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All Aboard the Rain Train
Anyone that has been on the East coast of Australia will know how much it’s rained lately, weeks and weeks nonestop. I never thought it could rain this much, ever, anywhere. Along with messing with my head, it’s been messing with my business too.
Was scheduled to shoot a profile of actor Felix Kong, who’s been in recent roles in Sea Patrol, alongside Underbelly star Geyton Grantley in new film Full Catch, and in commercials for Subway and Nokia.
The weather just wouldn’t cooperate though, and our deadline was fast approaching. I finally had the idea of just riding the train to stay dry, and seeing what would happen. We packed real light, camera, lenses, Haley Whittle my makeup artist kept watch, and we came home with some cool shots.
You can view the whole shoot here
DeepDreamer Stops In
Had jazz trio DeepDreamer in the studio this week. We made some stuff:
Life Story Magazine USA
Got word this morning that images from this shoot I did of teen singing sensation Jordan Jansen were run by US teen magazine Life Story.
I initially shot the images for Jordan’s US management company Electric Feel, and they were then re-licensed by Life Story who ran a 4 page editorial.
Here are the scans
Getting Sick with Steve….for (commercial) laughs
Just got word that I can now share some outtakes from a shoot we recently delivered for agency Simjen.
The brief called for an image depicting the concept “Revive your Business”.
We got the commission on a real tight timetable, and I literally had about 4 hours to get the team together, get directions to the talent to the studio from the airport & shoot it, and then deliver the proof images that night.
Got to work with former Ralph Lauren model Steve Nation, who you may also recognize from that famous Listerine ad with the cheeks exploding and the barnacles blowing off the bottom of the yacht.
Special effects make up was done by Haley Whittle and on real short notice I was able to get some props from a contact in the medical industry. We shot about 200 frames in studio & that was a wrap!
Below are some of my favorite outtakes, Steve’s acting ability had me struggling not to burst out laughing the whole time.
The Cool Calm Collective – New Members, New Look, Same Cool
You might remember my shoot in 2009 with The Cool Calm Collective.
This year the band (Minus 2 members but plus one) got back in contact with me to do their 2010 advertising images on the back of playing at Splendour.
We caught up at Neverland before soundcheck and shot off some frames.
MOVE FOR LIFE: Campaign Images
Got word this week that some images I shot for the 2010 print campaign for fitness company Move for Life had been released.
Most of the shots were done in late 2009 and the final campaign was put together by Rachel Simper, the cool cat behind agency Black Design.
The shots feature 2000 world ironman champion Phil Clayton. who in addition to the group and corporate training sessions he runs, is the coach for career athletes Hayley Bateup and Ky Hurst.
I recall what we were talking about when we were shooting the portrait shot. Phil was going after the shoot to take his kids to see Toy Story 3, and we’re both big fans of the first 2 movies. We were quoting our favourite lines from the previous episodes. Not sure if that had any effect on the final shot or not, but I think we all have a bit of Buzz Lightyear in us.
Go over to Move’s Facebook page to see more as they roll the images out, for now here is an outtake of one of the portraits and one of the campaign tears.
To infinity and beyond………….
Commercial Headshots
Was recently asked to come up with some corporate headshot samples of my work. Luckily I was able to put together some stuff using shots from other projects. Although not initially shot for the purpose that I needed them for now, after a bit of cropping and different presentation, they came out pretty cool. And yes, I got the gig.
Babysitting
Had my nephew over today for a visit. We were sitting on the porch and I grabbed the camera. Such an animated little guy. Well, this is what happens when I’m left to babysit.
The Gold IP Project
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.