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Hi there! I'm Natt - a Sydney based wedding and portrait photographer. This space is for me to share my passion for photography, my latest work as well as bits and pieces of my life. I'd love to hear from you so please feel free to leave a comment or drop me an email. Thanks for stopping by!

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	out of office
Tuesday, 30 June 2009

Hi all,

I'm currently on holidays until the 1st of August. Please email info@nattnee.com for all enquiries. I will be checking emails from time to time.

Ciao!

Natt =)

Have fun on your travels Natt :) (30 June 2009 08:43)

	travel bag
Friday, 19 June 2009

What bag do you take when you go travel? I meant for your DSLR + lenses, not for your clothes!

I have 2 Crumplers and I am not overly happy with any of them. One is a side bag and is great for accessibility but it's so fat due to its shape and the heavy padding (which really protects your gear), making it a really cumbersome bag to carry around. The other is a backpack which is a lot easier to carry but not accessible since you have to take the pack off your back and unzip the thing wide open. The Crumplers padding is really good though.

I'm eyeing this at the moment - Lowepro Terraclime 100. It looks very travelly doesn't it =)
Looks light and accessible but the bag itself is pretty much just a canvas and offers no protection for the gear apart from that padded envelope thing which doesn't look like it'll wrap around much either - maybe a smaller DSLR.

It's tempting. I mean ultimate accessibility would be to keep the camera on your neck all the time so this has to be better than that. Anyone else got one of these or have any other recommendations?

Labels: general

That looks like every other messenger bag except it has a MASSIVE Lowepro logo on it!

This trip I've given up and gone the other way, Lowepro Toploader 65 AW + Lens Case 1W strapped to the side.

You can carry a camera as a separate item to your carry on bag for plane travel - I figured I might as well take advantage of it instead of overloading my backpack like I normally do.

In the past if I wanted to stay incognito I used a normal bag/backpack, put extra lenses in their pouches, and wrapped the camera in a light jumper/towel for protection. (19 June 2009 10:45)

I have this bag and use it for everyday camera bag when I'm going somewhere. Its great and it does not Scream Camera bag, but like you said does not really offer much protection and it does not fit too much other than the camera. (04 December 2009 07:57)

	ed & dee: wedding (part 3)
Saturday, 6 June 2009

Ed and Dee's reception was held in the Garden Suite at Oatlands House. The night was filled with lots of dancing, including traditional Laotian dance. I'm not sure what it's called but it looks kinda like what we call "rumwong" in Thai. It looks like so much fun and if we weren't on duty, we'd probably join in =p

The bestman has the expression of "what am I doing?" but he did very well with the dancing =)

This cake is so very Ed and Dee. It immediately reminded me of one of the photos from their engagement session where Dee was pretending to whip Ed =)

I love love love seeing emotions at a wedding and best of all a teary bride =)

Dee looks super sweet in this one.

More dancing fun!

We really had a great time at Ed and Dee's wedding and you know what, photos are so much better with a pretty song so check out the slideshow here. Thank you Dee for pointing me out to this song, I love love it =)

Labels: weddings

My favorite is the last shot wohooo...great job Natt! Wait...another favorite is the rings shot, nice!! (16 June 2009 15:47)

So many beautiful emotions Natt, I love your B&W conversions, always so pretty! (19 June 2009 20:42)

	ed & dee: wedding (part 2)
Wednesday, 3 June 2009

Ed and Dee's wedding photos continues and what's a Sydney wedding without a location shoot in Martin Place?

Forgive me if there are too many similar photos. I have a real problem when it comes to making selections! I don't post that often though so guess it's ok =p

This walking shot is one of my fav from the entire location shoot.

Pretty in pink.

I love the Paspaley door. Doesn't it look like a really huge block of chocolate? =)

The boys.

Edwas looking real sweet in these next two.

And then Ed was...Ed hehe =)

The beautiful and grand staircase of the Westin Hotel.

These two are just so cute together.

This next shot is my favouritest (if there is such a word) from location...maybe the entire wedding even. I just love the romantic feel of the photo and the backdrop. I think I'm beginning to fall in love with B&W. I know I have had the tendency to convert my favs into B&W for this particular wedding.

I was very excited about this place with all the little windows.

"It's getting hot in here so take off all..." ookk, so not what they were thinking =)

I was stoked when I saw this piano. I don't know how I missed it the firs time I went scouting at the location. While I like to go scouting before my shoots, I do like little surprises like this, stuff you didn't see or planned for.

Sririn's capture.

They were playing a jingle here, I just can't for the life of me remember which one it was. Oh memory, where are you?

A little rest time before heading off to reception.

And those reception photos will be in the next post =)

Labels: weddings

Love the first photo, and the one of the chocolate door! :) (04 June 2009 11:13)

Simple & nice :) B&W photos are absolutely beautiful! (05 June 2009 02:40)

Beautiful work Natt. I love shooting at the Westin and Martin Place, it's just gorgeous! (15 June 2009 15:42)

	ed & dee: wedding (part 1)
Tuesday, 2 June 2009

Ed and Dee were married at Strathfield Chinese Seventh Day Adventist Church (try saying that real fast three times in a row), chilled out around Martin Place looking pretty in front of my camera and then celebrated the start of their new life together with a reception at Oatlands House.

I started gathering their photos together for the blog and soon realised I would end up with way too many for a single post so for now I'm just going to share some pics from the prep and ceremony.

Dee's pretty little dress was made by her sister! What a lucky girl she is to have such a talented sister. If my sis asked me to sew her a wedding dress, she'd better be prepared to wear a potato sack decorated with buttons...but of course she'd know better =p

Cute huh? I have a thing for bows ..and Dee too of course - I meant she's also cute that is!

I have been training Sririn in photography before this wedding so she could be my second shooter. These next two images, which I converted to B&W, are hers and I must say I'm a proud teacher/sister/employer =)

This shot is rather simple but I really really like it. I think it's the candid nature of it in combination with her happy expression.

This wedding is the first that I've shot at that has rose petal confetti or any form of confetti for that matter. I was VERY excited, as excited as the bride herself. I'm so happy with these I couldn't just pick one to show. Melikey =)