Cinematographer - The Skywhale - Patricia Piccinini

Sometimes I open my email to the most weird and wonderful job proposals. I was so thrilled to be asked by the team at Blue Bloat Studio to come on board to shoot video for the launch of  Patricia Piccinini's Skywhale.
We spent 4 days waking before the sun. Driving through the dark, looking for the perfect wind, perfect light, perfect location. We spent time at the beautiful Arapiles National Park, we camped in a farmers crop looking across a Salt Lake, we worked hard. 

Here are some behind the scenes shots taken by Bec Hudson.

"Our aim was to humanise a project that by it’s nature, polarises conversation." Please enjoy our video.

Directing Debut - Dick Diver - Calendar Days

I'm very excited to share this music video for Dick Diver  - Calendar Days.

I worked with my sidekick Tim Hillier on creating this little clip. We shot it at Al Monfort's house in yarragon, Victoria. 

 

Golden Plains - 07 - Photo Highlights

Once again I have dusted the dirt off my camera and put away my head torch for another year. Golden Plains 07 was my 10th year shooting down at the glorious Meredith Amphitheater and it was unsurprisingly full of adventure and misadventure, dust and rain, pies and energy drinks. But most of all memorable music experiences and photo taking.

Here are my photo highlights 2013.

Melbourne Music Week - Photo Highlights

November 2012 I was rocketed into the hectic, exciting and entirely large world of Melbourne Music Week. A 9 day, 90 event, 200 acts at over 40 locations that I was there to document, celebrate and well survive... Here are some photo highlights. 

DOP - Boomgates - Whispering and Singing

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I few weeks back I spent 2 days as DOP for director : Daniela Velickovic. We made this clip for Melbourne band Boomgates.  This was only my second adventure with the moving image. I really enjoyed the process and certainly challenged my skills.  Starring my Aunt SuSu and other babes.
The clip was shot on the Canon 5D.

Speaking For Country - A Revisit

In 2005 at what felt like "the tender" age of 23 I packed my bags and 20 disposable camera's and headed to the tiny town of Onslow in Western Australia. A friend Mandy Jean had approached me to collaborate on a project teaching Indigenous women photography.  We worked with women from Onslow and Roebourne aged between 18 and 75. We had a 10 day adventure. The project culminated in an exhibition called Speaking for Country: Indigenous Women Telling Stories.

After the exhibition the project was packed up and stored for the last 7 years in my mums dusty shed in Yandoit. I only stumbled upon it a few weeks ago. It was such a pleasure to see real film again and revisit these images.

Here are some of my favorite images and also some articles with more info.

Ladies at Python Pool - This is a sacred place for women. We ate Kangaroo tails and tried to catch fish. I was really nervous taking this photograph - it was a pretty power place and the women talked only in their language.  This photo shows how strong their connection to the land. One lady said, "Our land is like the Vatican to the Catholics".

Aunty Pansy wanted me to take her photograph right here. This is where she was born many moons ago.

We traveled in a mini bus. Bumping along dusty roads picking up the women along the way. We found Aunty Sandy waiting for us dressed in her favorite yellow dress.

The first group of elders were really old. They hadn't used camera's before so often they would take photos without looking through the viewfinder. It was natural and we all laughed a lot. They called me the "little one".

This lady in blue asked me to take a photo of her in the river bed. This was the last place she had seen all her 7 children alive.  Sadly 4 of her children had passed away.

Mandy and I stayed here.

This local cowboy took me on a roadtrip. His skin matched his ute.

On the last day I was taken to the house of a young guy called Stereo. It was rough...really rough. He and I bonded over Bob Dylan and he let me take is photo of him relaxing on the verandah.

Here we all are at Python Pool.