Lululemon Ambassadors Shoot

The yoga based store “Lululemon” in the Queen St Mall in Brisbane required shots of their new ambassadors for 2010. It’s kind of a sponsored team. They have new ones every 6 months. Each ambassador was chosen from hundreds of applicants. Each person i worked was awesome. Really nice people and really FIT. The requirements for the shoot i had to worry about. “Make the shots very very natural” which means no flash..It can work in some situations but most of the time i like using off camera flash to either fill shadows or highlight the subject. Locations, subject requirement, clothes and make up were chosen by Kirsty Innes. She was on location with us the whole day changing clothes and directing the shoot making sure everything ran smoothly. Here’s some behind the scene shots that my girlfriend shot. The photos will be on display in the store over the next 6 months as of next year. When they go up, i’ll get some pics and post them on here. I used my new 24-70mm lens for most of day as it’s fairly versatile with the zoom. I also used my 70-200 for some long shots.

In this photo, we had a great view of the city so we went out on the cliff edge while Karla did some stretching

Karla is a Triathlete some shots on the bike were very appropriate, using my 25-70 i started off cropped in 70 then zoomed out as she got closer finishing up at 24mm really close while still trying to the city buildings in the backround

Bamboo in the botanical gardens, I loved the colours we got in these shots, Julie was amazing and did some crazy poses

This shot didn’t work out for me at all, due to the sun being so strong, she was squinting, i was trying to get the red men and the river in the backround but it didn’t work with the sun but it made for a nice behind the scenes shot

This waterfall is kinda hidden in the gardens, it did have a nice rock that Julie took no time at all to jump on and try some yoga moves. This location would work better late afternoon or night time. Water can create some awesome flowing motion when using slow shutter speeds, some flash on the subject and putting your camera on a tripod. You can create a whole different feel to the photo, for this photo though, i shot a long lens over the water with no flash..Stay tuned for more photos shoots as i have a lot more lined up for the next 6 months and a lot of cool things in the works…

Making = Spending Money

I’m gearing up for my new photography business in 2010 so that means having all the equipment i need to shoot just about anything, anywhere. So to make money you have to spend money, so here’s what i’ve been buying over the past few months and i posted prices also if your interested in doing the same, now i just have learn how to use everything to it’s maximum capacity without breaking it. These are IPhone photos so just info shots..

List and cost
2.8 metre lights stands x 2       -$160
42″ Shoot through Umbrellas   -$56
Manfrotto Lite Tite Swivals       -$120
Cheaper Brackets from China   -$30
Speedlight Softbox                    -$80

Souped up my Camera

Canon 24-70mm 2.8 lens    -$1600
5D battery Grip                     -$200
Battery                                   -$100

IMAC 24inch -Expensive

“Lake” Boarding…

I have lots of mates who do a lot of different sports which it’s great for me as i get to learn to shoot lot of different things. Matt B is wakeboarder and he told me about how he set’s up a generator with a tow rope attached at a random lake have some fun. Here’s some shots. We had to wait for the light to drop so my flashes could capture the action.

This is the set-up

Wake Skate as well, most of these shot were after the light had gone so it was pretty hard the guys to see anything but the loved the results, One of my favourite shots of the night

Lovely long carve with the wakeskate in pitch black darkness but slow shutter speed and great flashes made it out to the middle of the lake..Good night

Finally Home

Well I made it. I’m home now in Brisbane Australia. I traveled through America after leaving London. I spent time in Texas, Detroit, Arizona and California. I had a great time skating and shooting photos with some of the best rollerbladers in the world. Keep a look out in the coming months in Be-Mag, One and Be-mag.com for my story and lots of photos. Here’s a shot we shot at a bowl at the Gold Coast. My girlfriend Krisztina shot this one.

And here’s one of Me and my Girlfriend enjoying the hot weather here on my mates jet ski..awesome fun

More Dallas Texas Pics

While everyone was enjoying Winterclash i started my adventure in Dallas Texas. Geoff Acers from Razors also came over and we started enjoying the amazing Allen skatepark. Staying with Josh Glowicki has been a pleasure so far and we are hitting alot of spots in and around Dallas. Here’s some pics so far.

Fritz with sick true top acid at Allen Skatepark

Geoff Acers boosted this fakie parralel grab at Eisenburgs park

Josh Glowicki with the 360 launch

Jason Reyna with True all-oop mizuo

Troy Maimone, Tru Mizuo to torque