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i spent last weekend with my family. we went driving on long roads, went to eat at yummy restaurants and came home to the stars sparkling on our rooftop.
tomorrow i will be blogging the story of how i got started in photography. im scared and excited to share something so personal with you all. for the time being, i will leave you with a self portrait i took against a blank wall the other day with one of my presents from wildfox couture!
model: megan emmett
makeup: lisa fahey
two black tops: black milk clothing; sophia james collection
it was so hard picking photos from this shoot! it was my first shoot of this year and things could not have gone any better than they did. megan, lisa and i explored the hills on the beachside and shot in between mountains and crashing waves at a giant beach with bright white sand and overgrowing tree roots which was almost all ours. they were both so wonderful to take pictures with, none of us wanted to finish shooting! the photos between from when the sun was dripping honey to the black sky can be found
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second shooting a wedding with one love photography.
behind the scenes of a shoot that hasn't been released yet!
model: josephine
mua: lidija j
stylist: jessie m
sneak peek of a final photo.
our companion for the day, creepily watching us shoot from above.
i hardly ever post personal things to my blog. this is something i really want to change this year. i want to share with you my thoughts, things as meaningless as tea at midnight to the photos and stories from my roadtrips around the countryside. these pictures might not be much, but i need to start somewhere! i hope you like these small nothing pictures for now. i've been taking photos every day so my next blog post will include even more. if there is anything you'd like me to blog about in particular, please let me know!
this bench belongs to the backyard of my second home by the mountain side and the shoreline in wollongong. my mum and her partner live here with my sister and his son.
this is the view now just outside my old room. the edge of the forest used to be lined with beautiful and lush bamboo trees before the awful council came around and chopped them all down. now my view is dead trees.
pile of bamboo.
dan came to visit me while i was staying in wollongong for a few weeks at the end of the year.
we saw a mini carnival being set up on the way home from visiting my dad's so we stopped to have a look. last time we went to a carnival we ate too much fairy floss and felt sick after going on the same upside-down ride five times in a row. we had the best time. this time the carnival had a few 'try your luck' games and a ghost train, so we ended up standing by the river for a few seconds before heading off.
we stopped and sat in the car until it went dark, waiting for our table for mexican food. it's becoming my new favourite thing to take photos when it's almost dark.
my younger sister learning how to drive.
too windy to take photos.
the beautiful roads my mum, sister and i explored one afternoon.
me by the river, taken by my sister.
soundtrack when driving with dan.
two pictures of me in the front yard, taken by dan on australia day.
lunch dates with dan and realising i need to take more photos of us together.
morning light through the window.
the first photo i took with my 35mm. the day before i was going to shoot a wedding i had my mind made up that there was nothing else that i wanted more but to get a 35mm lens that day. i called up countless of places until i found a camera store that had just one left in stock. dan and i drove into the city just before the store closed and it is now happily part of my little family.
stray cats around the city streets breaking my heart.
my first self portrait in a long time. it was a gloomy day outside, it had been raining non stop for two days by then and my shoot was cancelled. so i thought i should take some pictures against a blank wall.
our cat, dean (named after supernatural), the attention seeker.
we danced and chased the shoreline in the last minute of sunlight.
model: megan emmett
hair & makeup: lisa fahey
part 1 and 2 coming soon.
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a few outtakes of a shoot i did for aya cosmetics with madeline rae mason. you can see the final photos i took for the brand here on my website!
behind the scenes of my first shoot of the year. we took photos until the sun disappeared behind the mountain. i'm so excited to share these photos with you all soon!
model: megan
makeup & hair: lisa
on a heatwave friday, we wandered through the gravel pathways around a caravan park which slept next to the river and under the busy bridge of speeding cars. we shot in the front yards of the caravans, amongst the empty beer cans, piled up bicycles and conversations of the locals. we were so tempted to jump in the muddy water while we were shooting, the heat was unbearable during the day. but instead we giggled insanely when we were shooting under the sun and took refuge in one of the empty cabin rooms the owner of the park, a man by the name of cowboy, so kindly let us use for the day.
