Damron Designs Jewelry Shoot

The following are images of jewelery designed by Norma from Damron Designs.

Sally Park - The Band

Jaime, Josh, David and Harry make up the High school band Sally Park.

SAPPAs 2008

SAPPA is similar to the APPAs, only it is just for the state of South Australia. It is sponsored by Epson and the AIPP.

So far I have only received notification that this print scored an 87 - Silver Distinction.

APPAs 2008

APPA (Australian Professional Photographs Awards) is a national competition for professional and emerging photographers in Australia. It is sponsored by Canon and the AIPP and the grand prize is AUD$20,000 worth of gear. Awards are presented for images that are exceptional and are scored out of 100. Scores from 80 to 84 receive a Silver award, 85-89 Silver with Distinction, 90-94 is Gold and 95-100 is Gold with Distinction.

Benjamin submitted two images to this prestigious competition and came out with scores of 82 and Silver awards.

Ashton Bo Brown in Sydney

The following images are of my cousin Manuela, her husband Eric and their newborn - Ashton. The cat is Coco and the rabbit is Oscar. One big happy family! :) They live in Sydney and this photo shoot was a gift to them.

Animal Welfare Photographs

Since May of 2008, Benjamin Liew Photography has been volunteering their photographic services to the Animal Welfare League at Wingfield. It started out as a trial on a weekly basis to give something to the world instead of just taking. It is now a fortnightly donation from Benjamin to help the unfortunate animals of Adelaide who are abandoned, lost, or ill-treated by their previous owners. I encourage everybody to go and visit the AWL website and to go down to their Wingfield shelter to at least spend time with the animals and possibly even adopt one into a loving home.

The following images are a small collection of the hundreds of animals I have photographed. Some of their names I remember as they have had an impact on me, their personality stood out. Others I don't know by name but are equally as special.

Yoshi

Taco

Freda

Holly

Patch

AIPP Brekky meeting & Random encounter with a dog club

On the first Tuesday of each new month, members of the AIPP (Australian Institute of Professional Photographers) and people interesting in joining gather at Alfonzo's on Hutt Street for a breakfast meeting. This morning was the first meeting following the SAPPAs which is the South Australian Professional Photographers Awards. There was a little discussion about the awards themselves but we mostly talked about Kristy's experience with lunatics, Angela's car being sold and possibility of purchasing a new camera (unfortunately it's not a Canon), Kens new G10 and when he will get his Visa and how hot the sun can be when it's shining on your back for an hour or two.

Following the meeting, I had a bit of time to kill before my meeting with my client who is also my Yellow pages representative, David to discuss options and fine tune the advertisement. I drove around the south eastern part of town looking for graffiti to photograph but came across a dog club instead. There were at least 50 owners and their dogs there being trained. I spoke with the president who's name is Pin and the Vice President (i think) by the name of Rob. Pin told me to come back on Saturday night where I will be able to hand out cards. I will do just that.

Peta is a 9 year old Collie and her owner Eileen allowed me to take some photographs. Spice is a 5 month old pup belonging to Jackie.


The posted photographs are of course raw and unedited photographs.

Cheers,

-Ben

Photoshoot with Alyce and Cooper

Had a photo shoot with a Blue Heeler (Alyce) and an American Staffy (Cooper) the other day.

Cheers,

-Ben

Photoshoot with Spoons & Bomber

Kristy is the sister of a wonderful lady by the name of Remedy, who I studied my NEIS course with. NEIS is conducted through Mission Australia. Kristy's dog Spoons was terminally ill at the time of this photoshoot. I was honored to have been given the privalege to photograph Spoons in her final days of her life. She ran around like as though she was still two years old.