Hey All,

Well it’s been a very busy couple of weeks, I’ve been working on all sorts of projects from photographing jewelery and cupcakes to preparing my workshop material for up coming workshops.. and trying to find time for some of my own projects in the mean time too.

First news is.. I’ve finally come up with a name and a logo for my new studio. I’ve been busy working on a business plan and trying to find a suitable property in Perth to open a photography studio. The new studio name that I’ve registered is Blaque Studios, it’s pronounced Black. I’ve got a temporary page up on the domain name so check it out here: http://blaquestudios.com.au let me know what you think and feel free to sign up to be notified of when the website or at least the blog is up and running. The idea is to get the studio having all the “work” related blog items and then this blog will turn into more my artistic related projects as well as more of a personal blog.

Recent projects: Well I’ve been working on a Jewelery website make over, for clients of mine: http://www.eternalimpressions.com.au, if you need jewelery for your wedding.. or to apologise to your wife for being a moron.. these guys are great way to do that. We’ve only just started taking the photos to fix up the photography on the website, but I’ve given the whole thing a web 2.0 make over and it’s looking good.

I had a lot of fun taking these photos, great to have a shot at something different. Talking about fun, I had a great afternoon taking photos of some of Mama Jo’s awesome cupcakes.. I seriously recommend these cupcakes. . I’m not much of a sweet tooth, but these things are just awesome. Order some of them now.. they would make a great tiered cupcake wedding cake.

I’ve also been working on 2 new websites for another client.. they will get revealed a bit further down the track though as they aren’t ready for public viewing. Looking forward to doing a corporate shoot with a real estate team based in Morley. Booking that work in for the middle to the end of November.

Work coming up:

Bec and I are off on another Road Trip! We’re driving up to Geraldton tomorrow (well actually today now), where we’re going to have a bit of a visit with Bec’s family for a day and then we’re driving across to Mullewa where I’m going to be presenting a total of 9 photography workshops, including a photography workshop with the Mullewa Women’s Indigenous Group, really looking forward to meeting some new people and getting out in a new community to take some photos. We’re going to be doing a couple of trips out to some farms while we’re there too, so that I can go through some practical shooting with the participants of the workshops. Should be a great time.

When I get back, it’s go go go.. I’m going to be going to a 2 day seminar with Yervant, one of Australia’s top wedding photographers, hoping to learn a lot from one of the best in the industry. Also hoping to maybe pick his brain a bit about setting up a successful boutique photography studio in the current market.

On Saturday the 14th I have a wedding to photograph with an awesome couple.. this wedding is here in Perth, going to be great, we’ve got a huge window of time to shoot between the ceremony and the reception.. it will be a good chance to put the inspiration from Yervant into practice :-)

The week after that I’m in a studio taking some corporate photos for a real estate team and then we’re going to do some shooting in the mall and a few other places.

Then I have another wedding booked for the 29th of November, that’s going to be another great wedding.. not that I really photograph any other types of weddings ;-)

Anyway, that’s enough from me, I’ll be sure to post up what ever I can while I’m in Mullewa, I’m not completely sure that my iPhone will let me on the internet there..

Regards

Paul Pichugin

http://paulpichugin.com