Our vibrant and amazing city was just given the Atlantis treatment over the last week. Clean up efforts are currently underway and the community is coming together like never before. While not affected directly, the waters did get close and swallowed up parts of Coorparoo near Norman Creek.
I will be offering a free service soon through Red Light Laundry, providing digital restoration to photographs damaged by the floods. If you would like to know more email me directly.
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While the controversy surrounding Julian Assange and Wikileaks rages on, rallys are taking place around the globe in his support. Speakers included Libby Connors from the Queensland Greens, and Ian Russel former president of Amnesty International Queensland. Hearing their passion and conviction was really inspiring and definitely got everyones attention.
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December equals lots of crazy work parties going on in the valley and city. Stumbled across this feline heroine at RGs the other night. If a cat smokes and dies from lung cancer, does it use one of its free lives up or is self inflicted harm a deal breaker?
Todays world is shrouded in black voodoo magic, taking decades off lives, giving teenagers a chance to finally defeat acne, frizzy hair controlled without expensive salon treatments. Just a small sample of the retouching and restoration I’m working on. If you guys have any ideas of what would be fun/impressive to add to the site give me a shout.
Irish Murphys from the other night. I know a few of you emailed me about the pics, if you aren’t in one of the final cut gimme a shout and I’ll send one over.
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Been doing a few tests recently with automatic exposure bracketing (AEB) and various Photoshop plugins. The images are a bit hard to look at, crazy detail, no point of focus. I kinda dig it though, so I’ll keep refining the process and maybe find a happy medium.
Oh yeah, if I’ve shot you out and about recently, the Irish Murphy’s gallery is almost done. Been busy with a bunch of stuff now that I am back in Brisbane. Later today perhaps.
I’m suprised in all my years of shooting social and live music for clubs that I’ve never had my gear destroyed. I came close once when a guy behind me decided it’d be a great idea to drop his beer on my head, luckily it bounced off and ended up soaking the girl next to me. Small bump on the head was a small price to pay for not having my camera taking a swim.
Anyway continuing my portraiture series, we have a shot from Club 299, a goth/alternative club in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. Check out the guy accidently photobombing the shot from the side, brilliant. I’d love to start shooting some more social stuff now that I’m in Bedford, might have to get in contact with a few of the clubs.
If you live in Fortitude Valley (Brisbane), John the Baptist is a regular sight. Not the actual biblical figure mind you, but the man the locals have dubbed with that name. He wanders around in a urine stained robe, muttering about the end of days, quite the character as you can see. I like how he is facing ahead, but his eye is staring directly at me, wondering perhaps if I am stealing his soul or being another annoying local. This was outside The Globe Theatre before a metal gig, I’d never run into the guy before and thought he was just another metal head until I was told otherwise.
While I dig around for some photo of the day inspiration I’m going to upload some portraits I’ve taken over the last few months. As usual I was drinking at my local haunt, and bumped into this guy who told me a few stories about cancer and how you can’t trust doctors. Something about how it can be cured but the doctors are dragging their feet on the issue and you should just use mind over matter to get rid of it. Hilarity.
Anyway he had an interesting face. Don’t forget to add me to Facebook and Twitter, I need more love. MORE!
