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