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A photo tribute to Surry Hills

Daniel Boud — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:02:40 +0000

To coincide with the Surry Hills themed issue of Time Out Sydney, the magazine held a one night only photo exhibition at Urban Uprising featuring 20 of my pictures, plus some more by Will Storr.

The pictures are all of Surry Hills people and places, some taken on assignment for Time Out, some just my personal work.

Surry Hills is a suburb dear to my heart, it’s where i was born, it’s where i’ve lived, and it’s where i spend so much of my time.

So it was a pleasure pulling some pictures from the archives for the show and sharing them with many of my Surry Hills pals.

Minnie Cooper's alter ego

Thanks are due to Urban Uprising, Dan, Andy, Phil, Roxy, ACP, Hardware Gallery, Pie Face, Peroni, Chandon and Café Lounge.

The show ran for one night only at Urban Uprising, but i’ve moved many of the shots to Café Lounge, where they’re on display till next Wednesday.

Leeanna Walsman

Daniel Boud — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:00:31 +0000

I took a few snaps of actress Leeanna Walsman after an interview for Time Out the other week.

It was in the corridor of the Sydney Theatre Company, where Leanna is appearing in Stockholm.

Hugo Weaving

Daniel Boud — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:43:49 +0000

Serious thespian Hugo Weaving

Here’s some snaps of the superb actor Hugo Weaving. It was a last minute affair, i only found out i was getting a photo opp with him 20 minutes before the shoot.

They were taken in a minute i had in a hotel room while he was on a junket for Wolfman. No time for any fancy set up, but he’s got such a great face, a straight portrait works okay.

Less serious thespian

Here’s the Time Out interview he did after i shot him.

Time Out’s Surry Hills cover

Daniel Boud — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:37:27 +0000

The Hills are alive! Time Out Sydney's March cover

Sometimes a magazine cover photo is inspired by a coverline, in this case “The Hills are alive!” which described Time Out Sydney’s feature on Surry Hills.

The Sound of Music

It ends up being a little tenuous, but the idea was to allude to the classic image of Julie Andrews in the Sound of Music, but with a modern twist.

We found a friend (thanks Amelia!) who looked a bit like Julie Andrews and shot some pictures one morning at my home studio.

Easy-peasy.

Hair and make-up was by Emily Sarks.

The cover photo straight from the camera

We tried one look with a blue dress that didn't make the cut

Andrew Stockdale of Wolfmother

Daniel Boud — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:57:24 +0000

Having photographed Wolfmother countless times onstage it was nice to get the opportunity to photograph frontman Andrew Stockdale face to face.

Andrew Stockdale at Jackson's Rare Guitars

It was for a feature in Time Out Sydney on various Modular artists.

Andrew said this was a move Jack Ladder and Kirin Callinan would do on tour to psyche themselves up before going onstage

The shots on white were taken at my place with an idea for a composite cover with other artists. That didn’t end up working out.

After doing the studio shots we wandered round the corner to Jackson’s Rare Guitars for a few photos with some vintage guitars and amps.

And finally, here’s Cybele rocking out before Andrew arrived.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Crossing paths with the Sartorialist

Daniel Boud — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:01:07 +0000

Tiffany, photographed for Time Out in Paddington

Since issue 1 of Time Out Sydney there’s been a street style feature that i’ve photographed called Word on the Street.

It’s a pretty unashamed ‘homage’ to The Sartorialist.

We flagged down this dapper gent in Newtown

Ran into Jonathan Zawada in the Rocks

This week i noticed that we’ve finally crossed paths on our subjects, a girl named Tiffany who i photographed in Paddington in November and was published in our December issue. The Sartorialist snapped her in Bondi and posted it last week.

Tiffany in Time Out Sydney

Tiffany on the Sartorialist

The homage comes full circle. Annoyingly i think he got the better photo. She does have an arresting look.

The recent photo was the first time the same person has appeared in both Time Out and The Sartorialist, but it’s not the first time we’ve snapped the same subject.

In October the Sartorialistposted a photo of my friend Jeff in New York, who i’d previously snapped in some test shots for a Paul Dempsey shoot he assisted with.

Jeff on the Sartorialist

Jeff in some lighting test shots

Photographing Amanda Lepore

Daniel Boud — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:59:39 +0000

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 she was/is David LaChapelle’s muse and subject of so many of his photographs.

While i don’t ape his style, it was discovering his work over ten years ago that first made me open my eyes to how amazing photography could be and planted the seeds of my obsession with the craft.

With Amanda i just had a brief window of time to shoot after an interview and it had to be done at the Sheraton on the Park where she was staying.

I’ve shot there before and know the walls are pretty bland, so in a technique i picked up from Cybele, i brought my own wall in the form of some strips of vintage wallpaper.

It’s a simple thing, but adds more character to a shot than a plain cream wall.

Those shots were over so quick there was a bit more time to move into a corner with a grand piano for some more pictures.

There was also some spherical lamps which were cool looking, so i got her to hold one for a couple of frames.

It was all done in about 10 minutes.

Update (7/11/09)

Amanda Lepore backstage at Disgraceland before performing

And here’s some photos of Amanda Lepore performing at the launch of Saturday F*cking Night at Disgraceland on Oxford St.

Hundreds of sweaty gay men clamour for a look at Amanda Lepore

Kenneth Kvarnström at Sydney Dance Company

Daniel Boud — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:40:12 +0000

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.

With such a nimble pose i thought it deserved a cleaner simpler backdrop so we found a white wall. And that then inspired to have some fun with shadow puppets.

Kenneth Kvarnström’s Mercury opens 17th November.

Sydney’s Best Breakfasts

Daniel Boud — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:04:38 +0000

Baffi and Mo in Redfern

Seeing Will’s post on Baffi and Mo reminded me about the photos i shot for Time Out Sydney’s Best Breakfasts issue.

Breakfast is my favourite meal of the day, and a lazy café breakfast is one of life’s great pleasures.

Bangbang in Surry Hills

Any of these establishments will feed you well, alongside a killer coffee.

Clipper Cafe in Glebe

Cafe No. 9 in Potts Point

Since the story was published it seems that Cafe No. 9 has closed in mysterious circumstances, and if the comments here are correct, all the staff have moved on prior to it re-opening.

Coffee at Bangbang

Kasbah in Balmain

Baffi and Mo

See Time Out for the full top 10 list.

DIVA Awards 2009

Daniel Boud — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:32:55 +0000

Maxi Shield

For the 3rd year in a row i photographed the red carpet of Sydney’s drag industry awards, the DIVA’s on Monday night for Time Out Sydney.

The awards were held at The Bourbon in Kings Cross and although pretty much anything goes in Kings Cross, there were still loads of tourists stopped in their tracks, gobsmacked at the gaggle of outrageous drag performers on the street.

Dallas Dellaforce

Drag artists are always great fun to shoot. They love having their picture taken and (mostly) look amazing, dolled up to the max with elaborate make up and outfits.

See more, including the list of winners at Time Out Sydney.

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