I spent Saturday at TEDx Sydney, snapping some pictures for the venue, CarriageWorks. You’ve probably seen videos from the TED conference in the US before. It’s been running since 1984 and is a conference dedicated to ‘ideas worth spreading’ which attracts an amazingly talented array of speakers who have up to 18 minutes to address [...]
May 24, 2010 | Categories: Documentary Photography | Tags: carriageworks, conference, event coverage, ted, tedx, tedx sydney | 4 Comments »
Some photos from last night’s Big in Japan party at Carriageworks. It was presented by Kirin and Ksubi and featured several Japanese performance artists. All very odd, very fashionable, very Japanese.
Dec 03, 2009 | Categories: Social Photography | Tags: event coverage, kirin, ksubi, party, Social Photography | Comments Off
Here’s some snaps from the opening night party for fashion label Romance Was Born‘s first ever retail shop. It’s a ‘concept store’ in Paddington called Pearl’s Dream and is open for a couple of months until January 31st. It features many of the items they launched at their stunning show at Australian Fashion Week this year. [...]
Nov 29, 2009 | Categories: Fashion Photography | Tags: event coverage, fashion, party, retail, romance was born, Social Photography | Comments Off
I photographed the uncharTED Grand Final for Peer Group at Oxford Art Factory last Thursday. UncharTED is a band competition sponsored by Tooheys Extra Dry that offers the opportunity to play Splendour in the Grass along with a $25,000 development package. The next round offers a spot on the Big Day Out bill. The bands [...]
Jul 12, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography, Social Photography | Tags: event coverage, foxx on fire, hot little hands, kram, oxford art factory, peer group, the deer republic, uncharTED | 4 Comments »
The three week run of Creative Sydney came to an end on Friday night with a performance of Sydney Songs at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Many Sydney muso’s performed songs about Sydney backed by the Alan Dale Allstars, lead by Lindsay McDougal. Creative Sydney was a fantastic initiative, focusing attention on the often unacknowledged [...]
Jun 15, 2009 | Categories: Documentary Photography, Music Photography | Tags: bridezilla, concert photography, creative sydney, dappled cities, event coverage, mca, spod | Comments Off
Following the trend for pop up shops, the Artisan Guild and Curiosity Shop has just opened on Oxford St Darlinghurst. Running till the end of July it’s curated by the local mens shoe label Marsu Homme and selling the wares of many of Sydney’s finest artisans including St Augustine Academy, Matt Weston, Elke Kramer, Izrock [...]
Jun 14, 2009 | Categories: Social Photography | Tags: event coverage, little hero, marsu homme, retail, Social Photography | Comments Off
The last of my fashion week posts is from the spectacular Romance Was Born show at The Wharf Restaurant on Sydney Harbour. As with previous shows from the designers it was extravagant, theatrical, kitsch and featured my old neighbour Pauly. There was an aquatic theme going on, with shells, sea creatures, scales, coral, sea captains [...]
May 12, 2009 | Categories: Documentary Photography, Fashion Photography | Tags: behind the scenes, event coverage, fashion, little hero, makeup, models, rafw, rafw 2009, romance was born, sydney theatre company | Comments Off
During Rosemount Australian Fashion Week i had the privilege of photographing a number of shows backstage for fashion PR firm Little Hero. They represent the cream of exciting young designers including Friedrich Gray, ANT!PODiUM, Therese Rawsthorne and Romance Was Born. These photos are from the Friedrich Gray show, a sydney label designed by Ben Pollitt. [...]
May 10, 2009 | Categories: Documentary Photography, Fashion Photography | Tags: backstage, ben pollitt, emma balfour, event coverage, fashion, friedrich gray, makeup, models, rafw, rafw 2009 | Comments Off
Before the MTV Awards kicked off i was stationed backstage in the ‘Transit Lounge’ where guests mingled before the show. Brandon Flowers and Craig Nicholls were having a friendly chat after walking the red carpet. Mark Hoppus from Blink 182. Vanilla Ice and Bra Boy Koby Abberton. The man in the hat Molly Meldrum. The [...]
