Monthly Archives: May 2010

{Jess and Dan} – CkMetroPhotos Toowoomba

Had a great time with a wonderful couple who are getting married out at Adora Downs on the weekend, Jess and Dan are getting married in November 2010.  We decided to take a drive out to have a look around and to get a feel for the place, plenty of places for photos, also let...

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June 5, 2010 - 12:56 am

ashley - Awesome images! Such fabulous variety. Love the hay bales!

June 3, 2010 - 10:21 pm

shalonda - geez d you are such an amazing well rounded photog….i feel like you know every little thing about how to shoot every different way. beautiful job for a beautiful couple

June 3, 2010 - 1:20 pm

Annette - Jess & Dan, the photos are fabulous! Looks like you have scored the best photographer to capture all those significant moments on ‘that’ day in November!!

June 1, 2010 - 9:32 am

admin - Thanks Dan, I was using a beauty dish for those shots on the hay bales mate for your info

Cheers

Darren

June 1, 2010 - 9:03 am

Dan Proud - Hey Darren, the shots on the hay bails – awesome! Was that using flash fill? Great stuff!

June 1, 2010 - 7:54 am

danielle - These photos are brilliant! The lighting and contrast look great together :)

May 31, 2010 - 11:21 pm

Rita BRENNAN - These photo’s are totally awesome. They are so natural.

May 31, 2010 - 7:19 pm

Lisa - These photos are great, the couple and the scenery make these photos great.Photograher did a great job.

May 31, 2010 - 5:31 pm

Patrina - Darren,The photos are great. Jessica and Dan are so lucky to have you to take their photos.

May 31, 2010 - 5:28 pm

Patrina - Darren, We knew you were good.I can’t wait to see the wedding photos. I will be showing all my friends. Jessica and Dan look great. They will be able to send the photos to family in Wstern Austarlia.

May 31, 2010 - 5:26 pm

Anna - These are so cool, can’t wait till the wedding :)

May 31, 2010 - 5:26 pm

Jess & Dan - These look awesome Darren…. I can’t wait til the day!!!

May 31, 2010 - 4:55 pm

Amanda - I love the lighting that you ahve used in these very dramatic beautiful work

{Almost Due} – CkMetroPhotos Toowoomba

Deb contacted me some months ago to get some maternity shots done just before the baby was due, bub is due in a couple of weeks. – If I was a betting man I am going to have to go with a baby girl (only becuase they already have 2 boys) !! – Anyway allow...

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June 3, 2010 - 10:22 pm

shalonda - hahahaha so fun! love the BIG muscles on big brother heehee

May 31, 2010 - 9:27 am

Beth - OHHH I LOVE LOVE LOVE these Darren love the painting on the belly such a cool idea well done

May 30, 2010 - 3:05 pm

patricia - Now I wish I did this when I was pregnant !! just love everything about these congratulations.

May 30, 2010 - 12:09 pm

Deb - SO HAPPY and really looking forward to seeing the rest of the pics! Thankyou for your patience with us and the boys yesterday! Jas and I are so happy that we chose you to capture this special time in our lives.

May 30, 2010 - 12:06 pm

Deb - Darren, thankyou so much for a great session yesterday. You were fantastic with the boys and very patient! I am so happy that we chose you to capture this special time in our lives (I have to admit that I was a bit nervous about getting my tummy photographed but so glad that I did!) I am really looking forward to seeing the rest of the pics as these are great! Thanks again, Deb

May 30, 2010 - 11:37 am

Jenny - you are such a creative individual Darren congratulations to the mum to be these photos are simply brilliant make me want some….. great job

May 30, 2010 - 11:10 am

Narelle - I just love the painting on the belly so unique and personal brilliant as always Darren

June 27, 2010 - 8:19 pm

{Beautiful Baby Ella} – CkMetroPhotos Toowoomba » Welcome To Ckmetrophotos.com.au - [...] might remember Deborah and Jason well a huge congratulations on a beautiful baby girl called Ella !! -  Ella is about 2 weeks old [...]

{Colours of Autumn} – CkMetroPhotos Toowoomba

When i tell people that this time of the year is a great time for photos  i mean it, the sunsets, the colours the beauty all that Toowoomba has to offer (apart from the cold chill in the Air) I recently got to spend time with Susan and Ashley (Mum and Dad) and 2 wonderful...

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May 28, 2010 - 12:51 pm

ashley - Gorgeous work, Darren! You have a real talent for capturing connections. I can FEEL the love looking at your work:)

May 28, 2010 - 5:59 am

Lisa Harrison - Hi Darren :) More fabulous work from you I see! I just love your artistic flare. Beautiful family too. I hope you and yours are well.

May 26, 2010 - 8:53 am

Cathy - LOVE the silhouette photos – just stunning!

May 26, 2010 - 4:22 am

Jonas Burman - As allways your pictures are just great. I especially love the siluette ones.

