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A sewn title from a previous blog design.
As a voracious reader of blogs and a former web designer, i've always been an advocate for a good "About" page. The sort of page that you click when you first stumble onto a website, to give it all a bit of context.
Someone once described the frustration of blogs to me by saying "it's like walking into a conversation half way through". It's a sentiment i sympathise with and i think an about page can help orient first time readers.
So after 5 years, Boudist finally has an about page.
If you've any suggestions for changes let me know.
Fashion show model casting
Going back a few weeks, here's some photos from a model casting Romance Was Born held for their Australian Fashion Week show.
It was in a rather spectacular converted church in Surry Hills, home to fashion PR company Little Hero and Live Fashion.
A slideshow with more over at Time Out Sydney.
Behind the celebrity pictures
You're used to seeing photos of celebrities looking glam on red carpets and media events, but you don't often get to see the bedlam of photographers that surround them.
I don't often shoot those sort of events, but when i do, and when there's opportune time, i like to throw the wide angle lens on to capture more of the scene.
A couple of my photos from an MTV Awards media call last week prompted me to pull together some of my other similar shots into a Flickr set.
Australian Fashion Week 2008
Between my regular work i managed to squeeze in some time to shoot a few pictures at Australian Fashion Week. I saw shows by Friedrich Gray, TV and Romance Was Born.
Apart from shooting Friedrich Gray last year, i'd never been to a fashion show before. Photo-wise it's like shooting fish in a barrel, beautiful people made up in nice frocks makes for easy pictures.
It's a bit of a mad house for photographers though, dozens of snappers all jockeying for the best position. I preferred shooting backstage where you have to be creative with light, and you can also snap some closer portraits of the models.
I don't know much about fashion but i was mightily impressed by the Romance Was Born show. Held off the main site of Fashion Week, they took over the main hall of the Conservatorium of Music. With no runway as such, the models paraded up and down the aisles in a series of colourful tribal influenced outfits.
You can see some slideshows with more pictures over at Time Out Sydney.
Shooting beer
Shooting products is not something i particularly enjoy, but i have to do it a lot for work and this week was no exception. We reviewed over 50 different beers and i had to shoot each of them.
It's harder than it looks and it took some experimenting before i settled on a setup i liked.
I thought some people might be curious to see behind the scenes. Click on the photo for the notes on Flickr.
Time Out Sydney Style Council
Elizabeth Ann MacGregor, director of the MCA in Sydney.
For last weeks issue of Time Out Sydney we assembled a 'Style Council' of people to give us their take on what makes Sydney tick.
It was a fun feature to shoot, even if it was rather hectic pinning these people down.
Philip Cox, founder of the COX architecture firm in his office on Clarence St.
Liane Rossler, founder of Dinosaur Designs, in her office in Surry Hills.
The Wu clan, one part PopFrenzy, two parts Incu.
Dan Single and George Gorrow of Ksubi in their Surry Hills HQ.
Stephen Pavlovic aka Pav, founder and top dog at Modular Records.
Tanya Stevanovic, owner of Pretty Dog, the renowned clothing boutique in Newtown.
Jess Scully, editor of Summer Winter and Empty magazines and all round over achiever.
Cybele was also in the feature, but fittingly she took her own portrait.
links for 2008-04-25
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Julianne Moore photographed by Mario Testino. Still looking hot at 47 on the cover of French Vogue.
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That's me!
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A new blog about the Australian web scene
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A blog about magazines and their design.
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The Guardian's Creative Director blogs about editorial design.
Catcall, HOOPS, S.Y.L.K and Ms Fitz
For some time i've been noticing a movement in Sydney of hip-hop and 90's R&B influenced girl crews making a bit of a scene for themselves. DJ's and MC's who love dressing up in an over the top style, performing and throwing parties.
It's a 'sisters are doing it for themselves' type attitude. I imagine the girls growing up on acts like Salt-n-Pepa and Madonna and now they're living out their childhood fantasies of dressing up and singing and dancing on stage with their friends.
At this stage it's a pretty street level movement, not cracking the mainstream, and the acts that typify it for me are Catcall, the HOOPS DJ's and S.Y.L.K.
So when i heard Time Out was planning an issue based on the broad theme of 'style' i thought it was the perfect opportunity to bring these acts together and document it in a photoshoot.
Several emails later and we were all together in a dance studio taking pictures. I also invited stylist and sometime Catcall backup singer/dancer Ms Fitz (not this Ms Fits) to be a part of it as she embodies the mashed up fashion style and attitude.
The photos and article are now running across a double page spread in the current issue of Time Out Sydney.
It's testament to the pretty sweet nature of my job that although i'm just the photographer, i can initiate and produce a feature of my own and get it in the mag.
People i've shot
Here's some photos of people i've taken for Time Out Sydney of late.
Zoo (above) is a performance artist i photographed in a butcher's cool room.
A happy Henry Rollins in his hotel room.
Minnie Cooper with her dog Cooper on the roof of her apartment block.
Canadian improv group Scratch on stage at the Factory Theatre.
Hospitality mogul Justin Hemmes in his bar Ivy.
Advertising guru Siimon Reynolds on his balcony.
Austen Tayshus on his balcony.
Poker champ Grant Levy at Star City Casino.
Fashion designer Bianca Zampatti in her city studio.
Graffiti artist Mistery in the back streets of Marrickville.
Comedien Al Pitcher in a building site.
Olivia Newton John at a press conference.
Drag DJ Kitty Glitter at a gym in Kings Cross.
Cybele's gallery show opening
Remember when i rated Cybele Malinowski as one of the top young Australian music photographers? Well now she's exhibiting her wares in her first gallery exhibition titled LOUDlight. All the photos on display are in huge backlit displays like the one above featuring Catcall.
It opens this Thursday from 6.30pm at the MTV gallery (4-16 Yurong St, East Sydney). Marieke and The Doctor will open proceedings and Dappled Dave will be performing with his new band Curse of Company featuring Sarah from redsunband and Danny Heifetz, ex-drummer for Mr Bungle.
The exhibition continues till the 30th April - open Wednesday to Saturday between 1 and 6pm.
