cute little chap...

Back in 2006 I had a quick visit to Northam for work.  After doing my thing at the hospital, the boss and I headed down to the local footy club for a drink.  This little chap was clambering all over the furniture to try and get in the shot... and I finally got one of him.  Just makes you smile.  Here's the start of the week and new adventures ahead.

A quote from Francoise Rene Auguste Chateaubriand

“A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself, he always appears to be doing both.”   Francoise Rene Auguste Chateaubriand

OK, something a little different.  Today I was preparing to spend some time with one of my mentee's about goals and directions for her career, and remembered a quote someone had shown me recently.  It resonated with me and both my careers (strategic reform and photography).  Yes, I spend lots of time and resources in improving my craft, vision and skill... but without trying to sound all 'wanky*', I am driven and compelled to do it (working), and I love it, and it fun (playing).  So my little bit of sharing today is that I hope you have, or are able to develop something in your life that equally compels you and is enjoyable. 

* Australian slang term for something overly clever.

playing in the garden.... star pin wheel

Just a little something for a Sunday after I have been out in the garden with the camera.... love the colour in this.  And yes, it is a frangipani.

Iris blues

Just a little bit of colour to start the weekend off .. enjoy

... another one from the Calendar....

OK, I have another image from the calendar.  This time of Rixy. Great bloke.  He was really great to work with.  Working on that wire ladder is bloody difficult, and to hang around and try and get into position is a great dare harder than it looks.  The rest of the images were great from the shoot... but this is the final image.

Very happy with it, well done mate.  Hope the new adventures go well.

... our buddies are on an adventure

Nic and Juddy (pictured below, Nic (L) Juddy (R)) are mates of ours who are on an adventure for the rest of the year.  They are driving up to Broome (about 2300km away) over the next couple of days to spend a year up there.  Whilst it was sad to see the guys go... hey, now we have a good reason to come up to Broome for a break.

Safe travels boys. xx

Oops ... You didn't mean like this?

Paul suggested I rephotograph some of the frangipanis in the garden again to top up the catalogue... Don't think he was expecting all this. :-)

Welcome to 2012...

Well for those of us in Oz, welcome to 2012.  Those buddies in far off countries, enjoy your New Years Eve.

Now to start 2012 off with a bang, I thought I would share one of my all time favourite images.  This one is of my buddy Damien, who is a professional diver, and we did a shoot for a fundraising campaign which we are expecting to be launched this year.

I really like this image and had the opportunity to shoot it twice... first whilst we were scouting locations, then again many months later.  Now what you don't see is the crew (Craig and Paul) getting very wet and trying to avoid getting the flash equipment wet, and myself dropping my flash remote in the water, and copping a full wave in the face!  Thank goodness for pro-gear with good seals!

Anyways ladies and gents... welcome to the new year and I hope you enjoy this image and get to see the final image in the production that it was created for... more to come...

...last of Xmas certificates

Phew. Last lot of certificates printed up! Now to wrap the images.  I might have to secure the resources of the official wrapper :-)  Really happy with the images and the certificates.  Big thanks to Fitzgerald Photo Labs for handling all the orders as they were coming through.  This bunch* are all face mount acrylics which the image has a sandwich of clear acrylic in front.  I'll grab a shot over the next day or so.


* of final images, not the certificates, thanks Megan ;-)

something from the boy in San Diego...

Out and about in between meetings, Paul managed to not only spot this, but capture a shot! Take a close look. I'm not sure if its cute or cool ... but it is very :D

Broome Salt Artist Proof

Bit of a different type of image from me this time.  This is an image of the salt flats outside of Broome, whilst climbing to cruising altitude in a light aircraft.  I really like this one at the moment.  The original image has actually been made into a very large painting that is hanging in my office by one of my ex-colleagues Jeff Ovens.  I'll take a photo of the painting tomorrow.

... Last night

Clearly last nights lack of sleep was very productive! Lordy!

Just a splash of colour....

I felt that I haven't posted something floral for a while, and I am a sucker for great floral imagery.  I did have someone ask me about why I actually take pictures of flowers (and often unusual ones), and I think that I am drawn to the beauty of their design.  Simplicity of form, colour and texture... anyhoo I hope you like this one.  Another richly coloured image for you.  A red beauty.... would be great on a large acrylic!

whilst on a shoot with a glamorous model....

Things sometimes catch your eye on a shoot.  This image from a shoot whilst shooting a glamorous model.

Gena....

I was recently fortunate to have the opportunity to capture some images of a stunning young woman.  Gena.  What a looker and a really nice person as well.  The two images below are from two shoots we did, one in Fremantle, in which Gena kept stopping the traffic ;-)  and the other in the studio.  Well done Gena.  I'm really happy with the results.

Blue and Black....

Last night I had some time to look through the 55k+ images in the library, and I came across this one.  Interestingly I had rated it as a 1-star when I did the inital edit, but when I was skimming through the images last night it just jumped out at me.  Its currently on the printer on its way out.

Let me know what you think.