Blog About my photoshoot, thoughts and experiences in the industry
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…
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 –…
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.
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…
[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…
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…
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 from…
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”…
[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…
[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…
[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…
Draft: The 4th of October we did a photoshoot at the clothing store Mon Petit Chou in Hunters Hill. The shoot included the store owner Robyn, fashion stylist Aoife O’Connell who also runs Stylish Plumes, and models Simone and Shelley.
Something I can totally vouch for through experience is that in this industry the saying “It’s not what you know but you know that matters” holds true. There are always the exceptions but who is better to recommend you for jobs/shoots then somebody you already know or met and whether they have seen your work before only…
[nggallery id=2] Chinelas by Michelle created some very cool foldable sandals in a pouch. It’s the ideal solution for sore feet after a night out wearing heels and perfectly fits into almost any size handbag. The pouch itself also conveniently holds your heels together while you have the sandals on. Check out her website for…
I have just recently acquired another large format printer – 44inch wide Epson 9880 which I’ll be running alongside my older 24inch Epson 7800. Although it’s a generation newer the differences in output quality is almost non existence especially for the majority of photos I print. Probably the main difference from my older printer is…
My very first fashion shoot that came from joining networking site ModelMayhem was for the Mandy Heng label run by duo Mandy Heng and Bojana Zjacic and funnily enough first shoot through that site. Their previously booked photographer had cancelled out on them less than a week before their shoot and so Mandy found…
Welcome to my first attempt at creating a photography blog. The whole concept of having a blog isn’t new to me as I’ve been a long time user of the internet and have read numerous ones created by others in the past. The decision whether to start one of my own didn’t come easy as besides…
