In the past I used custom painted canvas backgrounds for portrait shoots. I worked with some talented artists who had a great understanding of how different textures appeared when shot out of focus as a background. When using these canvases, numerous stands were required: stands for the canvas background; and stands for multiple flashes, all taking up more space, more time and budget.
I love the variety of subjects I get to shoot on editorial stories. A recent shoot was for the Women’s Weekly written by Erin O’Dwyer. The story was about Muslim women wearing the Burqa and how European countries have been debating at banning them.
This particular job I was working on had a very pressing deadline with local and interstate shoots needed to be done within 5 days while working around already booked jobs. I ended up shooting one of the trucks from Midnight to 5am 2 hours drive out of Brisbane, and having the owner of a major trucking company meet me at 5am to drive the truck along the local freeway.
The Australian Commercial and Media Photographers (ACMP) has launched its new wesbsite.
Angel Flight pilot Shaun Aisen may not be alive if it was not for suffering food poisoning.
“I had taken medication to treat a bout of food poisoning when stomach cancer was first detected,” explains Shaun, who pilots about 80 flights a year for Angel Flight – a charity to help people travel to medical facilities anywhere in Australia.
One of my favourite clients is Box Hill Institute. I have worked closely with them for years to get the best value out of my time it is not uncommon to shoot 3000+ frames over a day. They have a great presence in the global market of education and have an insatiable need for imagery [...]
I was shooting a conference in Adelaide and the client wanted a group shot of all the delegates. The original plan was to do the shot outside at a nearby park, but time was running short so the request was made to setup a shot as close as possible to the conference room, in 15minutes. [...]
Feeling like an in demand rock star, tonight I presented the Value Yourself / Shooting with Speedlights talk in Sydney in one of the best venues yet at the Australian Centre for Photography. Limited to 50 places, tickets this event sold out in just a few hours. Photographers old and new listened and discussed different aspects [...]
Last night we had a great social night at the Vic Hotel around the corner from Rob Frith’s studio where 50+ Perth members of the vibrant photographic community including, photographers, students and suppliers came along to catchup with other photographers and hear my talks. For extra interest, Craig Kinder and Ian Regnard were given sample [...]
I have an up coming shoot around the country and I thought it would be a great opportunity to organize casual social nights with members of our association (The Australian Commercial and Media Photographers) within my role as the current ACMP President. It grew into me touring my presentation that I delivered at PMA about [...]