Baking Family Session | Auckland Lifestyle photography

What could be better than making cupcakes on a Saturday morning at family lifestyle session in Auckland with beautiful Kylie and her gorgeous daughters: 5 and 7 years old Taylor and Kourtney!

I really enjoyed watching how girls helping Mummy to mix all ingredients, cooking together, had fun with flour, made mess, try base, had dirty faces and cleaned all afterwards and had a Teddy Bears picnic. How much fun we all had at this morning!

Look at these pictures!

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Creativity Exercise. Lifestyle Photography LEVIEN & LENS PHOTOGRAPHY

It's time for new creativity exercise for you and your kids!

Take a camera, dress kids appropriately and go explore!

Yes, today creativity exercise: to capture the exploring moments. Kids just love to go to new places, playgrounds, parks, search and explore everything around. It can be so much fun. Just have camera ready and follow them, watch around for best composition, wait when they come at this point, or create this moment with different questions (not just boring - "Can you stand there" (what of course could work :) But maybe use some playing moments ask "Looking for fairies", or "treasure" or " pirate ship" or just a new bird or animal depends what your kids love to do, what their interests are.

We with kids been exploring a new playground at far school. We drove around and found great place with few playgrounds and a secret passage, and a boat, and a playhouse. What a great place to be! Kids just love to explore everything around, and adults as well. We just followed them :)

Here is a few pictures, we all had fun!


Windy Photos at Kariotahi beach. Family lifestyle photographer LEVIEN & LENS PHOTOGRAPHY

What a fun time we had this morning at Kariotahi beach for spend some family time and capture beautiful lifestyle moments for my 365 Project (luckily camera was with me!)

What else could boys dream about: wind, sand, freedom! My little one just explore everything around, jumps from the hill, run forward the ocean, laying and playing in the sand, climbing up high. Just a paradise for boys!

Have a look at our candid pictures. I just love this spirit and atmosphere:


Lifestyle colouring family session | Auckland Kids Photographer

Did you ever think about having session at your own house? It looks too usual for you, every day you see the same walls and your used to it.

But what about remembering these everyday moments, remember what your family and kids love to do, how you prefer spend time together, what about treasure every single moment of your life. Kids grow up really fast and they do colouring or enjoy play-dough, run after bubbles, trying to catch them, laughing and sitting on the ground...

All these moments will be gone, but we could remember them when looking at pictures.

I spent morning with beautiful family last weekend: Kylie, Taylor and Kourtney (5 and 7 years old gorgeous girls), they so different and looks so similar at the same moment.  We capture everyday lifestyle moments like colouring, playing, laying on the floor and doing a lot of other different things, what all kids loves to do. We just went with the flow, follow girls wishes. It was big fun! Love every single moment of this session! We also did some baking, it was really special, so I decided put it in separate Blog post (watch this space for publication next week).

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Albert park lifestyle baby session | Auckland newborn photographer

Babies are so gorgeous and its a great pleasure to do photo shoot with newborns and their parents.

Last weekend I been doing photography session at Auckland CBD at Katya's and Daniel's home. We captured some lifestyle moments with baby awake, sleeping, feeding, laying in his cot and on Mummy's bed (best place ever for babies). He is so adorable, and I just love his hair and little fingers and toes!  We captured all these special moments and then took this baby for a walk to Albert park, and walked around Auckland Uni and Clock Tower. Beautiful place!

Baby is so sweet when he sleeps, we really don't want disturb his dreams, so took some shots while he was in the pram and put him down to the mat in his car seat. It was beautiful colours around, with all this leaves on the ground!

At the end of our walking Daniel woke up (of course) and we got some shots with awake baby.

What an amazing day and beautiful weather with great people. Katya is a gorgeous Mama, and I just love to capture the connection between them, such special moments. Hope to see Daniel in the future and see how he grows up, this strong little boy!

