This is another blast from the past shoot. I can't remember how Kieran and I met but again I think it was through my (now gone) blog Aussielicious. He's a very uninhibited man who was only 20 or 21 at the time. The first time we worked together I nearly froze the poor man to death in Bronte Beach sea pool at 1:30am in early Autumn. This was another shoot in the middle of the night because we we...
2020-09-10 11:24:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Sam came to Sydney from the other side of the country to work with a few different photographers. Sadly it was just as our Winter hit and this shoot was COLD, for him at least.
He was a real trouper though and his pale skin, against the rocks and the dark blue of the ocean looked really good and definitely inspired the very cool toned colour treatment I did on the series. It gives i...
2020-09-08 00:31:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Your 20's is the time to be a little reckless and travel the world with as few responsibilities as possible. That's exactly what this young man, Leonardo was doing with his time in Sydney. with his long curly hair, many tattoos and some piercings he certainly looked the part for his bohemian lifestyle.
Leonardo had never posed for a photographer before, and certainly not nude but on the d...
2020-09-06 03:57:27 +0000 UTC View Post
My 2015 series "Tribal" was all photographed while I was living in another apartment sharing with a fellow photographer. It was not unusual to have our dining table moved and this photography studio setup in place. My housemate at the time photographed a bit of fetish work so I never quite knew what I might be walking into.
My Tribal series was influenced by the various tribal aesthetics ...
2020-09-03 09:45:37 +0000 UTC View Post
I am fairly typical of most creative people, I could dissect everything I would do differently or what is wrong with the shoot for hours but with every creative project, there comes a time where you just have to release it to the world. Looking back at old shoots, sometimes it's fun to rework and sometimes you just leave well enough alone.
This shoot of 2020-09-01 10:38:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Take one beautiful dancer, add some coloured powder and some oil. Then add a soft directional light and let him move. It’s all I can do to keep up and capture the beautiful poses that reveal themselves.
Jacopo could have stood perfectly still and his big, soulful eyes and angular features would have done a beau...
2020-08-29 22:18:33 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the behind the scenes video for the Lost Pirates shoot that I recently released as a download. There is always a danger working with new models because you don't know what they are like to work with. There is added danger when you pair up two models who don't know each other. David and Adam had never met and before this shoot I hadn't physically met either of them either so there were a...
2020-08-27 09:48:35 +0000 UTC View Post
A couple of weeks ago I finally got back in the studio for the first time in months. Marko is a guy I met through friends a couple of years ago and recently we were chatting and I discovered he loves origami and makes some beautiful elaborate origami masks. We had discussed doing a shoot a while back but it was his idea to do a shoot based around his masks.
They look of the masks is a sur...
2020-08-25 05:57:11 +0000 UTC View Post
This was a shoot that nearly didn't happen. It was booked for a Sunday mid-morning. The studio was locked in and I woke up to a message from the model saying he couldn't make it so I put a call out on Instagram and Facebook asking if anyone was available and keen to do a shoot. Troy responded to my call and saved the day.
As we discussed in our Model Chat video last week, we were already ...
2020-08-22 22:19:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Jacopo is an Italian dancer I'd been chatting to for a while about doing a shoot and we finally made the shoot happen nearly two weeks ago. We did two different looks that will result in two different downloads. This one will be released in just over a week.
Working with dancers is always a joy. People that are so aware of their bodies and how to move them are a blessing. There isn't much...
2020-08-20 10:30:54 +0000 UTC View Post
In November 2009 I hired a studio for the very first time. I had absolutely zero training in studio lighting or working with a model in a studio environment. In a stark white studio with the infinity curved backdrop it's a very different environment to all the options available to you when you shoot in an outdoor location.
Brad was a guy that contacted me through my blog and volunteered t...
2020-08-18 09:11:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Volume five of In My Bed is Chris. We had been talking about doing a shoot for approximately 18 months and we finally made the shoot happen. He isn’t a regular in front of the camera partly because he has Cerebral Palsy, which in his case means he has some mobility issues and uses crutches. But a...
2020-08-15 22:59:37 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the first of a semi-regular series where I do an interview with my models. In this chat with Troy we chat about the three shoots we've done together and I try and get his take on what it's like to do a shoot from the other side of the camera. It doesn't hurt that Troy is a good mate and he was pretty candid.
I hope you enjoy the chat. Please leave me a comment if you like it. Your...
2020-08-13 09:05:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Many years ago when I photographed Andy, the light was hitting this part of the beach beautifully and also shining off his flawless skin. We weren't even on the nude beach, rather still on the beach next to it where people aren't supposed to be nude but there was no one around and the opportunity was too good not to take.
This is another image, cropped to the right proportions for you to ...
2020-08-10 23:29:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Is being inside a cocoon comforting or claustrophobic? It’s different for everyone and even what was once comforting and safe can begin to feel constricting and limiting. In this series Shon breaks free of the restrictions of the cocoon and emerges looking beautiful, strong and ready to take on the world.
T...
2020-08-08 21:39:13 +0000 UTC View Post
So that didn't quite go to plan. I really want this Patreon page to give the best value for money for you, my Patrons. So far I haven't had much interaction in the way of comments or feedback so I'm flying a little blind in creating content that I HOPE you all like.
