I grew up in Canberra, and the school Narrabudah College, where I went to for years 11 & 12 was pivotal in me choosing my career as a photographer. This was mainly due to the inspiring photography teacher I had, Les Kovacs.
My parents and sister live there and I wanted to visit home, so I recently organized talks in Canberra for the ACMP at the Canberra Institute of Technology. I presented a talk on Photography Pricing as well as my Speedlight Talk & Demonstration.
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.
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.
I have worked with the Victorian Institute of Sport for over 10 years, outlasting 3 marketing teams. One of their events I shoot is the annual Awards of Excellence where they announce the Athlete of the Year. This year we decided to get individual shots of as many athletes as possible on their way into the event. Possibly 300+ athletes in about 45minutes. The client was happy with flash on camera but I though it was a perfect opportunity for a fast Strobist setup.
I photographed another inspiring subject for my Gratis project today.
Dr Lachlan Fraser is a resident of Marysville and survived the devastating bushfires of February 2009. He was instrumental in re-establishing medical services for the community and a tireless creater of projects that brought the community together.
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.
The pregnancy test was barely dry. Already, I could not contain my excitement. In that moment, life was already different and in nine more months, absolutely everything would never be the same again. At that moment, I never realised just how true that sentiment would turn out be.
I am fortunate to work with the organization the Australian Community of Child Photographers (The ACOCP). I have been featured in a magazine article about our work. I invite you to read the article, click here;
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 [...]