A day on Bruny Island

I’m just back from spending  a day on beautiful Bruny Island, Tasmania shooting a multimedia story for Nick Haddow, owner of the Bruny Island Cheese Company. I plan to shoot some additional material for the piece in the next couple of weeks before publishing the final video, but here are a couple of the RAW shots from the shoot yesterday to whet your appetite.

Delicious products from the Bruny Island Cheese Company are available for purchase in Australia through The Cheese Club.

Australian Commercial and Media Photographers

I’ve been a member of the ACMP for just 2 years and have just renewed my membership for a further 12 months. You can read my professional profile online at the ACMP website following this link.

Why join a professional body such as the ACMP?

There are multiple reasons for joining professional organisations. In the case of the ACMP, for my style and genre of photography it makes the most sense, since I shoot commercial projects for media including magazines, reports, books, journals and news articles.

A professional body can be a good networking tool, allowing you to meet other photographers and share knowledge. Sadly, due to my location there are no events that take place in Tasmania that are hosted by the ACMP, but I do attend events when I’m in Sydney.

Lastly, membership can also be a vehicle for promoting work to potential clients. A small body of work is visible on their site with links to my website, so perhaps I will even win some new business. We will see…

Sleeping out with the Salvos!

Last night, Jim Collins (writer for Love in Action) and I spent the evening with the Salvation Army in Hobart during their annual ‘Sleeping Out for the Salvos’ event.

We interviewed and photographed politicians, corporate executives and the public for a piece that we posted today for Love in Action website. Click here to read more and view the gallery of images from the evening below.

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Ken’s protest video covered by CNET

The protest video that I shot and edited for Ken Duncan during our recent trip to Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park has been picked up by the press including CNET. Check out the article here.

The protest video is to support and promote the Arts Freedom Australia Rally on Sunday 29 August 2010 in Sydney. Check out details here.

A beautiful weekend in Sydney

A big thank you to the attendees of the Exploring Photography workshop in Sydney this weekend. It was a fun and educational-filled weekend with our guests, and although a little chilly during sunrise, the weather turned out to be mostly fine and rain free.

The Exploring Photography workshop consisted of a 2 hour classroom session on Friday evening which took place at photographic retail store, Foto Riesel in the heart of Sydney. Saturday started with the sunrise at 6 am, a photo-walk and an opportunity to shoot architecture including the Opera House and the contrast between the old Federation houses and modern skyscrapers, candid observational shots of people, and the dramatic flora in the Botanical Gardens.

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