a light dusting.

here we have, once again, my dear friend julia-goolia. the aim of this shoot was to get some nice high-key/ high-contrast shots and i think i succeeded. the best part was bombing her with all the talcum powder - she kept copping it in the face and taking it like a true trooper. bless this girl and everything she does for me 'in the name of art'.

snap crackle & pop.

this is a shoot i did with gideon last week. i went into the studio kind of blind, null and void of ideas, and came out with these. i'm yet to think of the concept behind them to back my ass up come assessment time but i think they look fun nonetheless. enjoy!

dreams.

do you ever get that funny feeling where you can't remember if something that happened is real or if it was a dream? that's kind of what i was going for with these. they're meant to be portraits but they turned out kind of fashionesque.. hmm.

big thanks to vy and andi who both came on board at the very last minute to help me pull this shoot together out of nothing. and once again the styling master baden for making the girls look o-so-pretty. o, and dyl for helping my dumb ass with the lighting. enjoy!

polly.

c'est moi.

a winter's day in kensington.

andi needed some pics to update her folio so we went on an impromptu shoot. she did all the styling from her own wardrobe and we just struck it lucky with the location. we started the day with nothing and ended it with some nice shots. i like these two.

la laverie.

i like laundromats. i don't know if it's the old, cheap 'woman's day' magazines or the eclectic mix of semi-transient people you find there that does it, but to me there always seems to be a nostalgic feeling around the places. nostalgia is nice.

vintage chanel.

i don't know whether it's the faux black diamond orchard earrings or the super soft back lighting that does it, but i totally reckon this photo of polly has an old time chanel feel to it.

ciamé.

this is ciamé - she's a rad bitch. we did a spontaneous shoot outside her house in the street when i was in brisbane. i asked her to take her shorts off because they were killing the top and she totally went pantless in public for me. that's true love. she's wearing one if my mum's vintage tops from like the 1930's - apparently you couldn't get her out of it when she was a young babe. lol.

saudi-chic.

so, this was my last fashion shoot for the semester. i was aiming for a futuristic saudi-chic kind of vibe. this was my first shoot alone in the studio and somehow i managed to figure out how to clip the background white (sans flair, clipping on her body etc.) so it looked like she was jumping into nothing. i reckon she looks like a really fun genie party-girl. i had the most amazing team in the world for this shoot. georgia mastered the makeup, baden showcased his mad skills again with the styling and renata was a star - she just kept jumping and jumping and jumping. enjoy!

girl party.

last night skye and andi had a girl party in my kitchen. the original idea was to have a bit more of an extensive series but my camera decided to be a bitchface and stop working half way through the shoot. it was super fun - we got far too drunk and danced around like a bunch of fuckwits to gaga into the wee hours of the morning. i reckon these three are a fun mini series. enjoy!

so, this is what girls do when they hang out.. right?

the crying girl.

this is a group assignment i did with chloë and kal for portraiture. we didn't do the best job on the lighting (meant to be low key) but i think the series worked out amazingly. we had heartbreak in the studio and the model let us photograph it.

it feels funny exploiting someone's feelings for the sake of a photograph.

did somebody say grape?

last night andi got sour graped and i photographed it. once again baden showed his mad skills with the styling and chloë was there to assist. enjoy!

song of the siren.

this is my siren inspired fashion shoot. julia-goolia has managed to prove to the world that she isn't just a bimbo who eats out of bins - she makes concepts come to life. baden was the designer/ stylist/ makeup artist/ hairdresser for this shoot - didn't he do an amazing job? i hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed creating it. it was très fun.

the descent of goolia.

this is a snap from a test shoot we did for some clothes the other day. don't you think it's a little diane arbus-esque? the real shoot is less than a week away and i'm so excited i could shit. stay tuned!


a time will come when the whole world will go mad. and to anyone who is not mad they will say: ‘you are mad, for you are not like us.’ - st anthony the great

FRANK.

in preparation for a big night out on the town we went on a quest to find the sexiest word. we ended up settling with FRANK. enjoy.


can't you just hear all the sexy 'franks' being uttered?