Night Photography

Melbourne girl up in Sydney @ririchix

I have long followed the portrait photography of Melbourne based photographer Peter Coulson. I recently joined a night-time flash photography workshop of his up here in Sydney.

Great to meet him in person; to learn a few techniques and styles with new gear, and uproot some of the old myths, assumptions and even bad habits that many of us are guilty of falling into. Refreshing to actually un-learn a bit, and just play with a fresh approach to shooting.

Model: Rara @ririchix

Hazel Spencer Chapman

Natural light portrait of @hazelinanutshell

Stoked I got the chance to do a shoot with West Country surf chick Hazel Spencer Chapman just before she left Australia on her travels through Sri Lank & India, and home to the UK. A talented designer, an adventurer, and water woman at heart....she'll be missed by her friends in Bondi! New surfing and motorcycle adventures from her to come on @thelittlerocket

All natural light with the help of some ideal white wall pillars to bounce some of that lovely light around…

Morocco. series II of II

Sahara silvers

2nd part of this little black and white series...

During a very hot, dry Ramadan last July, we travelled east from the beautiful confusion of Marrakesh, up over the vivid High Atlas mountains and across the dusty baked savannas to the the desert village of Merzouga on the Algerian boarder.  From here we took the southern loop back around to the shabby Atlantic surf town of Tagazout, and finally a few kms north to the artisan city of Essaouira for Eid al-Fatr.

Our journey gave us ancient medinas, soukes, and legions of minarets. Timeworn and abandoned riads, lush palmeraies, Saharan sand dunes and Berber desert camps. Nerve-racking low-fuel car journeys through the 50°+ desert tracks, a camel ride crash (yep, that happened), surprising local musical encounters, and the promise of the infamous Argan fruit-pooping 'goats in trees' (Eilidh reckons she glimpsed this phenomena from the car, but I didn't see it?!)

This last shot again taken by Eilidh. Me waiting half asleep (with bed hair) for the the sunrise over the Sahara Desert 

Natalia

A week day beach morning with Russian born Natalia Kletkina