the destined path

for a long time, I would have to question where I was heading and now that I've reached a landing point along the way I'm not so frightend with what may be. I've determination to continually escalate, to seek out the things usually forgotten and to experience all the emotions in a poetic way that make life worth while. Tis true, you only get one shot at all this, and you also get only one first impression. Make a mark, reach a dream and, take on a challenge.

Your self worth is displayed in your efforts. You are your own motivation.

Discover, Love, Succeed....

earth to world

Since the beginning of 2009 I have concentrated solely on better-ing my artistic ability. I was thrown some fantastic opportunities and have had the chance of working with some very unique models. Along with this I have spent some considerable time designing and planning for the Projected Twin Debut Album Release for later this year. On the 27th March I headed into the recording studio (Xplosion Proof Motor) with Shaun of Projected Twin to capture the raw essence of recording an album. Quite often this year I have set out with my camera to capture something and it has turned out EXACTLY as I had planned. Just last week Shaun released an amazing video containing the images I captured along with the demo 'earth to world' from the album currently in production.

click to view the video here

More great news, I have been invited to exhibit my art and photography at 'THE ATTIC' at the Crown & Anchor on the 6th June 2009. The exhibition will feature one-off prints framed to A3 size and one main feature piece of my photography encompassing the 'alternative and conceptual'. I will be the only exhibiting artist for the night, so if you spot me make sure you come up and introduce yourself. I'd love to meet others interested in collaborating artistically and visually. The exhibition of my work alone will run up until the next Attic show for the following month. Prints will be available for purchase at great rates. A programme will be available on the night. Please come along and show your support. Would love to see all you adelaide-ians there!!!

new sessions and confidence to show your own style

WOW. In less than two weeks I've done three photo-sessions and have so many more currently in progress of bookings and thinking up concepts.

I think once you put on the effort for the things you really love to do everything begins to fall into place and I feel so respected as an artist that it gives me confidence to shoot the way I like :)

Today's session was of my Niece that my sister and I had been planning for the last few days. On my sister's first birthday our father took her out to buy a special birthday dress which she has kept all this time :) We dressed little Taylah up in it and placed her in a suitcase I found at an antique store last week for $5.00 (I had originally bought this to use as a prop for another session - Yep, I've started collecting props. Uh oh!!!). She was quite happy to just sit in the suitcase playing with the books, for a little while at least.
Processed in Photoshop using some slight colour correction, lens flair is all natural.



There was a session on the 2nd May with a friend of mine,
Keri, who offered to come pose in front of my lens so I could try out something a little different from my usual style. These were taken in and beside the Botanic Gardens in Adelaide. Due to the low lighting conditions i shot with an ISO of about 800 which added quite a substantial amount of grain, however this, along with the post processing (added textures, colour correction) seems to add a medieval feel to the set. I also thought along the lines of 'the lord of the rings' or something elvish. She did an amazing job (second time I've worked with her) and I can see we are going to be working together alot more in the future.



My sessions with Ree are alwyas so much fun and such a learning curve. She is a natural model and I can always capture her amazingly. This was a rather last minute concept. As I was leaving the house I spotted my mother's fake pears in the kitchen and thought I could use them in some way or another. I remembered before this session that I didnt have too many shots depicting natural greens and really wanted to use this in some way to vary my portfolio. It was a rather dark and rainy day and we shot this in a 15 minute break between rain clouds. I seem to work better under pressure when I am threatened by bad weather or running low on time. We have more planned for the near future so I am going to be busy thinking up some new and unique concepts.