Continuing from last week, Tenere in the same setting in the miner's cabin removes her bra and jeans.
Technical: Nikon D850 with NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8E lens. Light from two Godox AD200pro flashes in 60cm soft boxes placed either side of the camera, key light on the left with fill light (3 stops lower) on the right.
2023-09-28 23:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
One from the archives - this was shot back in 2010. I was approached by the make up artist (whose name, sadly, I forget) to shoot a test of a new make up design with Annalise, who was a belly dance and burlesque performer in Melbourne at the time.
The MUA found a room nearby to do the make up in, which took ages - we totally lost the light...
2023-09-26 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Middle part of my recent shoot with Sienna, sunbathing in the back yard of the House of Boudoir. Sienna is well into training for her bikini competition, so she is looking really toned (see especially the last two shots). However, it also means she is not eating any carbs, so she was feeling a bit tired.
I asked her to bring a towel but sh...
2023-09-24 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Returning to the miner’s cabin, I had Tenere pose in front of the window and table of knick-knacks. Starting off in bra and jeans, with the setting and the look I thought I would try an aged photo look in post processing. I think it fits the scene.
Technical: Nikon D850 with NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8E lens. Light from two God...
2023-09-21 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
To round out the workshop, we moved to the white wall and had Brittney pose on a white box, high key art style.
Technical: Nikon D850 with NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8E lens. Light from two Bowens Gemini 400 flashes placed in different formations around Brittney.
2023-09-19 23:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s all done with coats and mirrors - that’s how the magic happens, right?
Shooting in this fabulous apartment that May likes to hire when she comes to Melbourne, there were two things I wanted to shoot - the large mirror in the corner of the main room, and the thigh high boots I saw May wearing a few days earlier. T...
2023-09-18 12:47:22 +0000 UTC View Post
At our last shoot Sienna and I agreed we would shoot again when she was in training for her bikini comps (a toned down body building competition). That was today!
This was a glamour/boudoir shoot done at the Tall Dark and Art House of Boud...
2023-09-16 13:33:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Finishing off this shoot we did in a really tiny town house in Heidelberg. Fortunately I am getting used to shooting in small spaces. The theme was playing with her orange sequinned jumper.
There was a staircase lading to the upper floor where we were working, and we tried shooting on that from above - but the lighting and framing was very...
2023-09-16 08:49:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Moving into the nude section of Brittney's workshop, and illustrating the versatility and variety of the Tall Dark and Art studio we started shooting in this very elegant bedroom scene.
Technical: Nikon D850 with NIKKOR 24-70 f/2.8E lens. Light from several Bowens Gemini 400 flashes in various number, in various positions ...
2023-09-12 23:00:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Alice is an amazing art model and so easy to work with. She has a great awareness of her body and so can make interesting shapes. This set was quite collaborative with me giving requests and guidance but Alice choosing the final poses.
This set was shot at the back of Tall Dark and Art studios in a small brick lined alley which...
2023-09-12 13:47:35 +0000 UTC View Post
My posts for this week are late again, so sorry about that. I still want to do 3 posts this week but they might be bunched up towards the second half.
Yesterday I got to spend some studio time with the amazing Alice Unleashed - she is such ...
2023-09-11 12:56:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Half way through the set on the black leather couch I whipped out my Sigma 105mm macro lens for some intimate close ups.
Technical: Nikon D850 with Sigma 105mm f/2.8 MACRO lens. Light from two Godox AD200pro flashes in 60cm soft boxes that were moved around the room as the shoot progressed.
2023-09-07 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I was hoping to have more of this set processed by now, but life had other plans. Brittney brought a bunch of Shein bags containing lingerie and outfits she hadn’t worn before, and we picked some almost at random - this one was chosen for its colour.
After this came the nude sets, so stay tuned.
Technical: Nikon D8...
2023-09-06 13:13:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Continuing in the miner’s cabin, as the evening cooled down I placed Cynthia in front for the fire. Fortunately she had changed into her lingerie so she did not overheat.
Still using my small space lens and portable Godox AD200pro flashes, the main challenge was placing the lighting so it had a good effect without being blocked by the fu...
2023-08-31 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
This was our first 1-on-1 shoot, so we wanted to explore a number of themes including fashion. And I ask you, how can you be a photographer in Melbourne if you can’t get photographs of black clothing. Shooting in the studio let me use a longer lens and stand back which is more flattering. I was pleased with the variety of poses and...
