A Huge Congrats!!!

One of my fave images from a previous Shane/Bonzie Collaborative Shoot.

Location: Bonmahon Beach at Dusk!

Model: Shaz ( My Purty Sister)

Gals,

We wanted to extend our huge congrats to our home boy Shane O' Neill of Aspect Photography in Waterford who was recently placed in the Wedding Photo Journalist Awards. As many of you know, we are big fans of his work and have had the pleasure of working with Shane on many collaborative shoots here in Waterford. He is absolutely passionately engrossed in his Photography work and I know how much an award such as this would mean to him.

Congrats Shane, very well deserved!!!

Yvonne & Ger

~Bonzie~

If you're getting hitched in 2011 check out Shane's website for bridal bookings.

www.aspectphotography.net

Waterford Design Week 2010

It's officially Waterford Design Week Everyone! In a nutshell a week to showcase what our local designers have to offer as part of National Irish Design Week. 1st - 7th November.

www.designweekwaterford.com

( Many thanks to the Waterford City Enterprise Board and Waterford City Council for their support as well as the city library for housing the event)

Product Design Consultant Marcus Notley addressing the crowd at the official exhibit launch this evening at the Waterford City Library.

www.marcusnotley.com

( Just in the left corner of the picture our buddy, local film-maker John Loftus capturing the event on camera)

Watching a film presentation on designing the future! It was quite profound actually.

Our exhibit entry (top right hand corner)

Look who our neighbour was!!! None other than Shane O'Neill of Aspect Photography(www.aspectphotography.net) who regularly collaborates with us and who is responsible for some of the more stunning and provocative images in our portfolio. Shane also rocked out a bonzie photograph for his exhibit entry and just by pure chance and karma we ended up on the same exhibit board together! :)

Main Image: Photographer-Shane O'Neill

Model- My sis!

Top Right Image: Agatha Stoinska

Stylist: Roxanne Parker

Bottom Right Image: One of our faves to date! ( so much so it's on our business cards!)

picture of Heather Crank, a real life bride on her wedding day in the US who wore bonzie on her wedding day and kindly thought to send us her pictures afterwards to share her special day with us. Little did Heather realize that she would be so well received and is now featured on print all over the world!! :)

You know what I love about these kind of showcases.... I love how it brings all of the local talent under one roof, I love how you get a glimpse into the strength of individual designers in your own area with the possibility of collaborating, networking and joining resources. The board above with bonzie designs and Shane O'Neill photography is a perfect example of how two local entities collaborated together to enhance each others business. Showcases such as this one facilitate more of that kind of networking and support system for local designers and individuals trying to carve out their own foothold in the local community.

Guys...on another note. Ger and I have some very exciting news coming soon. We are really looking forward to sharing it with you all in the very near future. The project is currently in motion and gathering speed and we should be in a position to share the launch and details pretty soon!! xxx

PhotoShoot with FoxyChopper

Gals, we spent a day with our photographer buddy ShaneO'Neill of Aspect Photography and the talented innovative folks at award winning salon FoxyChopper Hair Design , Waterford ( Any fashionistas in the local area, check out their salon for one of the edgiest staff with the coolest attitudes and awesome customer service!)(I get my own hair done there too!). Models Amy and Leah braved one of the coldest days in nothing but lace and tulle without even blinking an eyelid!

We captured some really amazing shots yesterday and we are busting to see and share the results in a few weeks.

Neck Adorned!

Spring is coming ( I know gals , I'm being a bit premature but living in Ireland Im really feeling the urge to shake the winter off as soon as possible!) So in honor of having our eye on all things spring sprongish here's a shot from a really enjoyable shoot yesterday with a local edgy photographer, Shane O Neill. Shane has a really great eye for angles and perspective and injects a bit of art into all of his shots! You can check him out at his website

http://www.aspectphotography.net/

It was absolutely freeeezin on the beach yesterday and all of us behind the cameras were shivering under layers of parkas and such so its a bit of a miracle that my model/sister managed to keep a spring serene glow about her whilst the tips of her big toes were quickly turning a funny shade of blue!

All in all it was a really great day and I'm looking forward to sharing more shots with you guys over the week. x

bonzie & ger