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Autumn Leaves Shooting Diary

I have now done this Autumn leaves theme shoot twice, with several years in between.

This was from the shoot I did in 2013, and I always thought I ...

Aargh! Disaster!

The hard drive on my photography computer crashed!

Well, it is only a minor disaster, because I keep backups (and multiple backups of my raw images), and the important stuff is in the cloud.

But no photo processing or uploads until I g...

What I Found In The Forest (NSFW)

OK, a bit delayed with the Shooting Diary and photos, so while you wait I hope you like my first attempt at video.

Kiko in the Autumn Leaves

I did a shoot yesterday with the fabulous Kiko Berry naked in Autumn leaves. I will write up a shooting diary piece on how the shoot came together, then upload a set of images and a video from the shoot tonight.

Shasta's Shower

From the archive -  shot Shasta Wonder a few years ago. She has the most amazing hourglass figure.

This was an extended shoot - over 4 hours - and we ended with a shower scene.

Elen M - split door (NSFW)

One last chance to shoot Elen M before she moves back to Europe. It was an extended shoot, done in a cottage in the Dandenongs - here is a small taster.

Fairy Lights shoot with Sandra

A few weeks ago I did a shoot with Sandra. The theme was using fairy lights, but we shot some generic fashion as well.

One last shoot with Elen M

I had made a resolution to not work with travelling models this year, as there were too many local models I want to work with and end up never having the time.

But I had to make an exception for Elen M. We have worked several times together ...

Dawn shoot in Cyprus

My day job has me working in Cyprus for a couple of months. I put the word out on the modelling community here, and Liubov contacted me for a shoot.

I brought my camera and a couple of lenses, as well as my computer for post processing, but ...

In Cyprus

Expect many cat photos.

Casual Friday Night Shoot

Federica was at a loose end on Friday night, and put out a call for a photographer. I was happy to oblige. We got make up artist Love Hawkridge on board, and spent a couple of hours having some fun in and out of the studio.

The above shot wa...

Upcoming posts

Last weekend I spent the afternoon wandering around the bush with Sylph Sia. In the next few days I will publish a "Shooting Diary" post talking about my thoughts on shooting with natural light and finding locations, then later a selection of shots i...

Nymph - coming soon

A few weeks ago I did a shoot with Nymph, a travelling model from California. I teamed up with Tricksy Pixies to shoot an unusual (and quite revealing) costume.

Trouble is, this set has taken a lot longer than anticipated to process - I took around...

Shooting at Portrait Group

Among my photographic activities, I am one of the coordinators of Portrait Group at The Melbourne Camera Club. We hold a group studio shoot at the club once per...

Portrait Group Photos

Coming out soon, the photos I took at The Melbourne Camera Club Portrait Group. Part of my shooting diary (for $3 patrons or higher).

Implied Topless Shoot with Barbie

I got hold of a ring flash softbox (like this one: 2018-09-23 16:02:31 +0000 UTC View Post

Ness in the mirror

I did a shoot with Ness in a cottage in the Dandenong Ranges. Part of that was this series of shots in a dressing mirror.

There are many challenges to shooting in a mirror, which I will address in a future shooting diary post.

2018-09-12 19:53:09 +0000 UTC View Post

I am officially a travel photographer!

OK, so I am travelling to Cyprus for my day job. So I thought I would take the opportunity to turn my hand to some travel photography.

On the basis that t...

Welcome!

At last I have launched my Patreon. Welcome, and I hope you will help me create some beautiful photography.