Jan
26
Amy Thunderbolt | Lingerie Alley
I took the opportunity on my 2nd shoot with Amy Thunderbolt to bring out the gels and add some coloured light to the scene. Shooting in a small back alley in the center of the town provided a nice wall with reflective graffiti and a cool mesh fence gate to work with. I’m stoked with the the way these came out and the ‘feel’ of the shoot overall.
Jun
05
Nissa Reid | Fashion-Glamour Shoot
This was our first time working together, but collaborating with Nissa reminded me why I still put so much time into organising, shooting and editing. She was a dream to work with (absolute natural), the weather was perfect, the location gave us plenty of options and we came out of it with some cracking shots. We got so many great shots from this shoot that I had to divide them into 3 portfolio posts (Window, Sun-Drenched and Tangled).
View Part 1 – Window View Part 2 – Sun Drenched View Part 3 – Tangled
Jun
01
Jade Johnson | Surfboard Shed Shoot
Jade was keen on a ‘surf’ themed shoot and just happened to know someone who makes surfboards for a living. After first shooting at the Surfboard Shed in Bargara (QLD) we moved to the beach where Jade embraced the wet and braved the breeze to get the shot.
Sep
26
Amy Thunderbolt | Part 2 – Yamaha Shoot
On the morning of Amy’s ‘Kawaii as F#ck’ shoot (see part 1) there was talk that the car which had been arranged for the shoot might not be available. I hit up a friend of mine (Brad Warren) for a loan of his Yamaha R1 to cover our bases. We ended up with both vehicles for the shoot giving us the opportunity to shoot two distinctly different styles with Amy in one afternoon.
Sep
22
Amy Thunderbolt | Part 1 – Kawaii Shoot
Amy Thunderbolt is a bit of a cosplay legend and anime character fan with a strong following online. This shoot all started with a pair of ‘Kawaii as F#ck’ undies (Kawaii means ‘cute’ in Japanese) and then took on a life of it’s own when last minute location and prop changes forced us to experiment with some different styles. This shoot isn’t Amy’s usual style (judging by her previous work) but she did an amazing job and absolutely killed it on the road bike (see Part 2).
Sep
21
Mandy Stevenson | Alley Shoot
We shot these with Mandy in one small alley way before and during sunset with a few different looks to see what we could come up with. Shout out to Doug (one of my best mates and brilliant shoot assistant) for his ingenious rigging of the pallet backdrop on the lingerie shots.
Aug
25
Dark Side Shoot with Loren
2014 has been a busy ‘day job’ year for me and it pains me to say that my photographic time was the first to suffer.
I’ve devoted what little photographic time I do have to exploring new ideas, different lighting, and basically doing things that in some way, I haven’t done before.
This ‘Dark Side’ shoot with one of my all time favourite models Loren, was a chance for me to try something studio like with flash and a bit of colour in low light.
The setup proved to be challenging but still interesting. In hindsight I focused too much on the lightsabre as a starting point for exposure (given that ultimately it ended up being sorted in post processing), which led to other difficulties, but that’s what this shoot was all about. Experimenting and learning through trial and error.
Oct
15
Loren’s Seduction Shoot
I’d been talking about working on a shoot with a hairdresser friend of mine (Jacinta) for a while, and finally lined up Loren for a lingerie shoot with a ‘seduction’ theme. It ended up being a long shoot and Loren was amazingly patient and poised the entire time. Such a pleasure to work with. Jacinta Robinson and Kirsty Jennings did a great job with Loren’s hair and make-up while Doug Smith proved invaluable as my lighting assistant. There’s nothing like having a full crew working together on a shoot and achieving great results to boot!
Jul
30
Alisa’s Aviation Shoot
I’m pretty sure I’ve already divulged my love of all things aviation, and the opportunity to shoot a stunning model with aviation hardware is always a welcome one. For this shoot with Alisa Gonzalez my very good friend Doug Smith organised the use of a Jabiru J170 light aircraft (designed and built right here in Bundaberg!).
