Portrait Photography

I love the way a change in expression changes everything about the way a person comes across. It's so important to think about this & it's half the fun of headshot photography shoots, being able to brainstorm ideas with people.   Here's a few frames from a headshot photography shoot I did for Ballarat dancer & teacher Olivia Pezzutti, which were created for the 2012 Anita Coutts School of Dance program.   These shots are straight from camera with no retouching as yet. Great skin hey?!  


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  It's been an incredible year & I wanted to take a moment to reflect on everything that has been created this year & thank everyone that trusted me to create images for them & their businesses - in both creative & corporate areas. It's been so much fun & I hope I've helped get your people, products & services out there!   Thank you to the following businesses & organisations both big & small (in no particular order) for the opportunity to work with you in 2012. I look forward to more collaborations in 2013!     Vision Australia; JP Morgan...


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I met Melbourne singer & performer Michelle Berner at a shoot for 65 Main in Daylesford, where she was performing with Champagne Serenade.   She was keen to get some new headshots taken to promote her act The Michelle Berner Band (click the link to hear her amazing voice) & her brief to me was to create shots that felt like a live performance. She's got such a vibrant & warm personality & so the idea was to try & make this come across in a still image. It's such a great challenge to try & make someone's sound & energy come through in a silent, 2 dimensional...


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Last night I went along to another round of the Short & Sweet Cabaret Festival Melbourne performances & got to see one of the artists I've photographed. Ruby Delicious (aka Helen Patterson), closed the show with a whole lotta oomph with her "sexy soul revue", backed by band The afternoon delights, full of some of Melbourne's best musos & singers.   It was a great note to end on & for me it's always cool to see people I've photographed take to the stage - a place they are usually much more comfortable with! Helen's voice is incredible, so look out for her in the future!  


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The Short & Sweet Festival is on again for 2012 which is a great chance to get out & see a bunch of emerging & established artists showcase short pieces in Cabaret, Theatre & Dance.   I love getting involved in stuff that supports the arts & this year I've sponsored the Short & Sweet Cabaret festival by donating a photography shoot for the winner of the people's choice award. So get down & vote!   As part of my involvement in the festival this year, I'll be on the panel of judges for the Cabaret section, which should be a total blast! I also put out a cracking...


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It definitely was a diverse week of photography last week. There was a shoot with awesome gold-clad Champagne Serenade singers performing at a Melbourne restaurant, there was a studio full of pot plants & fancy watering devices and there was this... a film noir inspired shoot with Melbourne musician Frankie Alibi & his hot 1954 Buick, newly imported to Australian shores.   I love working with Frankie because the brief is always creative and well thought out. I've shot his bands promo pics and their gigs, but this one was more of a personal concept shoot. Frankie wanted a film...


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I was so excited the other day when I followed up on a shoot I did for Vision Australia in Ballarat a few months back for their Autumn fundraising campaign. I'm always interested to see how my images get used, but the email I got back was far more than I expected: "The appeal just closed and we were able to raise almost $530,000 in donations which was more than last year. So thank you so much!!" Heidi's story is truly inspirational & puts all those small daily woes we have into perspective. On the letter that went out with the below campaign, Heidi shared her story....


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As a mad keen snowboarder I love sport that involves speed. But as a somewhat lazy person when it comes to fitness, my exercise is more incidental. I ride my bike to get somewhere. But I'll always ride over walking, because it's faster. In peak hour, I'd rather ride than drive, because it's faster. So that's me, speed and purpose.   Mitch is 17 and full of speed and purpose. He might be going round in circles, but he does it with such determination it's great to watch. On the day of this shoot we were at the end of 3 days straight of temps around 40 degrees. As soon as we finished,...


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  I've recently been doing LOADS of stuff for the Department of Education in Victoria. From Events announcing funding, to school openings to full day shoots for newspaper spreads. It's a great chance to check out new schools and every time I go somewhere I think I wanna live there and send my imaginary kids there. Albert Park College is set to be a corker of a high school and I had loads of fun photographing everything from the incredible light filled library, to Andrew Gaze in the basketball stadium and the Principal on the roof looking across the Melbourne city skyline. Here's...


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Two of my most favourite things in the world are photography and music. When I get to combine them, it rocks (no pun intended). A couple of weeks ago I hooked up with Frankie and his fugitives to make them some hot images to let the world know about their upcoming debut performance in Melbourne. Look out for posters plastered all over town in a few weeks. A twelve piece soul group is just what our ears have been aching for. And I have inside info that Frankie has some hot moves up his sleeve to pull out. I think James Brown has just been reincarnated. You can check out the full shoot,...


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