model: tara
makeup: lidija
stylist: jessie
sourcing her clothes from
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2012 was an amazing year. it is the last day of the year today (only three hours to go until midnight) and i thought nothing would be more fitting if i wrote a blog post about all the wonderful things that have happened in the past twelve months. i've met with more talented and creative people than i can count on two hands, traveled everywhere beautiful, and have grown so much as a person and as a photographer. here is a little list of the things that happened to me:
i started off the year exploring and
with dan.
i officially make a living only from photography.
i set out to shoot a
and ended up shooting
.
i am part of the
team shooting weddings.
i was
in culture magazine.
i shot for some
.
i hosted a
. and taught a few one on one workshops in between.
i went to a
and made lots of new friends.
i thought i would show you some things i got up to this year in pictures as well, after all i'm better at talking with pictures than i am at writing:
i spent a lovely day with kiara rose. she showed me around her forest backyard and we took pictures and sat and talked in the long grass.
i became part of evoke images. a wonderful little team i am so proud to be shooting with! matt and i drove past forest fire burnt landscapes and stopped on the side of the road to get some pictures.
his camera bag vs. my tiny bag!
dan bought a ukulele which he records music for my short films with.
i went on lots of long drives. most of them with dan.
abbey love taking a photo of amelia zadro on one of our shoots. and some more behind the scenes:
the top of the world.
lauren was lovely enough to come along with me to two of my shoots to take behind the scenes pictures. i can't wait to share them with you!
lots of test shooting throughout the year. this is the lovely krystal from ava models.
my cat who jumps on my car the second i get home from shooting weddings in the middle of the night.
some self portraits on rainy christmas day.
bright fish swimming on the pavement.
a moment in between with ellie on our oh deer shoot.
sunsets while exploring.
walking down to the river at shoots and being tempted to swim in the muddy water on heatwave days.
visiting my dad.
a couple daydreaming in the park.
shoots on the side of the road (this is emma sabjan) where police drove past and put their sirens on to scare us. they drove away laughing when we all jumped and screamed.
self portraits by the creek.
outtakes from lookbook shoots.
wise words on the side of the street.
exploring the streets of sydney on shoots.
lunchtime with the lenni vintage team.
we made the street turn red.
blue rocks from smoke bombs.
wrapping up the lenni vintage shoot.
drives to the beach a few days ago.
detours through the countryside.
2013 will be different. simple, i guess. this is what i want to do:
travel somewhere outside of australia.
love more and be kind.
it's a short list i admit, but doing these two things will make me the happiest soul in the world. i guess i will see you all on the other side where i've got lots of new blog posts to make of pretty pictures and short films full of colour and wonder.
have a happy new year everyone! xo
not too long ago i had a wonderful day with 6 talented and down to earth photographers. we decided to all meet up, just so we could spend the day talking and taking pictures.
this is a group shot taken by christian at the end of the day. from left to right we have: alexandra benetel, kiara rose, asher lilly, myself, caitlin worthington, jessica christie & christian benetel.
it was so lovely to be able to meet all these talented people. we had such a fun time taking photos of each other (which at times was quite daunting when out of nowhere there are six cameras pointing at you rather than just the one you had to begin with!) while climbing trees, walking across giant rocks, laying down in the middle of the road just as photographers do to get a good picture.
this day was so inspiring and i would love to go back at the first chance i get to photograph with all these guys again <3>
here is a little video of bits and pieces that i filmed on the day:
model: bree (bambi) fry
makeup: jessie mcnaught
stylist: jessie mcnaught
tee shirts: tee pee by jessica brennan
i met a girl on the side of the road, who skipped school and liked to wander the suburbs in the rain. she set fire to her lungs and held onto the summertime blues tightly in her pocket like a secret.
these photos are of the lovely designs of jessica brennan. she is an amazingly talented artist and if you are interested in getting any of her pretty tops, you should have a look
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model: madeline rae mason
makeup: megan vaughan
stylist: jessie mcnaught
leggings and black sequin jacket: black milk clothing
short film coming soon...
