It is very nice when your work is noticed. There is an article about me in the March 2011 edition of America’s Professional Photography Magazine. The article features a personal project of mine that celebrates people who offer their time and skills to make a difference. The project is called gratis.
Last night I photographed an function at Victoria’s Government House where Professor Graeme Clark was awarded the prestigious Lister Medal, the most distinguished award in surgery, for his pioneering work with the cochlear implants.
Ever since I started using speedlights for almost all of my work, I have used the Nikon CLS infrared system which for most purposes worked very well. The main limitations were when the infrared failed becuase of bright light like daylight and distance.
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. [...]