Griffin Theatre 30th Anniversary
These are some portraits i took of various people involved with the Griffin Theatre Company over the past 30 years. I was commissioned by Foxtel who were filming a video piece at the same time. The shoot coincided with the day Griffin were throwing a street party for the 30th anniversary and kickstarting a fundraising [...]
Photographing Amanda Lepore
Here’s some photos from a brief shoot i had on Friday with famous New York transexual Amanda Lepore for Time Out Sydney. Amanda was in town to launch a new gay club night. This was a pretty intimidating and exciting shoot for me, not because of Amanda Lepore per se, but for the fact that [...]
Kenneth Kvarnström at Sydney Dance Company
While i’m posting dance related photos, here’s some portraits i took of Kenneth Kvarnström for Time Out Sydney. Kenneth is a Finnish choreographer who is creating a new work for the Sydney Dance Company called Mercury. We started in a workshop backstage where the outifts are made, and Kenneth immediately impressed with his dexterous posing. [...]
SPOD gets wet
Some photos of Sydney’s favourite freaky son, Spod. These were taken a couple of months ago for Kluster to coincide with Spod’s Fantasyze project. Fantasyze is a series of 9 podcasts of music – all mixed and composed to accompany a jogging workout of about 30 minutes. A little bit like the Nike sponsored mixes [...]
Judd Apatow’s tragicomedy
Here’s a couple of snaps of film producer/writer/director and comedy it-boy Judd Apatow. It was the usual quick 2 minute portrait in the hotel room before a 13 minute Time Out interview on a revolving door day of press for him, promoting his new film Funny People. Because Funny People is a bit more heartfelt [...]
Footballers and bears in the buff
Yesterday was an interesting photo shoot at Flinders Bar for a story in the Gay and Lesbian section of Time Out Sydney. It starred three footballers from the Sydney Rangers Football Club and two gentleman from the Harbour City Bears. The Rangers are Sydney’s first gay soccer club and the Harbour City Bears are a [...]
The Love God unmasked
Sydney radio listeners would be familiar with the melifluous voice of Richard ‘The Love God’ Mercer as he hosts love song dedications on Mix FM. Part of his shtick is that no one know what he looks like, so when Time Out was doing a profile on him i had to photograph him with an [...]
True Blood’s Ryan Kwanten
True Blood is one of those cult HBO TV series that i’ve yet to sink my teeth into. I’ve seen all the others (Mad Men, Curb your Enthusiasm, 6 Feet Under, The Wire, Entourage, etc..) but still haven’t dedicated the time to True Blood. With the second series now airing in the US and all [...]
The Fabulous Chandeliers
Here’s some pictures i did back in January with The Fabulous Chandeliers. They’re a quartet of all singing, all dancing ladies who perform hit songs of the sixties. We did some shots in the studio as well as on location at Madame Fling Flong. They were such good fun to shoot. You can check them [...]
Peter Costello waves goodbye to politics
With news of Peter Costello’s retirement from politics i was reminded of these snaps i took of him that i never published on Boudist. They were hastily taken in the foyer of the ABC where he was interviewed for Time Out Sydney around the release of his memoirs. Peter was in a good mood, i [...]
Wil Anderson gets Wilosophical
Here’s some snaps of comedian Wil Anderson taken for a feature in the latest Time Out Sydney. In the tradition of naming his standup shows with a pun on his name, Wil’s latest show is called Wilosophy. Which is why we thought it’d be fun to dress him up as a philosopher. So i hired [...]
Popping balloons with Adam Hills
Here’s some snaps i took with comedian Adam Hills prior to an interview with Time Out at his publicists office. His tour is called Inflatable, so i went the literal route and got him to inflate a balloon to the point where it burst in his face. I figured it would make a nice series [...]
The Scare backstage portraits
The Scare week continues (previously No Money video, AMP ceremony) with these snaps i took of the band at The Annandale. They’re part of a bigger project i did last weekend, shooting band portraits backstage during My Filthy Riot. I set up a mini-studio, taping a gray backdrop to the wall and lighting with a [...]
Photographing Rafael Bonachela
The other week i photographed Rafael Bonachela, the new Artistic Director of the Sydney Dance Company for a story in Time Out. I met him at the dance studios not really knowing how i was going to shoot it. Since he’s in the diretors role, it’s not really the done thing to get him dancing. [...]
Ruby Rose cover shoot
The new issue of Time Out Sydney is out today featuring a cover story i photographed with MTV host Ruby Rose. We shot it a couple of weeks ago in a brief morning shoot at Blue Murder Studios. Some of the references i was considering were a Terry Richardson-esque punchy cover like the GQ one, [...]
JD Fortune and INXS photos never seen before
In light of this week’s news of JD Fortune and his inauspicious exit from INXS i thought it might be timely to revisit some photos i took of the band in happier times. These are photos i took for Drum Media in April 2006, two different shots ended up on the cover of Drum in [...]
Photographing Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton
On returning from overseas one of my first assignments was to photograph Cate Blanchett and her husband Andrew Upton for a Time Out Sydney cover feature. The feature is about their roles as Creative Directors of the Sydney Theatre Company and previewing the STC open day where the public can see backstage at the theatre. [...]
Ladyhawke
Here’s some snaps i took a few weeks ago of Pip Brown aka Ladyhawke. We wandered the streets round the Modular offices looking for interesting backdrops. I just had a short amount of time in her day of doing back-to-back press and radio interviews. It was a typical rush. I wish i’d coaxed more personality [...]
The Edgerton brothers shoot each other
Last month i was due to take some snaps of brothers Nash and Joel Edgerton for Time Out as part of the publicity campaign for The Square. Nash directed the film, Joel co-wrote and stars in it. As is usually the case with these sorts of press junkets, the two of them had been cooped [...]
50 portraits
People often ask for my advice on what lens to buy. My usual reply: "Have you got a 50mm lens yet?" If i could, i’d shoot everything on my Canon 50mm f/1.4 lens. It’s a nice mid perspective, not quite wide, not real close. It works well in low light. You can lower the aperture [...]
Elizabeth Ann Macgregor under a dead horse
I took this portrait of Elizabeth Ann Macgregor the other week. She’s the Director of Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art. It was to accompany an interview Time Out Sydney was doing with her to coincide with the Biennale of Sydney. I took along some lights and Craig for some assistance. After scouting around the MCA [...]
Saul Williams magazine cover
Wide-Eyed magazine in LA is using a Saul Williams photo of mine on the cover of their latest issue. Unlike some photography purists who don’t like manipulation of their images, i really enjoy seeing how a designer or artist will re-imagine a photo i’ve taken. And this instance is no exception, it’s a great re-working [...]