Like Me. The Selfie as Modern Day Portraiture.

This is a set of portraits I took for my Final Folio for First Year at PSC.

It's a social commentary on how the world and we ourselves look at self portraiture now. The 'selfie' has all but taken over as one of the most popular ways of how we represent ourselves, but is it really the person we see? We see ourselves very differently an arms length away and in private.

You can read my research paper here at Wordpress.

Nikki Toole Skater Portraits...

As with almost everything I think of, someone else comes out and does it before me. 

I had this plan where I would go around to local Skate Parks and start to capture all the riders and do a bunch of portraits of the locals for the attempt at an exhibition. Nikki Toole seems to have beaten me to the punch, and I can't wait to she what she has done..

Running till 9th September at Geelong Gallery.

                                              
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Sometimes you just have to get THAT CLOSE...

Yep sometimes you really do have to get that close.

Looking into peoples eyes, gives you a window into everything they are thinking. What do you think she is thinking?? 

Not street, but very sweet....

I do love shooting my kids on occasions. They can be wonderful subjects, or nightmares. 

This is my eldest daughter shot on a Nikon F4S using Ilford FP4 100ISO film. I have to say that I buggered the shot a little as her jacket is in focus, but her face is a bit soft and out of focus. But I still really like it and think it works really well. She is quite shy and this image brings that out with her face very soft.

She will be SHATTERED once she sees this on the net.. Teenagers.......

Environmental Portraits... A little different though...

OK boys and goils...... I would like a few hands up on who would be interested on doing an "Environmental Portrait" but in their riding gear and with their bike... I think if I can get like 15 would be a nice number (but knowing me that means like 35-40)..... Just send me a message and we will organize a chat on more what I'm thinking about..

Platon Widely tomorrow.... SUPER SIKED!!!

Well I'm off tomorrow to the Semi Permnent Master Class to be held by Platon Widely.


Platon has given us some beautiful images, and is arguably one of the champions of close up Portrait Photographers. I love the ideas and images Platon comes up with. He seems to have a wonderful report with his sitters, and seems to get some really special out of them.

There is always an unusual warmth in his photos. I love the way the photos draw you in. You tray and engage the sitter even though you have no way of getting a response. Every picture I look at is like drinking honey.

Can't wait to meet the man..

Platon Widely to give a Master Class

I just found out that one of my favorite Portrait Photographers Platon Widely is giving a seminar at the Semi-Permanent Melbourne creative conferences.

At $160 it's worth every cent to hear this man talk about his photographs and the process he uses to get his images.

Can't wait!!!

Time to Prep yet again.

Well it has all started a big ball rolling at the moment...

I have 2 weddings booked and a couple of Portraits to shoot as well. Now a little bit of research to do with the customers as to what they want, then some gear to organize as well. Better to be organized than to fluff about at the last minute.

So I have been harassing a few friends that are photographers and even my mentor has had his brain picked clean, and I have come up with something that should get me through. Both of the weddings will primarily be shot with a 24-70mm 2.8 lens. With all the research I have done, and the brains I have picked, I have found out that this seems to be an 80% lens for most wedding shooters. On my Nikon D300S (APS-C Sensor) the lens will give me 36-105mm in a constant 2.8f which will give me the widest gamut of shooting options with just 1 lens. I would pack a 85mm in 1.8f as well to cover other eventualities (85mm turns into 125mm). 

So time to trawl the images around the net for inspiration..