Steve Baccon talking about his book 'Expressions' on the Today show

Check out the interview on the Today Show

Photos from the launch of Steve Baccon's book 'Expressions'

A great night and a wonderful book! Great idea for a Christmas present... hey hey!!








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Photography curtsey of Rey Estanislao Photography.

Steve Baccon's book, 'Expressions', in the window at Ariel

Steve Baccon's retrospective book, comprising of portraits from the last ten years, is set to launch tonight!!! It was very exciting to see it on display in the window at Ariel.

Share a Coke with Jon Bader

Jon Bader has shot the new 'Share a Coke' campaign via Ogilvy & Mather Sydney. In the biggest change ever made to the iconic packaging Coke is releasing millions of bottles and cans printed with peoples names on them as a social invitation for consumers to find the names of friends and family and share a coke with them. 150 of the most popular Aussie names were chosen based on a multicultural cross-section of the population. The multimillion dollar summer campaign was designed to encourage Australians to connect with one another.

Lucie Austin, marketing director at Coca-Cola South Pacific, as quoted on Campaign Brief: "We are using the power of the first name in a playful and social way to remind people of those in their lives they may have lost touch with. We've put names on Coca-Cola bottles so consumers will have fun finding their friends and family members' names and then enjoy sharing a Coke together."

A mural Debaser did at the EMI headquarters

New work from design and illustrator team Debaser

Hugh Peachey's TVC for Piping Hot

The TVC was shot in Torquay, Victoria in the middle of winter. The average temperature was about 10 degrees! The Director was David Retchman from Sydney.

Jason Loucas for Harold Park

New cookbook shot by Jason Loucas

Released by Allen and Unwin, Designed by Andrew Hoyne, and shot by Jason Loucas.
Kitchen Coquette is a cookbook that will make you smile. It will feed ten hungry friends, the man of your dreams, your lovely gran; even providing a bite to eat for all those inspired in-between moments.

Jason Loucas for Baxters Relish

Baxters Relish are introducing their famous relishes and chutneys to the Foodservice industry.
The shoot was to highlight the various relishes with a modern approach.
Styled by the Food Director of Gourmet Traveller Emma Knowels.

Jason Loucas for Think Brick

"I was approached by David Hutton at Sodus to help out concept a shoot for his new client Think Brick. Think Brick wanted an outside/inside feel showing off their products, bricks. We decided on this location and I thought the best way to approach it would be to shoot it using the technique of HDR (High Dynamic Range Imaging). This would allow for detail in the shadows of the interior and hold the highlights of the exterior."
Jason Loucas

Hungry Jacks new look shot by Janyon

Hungry Jacks hit the news (and Gruen World) recently as the first Australian fast food franchise to conform to the new legislation of displaying kilojoule value alongside price point for each of their menu items.

Clemenger BBDO senior creative Baz Baker and AD Sarah Parris wanted to break from the usual menuboard style and boost the food values by showcasing the hero items in an editorially inspired style alongside the fresh ingredients that go into the preparation of the items.

They got Janyon involved in the process from early on and together created a look and feel that's refreshingly different from the run-of-the-mill menuboard photography. His food experience in quick service restaurants (QSR) and love of food editorial made this the ideal challenge for that skill set.
After a mammoth shoot involving prop stylist Leesa O'Reilly and co-styled by Jan Edwards, and the unflappable food stylist Ben Masters, this team felt like family by the end of the project.

Jon Bader picks up a Honerable Mention at the 5th Annual Photography Masters Cup

While the rest of us were sipping champagne and betting on the Melbourne Cup Jon was presented the with the Masters Cup - Honorable Mention - in the category of Food at the Nomination & Winners Photoshow. Jon was recognised by an international jury of industry leaders including Hasted Hunt Kraeutler in New York, Brancolini Grimaldi, David & Goliath, Simon Studer Art Associates, Stills Gallery, and Christie's in London.
The awards Creative Director, Basil O'Brien has praised Jon for the incredible achievement of being "selected among the best from the 13,321 entries... Jon's Oxheart, an exceptional image entered in the Food category, represents contemporary colour photography at its finest, and we're pleased to present him with the title of Honorable Mention."
Check out the rest of the winners the Colour Awards website.

