Hopefully you aren’t getting sick of this model yet. I know I’m not. Anyway this was once again a fairly short spur of the moment shoot one night after a long night out. This time we started out with a half hour or so shoot in just a single... Read More ››
Ok, her name is really something more like Nyung, but us western barbarians aren’t expected to be able to make such sounds (I guess they think we all come from America) so she tends to get called Young. In any case this time around I thought we’d do something... Read More ››
I wasn’t confidant that Young’s promise (it’s a name, not an age – though come to think of it I guess it’s both really) that she’d get up and model at 5:30am this morning would hold. That is, once her alcohol fueled enthusiasm waned and her eyes closed into... Read More ››
Ok, before I get stuck into the tutorial I’ve got a quick challenge for those of you photographically minded: have a look at the shot, look at the shadows and have a guess yourself at what lighting setup I used, then read on to see if you are right!... Read More ››
A couple weeks ago through an unfortunate set of occurrences I ended up meeting a couple pretty cool people. One is the model in this shoot, who ended up being a substitute called in at the last second when things went awry with the first model. The other being Ian Barclay,... Read More ››
I often get notes, emails and messages from people asking to use my work in one form or another. I figured I’d put together a blog post to lcover this topic and at the same time have a review of my pricing structure when I licence images directly and bring it down... Read More ››
Well it’s been MIA for a couple years now but now the blog is back, along with a whole new folio site wrapped around it. As it is with most of the work I end up doing it was necessity more than anything else which bred creation. It was an arsehole... Read More ››
Well I’m going to fast forward in time from my last post and bypass some experiences best forgotten: Bangkok with it’s theft and expense, Siem Reap almost bedridden with sickness for a week, going to Phnom Phen only to find the government is filling in the lake, it’s already... Read More ››
Well I’m back over in Asia again for more touring around and exploration. Flew into KL, Malaysia Tuesday and immediately got out of the big (and dirty) smoke to head north to Penang. Not too much to report so far so I’ll just throw up a couple shots from sunset &... Read More ››
This is the first in what will hopefully be a long series of tutorials I’ll be posting on how I’ve achieved the effects I have in some of my creative photography shoots. The subject for today is one of the more creative setups I’ve come up with. It’s the... Read More ››
When Beck contacted me a few weeks back to tell me she was going to be in NZ for a week and was keen to shoot I was dubious to say the least. Thing is I’ve had a couple bad experiences with Beck pulling out on shoots we had... Read More ››
Was a booootiful day for shooting this one, no lighting equipment used. Boarders – Mike & Eddy Camera – 5D Lens – Sigma 12-24 Location – The Remarkables, New Zealand Post was limited to some slight s-bend curves for added pop plus logo removal & noise reduction for stock... Read More ››
Well it had only been 2 days since I’d hurt myself boarding at Coronet so when we went up to Cardrona I didn’t even take the board off the car. Just spent the day hiking around taking photos. I did manage to get a free day pass out of... Read More ››
Well the 16th saw me on a snowboard for the first time in over 8 years. It took so long to get up the mountain as I’ve been trying to negotiate a season pass out of NZski in exchange for some advertising photos. We ended up compromising on a... Read More ››
Flew in to Christchurch on the last night of the financial year and because I’m a cheap bastard I decided to spend the night in the airport rather than a hotel as I had a camper van booked the next morning 8am. Well I didn’t end up getting any... Read More ››
Well not exactly an era but I have finished up work for my Aerial client. Why? Because I decided on the spur of the moment that doing a snow season in NZ would be more fun. It’s been too long since I’ve been on a snow board. So here... Read More ››
I always grab every oppurtunity I can to work with Soph and so when she was up in Brisbane recently for a few days of work I did just that. We had some makeup artist issues with a late cancelation but Carla came to the party and all ended... Read More ››
Well after 2 weeks off turned into 7 weeks off a little too quickly we finally got back out on the road for more aerial work. This time the target area is Grafton. God damn there is some chilly arsed weather going about at the moment. On the ground... Read More ››
Bit of a delayed posting this one but better late than never. I’ve decided to start adding images and a bit of background info for model shoots to this blog, flesh it out a bit when I’m not travelling. First a word on the models, what a pair! Bart... Read More ››
Quick links to microstock agencies: Shutterstock Stock Xpert Bigstock Dreamstime 123 RF Fotolia Istock How to kill noise without a ninja Ok so I get occasional emails from other microstock shooters (or those looking to get into it) frustrated about the whole ‘noise’ thing. So I figured I’d... Read More ››
