Snowflake

Townsville heat is never fun. 

30+ degrees celsius outside (and inside), humidity so high that it disables our most efficient cooling system - sweat. Not exactly my favourite time of year, especially for someone who is partial to cold weather. 

But it smells like Christmas here. There is a particular flower that blooms outside my window every year, from December to February. Combined with musty air-conditioners (abandoned in the cooler months of the year) and tinsel, it reminds me of the holidays. 

I'm not exactly sure why, but tonight I felt like making paper snowflakes. I thought I'd share one with you. I kinda feel like doing a christmas themed shoot! I hope my lens comes before then. 

Summer makes them sleepy.

my sister and her baby.

Our Island.

Danny Tucker (a local photographer) took two models and I to magnetic island. We photographed, and laughed. Mel and I played on swingsets. We started early. Sunrise over the ocean by magnetic island is beautiful. We finished late. 

Please do search for Danny Tucker's work (http://www.dtphoto.net). His work is very different to mine, but he's very good.

models: Melissa and Ella

Sarah Sculley.

Sarah is an amazing designer. Please visit her store (http://www.etsy.com/shop/sculleydesign). A while ago she asked me to photograph some of her jewellery designs. Of course I said yes, because, well, she's awesome. I have a few extras from the shoot.

model: Elle

Boys.

A couple of months ago I had the pleasure of shooting with two guys. Two of the most fun shoots I've done.

The first night was unexpected.

I sat on my laptop late one night. An old friend, Lachy, turned up on facebook. We had been talking about a photoshoot for some time. The only issue was, I was at uni full time, and he was working as a chef full-time. Including nights. If we were ever going to make it happen, it would be that night, at 1.30am. I gathered my gear, kissed and thanked Luke for the spontaneous use of his car, drove to Lachy's, and then we made magic. 

The second night was also unexpected. A new friend, Kris, accepted my request to be my subject for a second shoot. He is a very talented photographer. I looked forward to the sunday afternoon for weeks. Sunday afternoon came, and my head pounded. My concentration was gone, as was my motivation. My creativity felt totally and absolutely stiffled, yet somehow the photographs were ok. Perhaps giving a guitarist my guitar to play with was a good idea, because Kris seemed totally relaxed.  

Here are some of the shots. I quite like them.

models: Lachy Smith and Kristoffer Fløtnes Kråkstad

Let Me Think

model: Elle

styling: Jaxx

I suppose I should fill you in.

I guess this year was the first that I really knew. I mean, really knew that I wanted to do this for life. I guess it's become somewhat of an obsession. 

I really hate writing bios. 
I could sit here and tell you all about how I 'started at a young age' and how I 'abandoned my dream career as a cosmologist to fulfill my dream career as a fashion photographer', but in the grand scheme of things, who really cares? 
I'm another young photographer (19, to be exact), set on traveling the world, shooting big campaigns, inspiring other youngin's, and making it into fashion photography's history books. 

You can easily deduce how I feel. All you really need to know is that I live and breath what I do, I can't stop, and that's pretty much all there is to it.

The Shot

model: Jemma

MUA: Hayley Tanna 

The beginning.

Hello. 

So I have a blog now. I've been putting this off, because I'm not very good with words. Please don't expect any incredible prose or witty stories of my day, because I can't do that. 
That's why I am a photographer.

I'm also hopeless when it comes to online social networking. I have facebook, and I try to keep up with twitter once a month, but my god! I can't keep track of tumblr, flickr, twitter, facebook, emails, blogs and forums, and expect to eat, sleep or take photos as well.

All I want is a place where I can show you my pictures. I get excited when I take them. I get even more excited when they're retouched and finished. I want to share them around. Facebook isn't very good at that. 


My photographs are my visions. It's the only way I can show you what I feel. It keeps me sane. It keeps me young. It's all I really have to offer. I hope you enjoy them.