Sports, People

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Kenny

A couple weeks ago I worked on a personal project showcasing people playing sport. I wanted to reenact memorable movements within each sport, isolated on a studio background. With a bit of planning and a truckload of Broncolor lighting we were able to get a number of real athletes on the huge Cyc at studio Thirty Four and go to work.

Everyone that helped out was amazing, and we all worked hard to get authentic sporting movements and had an amazingly fun time doing it.

A VERY big shoutout has to go to Paul from the Brisbane Bandits baseball team, Lachlan from AFL Queensland, and Adventure Racers Mike and Debbie.

Also to my crew, as always main assistant Josh, 2nd and 3rd assistants Katrice and Gina, Erin from ARC Creative, and last but not least everyone at Thirty Four.

Here is the series, we’re calling it: Sports, People

Old Man MMA Selected for Feature on Behance Network

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Kenny

Woke up to the news this morning that my personal project Old Man MMA had been selected by the Behance Network to be featured on it’s “Photography Served” page.

Curator Oscar Ramos Orozco in his email said: “Hello Kenny, Congratulations! Your project was just featured on the front page of photographyserved.com which showcases the best projects on the Behance Network. Our editorial team features only a small number of projects every day. With many thousands to choose from, we look for work that promotes new thinking in its industry.”

Thanks for the encrouagement Behance! High Fives!

New Personal Work – Old Man MMA

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Kenny

A couple weeks ago I was able to complete a project that was in the pipeline for some time. I had this story in my head with 2 elderly guys set in the brutal sport of MMA or Mixed Martial Arts.

I was discussing it one evening with good friend and art director Mike Fritz and after about a year finally everything came together and we were able to shoot it.

I have to say a MASSIVE thank you to everyone who was involved, First of all to Mike my co-conspirator and art director, my team of Josh Maguire and his assistants, special effects makeup by Sharon Robbins from ARC, styling by Michelle Michaelson and of course the amazing cast of Hugh, Stewart, Daisy, Tom, and Liam. Last but not least to the amazing venue which is a working MMA gym Phoenix Elite MMA and Conditioning, thank you!

Without any more ado, here it is………Old Man MMA

Article Feature by Gifted and Talented Mag

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Kenny

Creative industry mag Gifted and Talented recently did a feature on me. You can check out the article here:

Dead Kooks

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Kenny

Teamed up with friends of mine Eden & Chloe the other day. Eden’s a rad guy and likes to make his own things you can surf on. I like people who make things; creatives, craftsmen, the like. You can check out his surfing boards on the Dead Kooks site.

View the whole In:Series here

I’ve Been Served……via Behance

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Kenny

If you’re a creative professional and “up” on all things hip, then you’re probably like me and a huge follower of the Behance Network.

Part of my daily routine is a glance over at the “Served” sites, which curate the top projects from the thousands posted to Behance from all over the World, and summarize them into each category.

I was really pleased to get this email from chief curator Oscar Ramos Orozco:

Hello Kenny,
Congratulations! One of your projects was just featured on photographyserved.com and will appear on its front page. We developed our network of category-specific Served sites to further showcase the best projects on the Behance Network.
Our editorial team features only a small number of projects every day. With many thousands to choose from, we look for work that promotes new thinking in its industry.
Congrats, and thanks for being involved in the Behance Network.

Oscar Ramos Orozco
Chief Curator /// Behance LLC
530 Broadway, New York, NY 10012

You can check out my project on Behance here:

yeah, ……right

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Kenny

Here’s some personal work I shot a while ago in the studio. It’s a bit different than my normal work so thought I’d share it. The model is Julia Skalska

The Art of Dissatisfaction

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Kenny

Read this thought provoking post on Seth Godin‘s blog about how successful brands are built on dissatisfaction. Just finished saving up for that Canon/Nikon camera/lens you’ve been wanting? don’t worry, there’s a new one coming out that will make you start saving all over again and so on.

Got me thinking about being successful as an artist, selling to myself. As soon as I’ve wrapped something, there’s that healthy feeling of creating something better, closing the creative gap even more and doing it all over again. It’s about keeping that momentum, and never being satisfied, never being finished.

MAKE THINGS, IT’S THE ONLY WAY

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Kenny

Here we are, just past the year’s halfway mark

I’m making some last minute preperations for my next shoot, scheduling, hair & make up, logistics. It got me thinking about how things have grown since I decided to give this whole photography thing a nudge for real and try to make a living from creating pictures.

All along the way, things have grown by one thing, it’s in the making. You start by grabbing a friend or relative, shoot them, then share. Next someone else has seen it, likes what you do, and you’re shooting more, and sharing more. Then more and more and on it goes. Things get bigger, more fun, more complicated, more of a gamble, more of an expense, but the reward gets better too. Next thing you know, you’re addicted, to the making.

Some friends & I made some stuff a few days ago. A bunch of like minded people all addicted to the making.

Big props to: Assistants: josh mcguire, gina martin | Make Up: jodie gutierrez | Cast: andrea tenielle, jessica michaels, ali wilmshurst, twins ashleigh & sarah lyons, tiffany sinclair, jade funk | Location steve bunce | Corporate Support respect music.com.au

View the whole In:Series here

The Gold IP Project

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Kenny

Last year I got to work on a series of shots for Gold IP, a brand leader in the intellectual property (IP) legal industry. Amongst other specialist work in technology, media, and sports law, they are also the go-to guys in protecting creations by inventors, artists across all mediums, writers and anyone that has made something that needs to be protected as far as copyright.
The images were intended for print, display and web campaigns, and I was honored to be involved as they obviously have a number of creatives on their books nationally.
During the creative meeting I was impressed by their dedication to have all original works and not go near stock images at all. Another thing that was fantastic was them giving me the time and financial budget in order to produce the final images.
I had just read Annie Leibovitz’ latest book “At Work” and was really inspired by her black and white portraits and the tonal depth she is renowned for, and used that inspiration for this project, all the way from the initial drawing of the mood boards to the final processing.
Check out the Gold IP website here.