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Hi everyone, Kate here. I’m now shooting events for Anna so thought I’d share some of my recent favourites :)

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SDN End of Year Celebration

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UTS Insearch 25th Anniversary

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UTS Rowing

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Bangarra Dance Workshop @ UTS

Something fun for a dreary Wednesday! Here’s a small selection of veeery big shoot. The designers will cut out each student and superimpose words/illustration, hence the pointing.

x,
Anna

I’m not  much of a morning person, so it was a definite struggle for me to climb out of bed at 4:30am for this shoot. It was a gloomy, rainy morning, and I was feeling hesitant about it all – until the rainclouds cleared for a stunning sunrise over the still water.

The UTS Rowing Club was established as Haberfield Rowing Club in 1925, and this historical building has seen a few upgrades since, but remains largely unchanged. UTS has decided to raze the old building and will be constructing a multi-million dollar facility in it’s place. My role was to document the actionfor archival purposes.

Sunrise shoots for me are rare, but even rarer still is to go out on a catamaran and watch a rowing coaching session, before a major state competition. Twas very fun :).

x,
Anna

I’ve been working with not-for-profit SDN for a couple of years, steadily building their image library. SDN runs childcare centres across NSW and ACT, caring for over 3000 children, with a special focus on catering to children of all abilities.

These images are a very very small selection from our shoots at the Redfern, Hurtsville and Riverwood centres. Their facilities are so extensive it makes me want to go back to preschool! Life would be spent rolling around in the sandpit and dolly baking with playdough – pretty sweet :)

x,
Anna

p.s. Talent release forms signed for all children, of course.

This last one just for laughs – children are so hilariously random!! She started a trend, we soon had a steady procession of slow face-plant slides. I couldn’t stop laughing!

I’ve never heard of StartUp Weekend before I was commissioned to photograph this – but what a great event!

StartUp Weekend is: “a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. It is the largest community of passionate entrepreneurs with over 400 past events in 100 countries around the world in 2011.

“All Startup Weekend events follow the same basic model: anyone is welcome to pitch their startup idea and receive feedback from their peers. Teams organically form around the top ideas (as determined by popular vote) and then it’s a 54 hour frenzy of business model creation, coding, designing, and market validation. The weekends culminate with presentations in front of local entrepreneurial leaders with another opportunity for critical feedback.”

I don’t think I’ve ever been in a room so full of talented, energetic and motivated individuals – it was an invigorating experience. Can’t wait for the next challenge, so I can attend as a participant!

x,
Anna

Jumped off a 14 hour flight commute from Kyoto last Thursday (a pre-wedding film and photography trip! We’ll share soon :) and dived straight into this beauty of a ball held by the University of Technology Sydney’s Pharmacy faculty – their inaugural Innovative Pharmacist of The Year ball! The Great Hall looked stunning, and the food was eye-rolling yummy. All in all, a successful night of celebrating achievements and networking, and beautiful gowns.

x,
Anna

For prints and downloads, please visit orders.annazhuphotography.com

My background is in Visual Communications and I studied at the University of Technology Sydney‘s Design Architecture and Build Environment faculty – building 6. It was great to go back and photograph a familiar space that’s just gotten a very spiffy makeover :).

x,
Anna

Last two shots – Paul and Johnny from the photography department are as animated as ever!

A small selection of shots from an exclusive refresher for UTS Business School MBA, executive MBA and specialist postgrad programs graduates – an afternoon of insightful speakers, workshops and lots of networking, all on the 33rd floor of Ernest & Young at World Square Sydney.