Claire Sandford Smile is one of the secrets to a natural portrait and this Ballarat based business woman does it so well naturally. Her smile is very infectious! She’s behind a Ballarat based consulting business Foresight Lane and works with number of clients executing strategy and introducing business system enhancements. In my approach to her…
Photographer’s Assistant: Louisa Lobigs Props: Magda Kazmierczak Shooting conditions: Tue 16th Feb 2016 after 6.30pm 12C, windy I met a Ballarat-based painter Jessica Andersen through the newly formed local artists group SHAC – Soldiers Hill Arts Collective. The group was formed quite accidentally after Lynne & Ken Makings, residents of Soldiers Hill, while walking the dogs…
“We are not victims or heroes, but agents of our own destiny” Graeme Innes This morning I had a great honour to take a portrait photograph of one of Australia’s well known lawyers and disability and human rights campaigners, Graeme Innes AM. Graeme is a chair of Attitude Foundation and his organisation is about changing attitudes towards people with disabilities.…
Sharing Cultures through images Over the course of four weeks, together with Richmond based youth organisation Visionary Images I ran a series of ethnic portrait photography workshops with a local multicultural community in Fitzroy, Melbourne to create a small exhibition of portraits and stories told through images, works in clay, culturally significant costumes and personal…
Here are a few final actor headshots from a quick studio session in Ballarat. Very good outcome, creative lighting and another happy client. If you’re interested in headshots or a creative portrait photography, please get in touch or Portrait Photography enquiry | Request a Quote
Earlier in July, I landed a great opportunity to feature Ballarat on a national TV and showcase some of the artistic projects that are happening here in Ballarat. The crew from Better Homes & Gardens spent three days in our beautiful town, the filming is almost complete and it was awesome to involve a couple…
Lois & Joy studio portraits If you could choose just one thing to change about the world, what would it be?
Deng Family Portrait A blast from the past! Rarely I get to photograph such dynamic beautiful family with many children. We didn’t have much time, merely an hour due to the constraints with my clients time, but we managed to create this beautiful studio family portrait session filled with fun, connection and fantastic photographs! Nyanchar recently took…
Actor Headshots If you’re interested in headshots or a creative portrait photography, please get in touch or Portrait Photography enquiry | Request a Quote
Artist-in-Residence, Shermaine Heng has worked with women from diverse cultural backgrounds in Ballarat throughout February and March 2015. Together they developed a 40 minute contemporary dance piece that reflects their unique stories and experiences. Women of all ages and backgrounds have contributed to the piece in many creative ways, through individual choreography, interviews and much…
An intimate family portrait with Trent Croad, former professional AFL star. Interested in a creative portrait photography? Get in touch! Portrait Photography enquiry
Shooting portraits:Dave Knowles Ballarat VOICE FM Radio presenter It’s great to have a studio ready and set up for people who walk-in from the street. My Elinchrom Ranger Quadra Hybrid Li-Ion Action To Go Set 2x A Head battery operated kit I got her does the job perfectly. Here’s the photo from this ad hoc 5 mins…
Zdzislaw Adamik, 88 years old Polish master rower in Ballarat Australia I recently hosted in my house a Polish Athlete from Krakow, Zdzisek Adamik. He says, he wakes up each morning and says to himself: you are a very lucky fella! I took the below photo on Thursday morning on the day when he won the bronze medal in…
Conceptual portrait: pregnancy Last week I had a super special assignment: pregnancy photo shoot for a friend. Using battery powered strobe kit Elinchrom Ranger Quadra Head A+B Pro Set and my good old Canon 5DII, we worked to create highly atmospheric pregnancy portrait. The location was actually my home studio in Soldiers Hill, a few days before…
Conceptual pregnancy photo shoot Last week I had a super special assignment: pregnancy photo shoot for a friend from Ballarat. Using Elinchrom Ranger Quadra equipment and Canon 5DII on location, we worked to create highly atmospheric images my friend would be very happy with. The concept with a piano accordion is partly an encouragement for me to start…
Under the Floorboards VIEW THE ARTIST CATALOGUE UnitingCare Ballarat completed a unique artistic project, Under the Floorboards, with 12 artists in residence during 2012-2013. Under the Floorboards was a collaborative project where renowned Western District artists created works based on their experiences at one of the diverse programs provided by UnitingCare Ballarat. UnitingCare Ballarat has…
Ballarat’s We R You project has now wrapped up its wings – our friendly helpers will be visiting the sites for some time and replacing a couple of damaged posters. I wouldn’t be myself if I haven’t collated some kind of handy statistics for you. 135 Days Project duration 174 Signatures of Participants 1082 Files/Portraits taken…
Last Installation of We R You Faces – completed Ballarat: You are awesome! Public art Ballarat! Get down to Bakery Hill to see 29 metres of posters. Find your face and most importantly please keep the public art discussion going! Without your input, consistency and new ideas it won’t happen. Our biggest We R You Faces…
We R You on Eclectic Tastes cafe walls Another day.. another wall.. Eclectic Tastes Cafe apart from an excellent coffee and sticky dates caramel pudding, also serves a good dose of street art on its walls. Thank you to the owner for contacting us and letting us use your walls. Come down for a coffee…
Ballarat street art Gooey sticky hands!!… Just finished the posters at Weeremar Park Wendouree West & Victory Park Sebastopol And, don’t forget – it’s tomorrow! Bridge Mall photo shoot will be happening this Saturday. Great Opportunity to have your portrait featured in the We R You project! Open to public. Saturday April 27th 10am – 2pm Join us from 10-2pm…