No, not the mind numbingly dull TV programme that somehow passes in the minds of some for entertainment…but rather a real Orange County.
Jas, thanks for a thoroughly enjoyable shoot. Beers on the balcony afterwards was the icing on the cake. I’m very much looking forward to doing the Rovacraft team shoot down south.
Went out and bought myself a few remote control cars….a whale load of fun!!
They are best viewed large (now aint that weird, small things looking better when made bigger…minds out of the gutter people). Click for large versions.
Yeah, nah…just some tilt-shift images from the 2009 season. Would be cool to have a load of remote control mini humans in mini V8 powered trucks, you could take over the world, one mini step at a time.
…I get paid for doing this…
Somedays ya just gotta pinch yaself!
Thanks Sam, great to drive that old track with you. Thanks for not laughing (too much) when I got slightly stuck in that hole. Gonna be a great article, we nailed it today! Hope to see you at Tuff Truck…
Came across these two cray pots in an isolated bay on the coast south of Dongara. They were both without the anti-seal spike and still had bait bags. Makes ya think don’t it…?
Ya know the old saying, “Chicks Dig Scars”? Ya recon a Simex Centipede tread pattern across my head would qualify as cool…or just plain nasty…?
Thanks for not scaring scarring me Brad!
…..the Ladies love ‘em!!
Big thanks to Running on Empty and to the girls for being such good sports.
Wanted to try and do something a little different on a shoot this week.
I was attempting to capture real time motion, basically trying to show the vehicle AS it was driving. So using a One Arm Mount (or my right arm, for want of a better explanation), I drove in front and shot uber wide as the subject drove alongside!
However, it was another stinking hot day and the inside of the cab was just a black mess….so, stuck a strobe with a PW on the dash and BAM. It’s a little hot but I like the effect!
Thanks goes to Jaime for a great shoot and a top arvo out…Oh and for not laughing at me when I left my hat in the tree and had to drive back for it!
The bigger image shows the effect better…
What do you do when its 40 degrees, middle of the day and the light is as harsh as a Jewish joke in a Synagogue?
Move your talent into a cool, clear stream and hand over a couple of grands worth of strobes to your more than willing VALS!
To nail this image I used 3 blokes, all positioned around (and almost under…below log camera left) the talent, all pointing strobes at various parts of the subject. Dialed in 320th to give the strobes a chance, fired a test shot to determine where the shadow areas were and moved the VALS accordingly. Then altered aperture till we got the money shot!!
Thanks to all the lads that stood both waist deep in water and braved a swarm of bee’s to get me this shot…very much appreciated. VALS, don’t leave home without them.
In all seriousness, this is one of my most favourite shots of 2009…the conditions were about as bad as they get and with a bit of thought I managed to pull this off. Love it when it all comes together!
As those that know me know…I spend a heck of a lot of time in the bush. Mostly alone.
On a recent freelance travel shoot waaaayyyy east of Perth, I came acros these bones, in a large clearing off the side of a little used 4WD track.
Now Im not one to jump to conclusions but I have to say, sitting around the campfire that night, with nothing but the wind as company, I got to wondering as to the owner of them there bones.
Lost landscape photographer, drud deal gone wrong, Blair Witch Project or kangaroo…who knows. What do you think?
The Pemberton swimming pool…I aint eva seen another like it.
Many happy memories surround this place. I have not been back for at least 15 years. Not much has changed…they have removed the diving platform, guess too much claret was spilled and folk aint as tough as they once were, council probably had some outa towner threaten a lawsuit cos they stubbed their toe. Other than that, its still a big, flowing, deep, scary lake…with a concrete wall and some tree’s.
Cool, very cool!
