23Jan

Happy Australia Day from Penny Riddoch Photography

Happy Australia Day from Penny Riddoch Photography
Share Wishing you a very Happy Australia day.  As an Australia Day treat, I am offering a portrait package to the first person to contact me at a very special price. You will get a one hour photo shoot, at a location of your choice around Maleny or Montville for yourself, you and your partner or your [...]

21Jan

Something different for weddings in Maleny? An owl as a ring bearer!

Something different for weddings in Maleny? An owl as a ring bearer!
Share  Last weekend Maleny Manor hosted a gathering of local wedding suppliers, which was a huge success. It was wonderful to see the high standard of all the suppliers who took part, and the delighted faces of the couples preparing for their wedding day. One couple need a special mention - Crystal and Jason  have taken it on [...]

20Jan

Fun with The Hinterland Times

Fun with The Hinterland Times
Share It may have been back in December when Julie Shelton from the Hinterland Times accompanied me on a wedding shoot, but I am still getting people contact me regarding their future weddings. Julie wanted to write an article about what what exactly is involved in a wedding shoot from a photographer’s perspective. I know she [...]

12Jan

New Year 2012 in Hobart – a photographers dream holiday

New Year 2012 in Hobart – a photographers dream holiday
ShareWhat a difference there is between photographing yachts to weddings! I love New Year in Hobart. The buzz of the harbour, the excitement of the yachts making their way up the Derwent, the boom of the canon when the first boat crosses the finish line. Everywhere you look is a photographic opportunity. The people are [...]

07Dec

Christmas gifts to photograph!

Christmas gifts to photograph!
ShareLindsay Muir creates the most amazing sculptures of frogs, snakes, lizard and other small creatures. If you are looking for that illusive Christmas present, look at his website - www.lindsaymuir.com I love to photograph his latest creations, and of course I want to take each one home.

19Nov

Why are Wedding Photographers so expensive?

Why are Wedding Photographers so expensive?
Share Brides and their partners often ask: why do you have to pay so much for a wedding photographer? After all, the photographer is there for only five hours – well, maybe eight or eleven. They turn up, take photos and go. And charge sooooo much! You’ve done your research and decided a number of [...]

01Nov

Australian Open Gardens

Australian Open Gardens
ShareFrank Shipp is a man with a vision, a drive and a determination to achieve to the very best of his ability. He has turned a hillside property just outside Maleny into a botanical dream, and he is only into three years of this monumental project. There is so much more to come. I for [...]

01Nov

A wonderful local artist

A wonderful local artist
ShareMarvene Ash is so talented it is always a pleasure to be asked to photograph her art work, and this time was no exception. Jugs have always interested me, so to photograph a series of paintings depicting jugs was fascinating. Thank you Marvene.

27Oct

Spicers Clovelly Estate

Spicers Clovelly Estate
ShareThe wonderful team at Spicers Clovelly Estate have come up trumps winning the  2011 Prestige Restaurant of the Year in the QHA Awards – congratulations. They deserve the award, with their hard work and extremely high standards. It was a pleasure to take these photos for them. Clovelly is one of my favourite venues for a wedding. [...]

21Oct

Maleny couple wed at The Little White Wedding Church

Maleny couple wed at The Little White Wedding Church
ShareAngela and Rick are a local couple and well known in the communitry, so it was a pleasure to be asked to be thier photographer for their wedding day. Their was plenty of laughter and one or two tears, a London taxi and the lovely Little White Weddding Church. A great combination. Check out their [...]

25Sep

Rachel and Alan wed at the Spotted Chook, Montville

Rachel and Alan wed at the Spotted Chook, Montville
ShareWatch Rachel and Alan’s slide show http://show-vid.com/view/ww27c28 For a small intimate wedding, the Spotted Chook is ideal. I love Amelie’s Petite Maison, the little cottage where brides can get ready in comfort. Although the chooks didn’t come to the party, everyone else certainly knew how to enjoy themselves.    

19Sep

Yandina Station – what a place!

Yandina Station – what a place!
Share Wow! Ian and Tish certanly found a fantastic place for their wedding. Yandina Station is special, as is Sally who runs it. The wedding took place under a large fig tree, the reception in the old cattle sheds, with buckets of flowers festooning the place. Ian and Tish are a wonderful couple, with great [...]