Interesting times in interesting places. Feet poking out from a sandalwood pyre. He was likely someone important, or rich, as you can tell from the closeness to the holiest river, the Ganges, and also by the type of wood as sandalwood is expensive and is only affordable by the wealthy few. I remember when we… Read more »

I build guitars. Electric ones. For myself. I’ve sold a couple. I learned to do this because I was taught how by someone far more skilled than I’ll ever be. They needed pictures for their website and business, I wanted to learn how to do this. It was a contra deal that worked well for… Read more »

A client once asked me what my favourite shoot was. I had to think. I didn’t know offhand. Is that like asking a chef which egg they cooked was their favourite? I don’t remember half of the shoots I’ve done after 13 years of doing this for a living. But. I said I’d get back… Read more »

Important things: 20.1 megapickles 20 frames per second (FPS) ISO range from 50 – 819,200 (expandable via menu options) CR3 file format (new) Wi-Fi and Bluetooth built in 5.5K RAW (60p), 4K DCI (60p), 4K UHD (60p), Full-HD (120p) 2 x CFexpress storage 1440 g without lens, but with batteries Probably immortal $6499 USD at… Read more »

Say hello to Emilie. We did this photoshoot in my garage with a 3x3m white backdrop attached to the garage door by neodymium magnets. A what? It’s a magnet, but super strong. Don’t get your fingers caught between them. The ones I have are 15mm x 5mm, and 4 of them will hold this huge… Read more »

I didn’t drop off the earth. I went to Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast, QLD to pay homage to the great Steve O. It looks something like this.   Impromptu shot that looks like an ad for Reef (it isn’t). Sun&shadow.    Sunshine Coast is like a Mount Maunganui but nicer. Wide sweeping promenades roll… Read more »

I think that’s a pretty cool shot. It’s a truck doing its thing on a New Zealand beach, which counts as a road and all the laws/rules that govern such a thing. As long as you’ve got 4WD and a permit, you can drive up and down a beach no problem. TL;DR: Shoot long. It’s… Read more »

Hello there, After shooting food and interiors for 6 months I needed to do something for myself. Wait, that sounds somewhat selfish so let me extrapolate: one of the reasons we do this (and by extension painting, design, music, films, anything creative) is to feed that little thing inside of us that yearns to do… Read more »

Do you watch movies or TV shows? Of course you do. I’ve always been fascinated by the way in which cinematographers and directors of photography (DOP) can utilise all our favourite things like depth of field, camera angle, lighting etc to enrich the feeling we get from a character: in other words you can shoot… Read more »

Hello there, thanks for tuning in. Let’s make a cup of tea, sit back, put Gojira on your home stereo system and read a little bit about food photography. See, ‘food photography’ kinda misleading. It’s over-simplifying the task because the food is only part of the frame, what you’re shooting is a scene, a memory… Read more »