IAN + ERICK = TUNGSTEN

The guys at Emergence Festival ask us to give a workshop to inspire young photographers this year so we did one on how to handle a photoshoot brief from start to finish! This showed photographers how to  handle the brief, write a treatment, how to brief a stylist and make up artist and work as a team. Then we went out and showed them how we would shoot it.  We only had three hours for the whole thing from start to finish. Above are a few photos from the shoot.

Big thanks to Emergence and in particular Lauren Tricket for the organization. Stylist - Coco Adrian, Make Up and Hair - Michelle and Jess @ Edward Scissorhands, Riversmith for the location and last but not least Camera Electronic for the support, promotion of the event, promo bags and camera gear. Thanks to our talents - Bobbie, Ren and Michael.

In February, it was early mornings and late nights spent in the Swan Valley area to get an erray of photos for Mirvac's new development. The hero shots were the most dificult so to find the right balance of background, light and creativity but in all very rewarding to have pushed ourselves to achieve what we did. Thanks to Juicebox for the vote of confidence!

Make up: KT Crocker

Last Year we were commisioned to do the photos for the branding of Road Ready for RAC. We sat down with them conveying our feelings regarding the brand and what they needed to understand regarding youth. The shoot was pretty full on with lots of images to achieve during the day but we kept the fun up and the images came out a treat.

Agency: JWT, Producer: Flipp Management, Stylist & Make Up Artist: KT Crocker, 

Four girls, one big house, one make up artist, one stylist, one great client (four individuals), great food and drinks to shoot girls in underwear? I'll raise my hand for that!!

Make Up Artist: Ady Arupe

Well What a ride last year was! For a whole year we fought with the council to open a new space.. For those not in the know we have opened a New York / Sydney style Photographic Studio in West Perth specifically to rent out to photographers. Offering the latest Profoto Equipment for all photographers wanting to up their game. The space is also available for videographers whishing to shoot there and for hire for any other purpose.

We have already welcome some big names such as Russel James, Allan Myles and many more and have seen shoot for Women' Day, Men's Style Magazine, RAC, Bed Shed, JWT, 303MullenLowe and others. Some music videos and a documentary on Brett Whiteley.

So please come and visit as the place has been specifically built to help photographers produce better outcome in their photography for their client.

The studio is located at 13 Old Aberdeen Place, West Perth. Mob: 0419 045 630 - Insta @fridaysstudio - Website yet to come.

Happy New Year to all!

Suncream based company Feel Good Inc flew us to Bali to shoot their new campaign. Superfun shoot with a super good team!!

Try to find yourself a man and a woman with a big nose to advertize how big their shnowzer is!! Easy to get a guy but to get a girl that is proud of her nose is no easy task. But like I said to the numerous talent that I meet all the time, "be proud of who you are"! Natalie here, was certainly wearing her nose with pride!

Dob your girlfriend and mate  into this competition to get crown as the biggest nose in Australia!!

Advertising Agency: JWT, MUA and Styling: KT Crocker.

Andrew is a country boy at heart! He came in fashionably late but refused to wear anything else but what he brought over (to the disapointment of the stylist). Mind you he had a beautiful suit on anyway!. This portrait was commissionned for the Wall Street Journal in New York. 

Stylist: KT Crocker, MUA: Raquel Alessi

For those who do not know, Erick and I have been shooting sport for a long time as we were the senior photographers of Tracks magazine for over 15 years. We've also worked on numerous occasion for Redbull and Nike and other brands for their sport requirements. So when it comes to shoot the Eagles at speed it was a no brainer for us. Specially using the Profoto gear that freezers any action sharply. 

Profoto range of lights makes shooting sport a breeze! With their high speed sync you don't have to rely anymore on speedlights to be able to get high power lights doing the job properly. We've been shooting with profoto for over a decade and are well used to shooting sports with it.

Summer's fast approching and some shots to promote things to do for Experience Perth!