publication

it's been a busy few weeks, i've been doing loads of work experience with a very good photographer as well as organising and shooting my own shoots too.  i've learnt heaps about lighting, but much more still to learn although i still think i prefer location shoots rather than studio.  i was also quite happy to find out that my shoot from back in july was to be published in the pop art edition of a new online magazine which you can check out here.  meanwhile back to editing and organising my own photos, my poor computer is struggling to survive through it all.

model: lisa ma
make up: amanda hopkins

bondi sun

model: lisa ma
make up: amanda hopkins
clothing: f'd up

absolutely exhausted from shooting today at bondi beach, just got in but had to put some photos up straight away.  i worked with the very talented make up artist, amanda hopkins and model, lisa ma.  we were very clever and didn't bring any food or water to the shoot so feeling slightly dehydrated now.

cold sun

model: sarah thamin
make up and hair: bekka jane
1/200th
f16
lens 50mm
iso 200

remember when

model: sarah thamin
hair and make up: bekka jane
f13
1/125
50mm

and silver reflector to bounce sunlight back

stolen gold

model: sarah thamin
make up and hair: bekka jane
50mm lens
f3.5
125th second
iso 500

walled in glitter

model: sarah thamin

hair and makeup: bekka jane

reflector used for lighting

50mm lens

f3.2

1/125 second

undercover grunge

a couple of photos from yesterdays shoot, so much fun even the rain didn't put us off.

model: sarah thamin
make up and hair: bekka jane

i completely forgot about this photo, was just clearing out my hard drive and stumbled upon it.  taken about a month ago when i first got my remote shutter control for my camera.  so d did the honours, although it was slightly out of reach so he had to run a bit to get in the frame.  haha so cheesy.

day one of spring

self portrait, dai and i camping in the garden - ready for summer

winter at bondi beach

It is impossible to live without failing at something,
unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all
- in which case, you fail by default: J.K. Rowling

model: jess

after work

d yesterday evening, after fixing his surfboard in the new back garden.  just before darkness fell.

light

model: steph weeks


feeling very motivated and inspired this week.


Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary." 
Cecil Beaton

blogiversairy! 1 year old today

so a year ago today i was living in the gibson desert, in an aboriginal community which is about a 10 hour drive from alice springs.  we worked in a road house.  miles and miles of red sand all around us, as far as we could see.  it was another world, there were no distractions from society just plenty of time to think.  that's when i decided to start taking photos again hence my starting this blog.  i miss travelling, and i miss my travelling friends.  it's been three long months since we've stayed still, but i'm excited for what's to come.

thank you to all of my followers and all the lovely comments you leave - it keeps me going :)

model: steph weeks

steph

the weekends shoot at clovelly beach, sydney, summer's slowly coming!
model: steph weeks

happy birthday E

a photo i took of my sister, e, in a field in hampshire, england about 3 months ago.  it was her birthday yesterday so i thought i'd play with this picture for her.

it's been such a crazy week, hence the lack of posts, i've been moving to a new place (again!), retouching photos, assisting photographers, college work and shooting my own photos so lots of pics to come soon. anyway so good to have somewhere to live where we can stay for as long as we want, it's still temporary as it's a huge house share, but we can actually unpack, there's a wardrobe! and there's an awesome garden with a rope swing to amuse me.

night walk

its still winter in sydney but warm enough for a late night stroll in rosebay, and good news, we're now on a student visa which buys us more time in Australia.  I've also re done my website, it was far too time consuming to do it myself, instead i've used a portfolio template, you can check it out here and if you want to make one yourself, it's so simple you just drop your photos in, you can do so here.