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    Welcome to Matt Sinclair Photography

    I'm a husband, a father and a wedding photographer based in Sydney. The images and posts below are a small sample of everything I do related to photography. I'll include portrait sessions, wedding photographs, my family, our holidays and some of my commercial work. Occasionally I'll write an article with photography equipment or lens reviews, my opinion on a piece of software or general photography tips. I hope you enjoy your visit, feel free to leave me a comment, or look me up on Facebook
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New Years Eve Fireworks on Sydney Harbour

Lunar Eclipse

The clouds over Sydney parted shortly after the total eclipse, revealing the blood red moon being slowly washed away by the rising sun.

That’s my boy


This is my 2yo son James with one of his favorite toys, an old film SLR. He loves the shutter noise and winds it on so he can shoot another frame but I don’t think he understands why there is no picture on the back :)

The Vineyard

photograph of 2 gorgeous models in a Hunter Valley vineyard
These images are the result of a massive team effort during the Mid Winter Model Shootout. Organised by Damien Lloyd of SeaSalt Studios and held this year at Broke in the Hunter Valley. 6 photographers, 10 models and the awesome Dave SFX slaving away on hair and make up around the clock. Everyone had a fantastic time and produced some amazing images. The gorgeous models here, Molly and Emily Patch were photographed by myself and 2 other photographers, Daniel Courtney from Insane Photography and Scott Doyle Photography.
The image above was made with a Canon 45mm Tilt Shift lens on a 5DmkII, lit with Daniel’s Elinchrom Ranger and Deep Octa softbox mounted on a boom above left. Below, I used the 85mm f1.2
photograph of 2 gorgeous models in a Hunter Valley vineyard

The Bee

macro photography of the eyes of a bee

The Pelican

I have a canvas print of this pelican on my living room wall and I realised yesterday that I haven’t blogged it before. It’s one of my favourite images, one that I had seen in my head for years before I came across the opportunity to shoot it.
photo of a pelican perched on a street light

It’s a boy and we have a name!

I’m delighted to announce the birth of my baby boy, born on his due date Saturday 25th June 2011 at 13:21. Jacinta and I had a girls name locked in but we were completely unprepared when it came to boys names but we’ve finally decided to name him Austin Sinclair. Austin is Jacinta’s grandmothers maiden name, it’s not a reference to Austin Powers – but Danger IS his middle name.
There are some more photos at this link taken shortly after his birth. They’re not exactly graphic but you might not want to click if you’re squeamish, or pregnant.

The wedding dip

It seems like such a long time since I’ve posted any wedding photographs. I won’t be shooting any more weddings until at least September – while we’re having a baby (due 26th June) There are plenty of weddings I haven’t blogged and hopefully I’ll make time over the winter to post some of those photos.
The bride in the photograph below, Sam, booked Melanie Birt Photography from her home in Paris and I was excited to shoot my first international wedding alongside my friend Mel. I think I can count it as an international wedding, I just happen to live at the destination :) The ceremony at Bradley’s Head was followed by a lunchtime reception at Boronia House in Mosman and finished just in time to head back down for a beach sunset on Sydney Harbour. I’ll certainly be posting more photos of this gorgeous couple soon.
wedding photograph of bride and groom kissing on a beach in Sydney harbour

My tilted view of Vivid.

I dropped in on the Vivid festival in Sydney the other night and set myself a challenge – to photograph Sydney in a unique way and to somehow differentiate myself from the masses of photographers, tripods and “L glass”. I’ll post a few of those images over the next couple of weeks as I make time. They are experimental, unusual and certainly not to everyone’s taste. I’m not even sure how I feel about some of them. Let me know what you think.
HDR tilt shift photograph of the entrance to Luna Park in Sydney
tilted landscape photograph of Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House during the Vivid festival

Sydney University Health Sciences awards night 2011

Congratulations to all the recipients of awards.
Attendees of Sydney University’s Faculty of Health Sciences awards night will be able to login, view and order prints of the awards from Monday the 9th May until Sunday the 12th of June. The photos can be viewed via this Client Gallery link or the menu at the top of this page.
The password was provided on the inside cover of the Event Program, unfortunately the printing split the password onto 2 lines. The correct password consists of 4 words, separated by underscores.
Photograph of MacLaurin Hall during Sydney University Health Sciences Awards night 2011