This video is beautifully shows atmosphere and all these moments. Some pictures coming too

 

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Giveaway - family and wedding photographer LEVIEN & LENS PHOTOGRAPHY

We really excited to announce our Winter Giveaway:

giveaway photography session

ENTRY IS SIMPLE:

  • Go to my Facebook page LEVIEN & LENS PHOTOGRAPHY and hit Like.
  • Leave a comment on this blog post telling me why you would like to win
  • Share with your friends on Facebook

The deadline to enter is Sunday June 21th, 2015. 

The winner will be announced on Monday June 22th, 2015.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1. The closing date for entries is Sunday June 21th, 2015 at 12:00 AM

2. The prize is one free portrait session with LEVIEN & LENS PHOTOGRAPHY and the session must take place within Auckland, New Zealand.

3. To be eligible to win you must Like LEVIEN & LENS PHOTOGRAPHY on Facebook, comment on the blog post with why you want to win and share with your friends on Facebook.

4. No purchase is necessary to enter this prize draw.

5. Winner(s) will be drawn at random on Monday June 22th, 2015 and will be notified on Facebook. A direct response to confirm the winner’s details is required by email to info@levienphotography.com by July 1st, 2015 with their full name, email address and a contact telephone number. If the winner is unreachable or they fail to respond to LEVIEN & LENS PHOTOGRAPHY’s winner notification within the above time, LEVIEN & LENS PHOTOGRAPHY reserves the right to randomly draw another winner from entries.

6. The winner agrees to their name being published as the identified winner in LEVIEN & LENS PHOTOGRAPHY’s Facebook status.

7. The prize as stated is non-negotiable, non-transferable and there is no cash alternative or different option.

8. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.

9. The promoter of this competition is LEVIEN & LENS PHOTOGRAPHY

10. You will be supplied with high res images under personal licencee/print release only.

11. LEVIEN & LENS PHOTOGRAPHY holds the irrevocable right to use the photographs in all forms and in all media and in all manners, without any restriction as to changes or alterations, for advertising, trade, promotion, exhibition, or any other lawful purposes.

Everyday lifestyle moments. Personal Project LEVIEN & LENS PHOTOGRAPHY

Every morning is different. Some give you a lot of positive emotion and fun moments what you just desperately need to capture.

This morning I was lucky to shoot my kids everyday moments: my youngest one, almost 2 years old, put four layers clothes on her (girly girl! - can't stop to ask me put on more and more t-shirts and dresses, pulling them out from the draws. I decided to follow her wishes, and watch when she decided to stop. Last dress with bunny goes on top of three others pretty tops :) And gumboots of course (pretty one with strawberries :) I even not sure she put it on right feet.

My older little one, her 3 year old brother, decided to help her brushing hair, and then had fun laying under the blanket with cheeky smile :)

And they both had a lot of fun!

Here it goes - this few minutes series:


Everyday Lifestyle moments. Personal Project LEVIEN & LENS PHOTOGRAPHY with creativity exercise inside

As you already know I love to shoot everyday lifestyle moments, do family storytelling and capture my kids special moments.

I did a few shots today just in one room with one activity for 5 minutes (yes, my kids really active - one moment they laying on the bed, another one - eating apple, and last one - climbing on the draws and laying on the floor). Thats how looks my life :)

Creativity exercise: Take camera and shoot your kids during 5 minutes, everything what they doing and where going. Just watch the light, your camera settings, compositions, lines, take in frame everything what you want and exclude distractive moments (watch sides and background!

And have fun!

Here is my 5-minute shooting everyday lifestyle moments with kids and family:

Lifestyle photography

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My 365 Project. May. Lifestyle Family and Wedding Photographer - LEVIEN & LENS PHOTOGRAPHY

What a great month - end of the autumn season, full of colours and more rainy and colder weather. Love my beautiful clients/friends sessions and lifestyle family moments (kids watching rain outside, playing, dressing costumes, or just sleeping.

What treasured moments! Here is mix of everything, day by day, everyday moments:

Mama and me Mission Bay beach photography session {Auckland Family Photographer}

What nice sunny weather and freezing temperature! Thats how we met Thursday morning photo shoot at Auckland City Kohimarama | St. Heliers beach. Lucky enough no rain, but bright sun which is not the best friend for great pictures :)

But I can work in any conditions. We met again with Lena and Yarik for their second family session. Its a big pleasure to work with old friends/clients (last time it was really rainy weather for family session but we manage to handle it :)

Yarik just turned 2 years old. What a big boy, lucky parents. He was really good, full of smiles, had a lot of fun at the session: played with the sand, rolled ball at the beach, played with mummy hide and seek and pi-ca-bu , climbed up to the stairs and run around! Boys always active!

