Not all photographers have an amazing story and not all of them have something inspiring to tell you, I guess you could say that I’m one of those people. Sure I’ve had some fun times and gone some funky places. I’ve hung out the side of helicopters and crawled beneath the cities we live in, I’ve been around Australia and I’ve been paid to do it, though among all of it I’ve come from somewhere humble and I did it on my own with the help of a few people who saw something in my photography. For that, I thank you all.

2006 was an odd journey; It was a year of good times, great times, sad times and terrible times. I learned and I grew and most of all I got to experience life on my own. I was living for myself and not conforming to what my father often wanted me to do which was to get a “real job” as a tradie. I’m glad I stuck to my guns and went with it, I really feel like I made a wise choice.

May 5th saw the purchase of my first Digital SLR, a Canon 20D along with a 24-85 USM. 6 days later I decided to fess up and I bought a 10-22USM Lens and from there my love developed and accelerated at a pace even I couldn’t even comprehend, I had become an addict to the shutter. This post will detail some intimate parts of my life and a part of my journey and the images posted are my experiences and my personal development, they are also my memories. Not all the shots are quality nor are they posted for photographic merit, they are posted because they meant something to me; whether it an important memory, a story or just something I enjoyed doing. From going back and looking through my 2006 catalogue of images I’m teaching myself a valuable lesson, “Never forget your roots”; I’m not sure what it is but looking back has reminded me of how much I used to shoot for fun… This is personal food for thought.

May – The honeymoon period of owning a camera, I shot a photo every day without fail, some good, some bad, it was fun

My first night shooting with my camera, for some reason we hit a graveyard. Out of focus and badly composed…

June – The month of learning

A 70-200 Lens and a 580ex and here we were at Nashville High School photographing Aaron Winters at a gig.

My first solo session in a drain, my first time experimenting with light painting on a serious level

July – The first job

My first job, nothing can sum up the meaning this image has looking back, my first job, my first bit of coin as a photographer.

August – The move

A convention in Sydney and a lot of diecast model cars

Train yards and light painting. The very next night, I was living in Melbourne…

September – The month of what would shape my future

My first bout of Melbourne drain craziness!

October – A generic month of fun, no sleep and urban exploration

Two points if someone can identify this species of fish. Bonus points if you can tell me the sex of the fish too.

The day I got a lip ring, Mum, Dad and my brother all said don’t do it. I believe Dad even threatened to disown me if I did… Needless to say teenagers rebel good.

November – The month which shaped 2007

The 1984 ST-141 Corona, the car which clocked 1900km in 2 days with only one blown heater return hose.

Arriving back in Brisbane I surprised my friend by turning up on her doorstep the day of her formal

The first time I laid eyes on the girl I would spend the next 13 months of my life with

December – Experimentation and memories

2006, I gave you hell and you gave me life love.

Recently I had the sheer joy of photographing two of my close friends, Nick and Sarah. Sarah is jumping on a very big jet plane soon and departing for just over a year in the UK for work; Nick however will be remaining in Australia whilst Sarah is gone.
I was thrilled at the idea of taking some photos of the cute couple together as something for them to have as reminder of each whilst they’re a world apart. Quite often I walk into a portrait session with all my ideas in mind and for no particular reason on this day I was very open, unplanned and open to ideas. We literally jumped into a car and drove wherever the road took us and we ended up in a few great locations. I’m so glad they opened up to me and allowed me to capture them as they are.

Best of Luck Sarah! I look forward to hearing about your trip! Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do.

Hello Again for the second time today!

It’s late notice I know, but I have an exhibition starting tomorrow that I would love you to attend…

In celebration of the diverse and exciting culture around the beautiful village of Stones Corner, for the
very first time, the Stones Corner Street Party will explode onto the street on Thursday 10th June 2010
from 3.30pm.

Free to the public and to make room for a mega-goodtime, the main street of Stones Corner (Logan Road)
from Old Cleveland Road through to Jeavons Lane, will be closed to traffic allowing the area to come alive
with everything from Belly-dancing, Punjabi Dancing, African Henna Tattooing and Zulu Dancing to Ice
Sculpting, Choirs exotic food tastings, music and more.

Headlining the brilliant Street Party Concert will be indi/electro sensations Tin Can Radio, timeless
alternative-country and folk favourites Lion Island and indi-popsters Charlie Mayfair.

Imagine an entertainment precinct from 3.30pm when the kids finish school right through till around
9.00pm – the Stones Corner Street Party will include plenty of children’s activities including art and dancing,
The Brisbane Live iPhone Orchestra (BLIP), visual and sound art installations and market & food stalls.
Stones Corner, since it’s early beginnings in the late 1800’s, has always been home to a diverse range of
cultures and people. This Street Party celebrates all that is great about the Stones Corner and surrounding
communities and is supported by the The Stones Corner Community and Economic Development
Association (SCCEDA) and the Brisbane City Council, Creative City Initiative.

Featured amoungst the street party is a set of rising star Photographers, and I’m proud to announce I was one of the 3 selected for the event.

I will be exhibiting four Canvas prints which are available for sale privately. Should you be interested in a limited run, please email me via my contact details

In the past few weeks, I’ve been shooting like crazy, trying to enhance my portfolio with some new images to help refine my style, that said recently I had the pleasure of shooting Ghostboy With Golden Virtues.

Ghostboy with Golden Virtues (GBGV) are avant-garde art rock brutes!

Flanked by multi instrumentalist chanteuses Skye Staniford & Hannah Jane, acclaimed spoken ‘weird’ artist & vocalist Ghostboy delivers his special blend of antagonism & sensuality with precise, almost sadistic delight. Dark horses Robbie Zawada, Paul Daly & Dan McNaulty (from We All Want To) round out the sound with electric guitars, bass, violin & drums; tap-dancing minx Loren Skyring sprinkles the voodoo dust on the edges.

GBGV pants-off-punk-kabaret-músik is not for the faint hearted. These underground creatures seduce audiences direct into a world of Berlin-style rock ‘n’ roll debauchery. Infamous for their exploding live shows – drawing on elements of performance art rock & experimental cabaret – GBGV have graced stages to critics acclaim in recent years at Woodford Folk, Byron Bay Writers, Melbourne Fringe Festival Hub & Brisbane Cabaret festivals as well as around Brisbane @ venues such as the Zoo, The Hi-Fi, The Tivoli, & The Globe.

Their debut album ENTER features songs co-written by the unique pairing of spoken weird singer Ghostboy and singer/band leader Skye Staniford. ENTER includes the erotic duende of lead single “Wolfish” – which has received multiple airplay on rage and Triple J – as well as 2nd single Love Me .

You can find their music here

Their album ‘Enter’ has the official launch on the 27th of Feb at the Hi-Fi Bar in Brisbane. I suggest you come along, young and old, it’s an event not to miss!! Info here

A big thanks to The Troubadour for allowing us to use the venue.
I’ll let the photos do the talking!