/Jonas

May 25, 2010 - 10:17 pm

Stacey Metzroth - Darren, once again great work!!Susan am so glad that you found Darren…he takes the best photos in Toowoomba!!!

May 25, 2010 - 12:47 pm

Susan - Darren, these are all awesome! I LOVE the silhouettes of Sam! We had such a relaxed, fun time with you and these photos have captured the moments so beautifully, it is amazing. Looking forward to seeing the rest of them very much. You are a fantastic photograher… thank you so much for these!

May 25, 2010 - 11:27 am

julia - i just love the drama you add to some of your images Darren you have a very distinctive style, I am sure the family will be wrapped with these.

May 25, 2010 - 9:09 am

shalonda - (gaso) d these are incredible…everything from the teddy bear silhoutte…the interaction…and the golden tones…wow

May 25, 2010 - 8:33 am

amelia w - OMG Darren these took my breath away such wonderful artistic and all over amazing photos, you are such a talent and these photos are just so beautiful congratulations to you and the family i am sure they will be over the moon.

{Model Concept Shoot} – CkMetroPhotos Toowoomba

Some of my blog followers will remember a photo shoot with Emma-Leigh that was done for her modeling portfolio some time ago, well we finally got together again to shoot a “Cat Woman” style theme, we started off doing studio style photos and after about 40 minutes decided to go out and about to see...

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May 25, 2010 - 2:01 pm

mark - love the pics.

i was wondering, are the birds from powderfinger’s web site?

——–Darren said —- thanks No they are not LOL, they are Photoshop Brushes that I found on Deviant – http://www.deviantart.com website thanks Darren.

May 25, 2010 - 11:02 am

Jason - the lighting is perfect for the theme you were trying to capture although being low res you loose a lot of the detail. very dramatic, great job to everyone

May 25, 2010 - 10:51 am

MetalBtch - Nice to see that HONEST feedback doesn’t pass your moderation rules…
– - – - -Darren Said – - – - they most certainly do, I actually missed your first comment which is why it took so long to post.

May 25, 2010 - 9:10 am

shalonda - holy fabulous batman!

May 25, 2010 - 8:44 am

Dan Proud - wow, awesome!

May 24, 2010 - 7:23 pm

Joy Bazley - Fantastic photos! Love them all!

May 24, 2010 - 2:26 pm

ittybittyandpretty - eeepp!!! these are fantastic. i loved the one with the tin behind her too. lili liked them too.
xxrosey

May 24, 2010 - 12:52 pm

Megs - WOW look out Toowoomba !!!!! – these are aweseome guys !!

May 24, 2010 - 11:19 am

susan - I love the 1st and 4th shot they are awesome – Well Done to the both of you !

May 24, 2010 - 11:12 am

MetalBtch - hmm, little overrated… but can see what you were trying to do…

- – - –Darren Said – - – - – Cool sorry for the delay in releasing from moderation I am always happy to publish constructive feedback

May 24, 2010 - 8:56 am

Emma-Leigh M - they came out awesome darren! and the crows look great1 another job well done ;) really like the one with the tin behinde to thats a good look

May 24, 2010 - 8:05 am

Elissa - These ROCK !!! – They are so totally brilliant congratulations

{A Beautiful Autumn Day !} – CkMetroPhotos Toowoomba

What an amazing afternoon – Beautiful gold light, lots of green and gold colours, what an amazing time of year and what wonderful people I had the pleasure of being around.  Allow me to introduce Curtis and Mel (Mum and Dad) to two very active children.  There is Bethany who is 4 and Aiden who...

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May 16, 2010 - 5:27 am

ashley - Fantastic session. Love the emotions. And that silhouette is AMAZING!

May 14, 2010 - 9:48 pm

Erin Cutts - Loving all of these but especially the sunset ones…great job!

May 14, 2010 - 2:41 pm

Liz - Um. WOW!!!!!! My jaw is on the ground!

May 13, 2010 - 10:21 am

Kellee - The flare in that 2nd shot is to die for!!! Love them all. Well done :)

May 12, 2010 - 11:14 pm

shalonda - love that i can feel the love, hahaha! and d you know your silhoutte are hands down the best i have ever seen…

May 11, 2010 - 3:29 am

ashley folkema - Love the emotions you were able to capture! Beautiful work!

May 10, 2010 - 2:29 pm

Louise - WHAT WONDERFUL FAMILY PHOTOS I LOVE THE CREATIVITY DARREN BRILLIANT JOB HERE.

May 10, 2010 - 9:18 am

bianca - I think these are beautifully modern exactly what I would want if I had a family the colours are just superb beautiful work Darren.

May 10, 2010 - 7:32 am

bella and Jake - OK OK OK these are some amazing shots I love the one of the dad throwing the child in the air these are just beautiful.

May 10, 2010 - 6:45 am

Maureen - OMG these are just beautiful i just love the colours and the fact that these are so artistic brilliant I am sure the family are going to simply adore these.

