LATEST HSF PROMO!

It's so nice to see and feel real prints for a change. We got some enlargements for the HeadShot
Factory portfolio for clients to not only look but run their finger over as well. I laid them out on the floor, created the layout then photographed it producing the funky design.
Sure beats looking at a screen! Love great headshot photography and think we just might have of some the best actor headshots in Sydney.

Some of the very cool and creative actors we've photographed at the studio here in Leichhardt ~ Sydney.

Some of the very cool and creative actors we've photographed at the studio here in Leichhardt ~ Sydney.

KEN + the VOLCANO

And for something a little different..... One of my favoutite images of all time was taken on assignment for Travel + Leisure magazine a few years back in PNG on the island of Rabaul. My background is features and editorial and I was Capture Magazine Australian Travel Photographer of the Year twice. I do miss those commissions but of course the mags have no money anymore! That volcano in the background called Tavurvur sounded like a 747 taking off when it vented, and swimming in the waters with Ken Kolias who lived only a few hundred meters away is something I'll never forget. For the camera buffs the pic was taken with a Mamiya 7 medium format 6x7cm rangefinder camera loaded with Kodak Portra 160 iso film. Seems so long ago shooting on film.....

Local elder Ken Kolias and Tavurvur the volcano venting Rabaul PNG.

Local elder Ken Kolias and Tavurvur the volcano venting Rabaul PNG.


Hollywood Here We Come

Movie Producer - Jocelyn Moorehouse

Movie Producer - Jocelyn Moorehouse



The Australian movie producer extraordinaire Jocelyn Moorhouse was in town to for a cover shoot which I had the pleasure of shooting. She put together the wonderful kids movie Peter Pan a few years ago which my children adore, and was filmed on the Gold Coast. Such a down to earth lady with a ton of really funny onset stories some of which are not for publication!
Hmmm I just have to figure out a way to get on set and start doing the film stills.....

ROCKABILLY ROYALTY - 'Crusin' Deuces

Once in a while a really fun job comes along to shoot and the boys from Sydney band 'Crusin' Deuces were a complete hoot! Local Sydney musicians the boys are all gifted on their respective instruments and whip a right storm when the crowd is hopping. I thought I was in Nashville for a few minutes when the guys donned the Country and Western vintage clothing. In fact some of the clothing is original gear going back to the 40's and 50's! Authentic as they come these boys, and nice to produce some lovely black and white photography in the old style 'lith' print darkroom technique right here in the Leichhardt HeadShot Factory studio.

Good Ol' Boys - 'Crusin' Deuces

Good Ol' Boys - 'Crusin' Deuces

SOME BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHY - BONDI BEACH



We had a ball a couple of weeks ago photographing the wonderfully talented Shona Vertue who actually represented Australia in elite gymnastics in another life. So basically this gal was the real deal when it came to her yoga movements - amazing strength plus incredible flexibility.
The photographic shoot was for Fitness First magazine and features in the latest issue. it was nice to be on such a great location for HeadShot Factory - a blazing summers day and fantastic weather. A nice departure from our staple of cool actors headshots and corporate portraits - I'd like a Bondi shoot every month I think!

THE BEAUTIFUL EMMA GARRETT......

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I should have posted this shoot straight away as it's literally our first shoot at HeadShot Factory.
And what a fabulous first shoot to get the studio rolling - a gorgeous nude pregnancy shoot!
We put together some great picture ideas, including of course the legendary Annie Leibovitz stylised portrait of Demi Moore from that famous Vanity Fair cover. Would you believe that was taken back in 1991..... 24 years ago. Our favourite gal Marnie Gerber went to work and weaved her magic with a number of looks in the hair & makeup department and we were away.
I've included two of my faves....
How could I forget - only a few weeks later beautiful little Gigi came into the world!

HEADSHOT FACTORY GOES LIVE !!

Hello world and if I may introduce myself HeadShot Factory is our cool studio space that's very recently opened in the funky Sydney inner west suburb of Leichhardt. My beautiful wife and partner in crime Rachel and I have been dying to set up a studio space we can call our own for very long time and as we say 'the planets aligned on this baby' and the end result is a perfect space for our core portrait work. This includes actors headshots, business profiles, editorial features , LinkedIn portraits and much more. With a great outdoor area out the back as well, I've set up a cool range of backgrounds ranging from corrugated iron to old weathered fence palings to other creative backdrops. So I don't have to say that if your are in the neighbourhood it is a given that you drop in and say hi!
Below is part of the very nice piece that the inner west paper 'Ciao' wrote in it's latest issue.
The whole story : http://www.ciaomagazine.com.au/inner-best-265/