books and do on-line courses. But you CANNOT buy ideas. Ideas come from you and you alone. For those ideas to develop you need to put rich fertilizer on your imagination - by way of creative input like art images, films, music, conversation, observation and relaxation.

If you would like to learn the basics of portraiture join me at my next UWA Portrait Course on 16 March 2013.