May 10, 2010 - 5:31 am

Theresa - stunning photographs Darren these are just beautiful congratulations and a beautiful family

May 9, 2010 - 6:18 pm

Narelle - I just LOVE LOVE LOVE everything about these great job guys

May 9, 2010 - 4:02 pm

Jessica - These are some of the most beautiful images that I have seen Darren this family is going to be over the moon they are simply amazing.

{Introducing Andrew} – CkmetroPhotos Toowoomba

When Andrew contacted me many months ago to say that he would like to try and get some work as a model, and would like some modeling shots that he could use for his portfolio to send to prospective companies,  I thought Cool lets do it and see what we get !  When I met...

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May 14, 2010 - 9:49 pm

Erin Cutts - you did a great job on these…the posing is perfect!

May 12, 2010 - 11:15 pm

shalonda - WOW d you nailed it!!!! the tones are divine and the backdrop is uber cool…that first one takes the cake though its stunning

May 5, 2010 - 9:45 am

Andrew - Aww thanks for the lovely comments guy’s :)

May 5, 2010 - 8:27 am

Clare Bex - you have both done a great job the photos look fantastic, this has got to be great for promoting health and Swimming great job Darren.

May 4, 2010 - 4:59 pm

karen - BODY BEAUTIFUL, fantastic shots very sexy yet masculine great job

May 4, 2010 - 2:15 pm

cindy - you really do have an art darren for people portraits i can not wait until we get ours done with you. congratulations to andrew for getting out there and getting some well…… AMAZING images well done/

May 4, 2010 - 2:05 pm

ANTHEA - You are soooo very lucky to have shots like this for your portfolio they are very strong and I am sure will help you in your career. You always inspire me Darren

May 4, 2010 - 11:59 am

jackie kahn - WELL WELL WELL this is some serious eye candy sorry Andrew I will focus !! This is some proof that with a fantastic photographer dreams can happen I guess. I hope this is inspiration for other professionals and what a great cover to improve the sport of swimming. Darren as always sensational work

May 4, 2010 - 10:48 am

bethany - what a fine example of our swimmers best of luck andrew you look amazing and Darren what can I say well done.

May 4, 2010 - 8:41 am

juliaj - Ohhh Myyy i just about tipped hot coffee all over my keyboard LOL these are HOT HOT HOT nothing more to be said great work to you both

May 4, 2010 - 8:34 am

Andrew - Far out Darren they look amazing i love it!!!!! Thanks you so much :)

May 4, 2010 - 8:30 am

tracy - boy ohhh boy these are such awesome photos i am sure Andrew you are not going to have any problems getting work from these sort of photos congratulations on your goals and best wishes. really nice work Darren

May 4, 2010 - 8:07 am

Jessica - HOLY WOWW – Now that is some serious eye candy Darren. On behalf of all the females out there thank you thank you thank you…. on a serious note – WELL DONE Andrew !!

May 4, 2010 - 6:10 am

samantha - Ohhh Wow something tells me this young man is going to get lots of comments great photography.

May 5, 2010 - 9:48 am

Tweets that mention {Introducing Andrew} ! » Welcome To Ckmetrophotos.com.au — Topsy.com - [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Darren. Darren said: {Introducing Andrew} ! http://bit.ly/aCtwKf via @AddToAny – Andrew is a Swimmer and Model – Great work mate !! [...]

{CkMetroPhotos Makes Queensland Brides Magazine } !!

I am so excited to announce that some of my photos were selected for a full colour 2 page spread in the most recent Queensland Brides Magazine.  The photos were from a wedding that you might remember taken of Tina and Tim’s wedding day in Toowoomba.  Special mention to Loren Jarvis Photography who assisted on...

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May 14, 2010 - 9:50 pm

Erin Cutts - YEAAHHHHH!!!

May 12, 2010 - 11:16 pm

shalonda - eeeek so proud of you darren!

May 4, 2010 - 8:58 pm

Clare Blake - well done Darren, you should be so proud! What a great honour for you xo

May 4, 2010 - 12:25 pm

Jill - Well done Darren – amazing efforts and talent.

May 3, 2010 - 2:10 pm

Christine Pobke - whoo hoo! :) CONGRATS, d!! beautiful shots!

May 3, 2010 - 10:23 am

beverly - woooohooo!!! well-deserved D!

May 3, 2010 - 8:37 am

Tarlie - Running out to buy this issue – fabulous shot Darren! Such exciting news & well deserved success!

May 2, 2010 - 8:55 pm

ittybittyandpretty - i feel like screaming from the mountain tops for you!!! that is just THE best thing EVER. well done daggy!
xxxxxxrosey

May 2, 2010 - 6:37 pm

Loren - Well done Daggs – You did do a brilliant job !

May 2, 2010 - 1:41 pm

jules - You sooo deserve this – you are a complete undiscovered talent ! – Well Done

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