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The trees in our street have come out in thousands of white flowers now that we have entered spring.  I thought it would be interesting to try an capture the tree from the street light reflecting off the flowers.  It was quite windy so by taking a long exposure, the leaves and flowers are blurred but the main trunk and branches reminded sharp.  The resulting image isn’t exactly what I had in mind but interesting none the less.

A tree in our next door neighbours yard is going absolutely nuts with flowers so I thought it was a good subject to study and see if I could capture something pretty.   The last couple of weeks have definitely seen a change in Toowoomba’s weather so there will be plenty of chances to capture plant life in the lead up to the Carnival of Flowers.

Sue (Wendy’s mum) took us along to a training session with the Broadwater Dragon Boat club.  Sue has recently returned for the World Dragon Boat Championships in Hong Kong where she returned with two gold medals for the 200m and 500m Grand Masters Mix category.

Wendy returned to Dragon Boating after a 15 year break and was comfortable (and competitive I might add) straight away.  She joined a second boat on the water with a group of new comers training up for a corporate regatta next week.  A few clashes of paddles and splashes of water at the start but as the group went on during the session, the timing and skills improved noticeably.

If you are interested in checking out more, visit BroadwaterDragons.com

I had a 15 minute window to shoot a couple of group shots for Glenn Azar’s Fighting Fit website.  I had a backdrop in mind (the awesome texture of the brick wall) but at midday and also having skylights in the building meant that I couldn’t control the light as well as what I hoped.  We tried a couple of different looks and here’s what turned out.

I’ve been working on an idea for a little while to photograph my newly refurbished and pimped racer.  Wenz, even though she was coughing up a lung was willing to model for me and show off some CrossFit inspired back muscles.

Gio is one of the new trainers down at Fighting Fit.  We were a bit short on props and when asked if he would like to pose with a pink skipping rope, for some reason he wasn’t into it.  Gio loves kettle-bells and boxing so buy CBD products we had some boxing glove cloth on hand, we thought we would go with the wrapped wrists look.

Gio – Fighting Fit Toowoomba Trainer

What a beautiful couple.  We were so privileged to be a part of Matt and Rachel’s special day on Friday 6th July 2012.

For Wendy and myself, this would have to be one of the funniest weddings we have ever been too.  The parents were a laugh and the speeches were hilarious.  It’s wonderful to see two individuals come together as a couple who are surrounded by such loyal friends and family.  Congratulations to the newly weds and we wish you all the happiest joys in your life together.

If you are from the wedding party, you can click on the Clients page and enter the passcode “lovers” to view and purchase images.

Here is a sneak peak from the day.

Glenn Azar, owner of Fighting Fit Toowoomba (fighting fit.net.au) held a Super Hero birthday party at the Irish club on Friday night.  It was a little concerning when we arrived and couldn’t find anyone else dressed up but some helpful people at the bar soon directed Clark Kent (me) and Superwoman (Wendy) to the Super Hero hangout.

It was an awesome night and some guests really pulled out all stops to get dressed up… I’m referring to Sonic the Hedgehog and the Hulk to name just a few.  Hope you enjoy flicking through some of the great moments on the night.

We have a 50″ display board which sits at the entry to the IT department at work.  Usually it scrolls through what meetings are on and some old outdated material so I thought I would do a project where I photograph all the IT employees.  As a condition I’ve set on myself for the project, I need to get a little bit of personality out of the subject and into the photograph.  That’s a pretty difficult task for a department of IT people… not the most exciting people usually but once you ask a few questions about interests, they start to loosen up.  It’s amazing what can happen after that.

The project has only just begun and I have around 50 people to get through so it will be a work in progress.  Make sure you “Like” my Matt Hickey Photography page on Facebook or sign up to my Twitter Feed (@TweetMattHickey) to get updates from the project and other photography related material.