2023-08-30 14:03:51 +0000 UTC View Post
This continues a shoot I started posting a while ago (part 1 - part 2) we did in a really tiny town house in Heidelberg. Fortunately I am getting used to shoot...
2023-08-27 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Brittney and I met on Instagram, but I had not had a chance to shoot her. Then my friend Peter organised a workshop with her at Tall Dark and Art, so I took the opportunity to meet and shoot her.
Workshop settings are always difficult, I have less say over the lighting (although I can make suggestions), and I always feel a bit rushed...
2023-08-24 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Following on from the last set I posted (showing how big the room was) I moved closer to the bed for some more intimate shots.
What do we think of the thigh high socks? Sexy or Nah?
Technical: Nikon D850 with NIKKOR 24-70mm ...
2023-08-23 13:46:41 +0000 UTC View Post
After shooting outside we were losing light (and warmth) so we retreated inside the miner's cabin - and Cynthia took off her jeans.
Technical: Nikon D850 with NIKKOR 24-70 f/2.8E lens. Light from two Godox AD200pro flashes, one b...
2023-08-20 23:28:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Finishing up in the tiny room at The Dragons Parlour.
I asked Sam to take off the Honey Birdette lingerie she was wearing. “Is it going to take long? It looks really complicated.”
“No,” said Sam, “it comes off really easily.”
“I suppose that’s the point,” I said.
We get to see Sam in just her long boots ...
2023-08-03 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Last Sunday morning in the miner's cabin where I had shot Cynthia the night before, I did an early morning shoot with Tenere.
The cabin had no mains power (just some 12 Volt for lighting) and the only heating was two fires, so I had to get up extra early, go looking for kindling in the dark, and get the fires going so that it was warm enou...
2023-08-02 06:12:37 +0000 UTC View Post
I had worked with Cynthia a couple of times before, but always in a workshop setting. This was when she was just starting out in modelling, and before the pandemic. We kind of lost touch.
Then a while ago I found out she was Terere's flat ...
2023-07-30 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
This set was shot at an abandoned railway carriage in a field South-East of Melbourne. Shot with natural light, and towards the end of the day.
In the second half of this set the Sun came in through a crack in the side of the carriage, making a thin orange line - it looks like Holly is being scanned! The light was just incredible, an...
2023-07-27 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Tenere told me this was the first time she had shot in artistic style. Shot with a strip soft box on one side to create deep shadows. Half way through the set a second soft box was added on the other side. The last shot was an experiment to see if I could bring out the colour of her hair by placing a light behind her.
This is a style I lik...
2023-07-25 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
When Playboy model Sam Di Cicco showed me the wardrobe she had brought for the shoot, I was fascinated by this shiny lingerie set. It looks like leather (it isn’t!) and is, of course, from the incredible designers at the house of Honey Birdette.
This was shot in the new room at The Dragons Parlour (I promised the owner shots from the new...
2023-07-24 12:05:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Continuing this romantic series with English redhead art model Ivory Flame.
Technical: Nikon D700 with NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II lens. Natural light.
2023-07-20 23:55:07 +0000 UTC View Post
This shoot has a bit of a story...
It has been almost a decade since I worked with Lilly Rae. She has relocated overseas now and rarely visits Australia. So I was a bit surprised when she called me up for a shoot, but welcomed the chance to catch up and booked a studio.
Two days before the shoot I contacted her to make sure everythin...
2023-07-19 14:06:14 +0000 UTC View Post
After we were finished with the curtains, there was 10 minutes left in the shoot for me to grab a few extra shots. This studio (Tall, Dark and Art) is constantly being changed, and so I took Mez over to the couch that is now in the corner, set up a si...
2023-07-13 23:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
The last thing we did on our shoot, beautiful long haired Playboy model Sam Di Cicco posed topless in jeans on and in front of the spiral staircase at The Dragons Parlour.
Technical: Nikon D850 with NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II lens. Light is from two Godox AD200pro pocket flashes in 60cm soft boxes, one just to the left o...
2023-07-11 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Reaching back into the archives - this was shot in 2014.
Ivory Flame is a very well known English model, famed for her clear skin and red hair (hence her modelling name). I had been following her for some time before I found out she was touring Australia and was able to arrange a shoot with her.
South-East of Melbourne there is (or w...
2023-07-09 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post