Contacts team effort for Abbots Village bakery

Photograher Janyon and food stylist Sally Parker recently teamed up for this shoot for DDB. DDB wanted a specific look for their client George Weston Foods brand Abbotts Village Bakery. They wished to promote their seasonal loaves range with images to incorporate the produce, colours and moods of the seasons. Art director Steve Thurlby liked the character and mood of the images he saw in Janyon's portfolio and used them as direct reference to sell the look and feel on to the client.
Naturally it made sense that they then asked J to do the shoot.
"Its always nice to be chosen for a campaign purely on the merit of the work in the book, when so often its other factors that end up being the decider."
Janyon

Sally Parker - Lamboutique

"It was a long but fascinating day as a top fashion photographer, Vogue model and florist and I combined forces for a stunning looking range of shots. Both the lamb and the model had their own ‘make-up’ artists! "
Sally Parker

Hugh Hamilton's portarit of Rove is EVERYWHERE!!!!

"Despite a reputation as being a bit difficult, Rove turned out to be the consummate professional, turning it on for the cameras so well that Foxtel snapped the images up to promote Rove's new LA show....."
Hugh Hamilton

I don't think there would be a single person in Sydney who has not seen Hugh Hamilton's portrait of Rove by now!

BUSTIN'

"The idea behind the shoot was to to capture these young hip hop dancers in action. Using hi sync flash and the fast shutter speed of the Hasselblad to freeze the motion and accentuate the deep blue colour of the sky.

I wanted to use action and bright colours to create images that really pop.

I knew it would be a fun and technically challenging shoot.

It was a really great day, everyone had a lot of fun as you can see in the behind the scenes video. All the dancers were really professional and put a lot of effort into getting the shot. It was a real team effort!

As you can see, we were also blessed by the weather gods."
Zahn Pithers

Zahn Pithers "Bustin" behind the scenes photoshoot from zahnpithers on Vimeo.

Sally Parker's inspired work for Selector magazine

I asked stylist Sally Parker to give us an insight into this beautiful shoot she did for Selector magazine recently. Here's what she said:

"This was a lovely shoot to work on. Selector Magazine is such stunning mag with high production values. For this job we were shooting unusual but delicious Korean food, and the team was relaxed and fun.

My brief was very open. Christian Lawler, the art director from Selector Magazine gave me the colour palate he wanted and asked for delicate flowers to be incorporated, but the rest was up to me. I went to a number of florists to source the flowers and finally found the beautiful ‘dancing lady’ orchids which seemed perfect even though they aren’t Korean. I had the background made to match the colour palate. Luckily I had a week up my sleeve for that. I had so many wonderful props but many we didn’t use as we found that, as is so often the case, ‘less is more’. I would like to have done more shots to use them!

When styling for this job I did a fair amount of research into authentic Korean food presentation. I looked at cookbooks, travel and art books and websites. I also went to Korean and Japanese food stores. Northbridge is wonderful for Japanese food and cooking gear, and I discovered a great Korean store in Fairfield with so many varieties of kimchi (pickled cabbage or radish). Research is a favourite part of my job and so interesting. However regarding the styling, I generally aim for overall effect and beauty, rather than trying exactly recreate the authentic style. Korean food is quite rustic and can be heavy, so it was a bit of a challenge to make it appear lighter and more ‘Spring’ like.

Our lunch was amazing but we did have lots of kimchi left over as the recipe used 4kg of cabbage. Enough to feed a small army of photographers, art directors and stylists!"

Damien Pleming working with the animals

"This job was a collaboration between Purina and the Animal welfare League Australia. I've never had so many visiters dropping into the studio to say hi. Not to me but the cats and dogs! I have always love animals too so it was a great job. I actually wanted to take one of the dogs home but my wife is about to give birth to our 2nd child so I think I will be kept busy enough!"
Damien Pleming

Hugh Peachey's success at the Glossy Awards

Ambra's Clio Sealed Section, shot by Hugh Peachey, has won in the fashion section at the 2011 Glossy Awards. I asked Hugh to give us an insight into the shoot and the work he does with Ambra, here's what he said:
"For starters I think it's worth mentioning that I do all of Levante's and Ambra's stocking, legging and Lingerie photography, for their pack shots and advertising campaigns. Have been doing it for over 2 years now. So it didn't really challenge me in a different way because I am used to shooting legs...tough job hey :)
The inspiration came from a short film clip I shot called blacklight (check out the film on Hugh's site). It's a style I don't get to shoot as often as I would like but yes, I'm into the dark, moody and sexy ascetics of this shoot."

Damien Pleming and the remains of bad men...

"I was very honoured to recently be involved in producing an intriguing story about Ned Kelly's remains, which was run in Good Weekend Magazine. It was an incredible experience being present with the bones of Ned and to meet the team of specialists who have studied various aspects of his life and death.
To this day, nobody knows the location of Ned Kelly's real skull. The skull I photographed, believed to be his, until now, is thought to actually belong to Frederick Deeming...A murderer from the same period as Ned who is speculated to be Jack the Ripper."
Damien Pleming