We were also lucky enough to shoot in front of my all time favourite airport hangars on a beautiful (albeit windy) QLD day! I feel that we managed to capture some compelling Aviation Glamour shots with a touch of fashion, and I’m pleased to say that I’ve received a lot of positive feedback on this shoot since.
May
30
Catti’s Portrait/Glamour Shoot
This shoot started out with the simple intention of getting some shots with Catti listening to music on her ipod and showing off that brilliant beaming smile of hers while she gets lost in the music.
The location we had originally pegged for the shoot had been damaged by flooding earlier that year, and after changing location and lighting we decided to freestyle a bit.
The ipod didn’t last long (but I think it served it’s purpose), and we grabbed several shots in a secret ‘park on the hill’ and nearby long grass before moving on to the somewhat iconic ‘the hut’ wall in town.
Apr
06
Klarissa’s Country Girl Shoot
This was my 3rd shoot working with Klarissa Onoprienko and she sent me some images of a new location she had found (not far from Bundaberg) I got more than a little excited about the possibilities.
This place was a photographer/pickers dream with antique cars, collectibles and an old style garage complete with signage and fuel pump. All of which provided some amazing backdrops for the shoot.
My good friend (and brilliant photographer) Stephen Cameron, came along to help out with lighting, take some behind the scenes shots and generally enhance the quality of the day.
We got some great shots and this would have to be up there as one of the most enjoyable shoots I’ve done so far!
Nov
04
Klarissa’s River Shoot
For Klarissa’s swimwear shoot we wanted to avoid the typical ‘beach’ or ‘pool’ shoot and instead found a spot on the river with some sand and shallow water. You probably can’t tell from the shots, but the water was really cold (for Queensland anyway) and Klarissa did well to maintain her composure, even after completely dunking herself later in the day.
Klarissa came prepared with an impressive collection of swimwear but we had to narrow it down to four changes because of light and time.
Nov
04
Balloons at Dawn with Jess
I met Jess Maguire through her good friend Loren Corrigan (one of my favourite models to work with), and she was very patient waiting for me to find a shoot date amid my (at the time) busy weekend shooting schedule. Eventually we settled on a fashion style field shoot with some balloons thrown in for good measure.
I can’t remember how this ended up being a dawn shoot, especially considering my usual aversion to any conscious activity before 7am. It was by most counts a glorious dawn, with the one small exception being (for Jess at least) that it was an unusually cold one. We actually shot this in town (carefully avoiding power lines and urban detail in the background) but still had to tramp through a couple of hundred metres of shoulder high grass (you literally couldn’t see the ground/snakes you were walking on) to get to a good spot.
Nov
03
The Photographer Model
A while back I asked for model volunteers on Facebook. Photographer Renee Eloise (AKA Lizard of Lizard Imagery) put her hand up, having started her career as a model. This gave me an idea “why not shoot a fun portrait that shows Renee as both a model and the photographer that she is”. There were many ways we could have done this, but we decided on something sexy because it contrasts with the normal perception of photographers (who are generally ‘much’ more comfortable behind the lens than in front of it). The photos on the floor around Renee are not my shots, but are images of Renee from her portfolio by a variety of photographers.
I should also point out that the shoot itself was squeezed in between one of my afternoon model shoots and Renee’s night time photographic gig at The One nightclub, somewhere between 8pm and 10pm on a Saturday night. That 2 hours was the total time we had to setup from scratch and shoot). Was also my first time using multiple studio lights, so I’m pretty pleased to have gotten the result we did given the circumstances 😉
Nov
03
Sarah’s Forest Fairy Tale
Sarah’s was, at the time of this shoot. relatively new to modelling. She had entered a couple of modelling comps some months before (and won) and was in the process of creating her portfolio when we teamed up for this shoot.
The plan for this shoot was originally to shoot images with a ‘darker’ twisted fairy tale feel to them. On the day however, Sarah (dressed in her Snow White and Red Riding Hood costumes) portrayed an an ‘innocence’ in her expressions and poses which seemed to better suit the light and setting at the time.
