Meet Jurrah, my latest model and participant in the 52 suburbs project. Jurrah is badass angel if there is such a thing. Judging from tattoos covering her body I assumed she’s as mean as my uncle, but once I met her in person (ok, actually as soon as I started to discuss the shoot details) it was clear that she’s anything but my uncle.
Jurrah loves to laugh and nibble so it was really hard to get a moment when she’s not doing at least one of those, but in the end we did get couple of the serious ones as well. We were shooting in her ‘office’, well more like uber-cool pad where people come together to co-create and have fun, play ping pong, sleep in hammocks, drive around bicycles and other random things, not your typical cubicle space. Thanks Jurrah for waking up nice and early on Sunday morning and keep rocking.
Posts Tagged 'sydney'
Jurrah @ Redfern
Published February 16, 2012 Life , Photography 1 CommentTags: 52 suburbs, Jurrah, photo project, sydney
Waran @ Potts Point
Published January 12, 2012 Photography Leave a CommentTags: 52 suburbs, photo shoot, Photography, portrait, potts point, sydney, waran
Meet Waran, yoga instructor, writer, dancer, performer and all in all a very nice person. Originally from California, but living in Australia for quite a few years. I had the opportunity to work with him as part of my project for Sydney suburbs. We were shooting in Potts Point which is amazingly chilled area with spectacular views of Sydney CBD, only few steps away from gritty Kings Cross. Waran had access to roof terrace where we could see all of Sydney’s down town as the summer sun was slowly coming down, most pics in the set where shoot against this backdrop. We even got some curious visitors in form of parakeets and cockatoo looking for some snacks, looked like they’ve done it before, unfortunately we did not have any food at hand.
Photo shoot was retro themed as Waran had quite a few pieces of original clothing from early and mid 20th century such as this navy jacket and cap among other things. So here you go, again, another part of amazing city that is Sydney. Here is full set from the photo shoot.
Wedding @ Wolfies
Published December 20, 2011 Photography Leave a CommentTags: australia, Photography, sydney, wedding, wolfies
Last weekend I did something I have not done in a while, a photo shoot for wedding. It was last minute gig with not too much preparation and planning, but still lots of fun. Quite challenging settings, all indoors with limited natural lighting, continuous rain outside and venue at maximum capacity with not much room to juggle my camera and get the right angles, but think I managed to pull it off quite OK, you can be the judge. As always, for me the most exiting part is informal banter and emotions on the day, not the formal exchange of bows, but all has its place.
Roller skating round Marrickville
Published December 1, 2011 Photography Leave a CommentTags: 52 suburbs, living in Sydney, Marrickville, photo project, roller skating, shay, sydney
On Tuesday I was roller skating with Shay. Well, more precisely, Shay was roller skating and I was taking pictures, especially trying to capture the awkward moments like falling, which she refused to do, so we had to fake it to make it.
Marrickville is one of my favourite Sydney suburbs as it has so much character. Like a safer and cleaner version of Hackney in London, but just as cool. If I could afford a photo studio it would be here. It’s mostly industrial, with lots of warehouses that serve small businesses during a day and throw a mad party during night.
My model for the day was Shay, who took me up on bringing something weird to the shoot, so out came the roller skates. That is something I’m always on the look out for, but rarely rely on. It only happens by chance and planning a roller skate shoot is like planning chameleon shoot. A year ago I posted on all kinds of pet forums for weeks to find owner with Chameleon who would allow me to shoot his friend, but no luck. So from that day on, I take the opportunity when it presents itself, but do not count or pre-arranging something random like that, as it never works.
Full set of pics.
Can you close that tap off for God’s sake
Published November 18, 2011 Life 1 CommentTags: art exhibit, free, living in Sydney, sculptures by the sea, sydney
It’s not that easy, you see this tap is a big bugger. That’s just one of the amazing artworks exhibited as part of annual hoopla in Bondi – Sculptures by the Sea.
