Working over the St Gilles rooftops. It’s amazing how quiet the city is in August.

This was at the start of a shoot, sadly not the end…. totally my fault (but good lesson learnt). Fortunately there were no tears

Not long before we’re off on more european adventures. On our way home from our last Belgium trip, we were sitting on a train in London and my son was amazed to hear people speaking english. “Mummy I didn’t know they speak english in England!?!” he exclaimed. Beautiful.

Looking for a mothers day gift? or treat yourself!
Location: Brussels, Belgium

Learn to take better family photos

Take your beautiful digital camera out of full auto. Learn how to get more from your camera in small fun group lessons. We’ll discuss the basics of what goes into an exposure and how best to use them to capture beautiful pictures of your family. We’ll also cover the differences between different lenses and which lens is best for different circumstances.

In particular, we cover:
– 10 tips for taking better pictures of your kids
– introduction to exposure
– iso
– shutter speed
– aperture
– using your camera’s basic settings
– lens overview

Private Group Class
A popular class option that is fun and informative. Get a group of your friends together for a mum’s night out at a friend’s house, or a daytime class while the kids are at school. The three hour group class is €75 per person with a minimum of three participants. Each person will receive a textbook to keep as a reference. The class lasts for 3 hours for 3-5 people and can be extended to 4 hours for over 5 people (due to the extra questions that may come up with a larger group size). If you are interested, contact me with some possible dates/times that work for you and your friends so we can co-ordinate the class.

Public Class
This three hour group class is €85 per mum and includes light refreshments. Each person will receive a textbook to keep as a reference. Class size is limited to 6 students so everyone will have an opportunity to ask specific questions. Reserve your spot now! May 13th Thursday 2pm-5pm and Monday May 17th (6pm to 9pm). 1000 Brussels.

Private classes are also available.

Email: amanda@amandareelick.com

After a long wait in Singapore (around 12 hours and worries about what volcanic ash was doing to create so many engineering problems), we finally made it to London late Sunday and arrived in Belgium a day later. Spring is in the air and the trees are blooming (must get a pic of the gorgeous cherry blossom trees, I’m looking at one in Sarah’s back yard right now). Gorgeous for session pics!

In the meantime, another from Di and Brad’s wedding. Full post very soon!

I’m looking for fabulous locations preferably a field of wild flowers that can be stomped through (I know, I don’t ask for much)… both Auckland and Brussels. Fields, old beautiful farmhouses etc. Anything open and picturesque. Preferably north of Auckland city.

I’ll send a Cafe Windsor voucher for coffee and cake to any successful leads

“Ill-health from drinking dirty water is one of the most serious threats to human life. In the next 24 hours, diarrhoea caused by unclean water and poor sanitation will claim the lives of 4,000 children.”

I was thrilled to be asked by Katherine at Oxfam to photograph the Oxfam Corporate Water Challenge. A fantastic event to raise funds for Oxfam Water for Survival projects which provide water, sanitation and health education to people in poverty. Currently they are working in East Timor, Vanuatu, Tanzania, PNG, Bougainville, and restoration work in Samoa after the Tsunami. More information is available at www.oxfam.org.nz/water.

Was great fun to shoot, here are a “few” of my favs ….

Love summer. Long balmy summers. There are a few sessions left in March. Grab them quick before we have to wrap up in layers of clothing, shivering beside the skinny little bar heaters. Carefree colourful summer days are still here!

Some inspiration given the 14th is heading our way.

If no inspiration needed, look on anyway. Secretly filmed, it’s a good tear jerker, incredibly sweet and seriously, what a guy.

Casey proposes to Amy from One Small Instrument Pictures on Vimeo.

From Sunny Down Under Hope your day was filled with love and laughter.

Was happy to deliver Regan’s new gorgeous silver frame last week and as mentioned earlier, December’s draw will be a little earlier in time for Christmas.
Up for grabs is this beautiful gold frame. A little more effort required to win this month. Leave a comment on the blog mentioning what you’d like for Christmas. Not only will I forward the comments on to Santa for you but one random (um Auckland) reader will win the frame.