Apr 15, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography, Social Photography | Tags: awards, backstage, blink 182, brandon flowers, craig nicholls, event coverage, mark hoppus, molly meldrum, mtv, mtv awards, rhys darby, sia, the killers | 3 Comments »
As well as shooting the live performances at the MTV Awards i was turning around shooting the presenters and award winners at the podium. The show was hosted by the diminutive Pete Wentz from Fall Out Boy who’d i’d photographed not long ago for XBox. One of the surprises of the night was when his [...]
Apr 14, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: ashlee simpson, duffy, event coverage, jessica mauboy, mtv, mtv awards, pete wentz | Comments Off
A couple of weekends ago i was part of the crew from Blue Murder Studios photographing the Vodafone MTV Australia Awards for MTV. It’s a good gig to get because it’s much better access than the usual red carpet and media room frenzy. I thankfully managed to avoid both those places. It means getting to [...]
Apr 14, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: concert photography, event coverage, jessica mauboy, kaiser chiefs, mtv, mtv awards, performance, the fray, the killers, vodafone, wolfmother | Comments Off
My Saturday was spent at Sound Relief Sydney, snapping pictures, getting rained on and revelling in nostalgia. The concert was held at the Sydney Cricket Ground in tandem with another concert at the Melbourne Cricket Ground with all proceeds going to benefit victims of the recent Victorian bushfires and Queensland floods. The highlight of the [...]
Mar 16, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: barry gibb, coldplay, concert photography, crowd, event coverage, festival, john farnham, little birdy, olivia newton-john, scg, sound relief, wolfmother | 4 Comments »
My Saturday evening was spent photographing Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. It was the first time i’d photographed the parade as an accredited photographer. Previously i’d been as a spectator, toting a milk crate to get a decent view. So it was quite a privelege being able to wander up and down the parade [...]
Mar 09, 2009 | Categories: Documentary Photography, Social Photography | Tags: anz, event coverage, gay and lesbian, mardi gras, parade, sponsorship, sydney, virgin | 1 Comment »
A month late, but here’s the final lot of my photos from Sydney Festival. First up is Festival First Night, featuring Grace Jones, Santogold (before she became Santigold) and Busy P DJing plus loads more i didn’t see. It’s always one of the highlights of the festival; it’s free and takes over the city with [...]
Feb 27, 2009 | Categories: Documentary Photography, Featured, Music Photography | Tags: bon iver, event coverage, festival, festival first night, grace jones, la clique, metronomy, reggie watts, santigold, santogold, sydney, sydney festival | 3 Comments »
I had a pretty fun gig yesterday, shooting Fall Out Boy play onboard HMAS Tobruk for Xbox Sounds. It was a pretty spectacular and unique location for a concert, on the deck of a Navy warship docked at Garden Island in Sydney Harbour. Pete Wentz and the other chaps put on an entertaining show for [...]
Feb 23, 2009 | Categories: Documentary Photography, Music Photography | Tags: event coverage, Fall Out Boy, fallout boy, hmas tobruk, pete wentz, pulse communication, sydney harbour, warship, xbox, xbox sounds | 5 Comments »
I had a bit of a shocker at the Big Day Out. After shooting Children Collide i dropped my 70-200 lens onto the grass. I didn’t think much of it at the time but about half an hour later i noticed it wasn’t working. Whenever i attached it to my camera it went haywire and [...]
Jan 29, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: bdo09, big day out, event coverage, festival, neil young | Comments Off
For years i’ve envied other cities around the world that hosted the All Tomorrows Parties festival. Created 10 years ago by an english chap named Barry Hogan he describes the festival as, "…kind of like an anti-festival. We want to have drinks at reasonable prices, decent bands playing a lot of sets, free programs and [...]
Jan 20, 2009 | Categories: Music Photography | Tags: All tomorrows parties, atp09, bridezilla, cockatoo island, event coverage, festival, nick cave, nick cave and the bad seeds, sydney | 1 Comment »