If this Q&A was at an awkward time for everyone, let me know or if a Q&A session isn't your thing, also let me know ...
2020-08-08 00:20:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Showing my work before and after the editing process is a daunting situation and maybe I shouldn't be doing it but I think it gives you an added insight into what happens with a photo shoot. Hopefully it doesn't kill the magic of the final images for you.
Two days ago I told the story of how this shoot came to happen. Now you can see what was shot on the day and how the final images turne...
2020-08-06 07:02:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Early on in my photographic ventures it would be months and months between photo shoots because finding willing models was difficult. I joined a networking site for models and photographers which helped but things really changed when Instagram took off. I could approach people with a more thorough portfolio right there at their fingertips. It became so simple to look at my the accounts of peopl...
2020-08-04 10:16:49 +0000 UTC View Post
This Saturday morning (Sydney time) I'm going live on Youtube for you, my amazing patrons so that you can ask me about my photography, my inspiration and other photography related questions. Your support here on Patron means a lot to me and I want to make sure you are getting value for money.
I have never done a live stream on Youtube before but I think I have set it up correctly and we s...
2020-08-03 22:20:51 +0000 UTC View Post
When these photos were taken in 2016 I was intrigued by the idea of adults playing like children. We aren't encouraged to just "play" as adults. There always seems to be a goal or end result required. This shoot is about the whimsical imaginary lands that we believed so much when we were young, but with nude adults.
These two are playing at being pirates, lost and shipwrecked on a d...
2020-08-02 00:05:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Timothy is an Australian guy living and working in Sweden but just over four years ago he was back in Australia visiting his family. We'd been chatting for a while on Instagram and he'd been dabbling in posing for photographers and artists so we made plans for a shoot.
Of course it was another up-early k...
2020-07-28 04:03:39 +0000 UTC View Post
The “In My Bed” series of shoots is a response to COVID-19 and the onset of cold weather here in Sydney, wiping out most photography opportunities. In this series I am shooting different guys in my bed, on white sheets. The model can set the tone and the limits.
Volume Four of In My Bed is Joey...
2020-07-25 22:07:06 +0000 UTC View Post
On Australia Day last year, Troy and I set out for our second photographic collaboration. It was going to be the first but a week before, Troy very kindly stepped in to fill a gap after another model had to pull out of a shoot. That will feature at some stage on this page.
Thankfully Troy is a morning person and was more than happy to get up early for the 45 minute drive to the National P...
2020-07-23 06:54:22 +0000 UTC View Post
I can't remember where I met Philippe, whether it was on a model/photographer networking site or through Instagram, but when I met him to discuss a shoot I knew I wanted to work with him. He stands well over six feet tall and his shoulders were nearly as wide. What I wasn't expecting was for him to tell me he is Ukrainian. I'm no expert but he doesn't strike me as a cliched looking Ukrainian. W...
2020-07-21 03:04:00 +0000 UTC View Post
It has taken me many years of doing photography to take the chances presented to me and ask people to model for me even if I'm a bit daunted. Antonio was touring Australia with a burlesque/circus/cabaret show and after the show I started following him on Instagram and he followed me back. A few week...
2020-07-19 05:53:57 +0000 UTC View PostTo all my lovely supporters, thank you for signing up and hopefully enjoying my content here on Patreon. As one of the rewards for being an "ALL OUT" supporter I host a live video Q&A once a quarter. Since all of you seem to be in Australia or North America the timing is tricky but where there is a will there is a way.
If I do from 10-11am on a Saturday morning here in Australia, that...
2020-07-16 00:20:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Alfie Arcuri was the winner of The Voice Australia in 2016 and a couple of years ago I was lucky enough to meet him through friends. It turns out he's also a completely delightful human. You hear of so many celebrities being rude or arrogant but Alfie is just none of those things.
He turned up to the small studio that I hire and we got to work. We played around with a few different ...
2020-07-15 22:25:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Way back in 2007 there was a beautiful and delightful Dutch boy called Rick living here in Australia. I honestly can't remember how we met but I know that Rick was quite happy to do a photo shoot for me.
I still wasn't sure about how to direct models but between the two of us we got some good shots. Looking through the images tonight to do this post I realised that I hadn't quite learnt t...
2020-07-14 11:39:38 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time for a brand new download and this week I'm releasing Clinton In My Bed.
The “In My Bed” series of shoots is a response to COVID-19 and the onset of cold weather here in Sydney, wiping out most photography opportunities. In this series I am shooting different guys in my bed, on white sheets. The model can set the tone and the limits. Let’s see where this goes.
V...
2020-07-11 05:01:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Nathan is a mate of mine and I've photographed him a few times now. This was at an event about 6-7 years ago where I recreated (and evolved) some body painting I did on him. I had done very similar body paint on him for my third solo exhibition, TRIBE which I launched online in 2015. I was asked if I wanted to do a live body painting session in the window of a gallery in Sydney as part of a gro...
2020-07-08 22:41:48 +0000 UTC View Post