Went there last friday, actually this post should have gone up a week ago, but as I was writing it, I dozed off. Waking up later that night I forgot that I was mid way before shutting down and happily thought that it’s been posted, only realized it now its been sitting in the drafts for a week. And week is a long time in this real time update world of ours. Nevertheless, the sculptures are still there this week, if Sydney local go see them while you can, if far away, just look at the cute pic and have a warm feeling in the left upper arm, at least I do when I see something l like. Have a great weekend.
look mum no hands!
Published November 2, 2011 Photography 1 CommentTags: 52 suburbs, anastasia, look mum no hands, Photography, project, sydney, waterloo
What started as improbable gymnastics around old pipes in Waterloo, ended up with bike ride around balcony. Anastasia is my Waterloo model from 52 suburbs project. She’s originally from Ukraine, with 2 masters degrees, 10+ years of modelling experience and body of 18 year old. She’s fitness fanatic, that can bend her body in all kinds of random positions, 5 minutes into the shoot, Anastasia was like “I can pull my leg backwards up to my head, you want to see?” I had no time to answer, just keep on snapping.
All in all good times and a great session, besides the obligatory Waterloo landmarks and old water pipes, we also managed to squeeze in dress change and get some bored housewife looks, bike ride, and kiddie swing shot, all in about hour and a half, not bad.
Full set of pictures from the shoot can be found here.
p.s. there actually is amazing bike cum coffee shop in east London, called ‘look mum no hands!’, now every time I take a pic of someone on the bike, that is the first phrase coming to my mind, the power of branding.
You don’t want to f*** with me
Published September 25, 2011 Photography Leave a CommentTags: 52 suburbs, firemen, marc, parramatta, personal trainer, sydney
Marc, not me that is. If the pic is not self explanatory, here’s top line detail. Marc is a fireman, search and rescue in his day job plus personal trainer on the side. He’ll get you in shape in no time, Mark probably has 0.5% body fat, just plain muscle. And the best thing, despite what the looks might suggest, he’s actually a really nice guy, polite, no bullshit type. We did some action shots around lake reserve and also semi abandoned mental hospital, amazing finds showing that Parramatta has a lot more to offer than shopping at Westfields.
Mark represents Parramatta in my 52 suburbs project. Here’s full set of pics from the shoot.
Ami @ Kirribilli
Published September 20, 2011 Photography 1 CommentTags: 52 suburbs, actress, ami, kirribilli, Photography, project, sydney
It’s great when you share a house with an actress. Ami was kind enough to be my Kirribilli girl for the 52 suburbs project. Got the obligatory Opera House backdrop shot, but also a few quirky ones, I’m especially found of movement shots, as it brings lots of energy to the image.
Here’s the full set of pictures from this shoot.
Tammy @ Punchbowl
Published September 7, 2011 Life , Photography Leave a CommentTags: 52 suburbs, photo project, punchbowl, sydney, tammy
There is nothing in Punchbowl, no places of interest, nada, just a line of chicken shops near the station, now I know. But the people are lovely, area is so much more diverse than some of the inner city burbs.
This weekend shoot was with Tammy, from New Zealand but growing up in Australia, with Bengali ethnic background, how cool is that. The main struggle was finding something to shoot against in Punchbowl, as it really is just a residential area. We ended up raiding local tennis court, construction site and a random building, to get clean background tones. Tammy does some Bollywood and hip hop dancing so I got her to rock some moves, there’s nothing like a silent disco.
In between we stopped by her place, where her mother greeted me with the cold stare and 60kg Rottweiler was very keen to play with me, life is good, love all this random stuff.
Here are more pics from the day.
Those things in the background
Published August 22, 2011 Photography Leave a CommentTags: 52 suburbs, Photography, sydney, things in the background
Often, when you shoot in public places, unexpected things happen, sometimes for better, sometimes for worse. Swimmer pops his head next to a model (forgive the lack of focus, I got overexcited).
Dog runs in front of the model.
Or seagull might be flying really low.
That’s the beauty of photography, trying to capture magic of that moment, a point in time when things align and create a unique experience that might not ever repeat itself again, it was there and then its gone. These moments remind me why I love photography so much.
