Photographers love industry events that are social, inspiring and affordable. Whenever I travel somewhere I look at the possibility of creating an event with either myself or somebody I “volunteer” to be the speaker.
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 lucky enough recently to do a shoot in Shanghai at the Peninsula Hotel that was part of a global campaign for NEC. There are different elements I speak about in separate posts, but firstly I was not sure what I would be faced with when I was shooting there and I wanted to [...]
For the Christmas edition of the Australian Women’s Weekly I was asked to shoot a special man for a feature series called the Gift of Life. I love these types of jobs. Here is the article by Sue Corrigan; Courage saves a child – Dr Rob Carson and Nicholas Rossi If it weren’t for the [...]
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. [...]
With photography gear, sometimes I suffer from price fatigue where it can just seems normal to spend hundreds of dollars for that little bit of plastic/metal. I did a shoot recently where the weather forecast was for constant rain and I needed protection for my speedlights. I have many accessories for the speedlights, mostly form [...]
In my never ending search for the perfect case, I have been using the Think Tank Airport Airstream for the last few weeks for transporting my camera kit around the country. Needing a larger case for the Speedlights than my old filter case, I have tried the Think Tank Urban Disguise 60, then opted for the [...]
After the success of the “Value Yourself / Shooting with Speedlights” tour Nikon have commissioned me to continue expanding my talks about speedlights and now have one coming up on 28 August at Michael’s camera store in Melbourne and two in Perth on 23 September at WA TAFE and Team Digital. RMIT have also booked [...]
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 [...]