With every aspect of portrait photography such as lighting, composition and location, there is one ingredient that is not often talked about. Having a rapport with your subject is essential especially when it comes to photographing a creative genius like Benjamin Skepper. Benjamin is a musician, multi media artist, composer, published scientific researcher and cultural […]
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Mixed Lighting Portrait Photography
Quite often I am faced with mixed lighting especially when shooting stills for a TV production company. A good example of this was when I did some portraits of Jessica Mauboy with Sesame Streets Cookie Monster at the Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney. The best solution I find is to use some of the available lighting […]
180 Thomas Street, Haymarket
Recently I photographed 180 Thomas Street, Haymarket. This building was designed by architects Bates Smart and is quite unique because of its sustainable features such as high efficiency lighting, chilled beam cooling and high performance glazing. From a photographers point of view, the most interesting feature to photograph was the horizontal layered stacks surrounded by […]
How to subtly blend Iconic Backgrounds with Corporate Portraits
A recent client wanted some corporate portraits of their founder and CEO in their offices at The Rocks. They also wanted to subtly blend an iconic background to show the portrait was taken in Sydney. I can fully understand this otherwise if the portrait was just taken in the boardroom, it could have been taken […]