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A few snaps from our little holiday at the beach..(top photo taken by my amazing partner and photographer Crisly – she will love me writing this!)..
 

I quite often find myself shooting  in interesting places, and some of the mine sites I have been to over the past few years have been absolutely fascinating. Remote desert, thick jungle, you name it.  Ive been so cold I felt like my fingers were going to fall off,  and so hot in an underground mine my camera stopped working. These recent shots were taken a huge coal mine, fortunately we had good conditions and no extreme weather. The machines look like little matchbox toys, although close up they are monsters. It was great to shoot them so far back and capture a mine site in a different way to the norm. 

 

Here are some behind the scenes shots of a photo shoot. Obviously not every shoot is like this, but it gives you an idea of how much planning and work goes into photographing something so large and reflective. Set up takes hours,and fine tuning the image even longer. If I could describe it, I would have to say it’s like a puzzle. You have all the pieces, and after moving them around for a few hours it all falls into place. Im not really into brain teasers, crosswords and lateral thinking puzzles, but I don’t mind the photographic kind :)

 

I entered the Communication Arts last year with four images from the Queensland floods which I shot for Getty Images.  Here is a little spiel from their website about the competition…
“CA’s Award of Excellence is one of the most-coveted awards in the industry. If chosen, winning places you in the highest ranks of your profession. Ask any creative director which competitions rank as the most influential and they’ll place Communication Arts at the top of the list” 
The competition is run in the United States and features imagery from all over the world.  Last year there was 5520 entries and 166 works chosen. Having my work selected was a real buzz, particularly seeing it alongside images taken by some of the best photographers in the world. All those long days and getting mud on everything was worth it!…