emmaobrien

Trash the Dress at Gold Reef City

emma — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:50:56 +0000

This photo was taken during a Trash the Dress shoot at Gold Reef City in October. We had to wait until the theme park was closed for the day and then we had free reign to run round as we pleased to take photos. I like to make photo shoots as fun as possible and [...]

One man and his dog

emma — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:45:22 +0000

“My Passion has never been for photography “in itself”, but for the possibility – through forgetting yourself – of recording in a fraction of a second the emotion of the subject, and the beauty of the form; that is, a geometry awakened by what’s offered. The photographic shot is one of my favourite sketchpads.” – [...]

Portrait shoot packages and products

emma — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:48:06 +0000

Packages & Products for your Photos My mission as a photographer is to capture beautiful, unique images of each and every client and to provide a range of presentation options that cater for differing requirements. I take a great deal of care to provide photography and service of the highest possible level and have tailored [...]

Sandton SPCA Calendar 2012

emma — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 09:55:04 +0000

Over the last few months I’ve been busily shooting and putting together a 2012 CD calendar for Sandton SPCA. The calendar features 13 portraits of dogs who have been adopted from Sandton, including Max the Daxi, Charlie the Cocker Spaniel and Maverick the Labrador and has been printed size 12cm x13cm so it will sit [...]

Doggy Portrait Photography – The “Township” Project

emma — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:34:13 +0000

In South Africa a “Township” dog refers to a pooch of mixed breed decent, that originates from an informal settlement or (aka township) where dogs are left to their own devises and pro-create prolifically! I’d not really paid much attention to the “Township” breed of dog until I started to volunteer at the SPCA [...]

The Mason Family Portrait Shoot

emma — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:54:41 +0000

The Mason’s are very good friends of ours and as it was Suzie’s birthday two weeks ago, we celebrated with a family portrait shoot. It was also an opportunity to take the first official photos of daughter, Serena without her braces on! We took the photos at their house, some in the garden and some [...]

How to use the Aperture setting on your camera

emma — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:26:46 +0000

The aperture setting on your camera works with the ISO and shutter speed settings to control the amount of light exposed onto the image sensor when you take a photograph. The lens aperture refers to the size of the opening on a camera lens and is measured in F stops with low numbers referring [...]

All about Birth Photography

emma — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:26:00 +0000

Emma O’Brien is Johannesburg’s leading birth photographer. As an experienced documentary photographer, she specialises in capturing “birth stories” in a sensitive and unobtrusive manner. Having a photographer present at your child’s birth might sound like a slightly odd thing to do, it’s a very intimate and personal event to have captured on camera and women [...]