Charlotte Reeves Photography

I recently attended the Great Dane Society of Queensland Championship Show at Durack in Brisbane to take some photos. They aren’t my usual style of photography but Great Danes are ‘my’ breed so I always enjoy watching them and taking photos so their owners can see how beautiful they are!

For some reason, you don’t often see many brindle coloured Danes, it’s probably about the rarest of the showable colours. This gorgeous guy was the only one in attendance on the day.

Fawns generally dominate the showing scene and this show was no exception.

A beautifully marked harlequin – note the pure white background and glossy black patches that have a ‘torn edge’ appearance.

Speaking of glossy black!

The baby puppies are always entertaining to watch, this one was very well behaved and stood nicely while the judge examined her.

Another pretty puppy in black along with one of my favourite fawn girls.

The dogs have to show how well they move as part of the judging process, this girl was flying along and looked amazing.

To finish off, another harlequin. This was her first show back after giving birth to 11 puppies!

For more information about this show, please see the results here and a gallery of all photos here.

Another new product is the Canvas Block, pictured below. I have used the gorgeous Levi as my model!

This is a contemporary twist on the traditional canvas look, the image is printed on heavy duty canvas then flat mounted on board which means it will never crack or stretch.

The canvas is then mounted in a 40mm box frame with a choice of three finishes – black, white or walnut. The walnut frame has been used for this item.

The back panel is fully enclosed with no staples and the wall art comes ready to hang.

This product is quite bulky and much heavier than regular canvases due to the amount of wood used, so make sure you have a good spot and some sturdy mounting materials ready for hanging on your wall.

The Canvas Block is available in sizes from 12 x 18 inches to 30 x 45 inches and square formats are available.

You might remember Boo the Great Dane from a few months ago – I originally photographed him in a fantastic old cemetery in Sydney. He was 9 months old at the time, but today is his first birthday so is the perfect time to post some photos taken at Boo’s second shoot which was done a couple of weeks ago.

The location this time around is the beautiful Berry Island Reserve near Wollstonecraft in Sydney. What a beautiful location – it had it all! The exposed sandstone near the water’s edge had the most amazing colours and bright green moss too.

There is a cute little cove on the harbour complete with sandstone, sandy beaches, shells and pebbles and even little rowboats dragged up on the beach to allow people to access their boats moored in the harbour. By the way, how much more grown up does Boo look, compared to his photos of three months ago?

Some people arrived in their little boat while we were there and Boo was instantly captivated.

A captivated dog is a good dog! Sometimes it’s the perfect recipe for getting them to stand still and focus for more than two seconds at a time. What a handsome boy he’s grown into.

The shot on the left wins hands down as my favourite from the session.

Gotta love that early morning light.

Just to give some perspective, here’s one that almost-but-not-quite made the final cut… what a silly cute boy Boo is!

And for even more perspective, this is what we saw of Boo for about 90% of the session…

I  have a few new products and packages that I’ve added to my product offerings lately. A favourite is the gorgeous Float Mount. Images are printed on canvas then bonded between two sheets of acrylic – clear in front and frosted behind – with silver architectural stand-offs at each corner to hold it out from the wall creating a wonderful 3D effect.

Images can be displayed in one of two ways. One-up is where the image goes all the way to the edges of the acrylic and the mounts go through the image itself. Pictured below is a 16 x 24 inch black and white image presented in this fashion. Other sizes available are 12 x 18″ and 18 x 27″.

Also available are 3-up and 9-up configurations where individual square images are arranged with space around them in either a 10 x 24 inch size (three images) or the stunning 24 x 24 inch size (nine images). Pictured below is a series of three in the 10 x 24 inch configuration, starring my little girl Luna.

Here’s a close up of the textured canvas detail of the prints.

For full pricing, please contact me and request an information pack.