BTS Video – Shoot with Kristina and Erin
A little “behind the scenes” clip from a recent location shoot in Sydney. Photographer: Chris David Model: Kristina Adesuwa & Erin Black Make Up: Eloise Sarah Makeup Music: Loveshadow – “The Sweetest Sin” www.ccmixter.org CC3.0 by NC Equipment notes: Canon 1Ds Mark III with 24-105mm L F4 lens. Lighting – Beauty Dish with nylon diffuser
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BTS Video: Portfolio shoot by a historic house
A little behind the scenes video for my first shoot for 2013. We did a little portfolio shoot around a historic house in Sydney. Hope you guys enjoy. Photographer: Chris David Model: Rosie Morris Penney Wood Make Up: Lu Bickel Hair:
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A Quick Shoot with Elizabeth
A little BTS and samples from a quick last minute shoot with Model Elizabeth and make up artist Eloise Sarah. Lighting with just a beauty dish with grid and diffuse and shooting tethered.
Moonlight Bridal Shoot for Mandy Heng
Photographer: Chris David, Model: Caitlin, Wardrobe: Mandy Heng, Make Up Artist: Kat Christofides, Hair Stylist: Chris Lau, Background Music ” Carry the blues (out of my heart)” emanual tehpirate CC By-SA3.0 www.soundcloud.com
BTS Shoot with Amie
Photographer: Chris David Model: Amie McGraw Hair & Make Up: Josephine Nohra Ayoub Stylist: Malgosia Szczerbicki Assistant Stylist: Anna Szczerbicki Background Music: Les Sooz – “Give Me Time To Get My Wind Back” CC By-SA 3.0 www.soundcloud.com
Shimmerbaby Mermaids Shoot
A shoot for Shimmerbaby Mermaids taken during a late June winter afternoon in Sydney. We only had about 90mins for the shoot once on location and several elements against us including light, time, freezing temperatures, and cold breeze – way too cold to get the models in the water or wet. We ended picking out
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BTS Mandy Heng Catalogue Shoot
Fashion Catalogue Shoot for Mandy Heng Clothing line SS11/12 Behind The Scenes Video (BTS) Shot using a Canon 1DsMIII with 70-200mm L IS lens. Lighting using a Paul Buff 86″ PLM with Hyandai Ace Neos (RimeLite), Canon 580/550EX Speedlites & 60cm Foldable strobist softbox. Designer: Mandy Heng www.mandyheng.com.au Hair & Makeup: Amanda Johnson www.amandajohnson.com.au Model:
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BTS Sharna Southan for Mrs Australia Shoot
Behind the Scenes video of photoshoot for Sharna Southan – Mrs Australia Finalist 2011 Model: Sharna Southan Photography: Chris David Photography www.chrisdavidphotography.com.au Hair & Makeup: Leisa Stephenson Wardobe: Gerry Shaw dresses provided by Guise Fashion Photo Assistant: Phillip Valenzuela “The World Will Break” Free Royalty Free Music by www.DanoSongs.com
Gigapixel Panoramic of El Nido, Palawan, Philippines
Appropriately a 1Gigapixel image of the town and landscape of El Nido in the Islands of Palawan in the Philippines. The image was taken on top of dark, razor sharp, limestone cliffs after a two hour climb up. The majority of boats seen in this image are used for island hopping, fishing and scuba diving
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BTS Alexander McQueen Tribute Shoot
Recently we did a tribute shoot for the late iconic fashion designer – Alexander McQueen. The models wore creations made by Mandy Heng. You can view our behind the scenes video of the day here. Location: Fashion Avenue – Bondi Beach Models: Michael Carrett – Matt Brady – Alexander Jack Hunt – Maggie Curran –
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1.4 GigaPixel Panoramic Milsons Point / Kiribilli
A shot of the Opera House, CBD and Harbour Bridge taken from North Sydney’s Milsons Point/Kiribilli area. Using a Canon 1Ds and 70-200mm 2.8L IS its stiched from 128 images to make approximately 1.4GP image. Exposure 2sec @ f10, 800ISO over 19mins at 6pm
1.76 Gigapixel Lavender Bay
Lavender Bay, North Sydney Australia has one of the most scenic views of the City. Panoramic was taken on a Canon 1Ds MII with 70-200mm 2.8 L lens @ 200mm, 1/400sec, f11, ISO 800 Try panning around and searching for people like bridge climbers.
