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Browse the portfolio of Tanika’s professional photography work and learn more of her experience in the industry using her blog posts she writes for each project she completes.

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Photographing our travels around Australia

Here’s a little peek into our unforgettable trip travelling just the 4 of us, with the kids at 4 and 6 yrs old. We were away for a total of 15 weeks. We were travelling along the coastline through NSW, went in land to Kosciusko National Park and Bright, and then back along to coastline through VIC and then over to Tasmania, continue along the coastline along the Great Ocean Road, and through a little of South Australia to Adelaide.

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Tanika's own home bathroom renovation.

My dream bathroom space, all thanks to a very very hard working man, my partner, Mitch Spackman.

He taught himself how to render, and we used Dulux’s Creativo, Microcement. 7 layers to create this rendered finish.

He’s a plumber, but we also did the demo ourselves, installed new walls and window … and did everything else but the following:

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Why you should hire an editorial style photographer over a real estate photographer

What do editorial style photographers do, that real estate photographers don’t.

Now I’m not saying all real estate photographs, but the low budget real estate photographers, are generally not going to do the following, and an editorial style photographer will (and I always will):

1/they’ll get to know you ahead of the shoot, and what you are really hopping for out of the final photos of the property.

2/ asses the sunlight direction, write out a shoot plan, with the sunlight being the no. 1 priority … this means capturing the property in it’s best natural sunlight scenes.

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Tanika's own Tweed Heads Airbnb - Photography for Orie Home

This is our own newly renovated home, which is now available on airbnb.

https://airbnb.com/h/oriehome

We absolutely adore this home of ours, and are so thrilled to be able to share it’s beauty for the summer while we are travelling in our caravan for a couple of months.

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Why choose professional photographer, Tanika Blair and her team to capture your latest project or next product campaign. 

Here at Tanika Blair Photography, we work as a team to facilitate new idea's and creativity to bring our clients vision to life. 

A collaborative effort that leads to innovation, productivity and success.

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SHOOT LOCATIONS - Tips for hiring your home out for photo shoots

As someone who has photographed many many Shoot Locations, and use shoot locations for her products clients regularly, here are my top tips for hiring out your house for Photo Shoots.

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AIRBNB - Tips for hiring out your house for holiday accommodation

As someone who has photographed many many many Airbnb’s … and spoken to a variety of homeowners Airbnb-ing their properties … here are some of my top tips for Airbnb-ing your home.

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