Monday 27 December 2010

Monday 20 December 2010

Strange Beach Fellows

Yesterday (saturday-18th) i had the idea to shoot some "portraits" of some of my mates, what i ended up shooting was a mixture of nude and slightly gay images (if your easily offended please go no further). Although im not complaining i had a great time shooting them (mind you couldnt bring myself to edit them properly and they wanted them in a rush) Anyways hope you like them



does anyone think Brenton's (>) hand is getting a little low
My favorites from the day




This was posed

This just happened no posing

I think this guy still believes this "camera" takes 120 film haha tool





Took one test shot adjusted aperture and shot this, We were so happy with it we didnt shoot another one (wish i had my lens shade on to avoid that flare though)
This is the "test" of this image expect it to change to a more polished shot in a future post

Sunday 12 December 2010

Another edit from my shoot with Shani, tried some different photoshop techniques still trying to find my groove

Sunday 5 December 2010

Woo Hoo

Just a quick post today to say that i have just hit 1000 page views, now to some of you who probably get a lot more than that in the space of time i have (six months) but for me im pretty happy with it. So here is a random picture to go with this random post, Enjoy.



Saturday 4 December 2010

INK

A little preview from Damien's new project INK although this is a shot i took, look out for more of these to come as we gather up all our inked up mates and take photos of them (most with shirts off woo)

Thursday 2 December 2010

Black & White washout

Still not quite sure if i like this but hey im gonna say its finished at least

Sunday 28 November 2010

Fashion Shoot Sunday

Today i had organized for a model to come around to my "studio" (living room) and shoot some fashion head shots/portraits, its one of my main interests in photography but i had never really tried it before so it was a new experience, i used 2 strobe lights (sb800's) one into a lastolite ezybox as a key light from camera left and another into a shoot through umbrella from behind me as some on axis fill and for some shots as fill on camera right. (The shot up top is straight out of camera not one thing edited besides some sharpening and noise reduction and the watermark obviously.) Im pretty happy with all the shots but this is my favorite on first look hope you like it too.

The rest of the shots are pretty close to finished they need a little more work but they are pretty close to done.




Friday 26 November 2010

Dave Hill "look"

After
I read a lot of blogs, and when im bored i go though some of them to the much earlier posts from before i knew about them, on one such blog i found a "cheat" (easy, simple, (not correct)) way to edit like one of my favorite photographers Dave Hill. Now this pic is by no means finished as its my first crack at trying it and i havent even put it into photoshop yet, but i think overall i get a basic dave hill "look" as it is known. They key to doing it is really in lighting for it and since i have not shot anything with lighting that will make it easier this was the best i had but be warned there shall be more to come as soon as i figure out how to light for it.


I thought i should include a before and after shot to show the difference.
Before 

Stay Golden Pony Boy!

Monday 22 November 2010

Other things

My good friend Damo has just done a post on yours truly basically coz we were bored and playing with cameras he took a few shots of my tattoos which has now given him the idea to shoot all our friends with tattoos from the perspective of someone with out them, you can check out his post of me HERE and the rest of his stuff here its really pretty good i suggest you take a look


Over and out.

Friday 19 November 2010

ROCKSTARS

I have never been a huge fan of 30 Seconds to Mars i think the songs they release are pretty good but the album fillers are just that album fillers recorded so they have just enough material to release a full length album, and their videos in my opinion have always been long winded for no real reason. Which brings me to the Video that sits in this post for the song "Closer To The Edge" its things like this that make me want to be a Rockstar, its why i love the music industry, its one of the reasons i get up in the morning because clips like this inspire me to be better at whatever the hell i am doing, its the reason i played in bands for so many years even though deep down i knew i was never going to be good enough to "make it" i always wanted to try and if i could i would try all over again, Because to me there is nothing better than an incredible live performance, What im trying to say is this is the best music video i have seen in a very very long time, and Jared Leto you are my new Hero!

Sunday 7 November 2010

pictures in motion

A quick stop motion clip of my friend Cameron i shot over the weekend, very first attempt but pretty happy with it

Thursday 4 November 2010

Touring life

You might not know this but i did a 2 month tour of the US with hawthorn heights, Emery , The Color Fred, Tickle Me Pink and The Mile After as a Merch guy for the opening band while that might not seem like it has anything to do with photography to me it has everything to do with photography you see its where i began taking pictures! This was re-posted by one of the guys i met over there and i think its great

Sunday 31 October 2010

Bikini Girls

So i know that i have already posted this pic (kinda) but this is the final edit for the 4 girls i have shot so far, Im still in the process of shooting the rest of this project

Tuesday 26 October 2010

More Bubbles

A very quick edit once again but with the shots put together in a formation similar to what the final image is going to be apart from the fact that there will be 5 more girls

Monday 18 October 2010

Matils 25th Surprise

Wednesday the week just gone marked my good friend "Matil's" 25th birthday and to celebrate Jess (his girlfriend) organized and awesome surprise party so i took my trusty camera along to document the night.  Needless to say a good time was had by all these were some of my favorites

Bubblegum and Bikinis

Started my Bubblegum shoot today and didnt get off to the best start as the first model didnt show up but not to worry an episode of the Simpsons later and Michaela turned up, an hour or so of Makeup and hair later and she was ready to go, Sheldon turned up just as we were finishing up Michaelas makeup so as soon as we started shooting it was her turn for Makeup. These are the very first rough edits to give myself an idea of where i wanted to be heading.

So Sunday saw the next session of my "bubbles" shoot and i was a little more stressed about this one as i had 3 makeup artista and 2 hairstylists pull out at the last minute so i had asked the girls to do thier own which turned out pretty well, again i had 2 no shows but at least they ended up getting back to me with reasons why they couldnt show. Stilll need to shoot another 5 girls for this but im happy with how it should start looking


Friday 3 September 2010

Smoke Photography




Tried my hand at a little smoke photography and am pretty pleased with the results so far. very quick clean up and colour/hue adjustments in post

Saturday 14 August 2010