Enjoy these pictures:

 

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Capturing kids activities. Creativity exercise by LEVIEN & LENS PHOTOGRAPHY. Lifestyle pictures.

Capturing kids is not an easy task - they are always on the move and really active. They make you move fast, be creative and capture joyful moments in lifestyle photography.

Today I will give you creativity exercise for capturing kids activities. Lets practice and progress in photography together!

Creativity exercise: Try to capture one child's activity from different angles and sides. It makes the picture more interesting and allows attention on details. It could be anything that a child loves to do. Be creative and think outside the box - shoot from different sides, from the top, move down to child's level and shoot from the bottom, shoot wide angle or close up. See results!

Here is just few shots of my daughter playing in the park, she is really interested of big tree and branches at the top. I can't help myself and took some shots from different positions and angles. You could see variety, but clicks been done just during 1-2 minutes. And I love her impression, her curious eyes and her movement and still moments. Enjoy this lifestyle series: 

One little girl and a big tree!

Lifestyle photography

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Early Bird Wedding Bookings 2016. Special offer from LEVIEN & LENS PHOTOGRAPHY

Are you a highly organised person and prefer to plan everything ahead like me? (I love to make special lists and plan everything. With travel I plan and search all important must see places, list of things to take etc. It helps me feel more prepared soI don't miss anything or forget to take important stuff). But this is not about me!

Its special offer for you - use the opportunity to book your wedding day ahead with Early Bird special for 2016 year, and save $500! (limited availability). You save money, get your photographer and one worry gone from your big list.

If you know your date/ venue - time for action - book a photographer, for no disappointment.

I already have weddings booked at the end of 2016! 

Check prices and contact me with any questions!

If you have short notice wedding at this winter 2015 - you still can get a lucky spot for Winter Wedding special - save on wedding package fee! (limited availability)

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Beauty of simplicity. Auckland photographer - LEVIEN & LENS PHOTOGRAPHY

We have busy life and a lot complicated questions to decide. So sometimes is really good to look at simple things and find this beauty of simplicity.

Its can be a macro photography with attention to one subject - focus on one thing and blurry background, simple idea, simple composition.

Apple on the bench 

Apple on the bench 

Its can be one subject on the simple background. 

grass nature

Its could be simple shape - circles or leading lines:

circles and lines

Attention on one person doing some simple and understandable things (like this child below playing piano). 

piano
boy at the window

Picture should speaks to you with these simple and clear moments. 

boy playing piano
nature
girl at the window
landscape
jump

So lets put attention on simple moment around and have a rest from our busy lifestyle :)

Talk to you soon!

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Casting Call. Auckland photographer - LEVIEN & LENS PHOTOGRAPHY

Casting Call!

I am looking for:

- Three girls: a blonde with long hair (preferred) + a brunette with short/medium hair + a redhead (with long crazy curly hair) between the ages of 16 and 24. If you have dancing skills (good stretching and flexibilities) definitely note that in your message!

- A pregnant women between 28 and 34 weeks along between ages of 22 and 32. Long hair preferred.

- Two fun loving family with 1-3 kids or crazy in-love couples who are comfortable being photographed in their own home. If you have with lots of windows definitely note that in your message! 

No modelling experience necessary. Sessions will take place in Auckland. Send me a message or email me at info@levienphotography.com if you are interested :)

Beauty in details. Nature and landscape photography Auckland

Did you ever notice little things around you: flowers, branches, trees, clouds, sky? It's a lot beautiful natural details around us. But we too busy to notice it. We hurry, have a lot of things to do, problems, stress, and also when you have little kids its not an easy task to find time for yourself and look around, feel beauty and relax :)

As you know Im doing 365 project with daily shooting. I photograph mainly my kids, clients and some lifestyle moments. But sometimes I try to think out site the box and looking for new subjects. It's the beauty around us, nature. You could find it at the beach or park, or just in your yard near the house. I will show you some pictures that I have done just next to my house just one meter from each other. It's a real beauty.