Mandy Heng – Bridal with Jenna Moss
These are some images from a last minute shoot for the Mandy Heng fashion label the day before their launch night at the Sydney Fashion Forward Festival held in Paddington Town Hall. The dress was originally designed for an underwater fashion shoot but with delays with acquiring the underwater camera housing due to the erupting
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Mandy Heng – Shooting the Red Dress
[nggallery id=8] Today’s project was shooting Mandy Heng’s Red Dress competition entry for the Fashion Forward Festival being held on Paddington 7th of May, 2010. We had Biljana Alavanja modelling the gorgeous dress with fashion designer Bojana Zjacic doing the hair & makeup for the shoot. One incomplete feature of the dress not attached during
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Mandy Heng – Models Against AIDS Designer Campaign
Yesterday we shot a large number of models for a Models against Aids – Designers Campaign project organised by Mandy Heng from Mandy Heng. The images intention is to be part of a large mosaic which will be printed onto inkjet fabric to form the train part of a dress they will be showcasing and
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Yong Nuo RF-602 Wireless Trigger
I purchased the Yong Nuo RF-602 Wireless Trigger over a month ago after hearing and reading rave reviews about it. I decided that I’d wait until I’ve used it in a number of shoots and situations before I’d write my experiences on it. The final need to purchase a remote triggering system came about
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Xerox Phaser 7760DN
I’ve just acquired the Xerox Phaser 7760DN colour laser printer for a very good price. Normal retail in Australia is in the $12000 range. It’s a high quality production grade printer that allows printing on media up to SRA3 (450mm x 320mm) and 255gsm. It’s main use will be printing all my photo marketing
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Online Proofing and Ordering
Just spent the last few days going through several online shopping cart options readily available trying to find one that would suit my needs in selling prints and products as a photographer. There is a large number of free open source options available and most worked perfectly if I wanted to sell regular items like
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Mandy Heng – Boost Cup Shoot
Did a shoot at Macquarie for fashion label Mandy Heng featuring one of their stunning dresses and an oversized foam Boost cup sourced from the company. The team consisted of Mandy Heng and Bojana Zjacic from Mikayla Ja, makeup artist Joanne Candelaria and model Alexandra Pruze and myself. The shoot is part of a series relating to an “Alice in Wonderland”
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Stylish Plumes and Tsu Jong Designs Photoshoot
[nggallery id=6] Just did a catalogue shoot for Stylish Plumes and fashion label Tsu Jong Designs. Aoife O’Connell owner of Stylish Plumes hand makes the stylish headpieces from feathers and are available in an assortment of colours and sizes. Tsu Jong is a Sydney based boutique designer selling her creations both online and at the
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MCGA Miss Country Girl Australia National Finals
[imagebrowser id=3]Had the privilege of shooting at the Miss Country Girl Australia National Finals held on the Bella Vista Cruise Ship and boarding from King Street Wharf. Judges include Rachael Finch (Miss Universe Australia 2009), Paris Ogden (Representative of Miss Universe Australia & Cosmopolitan Model Management), Rick O’Brien (International Talent Scout), Paola Cracknell (Producer of
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Jenolan Caves
[imagebrowser id=1] Jenolan Caves is approximately 2.5 hours west of Sydney and well worth the drive. There are plenty of photographic landscape opportunities all along the way from the Blue Mountains to Jenolan State Forest and then there’s the cave tour where you will encounter many unique natural formations. I managed to take a few
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