Here’s a couple of sneaky shots from a wedding I shot back in March… ended up having one of the most golden sunsets I’ve seen for a long time!

Have a HUGE week back in Adelaide next week, so I’ll be giving you more info on what’s happening back in ol’ quiet town. Ha ha ha.

For now, here’s St Kilda at it’s finest…

Dear Readers,

Last Friday night I received my brand spanking new 5D mark2. I was so excited for it’s arrival! I was also very apprehensive about shooting with it the very next morning on the Kiss Chacey Winter Range Shoot. I had heard all sorts of reviews on it, and had mixed feelings about getting one. People were reporting focus issues, black dot issues and general problems with files. I really wanted to shoot with one seriously before I bought one, but I got the opportunity to get one cheaper and faster than expected. I’m a sucker for a good deal, and for the sake of having to send it back to canon to get any issues fixed, I bought it anyway.

Opening the box was exciting to say the least. I’d only ever held one for a couple of minutes – but that wasn’t my own… It felt small and light compared to the 1Dmark2 I usually shoot with, so I was happy about no more wrist complaints I reeled off a few studio shots to make sure it was functioning and then I popped it back in the bag for the next morning’s big shoot. I was more worried about camera failings than anything else, but I persisted with it all day and didn’t even drag the 1D out of the bag.  I was like a kid in a toy store all day with this thing, and was amazed at how quickly my memory cards disappeared into this little machine. 21.1MP is one big file and when you’re shooting all day, it wasn’t hard to rack up the miles. My poor computer is suffering because of it!!!

Half way through the shoot I had a chance to load up some images and look at them in zoomed mode. It was a nervous feeling hitting the zoom button and waiting for a potentially unsharp image to stare back at me. I had shot on the 70-200 2.8 lens all morning and I know that lens is tack sharp, so any focus problems were always going to be the body. I still can feel the beautiful twang in my body when the tack sharp image jumped into my lightroom workspace. I was truly amazed at the quality of a 21MP image and was even more amazed when detail was still present at a 200% crop.  How can this sort of image come out of a little machine like the 5Dmk2? Not sure, but I’m not paid to make cameras…

Anyway, I’ve really only put this camera through it’s paces once, and it came through in flying colours. I really want to film some bits and pieces in HD and give it another good shake from the video end, but overall I’m stoked. Well and truly happy with my purchase. If only the 1Dmk4 will come out this year with specs to blow away the Nikon D3, and I’ll be happy I stayed with Canon.

Here’s an image cropped to 100% and re-sized to 550pixels. Check the detail. Amazing.

Hey there crew,

Sorry for lack of updates – been pretty hectic this last week or so.

Thought I’d give you a sneak preview into the latest Kiss Chacey Shoot for their winter range. The theme of the range is “If it ends tonight, it’ll be alright”. We had some brilliant ideas for the shoot and they’ll look amazing in the look book and store point of sale posters. One in particular we used as the ‘banger’ shot of the range was shot down in Mornington at sunrise. It was cold and early but the crew got amongst it and we got it shot. Well done Rhys for being a model at 6.30am! I can’t reveal and of the range shots yet, but here’s a couple of behind the scenes bits n pieces…

Ooo it’s cold…

How deep?

Who wouldn’t have a coffee at 7am when you’ve already been up since 4.30???

This is truly amazing…

So I’ve been sitting on these shots for a while now. I got the chance to shoot the Specialized Team just after the BMX Games down in Apollo Bay. To tell you Sam Hill is quick is an understatement. It was great to see these boys in action, but really awesome to see them outside their race faces. Had a ball for two days shooting and surfing with Hill, Fairclough and the mob and can’t wait to show you the gold – but for now here’s a little sneaky one (Holmesy I hope you don’t mind)… you’ll have to buy the next [R]evo for the full spread though!

Yesterday I ventured down to Geelong for a beautifully cold April morning… The only sun that existed was at race start (see below), but a solid bike/run combination by Paul Attard from DTR Sports Management saw him smash the field once again. Nice work Paul.

I’ll hopefully be doing some work with Paul in the near future – you’ll have to keep an ear to the ground for that… should be some cool stuff.

Hey crew,

I’ve been doing some work on the website this week – so I thought I’d give you a heads up on some new bits!

Bit of a layout change in the portfolio section and a whole revamp of images in the wedding arena…. check it out!