this week: sydney beaches

this week: sydney beaches

1. a flock of seagulls flying over while we were shooting a campaign for 3inch fashion. 2. behind the scenes of dan filming megan. 3. a lady sitting next to us. i snapped this photo while lidija was doing megan's makeup, the lady was drawing everyone she saw on the beach and writing little paragraphs. maybe she made up a story for each stranger she saw, i never asked but i thought i'd take a picture of the watcher. 4. picking up seashells in between photos. 5. my beautiful, ever changing office for one of the days this week. 6. in the studio photographing sian for the 3inch fashion lookbook. 7. beautiful jewellery from mallow & thyme finding their way in the mail to me.

sometimes i dream of living in europe. in a little wooden cabin lost somewhere in the tall forest of pine trees. life would be simple. we'd watch the snow fall through the window in the winter and the wild deer run through in the spring. weeks like this though remind me how beautiful sydney is and today i am happy living here and being able to call these endless cliffs and angry oceans my home. my week started off in the countryside, where i wandered with my clients through the fields in the rain and fog filming and taking pictures. after a quiet start, everything changed pace when i spent two days shooting in busy sydney for 3inch fashion. we spent one day photographing their lookbook in the studio and the second day on location for the campaign. i was shooting with megan as i have many times before. every time i shoot with her it reminds me why i love what i do so much, everything is fun and free, so much movement and nothing feels like work. we just have fun taking pictures.

the rest of my week was spent at christmas parties with fellow photographers, doing some christmas shopping and catching up on what feels like a million and one things to edit. oh, not to mention i planned a few last minute shoots that will be simple but beautiful. i am itching to shoot a few personal projects before the end of the year so i thought now is a good time as any!

this week: pictures & presents

this week: pictures & presents

1. i received this beautiful handmade camera strap in the mail from colibri. i can't wait to shoot with it and post some behind the scene pictures! 2. fish swimming in a pond. i snapped this in between looks at a shoot in an extremely hot greenhouse. 3 & 4. shooting editorials for print magazines. 5. shooting for lovestoned on a windy beach. we watched a storm roll in over the ocean.

i want to try something a little bit different for my blog. on a shoot recently i was chatting my makeup artist abbey love who gave me the lovely idea of doing weekly blog posts. this is something i have wanted to do for a while, bring my blog back to a personal level, back where it was when i first started it. so here is my first installation of my 'this week' blog posts. i spent the week shooting, driving around sydney city picking up replacement paper backdrops for lookbook shoots i have coming up, location scouting for a campaign i have next week, receiving magazines i have been published in in the mail, more shooting and watching lightning storms sweep the sydney skies every afternoon for the past week.

let me know what you think of this new section in my blog! 

nest the label campaign

we watched the sunrise one morning while photographing in the cutest apartment in bondi for nest the label's first campaign. we spent the morning shooting against all the nooks and crannies of this beautiful home, keeping warm inside from the chilly winter morning outside.

teacups + campaign for  nest the label

published in  hooray magazine

model  ema @ london

hair + makeup  whitney hartmann

stylist  jessie mcnaught

tea  the seventh duchess

rings  baby anything

chase carter for ladyluna campaign

a few weeks ago dan and i were on board for a two day shoot for lady luna, an online boutique. we spent day one in the studio photographing over 80 different looks, which you can see on their website or my website too (just scroll to the bottom of the lookbook page)! day two was spent shooting on location for the campaign, in two different lovely secluded beaches in sydney. we had an amazing sunny day to work with and gorgeous clothes from lady luna to play around with while jumping from rock to rock taking pictures. all the campaign photos are edited with eden from digital film actions.

campaign for  lady luna // www.ladyluna.com

model  chase @ img

hair + makeup  abbey love

film  dan @ i make films

I'm excited because I've started sharing more fashion shoot behind the scenes videos + Lightroom & Photoshop Tutorials on my YouTube Channel! Be sure to subscribe as I upload 2 new videos every week x

All photos edited with my Eden Lightroom Preset!

winter, 2014

i took winter as a chance to refocus my energy and reassess my priorities. after a big and busy beginning of the year, i was feeling completely overwhelmed with the amount of things i had to do. i spent too many days stressing and nights not sleeping over things that seem so unimportant now. i felt like it was time for a change so i decided to take a few weeks off, and it has made the world of a difference.

i've begun to make time to do things for myself, which means going on roadtrips to pretty places with dan, i started blogging and writing again, i've been going on my daily walks/jogs again, i planned a small trip to melbourne with my best friend and started putting together ideas for my personal photography again. i feel so much happier and even though i'm taking time away from work to do these things, i feel like i have more time than ever now.

in saying that, it's still a work in progress. running your own business is hard work. there is always an endless list of things to do, emails to reply to, meetings to go to, shoots to work on, deadlines to meet with editing pictures and a million other things. but i feel like i'm taking a step in the right direction. here is my winter in pictures.