You just need to see it and capture it!

Little tips: use your camera's manual mode, change aperture (small number 1.4-2.8 for blurry background, or over 8 for sharp to see details - like airplane in the sky below)

Here little gallery of things what I been shooting just in few days time apart from each other and around one spot.

 

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Relax at Kariotahi Beach. Family lifestyle outdoor photography Auckland

Sometimes day can go unexpected ways. From quiet family time it can turn to busy full of people at crowded market - Steel on wheels in Waiuku or fast change to really relaxable time with family at Kariotahi beach.

That how our day goes. First few shots at Steel on wheels - market in Waiuku with a lot of retro vintage cars, and I just love all of them. Its been really so busy :)

So we took kids on playground afterwards and had an idea to drive to the Kariotahi beach which is located just few kilometres from Waiuku. Its a wonderful place, and was so nice just lay in the grass and watch nature around, waves, rocks and people hand gliding in the air. It was a real pleasure to capture all these little moments and feels really good to be at this atmosphere after busy environment.

Lifestyle photography

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One little day at Nana's place. Lifestyle photography Auckland

My everyday moments full of positive moments with kids photography, documentary lifestyle moments and doing family storytelling, mostly outdoor photography at natural light (and sometimes indoor). I want to share with you today my personal little moments with kids visiting grandmother just before Mother's Day. 

Kids just love to go to Nana's place. They wake up at morning and ask to go there. You can't just put them down and say No :) So we decide to drive over to North Shore to visit Grandmother. I took some lifestyle pictures at the house, around the place, at little playground and on the way back home. 

What a lovely day and beautiful light!

Lifestyle photography

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Happy Mother's Day!

I want to say Happy Mother's day to all my friends and clients! It's a special feeling being a mother and to celebrate Mother's day with all mums on the planet. I remembered how special I felt to be a mum on this day for the very first time and get a present from my husband/kids  - some fun cup with picture about shopping (my son was less then one month old at this point and go shopping for me looks like impossible task! Now I have two babies and can go shopping easily! At least food shopping, ha-ha :)

So I want to wish a wonderful day to all Mums, had a lot of positive emotions, get all love and nice surprises from your family! Hope they make you really happy and not only at this day. but every single day! :)

And I just want to remember my last sessions with beautiful Mums and their gorgeous kids. Im so happy you spend such treasured time with me and I'm so pleased to look at these pictures, its something really meaningful for me!

So lets celebrate!

Photography Walkshops, PhotoWalk and Mentoring in Auckland, New Zealand

I'm happy to announced a few new services that we start to offer at LEVIEN & LENS PHOTOGRAPHY - photography WalkShops | Photowalk and Mentoring |  Coaching in Auckland, New Zealand. Due to many enquiries from friends I decided to make official service and happy to share my knowledge and love of photography with you.

I love to teach people. Actually I have a pedagogical education (worked as geography teacher and lecture in University back in Russia, even study hard enough to get PhD in education - something what I could be proud of :) So I love to teach and know how to do it, in a fun and interesting way, and obviously I have some photoknowledge to share :) 

So here we go - detailed information:

Photography WalksShops | PhotoWalks in Auckland, NZ (individual and group sessions available):

You learn how to use your camera in Manual Mode, how to find the best shot, how to choose the best composition, how to explore and see a beauty in details, and even more! Also you have the opportunity to get stunning portraits at beautiful locations!

Ideal for beginners, intermediate, travellers and people with love of photography! You need your DSLR, comfortable shoes and clothes and be ready to explore and have fun!

Duration - 2 hours.

Price - $250 individual, $125 per person for group sessions (min 2 person required)

Coaching | Mentoring $250

1:1 private sessions online or in-person in the areas of lighting, shooting, creativity, processing, and business. Any levels from beginners to intermediate and higher.

Please contact me for detailed information!

info@levienphotography.com