welcome to james day photography

Yesterday, Mitchell had his first day of school! Mitchell is my little nephew.. he’s a little shy.. ok he’s alot shy.. and to get these photos of him was rather miraculous! I turned up at his school to watch him start his first day of school… choose his locker (he chose the locker with a picture of balloons on it) and meet his new classmates.

I was reminded of the importance of having photographs at special occasions.. I remember so vivdly my first day of school.. and holding on to my daddy oh so tight and asking him never to leave. I remember sitting on the metal seats outside the classroom, snuggling into him..and I really wish I had a photo of this moment. My dad passed away when I was 14 from a brain tumour…photos of my dad and I are so special, especially considering there aren’t very many. Dad was always behind the camera and wasn’t in enough photos at all. 

It really was a blessing to be able to be a part of Mitchell’s first day of school and to relive some old memories that are so dear to me. 

Until next time.

JD

Before heading out to Bree & Alan’s Wedding Reception, I shot a VERY quick family portrait for the Sarlo family at their gorgeous Hamptons home.

JD
(back with more from Alan & Bree before you can say Antidisestablishmentarianism!)

Just a very sneaky little peek from a shoot which I have just started editing. Such a fun, quick shoot that I will never forget. I will share more tomorrow about this! (Edited to add: Might be another 24 hours for this one as I decided to work on something else that was quick to do instead- You know.. being on holidays, it’s harder to get things done! arggh!)

Oh, and by the way, photographers- I need your help. I am so totally over photoshop’s save for web and would love it if somoene could give me a hand before I post the rest of these images. Even if I save them at a super high quality in SFW, it still loses some of the colour. I normally let it go as it’s not being printed or going in an album, but I’m about sick of it! Any ideas?

JD

Last week, on a cold afternoon here in Armidale.. I photographed the super cute Davis Family. I loved watching them interact and having fun together. The Borat comments were coming thick and fast and “sexytime” was all that I needed to say to get the coolest expressions.
Some of you know that a few years ago I was the lead singer of a band called Ignition.. and I think their eldest daughter Mel was at every one of our concerts in the front row.

As a bit of an added bonus for you loyal blog readers, I’m giving you the password to see more from this shoot! To see the photos, go to www.jamesday.com.au, launch the website (not the journal) and enter “sexytime” into the client access box.

Only a few days to go and I’m off for 3 months. So if you need to catch me before I go.. then you had better get in quick!

Any ideas of what I should do whilst im in Canada? Leave me a comment with your suggestions

Here’s some piccies!

Of course, these were all edited using the yet to be released Unique Images Photography Actions! Snap these up quick when they are released!

Before Christmas, Ben Rugers from Infinity Studios made a trip down from Brisbane to check out the way James Day Photography does business here in Armidale. He dragged the family along too…. so we thought we may as well do a family shoot for them!
Ben has been doing some absolutely incredible photography recently.. and some absolutely off the chart trash the dress shoots! www.infinitystudios.com.au (he has a blog too)

Don’t forget that as of this sunday I will be travelling overseas until the 8th of Feb, so if you need to speak to me before I go.. time is running out!

JD