A Toast to the Coast

The Mindarie Marina “A Toast to the Coast” Food, Beer & Wine Festival is coming up on 20th March and we were down at the Marina today getting some promo shots for the media.

Here’s a slideshow of some of the photos from the shoot:

Shown in this video is the Chef & owner from the new Waterfront Cafe & Restaurant, due to open in a few weeks on the Marina Boardwalk along with 2 of the superb staff from the “Indi” brewery.

We will be at the festival as usual with the MADCAT Photography stall alongside the “Indi” as well as being the “Roving Photographer” for the day.

The 5th annual ‘A Toast to the Coast!’ – Food, Beer and Wine festival is set to be the biggest yet! Tantalise the taste buds with tastings from local gourmet producers including chocolates, olives, cheeses and more and they are all for sale!

Sample the range of wines from near and far from 10am at the Wine tasting tent and there will be loads of live entertainment throughout the day.

Food gurus and celebrity chefs will be cooking up sensational gourmet delights throughout the day at the Cooks Corner, plus there will be a range of children’s activities and entertainment wandering the boardwalk.

As always it will be a great day out so make sure you put it in your diaries and we’ll see you there 😎

Postcards with a Difference?

We’re very excited to announce the launch of our new line of Postcards which we’ve called “Thongy Postcards”.

In true Australian tradition these Postcards are die cut in the shape of an Aussie Thong sat on the beach, boardwalk or forest trail and each one portrays a unique Western Australian Fine Art image from MADCAT Photography.

Created from an concept by local printer Adam Hollister and designed by MADCAT Photography these new themed postcards are already proving to be very popular, both as quality postcards to send home and mementos of a great holiday in Western Australia.

All of our images are available for purchase as Fine Art Canvases or Prints through our web site, click the image above for more information.

After successfully trialling some prototypes of our “Thongy Postcards” last year we have just taken delivery of our first batch of production cards featuring a new updated design and new images.

Starting with some of our most popular images we will be expanding the range to cover Western Australia and with luck ultimately they will go Australia Wide.

If you would like to purchase a “Thongy Postcard” then you can visit Oceania Gifts at the Mindarie Marina or Sunshiners at Two Rocks or contact Maggie directly.

If you are interested in reselling our “Thongy Postcards” in your retail outlet then please contact Maggie and we will arrange to come and visit you with some samples 😎

Help Us Support St Jude’s School

For the last few years we have had the privilege to be involved in the St Jude’s Charity Ball by providing them with a framed print for their silent auction. This year we donated one of our more popular new images titled White Thunder #4.

All of our images are available for purchase as Fine Art Canvases or Prints through our web site, click the image above for more information.

It never ceases to amaze me the extraordinary lengths some people will go to to help out with very little to gain apart from knowing you have done some good. The school was started by Gemma Rice to educate children in Tanzania that had no other avenue to gain an education. As a young lady herself, Gemma opened the school in 2002 in Northern Tanzania with 3 children, 1 teacher and 1 classroom. Nine years later there are 1500 students, 350 local staff, three schools and 2 boarding campuses.

Children are the future and I believe they have a right to a decent education so I applaud Gemma for her efforts, vision and insight.

I also applaud the ladies, headed up by Julie Hepworth, who started the St Jude’s Charity Ball 6 years ago who have also grown their event significantly every year and managed to raise $19,000 at the end of last year.

They have announced this years event to be held at Rendezvous Hotel, Scarborough, Perth on Saturday 10th December. Tickets will go on sale in July so be sure to look out for it, its a great night out and for a very good cause.

Maggie

Does your home need a little love?

Earlier this week we did a commercial shoot for local Interior Designer Jean Hattingh of Kinzone.

Jean redesigned the living area of this Kingsley home and I have to say it looks simply stunning.

To see the results of Jeans handiwork watch this video we created for her:

If you’re looking to give a little love to your home then why not give Jean a ring on (08) 9304 3207 and see what she can do to help you?

MADCAT Photography Goes “Trendi”

We have just put up our first exhibition for 2011 at the Trendi Cafe in Joondalup, on Reid Promenade.

All of our images are available for purchase as Fine Art Canvases or Prints through our web site, click the image above for more information.

We have focused on our Fine Art Canvas prints for this exhibition, there are currently 16 canvases of various sizes up in the restaurant with 3 more to come very shortly.

Trendi Cafe’s menu is a mix of Italian and Asian food. According to Minh, the owner, some historians believe Marco Polo brought pasta back to Italy from a trip to the Far East and China!

Trendi Cafe will be open for Valentine’s Day, nothing better than a fabulous romantic dinner surrounded by some of the best views in WA 😀 You can make a booking on 9301 0668.

So make a date for dinner at the Tendi Cafe and you can enjoy our exhibition at the same time.

Maggie

New Image Releases – Fun in the Dunes

These images are from our Australia Day trip to Lancelin, they show the sand boarders and motor bikers having a blast at opposite ends of the what is otherwise a very large pristine sand dune.

The images are actually the two ends of a large stitched image of the whole dune but I thought they would work better as a companion pair in a panoramic format though they could equally be printed as a very wide narrow single print.

All of our images are available for purchase as Fine Art Canvases or Prints through our web site, click the images above for more information.

Technical Details (LCP1.1): Canon 5D Mark II, 6 Image Stitch, Canon 17-40mm f4L USM @ 40mm, hand held, 1/320 sec, f11, ISO 100. Image processed in Adobe Lightroom 3 and Photoshop CS5.

Australia Day at Lancelin

On Australia Day we decided, instead of heading to a busy city, we would do the complete opposite and head up to Lancelin and celebrate Australia Day the natural way 🙂

We had a great pub lunch at the Endeabour Tavern which is situated right on the waterfront with a great view of the kite surfers and wind surfers out in the bay. It really was a windy day so they must have been having heaps of fun out there.

After lunch we went to take a look at the spectacular sand dunes. If you have never visited the sand dunes at Lancelin, I highly recommend it we had heaps of fun, although it was a bit (well, very) windy. The image at the bottom will give you a good idea just how windy it was, even with our backs to the wind we were still getting sand in our eyes and turning round to get a photo into the wind was very interesting …

There are different areas for motor bikes / quad bikes / 4WD’s and sand boarding and plenty of room for everyone! The guys on their motorbikes were screaming over the top of their dune showing a fair bit of air beneath, very exciting I am sure! As far as sand boarding went you definitely get to take a fair bit of sand home with you but it looks very exhilarating, we didn’t get a chance to try the sand boarding but you can hire sand boards from several places around town so anyone can give it a go.

Should you wish to pop up to Lancelin for a visit I highly recommend you go to the Visitor Centre at Lancelin Holiday Accomodation & Tourist Information Centre. the lovely lady there will tell you where you can go for the dunes, where you can hire a sand board and give you a very helpful map.

Maggie