Mike Stacey

Koufonisia - preview

Coming soon!

Eric - Henry Head Sydney

If you know my work then you know I enjoy shooting men also, and transgender, and whoever, whatever. Eric is an experienced life model and nuclear physicist. Never heard of that combination? neither have I.

Hallway Jive [Part 2]

Part 1 is here.

Godspeed - video preview

This has been on the editing table for a year now 🥵 but soon I'll finish it!

Filmed in Scheveningen exactly one year ago in a tiny BNB by the beach. It was a big night and we slept in past the check out time. Unfortunately, for the owner, he decided to enter the apartment while we were still sleeping and woke us up. The place looked like a bomb had gone off 💥💣

Soundtrack is...

Models that worked

These models just worked. Saying "worked" sounds quite impersonal, but you know what I mean.

I thought I'd make a post about some collaborations which for me have been outstanding in some way. The main thing I felt when I worked with these people was that I felt totally relaxed and at home. I could be myself and so could they. In that sense, it was not like working with a "model" at all, ...

Models that worked (preview)

This post talks about several models who I formed great connections with that influenced the images we made. How to make those kind of connections and the nature of those connections are some of the topics I discuss. Coming tomorrow 12th November 8am CET.

Balcony Kink Pt 1

Personally, I think we both nailed it on this night. There's more images coming...

TECH

Nikon Z6
Nikon 50mm f1.8, Nikon 16-35mm F4.
Lighting: a fluro makeup light - try holding that fucker in one hand and a camera in the other and moving about all over the place 🤣 The BEST light is when the camera is in the middle of the ring. I was in all sorts of position...

Hallway Jive [Part 2] preview

Fashion Punta Negra

Shot our way in Spain in the Alicante region. More coming.

Saskia - a windy afternoon on the Sydney coastline

A very special set of images (to me anyway) of Saskia, from 2018 in Sydney.

All shots: Pentax 67, Kodak Tri-x, home processed in ID-11 (1:1) and scanned on an Epson V800.

https://www.mikestacey.com/saskia-windy

Password: ...

Maldives analog - around the villa

Flashing back to the Maldives in 2021. These were shot with the Pentax 67 onto Tri-x I think. I used a Sekonic meter. The film suffered some damage from the tropical heat and also some powerful x-ray scanning at the airport but they look fine to me.

There's more analog shots, and digital, coming from the Maldives. What a place!

Maldives analog - around the villa (preview)

Coming tomorrow is a set shot in the Maldives on MF film with the Pentax 67. Nudes, daily life and stuff.

Palac Wiejce [Set 3 of 3]

I did love the interior of this place of course but it was the banks of the river that really inspired me.

We spent one evening there, a short walk from the palace. Just before and after sunset, winter light, very dim but beautiful quiet light. I took some portraits here that stand out in my memory, and they'll be a separate post. The title image to this post is one of those portraits. 2023-11-08 07:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Andrea - Henry Head, Sydney

I collaborated with Andrea many times and got some wonderful pictures with her. These were shot at a favourite location which isn't far from my other favourite location! I'll be visiting the spot next month 😜

Most of these are analog, shot with the Pentax or Nikon F100, and Portra film. There's a few digitals though and many more varied images coming from this day out. This day was act...

Return to Oz

On the 28th of November we arrive back in Australia after having been in Europe for a little over 4 years.

Everyone says “Wow, you must be looking forward to going ‘home’”,  but home is a concept and there is no longer anywhere in the world that I actually can call home. I’ve spent so much time wandering that I’ve lost touch with the concept of home. Also, I got rid of al...

Irina - Zurich

Irina Ludosanu shot in a tiny hotel room in Zurich. Z6, 50mm lens.

Waiting

Nikon F100, 50mm f1.8, Delta 400 in ID-11.

Casa Da Ria Rooftop

Nothing like lounging on a rooftop in Madeira.

Z6, ISO 200, Old 35mm manual focus lens.

Santorini - reflections from 2021

The set is here.

Password: auroraSanto2021

Z6, 50mm lens, no tricks, just light usage in an amazing location and a fucken great model.

The location

2023-10-31 07:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

MIX - JANUARY 2023

Mostly from two trips to Spain in January, for holidays but also to check out the location for our photo event in June 2024. There's only one spot left BTW!

There's some randoms thrown in this gallery because I could.

A walk amidst the heath with Sienna Hayes

I published a set of images from this shoot previously - here.

This set are scans which I found recently that hadn't been edited. I hardly did any edit with these ones, no skin work and minimal colour adjustment, just cropped the edges of the film frames off really.

Shot on one of my Pentax 67...

Palac Wiejce [Set 2 of 3]

Set 1 is here.

Z6, 50mm lens.

Gotta say I really hate the Patreon interface and the way my images are presented. I may go back to designing the presentation of them myself in my own space and giving you a link to them with a password. What do you reckon?