Boudist - music and photography

I started Boudist in 2003, not knowing what it would become. I still don't.

It's primarily a place for me to share photos i've taken and links that i find interesting. It evolves as i do.

In 2003 i was a web designer with a passing interest in photography. In the intervening years that interest has grown into a full blown obsession and a full-time photography career.

My day job is Chief Photographer for Time Out Sydney. While i post photos i take for work, this site isn't endorsed or affiliated with Time Out.

I live in Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia.

I look like the guy in these photos.

My photography

I love taking pictures. I've been doing it since i was a kid but it's not something i took seriously until i bought my first digital camera. That was just a simple Canon Ixus V, but i used it almost every day, snapping ordinary things in my life.

I love seeing live music so would take my camera along and shoot pictures from the crowd.

I upgraded to a Canon 350D in March 2005 on a trip to Austin for SXSW. I wangled myself a media pass and shot dozens of gigs. SPIN and Rolling Stone magazine found some of my SXSW photos online and asked to publish them.

I've since been published again in SPIN and Rolling Stone plus other press including NME, Vanity Fair, The Sydney Morning Herald, Dazed and Confused, Nylon and dozens more. I used to work a lot for Drum Media and Mess and Noise.

I sometimes syndicate my photos through Retna and Photoshelter.

I've got a BA (Media and Communication) but no formal training in photography besides a short course in lighting from ACP.

I owe a lot of people a great deal of gratitude for the help and faith they've had in me.

My photography gear

The most common question i get asked is "what camera do you use?" I don't think it matters a great deal, but if you're curious, this is what i use.

• Canon 5D
• Canon 350D (retired)


• Tamron 14mm f2.8
• Tamron 17-35mm f2.8
• Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 (retired)
• Canon 50mm f1.4
• Canon 85mm f1.8
• Canon 70-200 f2.8 IS


• Canon Speedlite 580ex


• Crumpler 6 Million Dollar Home

The Tech Specs

The blog is built with Movable Type, with a custom template designed by me. It needs refreshing but my design skills are rusty.

Hosting is by Dreamhost.

The gallery is powered by PHP gallery.

Me elsewhere

You can also find me at:

• Flickr
• Myspace
• del.icio.us
• Last.fm
• Technorati
• Twitter

Gallery shows, photo prizes and conference speaking

• Semi-finalist in the Moran Portrait Prize, Australia. 2008
• If Something Has to Change at Shotgun Space, Los Angeles. 2007
• Speaker at Symposia, Wagga Wagga. 2007
• Purple Sneakers party photos at China Heights, Sydney. 2007
• Speaker at Sound Summit, Newcastle. 2006
• 3 Songs. No Flash. at China Heights, Sydney. 2006

Some press

• An interview with me at Design Federation. 2008
• Concert Photography Masterclass, Digital Photographer Magazine. 2007
• An interview with me at JPG Magazine. 2006
• A profile on a Photoblogger, Telstra's 'Now We Are Talking'. 2006
• Heroes of Social Networking, PC Mag. 2006

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