don't forget! you can now click on most of the images in my blog post to find out what preset they were edited with :) 

whisper

collection  candice lee

models  bridgette & bec

makeup  megan vaughan

hair  candice lee

headpieces  bride la boheme

flowers  chanele rose flowers

photos & film

dan and i @ swoon weddings

the great ocean road

the australian coastline is one of my favourite places to be. i have always loved our beautiful beaches, rolling meadows and cliffs with angry waves. in new south wales, dan and i spend most of our time exploring the coast, so while sam and i were visiting melbourne, the great ocean road was something we had to do. 

we woke up before the sunrise and walked through the tired-eyed city to get breakfast before heading off on our long drive. the great ocean road is an amazing drive through winding mountains, with roads lining the sea and dwelling through canopies of trees. we stopped at more lookouts and beaches than we could count, walked through one of the oldest forests in victoria, lost our breath while climbing up steep staircases on the side of cliffs, were almost swallowed by the sea while taking pictures on the rocks near the 12 apostles and took a helicopter ride (my first!) to see the amazing view.

this was my second time on the great ocean road, and it's something i would probably do every time i go to visit victoria. there's just something about that place that i love. maybe it's that you get to roadtrip and be constantly surrounded by beautiful landscapes, that the view is ever changing and ever beautiful, when you stop at the top of a mountain and look out you are lost for a minute while taking it all in. maybe it's because every time you go back it will all be a little bit different, or maybe it's just a magical place for me. 

either way, these are my photos from our roadtrip through the great ocean road to the 12 apostles.

I also have some exciting news because I've started sharing more fashion shoot behind the scenes videos + Lightroom & Photoshop Tutorials on my YouTube Channel! Be sure to subscribe as I upload 2 new videos every week x

melbourne

during august, my best friend sam and i made a last minute decision to visit melbourne. we wanted to go on a little adventure, so we bought tickets and headed off. i've been to melbourne twice, so this trip was my third time. after traveling to europe last year, when i explored melbourne this time, it reminded me of a mini london somehow. there was constantly little reminders of that beautiful european city that i kept seeing while strolling the streets of melbourne.

we spent a few days in the city and one day on the great ocean road (that blog post will be coming tomorrow!). we spent every minute walking around and taking pictures, we ate more than we probably should have (there were just too many amazing food choices!), we got lost on the trams, explored all the little streets and laneways, slept too little and got rained on while walking around. it was an amazing trip to say the least, melbourne does it for me every time. it's a beautiful, creative little city and i can't wait for next time!

apple cheeked blossom

before the sun had risen, dan and i were driving through heavy rain and thick fog on our way to newcastle to shoot for white magazine's spring issue. we warmed our bones with coffee and chatted the whole way there. a couple of hours into driving (lots of aw-ing and ah-ing at the beautiful landscapes we zoomed past on the way) and we had arrived and our beautiful location for the day - a big garden that has been tended to with what looks like lots of love and care throughout the years. we drove through the big gates and down a little dirt road lined with orange trees.

we walked past the rose gardens and made our way to a cosy cottage where the team was getting ready for our day of shooting. the rest of the day was spent changing into pretty dresses and wandering the gardens, shooting in the countless locations we found along the way. somehow the rain had magically stopped by the time we started shooting and we even had a few minutes of lovely sunlight here and there, something that we weren't expecting or waiting for at all. these are the wonderful people that let this shoot come to life:

white magazine  issue 25

photography  myself

videography  dan

model  cassie @ the agency models

hair + makeup  abbey love

florals  chanele rose flowers

I'm excited because I've started sharing more fashion shoot behind the scenes videos + Lightroom & Photoshop Tutorials on my YouTube Channel! Be sure to subscribe as I upload 2 new videos every week x

all these photos have been edited with london for lightroom 4 and overlayed with the softly spoken action in photoshop.

autumn, 2014

autumn was spent endlessly shooting. i met up with so many talented photographers to collaborate on creative shoots, i photographed campaigns and lookbooks for brands and designers, and as always, spent time exploring beautiful locations with dan on our days off. 

autumn was a busy few months and i didn't ask as many personal photos as i normally do for posts like this. so to make up for it, i've included some of my final photos from my autumn shoot collaboration to fill in the gaps! 

i've implemented a new feature in my blog. if you'd like to find out what a particular image was edited with, you can now click on those pictures to be taken to the preset they were edited with! for now only a few images have links, hopefully soon i can release some new presets and all the images will have a reference to how they were colour graded.

