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Give up your vows
What we do best. Raw and erotic photography. Shot in the tropics of far north Queensland one afternoon in a tiny little space that we cleared of furniture.
Flinders Ranges
There’s another post with some colour images posted back in February I think.
Ritualised
The truth is usually hidden from view. A camera provides a means of cutting through the superfluous shit on the exterior.Video here. Music by Massive Attack "Ritual Spirit". Makeup by Burton Yuen, August Wolffe and Mike Stacey. Anne Duffy's headpieces were created by herself, from dead b...
Anne Duffy over the years...
Anne has become a close friend and artistic collaborator for many years. We've done countless shoots across numerous genres since 2014.
Andrea
So good to work with Andrea again. The last time was 5 years ago.
Andrea
From a shoot on Monday in Katoomba. More coming. First sunny day in two weeks.
The garden at sunset Pt 2
All I think when I see these is "life".Part 1 here.
May
May Dalton, Clare Vally SA, Feb 2024.
Around the house in Katoomba
It's a really cute cottage we're minding, cluttered, eclectic and very, very quiet which is a challenge for us. It's a perfect opportunity to rest and regroup, but when you're moving all the time and never get a chance to do this,, then things finally surface and have to be dealt wit...
Manya - Antwerp
A north facing small window in the Belgium winter produces light like no other. I look forward to working with Manyaagain when we get back to Europe.
Posing excellence
Ira's range of emotional and physical expression is something else. I don't usually enjoy overly posed images, but Ira's work is so professional and natural, it's quite different.Shot in front of the living room wall in Poznan, in natural light of course. Straight up, no direction, n...
A SOFT TOUCH IN LEIPZIG - WITH 35mm
Sometimes I just need a really soft touch and no matter how good I am with editing, I can’t get what I need with a digital camera.Medium format analog works pretty well, but nothing like 35mm with its hazy, grainy, dreamy feel. Digital and medium format are just too high quality for that. Enter 35...
All nighter compilation
Some of these images may have been seen before, but for new members maybe not. A small selection of thousands of images shot during a few of our all-nighters in Poland. Wild and crazy, somewhat creative nights without restraints. Some of the looks and makeup are kinda dated now. Most of these were f...
Praia Formose (Set 1 of 2)
The set was shot herenear Funchal, Madeira and what an absolutely amazing place that is. We're planning on going back asap.The shoot was done in mostly bright sunlight and I found an excellent shaded area near some black volcanic rocks to shoot in.Shade can work great on a sunny day especially w...
Late night sparkles 2
Most were shot quickly and in the moment of what whatever happened to be going on.Featuring Martyna.Focus is off in some, reflecting my own state of mind at the time.
Late night sparkles 1
Another all nighter back in Poland. There's more unedited shots of Martyna coming some time soonish.
Andrea
A mixture of analog and digital shots.
Periphery - video
A video which attempts to convey the concept of the periphery.Music: "Rising" by Josh BrillIt's here.
The Periphery
The periphery is anything but a reductionist view. You see the parts but the parts mean nothing without the whole. It's an abstract whole.You don’t really ‘see’ the periphery. It's invisible yet it's there all the time.The periphery has become my own personal creativity feed for im...
Lucy & Aurora - Melbourne
We stayed a week in a BNB shared with Lucyand shot these on the last day. A few too many for a cohesive set but you get them all here 😳As always when shooting duos I'm amazed at how comfy two women can be together without hardly knowing each other. There's a degree of professionalism the...
Lucy and Aurora - Melbourne (Preview)
Coming tomorrow morning (Australia) or midnight European time.
Europe III - Video
This was the 7th of 7 short videos I put together for my presentation, given at Art of Light Studiosin Balmain, Sydney (December 2023).It includes stuff I shot in Europe, much of it from 2019 - 2023 or so. Model is Aurora so this is more of a personal account. Video is here.
Wiejce
In the winter of 2022 we stayed in this palace, Wiejce Palace, about 100km from Poznan in rural Poland. There are many palaces in Poland, this one was special for us because we were the only people staying there at the time. It was both eerie and very cool at the same time. The palace was fully staf...
The garden at sunset Pt 1
Some of the images from Airlie beach, shot in the BNB we stayed in. A couple were shot through the glass fence around the pool which have a nice vague reflective quality. The others, like the first one, shot in setting sunlight with shadows carefully placed.
Eurasian portraits
A selection of portraits from Europe. I'll possibly be back there in July and if so, will be looking forward to capturing some beautiful faces again.These are a mixture of analog and digital.
Sheer cropped expose
So Aurora created this sheer wrap thing which I thought was amazing. I liked the way it revealed various parts so it seemed obvious to shoot it. I chose the trusty Fluro makeup lamp for lighting to give a high-key contemporary look. It worked well even though there was some light fall off at the edg...
