New Years Eve 2009.

What a fantastic storm! What a fantastic full moon. These shots were taken from the lookout at Altona. The wind was blowing at least 30Knots, so I am stoked that any of the photos were not ruined by camera shake on the tripod.

These photos are pretty much straight out of the camera. A slight horizon straightening, and a very very slight curve adjustment and jpeg export from lightroom is the only treatment applied.

The storm heading towards Melbourne.


The full moon rising over Melbourne


This last shot you can see the storm just creeping into the frame.

Breakfast For Breast Cancer, The Albert Park Hotel

I recently photographed the Breakfast for Breast Cancer event (2009) at The Albert Park Hotel. Renee Walker from dtdigital.com.au put a call out on twitter looking for a photographers---I answered.

My Mother is a survivor of breast cancer, so I was happy to donate my time and expertise for a worthy cause.

My job was to take photographs of all the guests, as well as I was asked to take some shots of the venue before the guests started to arrive.

There were a couple of featured guests. Aside from Lillian Frank, can you tell who they are?

Mosaic Time Again

Local artist Julee Latimer needed a piece to be photographed.

Julee's mosaics have been the trickiest things yet that I have photographed.  Shiny little objects that are either semi-opaque, shiny and reflective, or both.  As well, the latest piece is not flat, but a sculptured wavey shape.  So I also wanted to have some nice shadows to show the shape.

I went with pointing a flash at the wall to cast a nice soft shadow on the piece.  As well, I used the Orbis Ring Flash to fill the shadows.



Once we got this piece finished, Julee had a few more pieces that had not yet been photographed.





This piece is installed on the fence outside.  I took a few shots without any flashes, and then had a flash on either side.  The difference was subtle, but I think very important.  The flashes added that "pop" that lifts the image just that little bit.  Each tile has a tiny little glint.  As well, the grout looks good too.

Merry Christmas!

Another Photo Shoot With Stui

Stuart Christie called me up and said, Can I get you to come over and take some more photos?
And I said, Sure.  Not a Problem.

This one was a little tricky to light.  The main aim was to keep the warmth and ambience of the setting, and at the same time putting some nice light on Stui.

This time around I put two lights on justin clamps behind stui, one carefully balanced on a broom, and one clamped to the curtain rail.  The third flash was behind me and pointed at ceiling.

I went for a slow shutter speed to pick up the relatively low intensity of the wall lights and light stand.

Enjoy.

Saturday Morning Walk

I took my camera on my Saturday Morning Walk with Ollie today.

Preparing for the NICA Showcase Photo Shoot

Nica's annual showcase is drawing near. This show highlights what the third year NICA students have been training towards and gives them an opportunity to go for it in front of Melbourne and industry specialists.

My job will be to take at least 6 images of each act. This is so the students have professional photos for their marketing once they have left NICA.

The schedule is a busy one. 15 acts in one day. That is about 1/2 an hour per act with a 1/2 hour break for lunch.

Here are some shots that I have taken of NICA over the past couple of years.

Stuart Christie and Kane Peterson Photo shoot

These guys are great. Very funny.

Stuart Christie

Stuart Christie from Circus Oz fame has again asked me to take some more shots of him. I like stui. He knows what he wants and he trusts my judgement as well.

Here are a few photos from previous shoots.

Circus Oz tech run at Port Lincoln


One of Stui's characters


Exercise Stui


This one I tricked Stui by holding the camera at my waist and looking off to my left. I wanted to get a totally natural, un-forced, without the---I'm being watched look.


Anna Lumb, Stui's Trapeze and Acro partner


And finally, Anna and Stui again

Photos from NICA

A selection of photos taken for the National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA).

Shots from NICA's Rhapsody show.






A collection from ariel's Dream