Fashion Photography: Inka Williams for Hello Molly

dan and i were recently on board to shoot the hello molly campaign, one of australia's biggest online stores. we spent the first half of the day indoors shooting their studio lookbook, and the rest of the day outdoors in the beautiful winter sunshine shooting their on location campaign. we got to work with a wonderful team, the girls at hello molly are all lovely and talented, my fav lidija on makeup and inka who was flown in all the way from bali for this shoot. 

campaign for  hello molly

model  inka williams

hair + makeup  lidija jevremovic

film  dan @ i make films

I'm excited because I've started sharing more fashion shoot behind the scenes videos + Lightroom & Photoshop Tutorials on my YouTube Channel! Be sure to subscribe as I upload 2 new videos every week x

summer, 2014

a long overdue post of the months of summer, 2014. this year summer was hot and sticky, with dark clouds sweeping the sky in the afternoon for a night of thunderstorms. we spent our days shooting, roadtripping and planning more shoots. these are the behind the scenes, the skies and the little in betweens of my summer.

apricot hues

shannon and i first worked together about 4 years ago when we were both starting out in photography/modeling. after months of talking and trying to plan something, we both finally had a free afternoon and we decided to make a shoot of it. here is what we created on the day!

model  shannon lawson

makeup  rose mossman

film dan @ i make films

In order: Photos edited with Almond Lightroom Preset, Disposable Film Lightroom Preset & London Lightroom Preset // all black & white photos edited with Oxford Lightroom Preset

florals on florals

self portraits and window light.  

I'm excited because I've started sharing more fashion shoot behind the scenes videos + Lightroom & Photoshop Tutorials on my YouTube Channel! Be sure to subscribe as I upload 2 new videos every week x

all these photos have been edited with london for lightroom 4 and overlayed with the softly spoken action in photoshop.

sahara mahala | mimi elashiry for alexandra redmond

alexandra redmond's latest collection sahara mahala is based on a tropical island surrounded by sand dunes, leafy palms, cool breezes and radiant suns. it was only fitting we photographed the campaign photos in a desert oasis, finishing the day off running through the waves crashing on the shoreline.

campaign for  alexandra redmond jewellery

model  mimi elashiry

makeup  emmily banks @ depths of beauty

stylist  courtney fitzgerald

I'm excited because I've started sharing more fashion shoot behind the scenes videos + Lightroom & Photoshop Tutorials on my YouTube Channel! Be sure to subscribe as I upload 2 new videos every week x

see the rest of the photos and collection here.

Moody Beach Portrait Photography | Storm

model  sian kelley

makeup  lisa fahey

stylist  georgia kelley

film  dan @ i make films

photos edited with  london preset

i had such a lovely afternoon meeting these two sisters and working with them for the first time. we photographed through lightening storms, got photo-bombed by late afternoon swimmers, and had rain drops clouding my lens. i think it was all worth it though, i can't wait to shoot with them again soon! 

I'm excited because I've started sharing more fashion shoot behind the scenes videos + Lightroom & Photoshop Tutorials on my YouTube Channel! Be sure to subscribe as I upload 2 new videos every week x

glitter & fade

model  megan emmett

collab with  jonathan suckling

film  dan @ i make films

knitted top urban outfitters // knitted jumper hello molly // sequin jacket & white dress vintage

we spent yesterday afternoon chasing the sunlight, attracted to the warmth like moths. we danced under the moon and watched the cars drive by in the almost-dark. it was wonderful collaborating with the very talented jonathan on this shoot. we all spent time chatting, claiming trees and patches of light to shoot in and spent every last second there was of light taking pictures. 

In order: Photos edited with Summer Haze Lightroom Preset & London Lightroom Preset // all black & white photos edited with Oxford Lightroom Preset

moon lit desert

everyone part of our creative team always talk about road tripping across the american desert, so we decided to take matters into our own hands and find a little piece of palm springs here in sydney to shoot in one afternoon instead. we drove towards the sunset to our location and photographed well into the night. in the background, dirt bikes growled over dirt mounds, headlights from their bikes lonelily wandering in the desolate landscape in the distance. we listened to music loudly and tripped over the rugged ground more times than we could count while we were shooting under the bright moon. poor lidija had what looked like wolf claw marks on her legs, dan stepped on an ant mound and we were all attacked by mosquitos as the night settled in. i think it was all well worth it though in the end run and i can't wait for our next shoot together which we've started planning! lots of exciting things to come (not to mention some behind the scenes from this day which will be blogged soon!).

model  madeline rae mason

makeup  lidija j

stylist  jessie mcnaught

film  dan @ i make films

where the wildflowers grow

i first photographed terri in london last year while we were working on the paul edmonds campaign. while she was in sydney a few weeks ago, i just had to put something together so we could meet up and shoot again! we set out one sunny morning to shoot in a forest with beautiful colourful clothes sent to me by some wonderful brands. crossing paths again has made me miss europe so much and i can't wait to go back again very soon.

model  terri @ vivien's + storm 

makeup  lidija j

clothing  august st + three of something + her pony

film  dan @ i make films

blue and pink top  three of something // collared blouse  august st // white dress  three of

something // apple green top  august st // black pants  august st // black bralette  her pony

joyce & jade: campaign and lookbook

i wanted to share with you all a recent campaign and lookbook i photographed for joyce & jade. we spent the day in the studio photographing their new AW14 collection and ventured out in the afternoon to shoot the campaign photos on location in the last light of the day. this is a little peek of what we got up to! you can see the rest of the campaign and look on their website (linked below)

campaign photographed for  joyce & jade

model  yani botha

hair and makeup  brady lago

styling assistants  hayman shwe, yan yan chan & stephanie cao

film  dan @ i make films