The AIPP are hosting a two day Portrait Workshop featuring some amazing and inspirational female photographers.

If you feel that you and your clients are not getting the most out of the experience or if you feel that you have yet to find the thing that makes your portrait photography unique to your business, then this workshop is for you.

We will be visiting Sydney from the 22^nd -  24^th February, to see some friends and sponsor this informative and educational Portrait Photography workshop, and we would love to see you!!

Michelle will be staying at Novotel Sydney Olympic park, Homebush Bay. Along with displaying some products, both new and old, Michelle will be discussing the importance of boxed presentation within your client’s home, and how your products will become part of their décor.

Please contact Michelle on 0417 086 889 or at michelle@photomounts.com.au to make an appointment between 2pm – 7pm on Wednesday 22^nd February. Should you be attending the portrait workshop, she will also be displaying products during the breaks.

For more information on the AIPP Portrait Workshop, please visit

http://www.aipp.com.au/imis15/AIPP/Events/Core/Events/eventdetails.aspx?iKey=NSW-2012_3&TemplateType=A

Portrait Workshop

Start Date:Thursday, February 23, 2012
End Date:Friday, February 24, 2012
Address:Waterview in Bicentennial Park, Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, NSW 2127

If you would like to know about the amazingly talented woman involved with the workshop please read below.

Lesley Bom – http://www.aislinn.com.au/index2.html

Lesley Bom began her photographic career in 2000, launching her successful portrait studio, Aislinn Photo Art. Specialising in classic black and white portraiture, she has photographed thousands of newborns, children and teenagers in her signature style over the past eleven years.

Jennifer Stocks – http://www.jenniferstocksphotography.com.au/index2.php?v=v1

Jennifer is a dynamic baby, child and family photographer based in Bathurst, reginonal NSW. With a background in journalism, writing and PR, Jennifer takes her storytelling perspective to each session, providing her client with a mix of authentic, stylish, colourful and connected portraits.

Kristen Cook – http://www.kristencook.com.au/index2.php

As a relative newcomer to the industry, in three short years Kristen Cook has quickly become one of Australia’s premier newborn and baby photographers. She is drawn to the honest beauty of newborns – their fragility, infinite possibilities and power of worth. Her strength lies in her love of connection to the honest, the pure, the exploration of tenderness, and the simple beauty and authenticity that comes from human connection.

Kate Buechner – http://www.uberphotography.com.au/#

Kate began uber photography with her husband Chris in 2004. As a mother of three young children Kate has a special affinity with children and family portraits and her unique talent has been recognised through several awards, including NSW Family Photographer of the Year 2011.

We are excited to announce the launch of our new fine art book, the Belle D’Arte, a wonderful baby brother to our amazing Vivaldi D’Arte fine art album. You can now stop and take a big clean breath of fresh air as your search for an environmentally friendly fine art book with museum grade archival characteristics is finally over. Our Belle D’Arte fine art books are the perfect solution.

We have combined age old binding techniques with exquisite organic cover materials and unique museum grade archival quality paper to create a rare but beautiful art book, with an appealing near seamless finish.

Inspired by Japanese and French bookbinding techniques, all books are hand bound using our own unique style of stitching with a superb patterned lace that is stitched through both cover and book to give the book a combination of strong support and exquisite presentation. Available in two binding styles, the books come with options of ribbon, hemp string, or leather strapping around the spine.

Printed on industry specialised digital offset printers, the Belle D’Arte fine art book provides you with not only superior printing on 3 distinctive varieties of textured art paper, but also provides you with the peace of mind knowing this is museum grade archival quality. Your book will last through generations.

All papers used are from FSC certified mills; these mills ensure that the harvest of timber maintains the forests’ biodiversity, productivity and ecological processes. Papers used have been sourced from mills in Italy, France, and the United Kingdom, and come with these recognized ISO standards:

• ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems in use

• ISO 9706 Long life – Guaranteed to last up to 100 years

Manufacture begins January 16, 2012. Please contact us today to find out about our introductory offer for the entire month of January.

To View Brochure please click on the link, “Belle D’Arte Fine Art Book Brochure“

Our Wedding Suite is the latest addition to our Suites family, initially designed as a wedding product this boxed album and DVD combo has been used for portrait photography and videography. Showcaseing a DIY Flushmount Album along with a DVD Folio, the Wedding Suite may be covered with any of our leatherette range. As an alternative to a “disk only” package, the Wedding Suite offers great value whilst greatly enhancing presentation. Click on the link below to see a our video of the Wedding Suite along with our Portrait Suite. Wedding Suite clip by Photo Mounts & Albums

Our Guest / Signature book is the perfect way to display your engagement or pre-wedding photos at your wedding, just slip your photos into the photo mats provided.  Your guests can sign your book and add their personal messages and thoughts on the printed pages and together the images and words will create a beautiful keepsake of your day you can cherish forever.

Our custom hand made Guest / Signature books come in a variety of sizes and cover styles, and for that special couple, we can even incorporate elements of your invitation stationary into the album.

Tip: ask a friend or family member to make sure everyone signs it, as there is no use for an empty book!

All our hand crafted products are designed to gracefully age in ones home from generation to generation. Take a look at this fabulous Portrait Suite designed using images printed on fine art paper from the amazing Rhondda Scott.