Sara

My gorgeous friend Sara sat for me today as the second installment of my portrait series. Thanks Sara and my lovely assistant Paige (who is also a very talented photographer) for being so wonderful and helping my portrait sessions come to life!  

Ben & Sarah

Two of my loveliest and most genuine friends. Ben from France, Sarah from Sydney both are artists and tattoo enthusiasts who now live in Melbourne.

To the beach

Today I took a trip to the Great Ocean Road with a couple of gal pals, I've gotta say I'm pretty wrapped that Spring is only a day away...

Apollo

I'm in Apollo Bay at the moment having some R & R and a good break from daily life in the city. Besides the beautiful scenery of this seaside village I noticed so many beautiful colours, textures and details in ocean life.

As I write this the sweetest true life seaside story about Andre the seal is on the telly.

The Pastry Edition

A few pastry delights for you to feast your eyes on ... wonderful styling from Joanna at The Visualary . Thank you so much Jo I love working with you, you make everything so beautiful!

Paige

I recently moved into a one bedroom apartment in the city which has beautiful natural light so naturally, I wanted to test it out.

My lovely friend and aspiring photographer, Paige was kind enough to let me borrow her face to get these photographs.

Muchos muchos muchos gracious also to Joanna from The Visualary  for styling and reflector holding help. Xo to you both.

In an Instagram

Hello stranger. Haven't seen you in a while, which isn't to say I haven't been photographing. The past few months have been busy, working on the other side of the city (hello hour and a half long commute!) has put a halt on my blog but I have been shooting, including a major food photography project (which I will share once the final product is out!). I have also been instagramming. I only got a smart phone earlier this year and was totally against them. Now I have a somewhat love hate relationship with my phone, it's not at all fancy, actually it was the cheapest one in the shop. So with this non fancy phone I've grown to love Instagram. I love that I can whip my 'camera' out and take sneaky photos of people on the street, or record wonderful colour combinations or quickly snap a fleeting moment when the light is just so. Here are a few of my instagram shots, I hope you enjoy them. You can follow me there at /oliviablackburnphotography .