Tape Worm Monstor shot by Hugh Peachey for Bayer

Hugh Peachey recently shot this campaign for Bayer's animal health care product Advocate. It was a real team effort with producer Penni working around the clock to track down the correct species of tape worms... who knew there were so many varieties... The fact that there are so few tape worm specialists is not as suprising but eventually Penni found the right Tape Worm Guy who could supply the worms for the shoot.
Hugh worked with retouchers Toby & Pete to create the tape worm monster seen in the ads. The results are appropriately gross.

Janyon for ING

It is always a challenge shooting alongside the filming of a TVC. Where normally the photographer controls the shoot, on TV filset the photographer has to conform to the schedule and hierarchy of the TV shoot, grabbing the smallest opportunity (as in seconds to minutes) to get the shots the brief calls for. Add to this the historical animosity of the film crew as they get their jobs done, and the overburdened talent who would rather take a break than get a lens in their face for the three hundredth time that day, and the chance of getting a bonus shot from a TVC day is slim.

However when Janyon was shooting a print brief alongside the filming of the current ING TVC, he and AD Ben Pearce saw this cool barbershop near the the location and thought "that might be a nice shot". When a ten minute window between filming presented itself, a quick negotiation with said barber and some very fast lighting and ten frames of shooting resulted in an image that the agency could present as a bonus to the client.

Client loved the image and decided to run it.

Doesn't happen often... But great when it does!

Jon Bader for Kelloggs

Martin Mischkulnig steps out...

Martin Mischkulnig was sent on a walk around the Garden House Apartments in Carlton, Melbourne. His aim was to capture the landscape at each step.

352 STEPS


395 STEPS


Take a look at the rest of Martin's journey here: The Garden House

Damien Pleming - Living the dream

"Growing up footy was my life. The real footy that is, AFL!! I had a taste of the big time in 1995 when I completed pre-season and played 2 games with the Sydney Swans reserves. Typical sob story though, bodgy knee finished that dream and started another.
So when this job shooting the AFL presenters of Channel 10 came up it was a great chance to get amongst footy again. I've gotta say I do love it when the 1st game of the season comes around.
Cheer Cheer the red and the white!!!"
Damien Pleming.


Luke Darcy


Andrew Maher

Damien Pleming - The Making of Melanie's Dress

This story was based around the dress that Jason Grech and Harry Georgiou spent 120 hours making for Melanie Vallejo of Chanel 7's Winners and Losers to wear to the Logies.

The National Portrait Gallery purchases work by Hugh Hamilton

The National Portrait Gallery has purchased Hugh Hamilton's portrait of Nobel Prize Winner Dr Elizabeth Blackburn for their permanent collection.