the vagabond

It's been a long time since I did any fashion stories with a male model.  I was asked to do this shoot for the very talented mens' clothing designer, Laura Marshall from New Zealand.  Our model was cancelled last minute and we were about to postpone the shoot but luckily for us Leslie kindly stepped in.  Shot at Watsons Bay, Sydney.

model: leslie mark
designer: laura marshall

lets be naughty and save santa the trip

model: alexandra bromley
make up: lisa boswell
Merry Christmas to all my blog readers and thank you so much for all the comments and support it keeps me going :)  I'm having a not so traditional orphans christmas this year at bondi, friends coming over for a bbq followed by the beach.  Hope the weather holds out I've been working so much that I haven't had a chance to make the most of it.  This link is a shoot for russh magazine that I assisted on recently, awesome photographer who I've learnt so much from.

So any ideas for new years resolutions?

weddings, weddings

I've been waiting to share these photos with you but I didn't want to spoil the surprise, I've finally finished editing, and now the photographs have all been received so here's a peek at the special wedding day. It was the last week in November that Lana and Ash chose to wed and I was lucky enough to be chosen to photograph their day in Western Sydney.  So off we went, that's James and I, a good friend who chauffeured me around and assisted me.  The forecast was torrential rain but fortunately the weatherman is often wrong so umbrellas were abandoned when thankfully the sky cleared up.  It was a beautiful day, and a beautiful bride and groom who were very in love and and surrounded by amazingly supportive and fun, family and friends.  What an amazing experience to be a part of though we were both exhausted when we returned and no wonder, I'd taken over 1600 photographs!

one person's craziness is another persons reality: tim burton

model: alexandra bromley
hair and make up: lisa boswell

moon flare and birthday cake

I haven't done a diary type post for a while so if you're interested in the life of an english twenty something living in sydney then read on.

The last couple of months have been quite stressful, and crazy busy and as a result have completely flown by.  D (on the right, above) and I have been going backwards and forwards and backwards again trying to get d sponsored so meanwhile I've been studying away to keep us in Australia. I'm still working as a photographers assistant but it's pretty sporadic, and trying to fit it around college is pretty tricky so I've had to pick up more consistent work and am now working part time in the photography department of a retail store.  It's tough.  Going from a job earning loads of money to not having much at all is a hard transition to make but it will be worth it in the end and I'm glad I've experienced high paid work early on as it made me realise how much more important it is to chase something that you love for work.

Last weekend was my birthday and it was beautiful.  A good friend of mine was lucky enough to grow up in the basin, on the northern beaches of sydney.  Our birthdays are a few days apart so to celebrate a group of amazing people spent the weekend camping there.  We spent the day kayaking around the lagoon, climbing the waterfall as high as we could go, feeding the wild wallabies and eating lots of chocolate birthday cake followed by drinks and drinking games around the fire pit. Amazing, and a well needed break.  It made me miss travelling but we vowed to do a trip like this once a month to see more of Australia and generally spend more time enjoying life.  These are some long exposures I took around the fire pit - love the moon flare.

fairytale forest

Some of you may have already seen these photos from my Facebook page but I completely forgot to put them up here so here they are. This is Sabrina from Elite models, a fairy tale themed shoot I did one or two months back in centennial park, sydney.  Make up by Bekka Handley.

Thank you for all the lovely comments you've been leaving me and to those who have already voted for my photo, for those that haven't, I have entered a competition and really need public votes to get through to the finals.  Only the top five highest ranked photographs get through and I'm currently in the top eight.  So please please vote, all you have to do is click here and then click 'like' under the photo next to my name.  I need about 140 more votes in the next 3 days so if everyone who read this over the weekend voted I would make it.   Thank you all in advance!