Portraits
aloe blacc for drum media
I had the pleasure of shooting Mr Aloe Blacc the other week for Drum Media. Here is a sneak peak, but, as this is one of my fave shoots of the year, I’ll do a more lengthy post soon!
Lanie Lane
Me and Lanie went for a cruise and stroll in Centennial Park to snap these pics for Drum Media. I love this girl. I first met her over a bowl of Pad Thai on my couch after Daniel had done a shoot with her. We ordered thai for dinner, and she just stayed on after everyone had left and ate and watched tv with us.
I knew I wanted to do something outdoors, to somehow focus less on her rockerbilly sensibility, which has been overshadowed by her country blues vibe of recent (I am speaking dress sense more than anything else by the way people). So, we decided on Centennial Park, found some beautiful locations that I haven’t used in previous shoots- can you imagine there are untouched places still in Centennial Park! and borrowed Lanie’s record label manager Andy Kelly’s wheels for the second part of the shoot. The shoot went so smoothly, Lanie is just such a natural in front of the camera, we were done and dusted in 40 minutes. Yee-haw!
I just love this shot. Her hand covering her face. It’s just so cute.
yelle- backstage at splendour 2011
Yelle was one of 87 portraits I shot backstage at Splendour this year for Triple J Mag. This is the 3rd year I have shot these backstage portraits, and, with Art Director Ben Jarvis by my side, my sneeky collaborator, it was so much fun.
Each year we do a new little gag, this year we got each musician to stand for a mug shot. They wrote their charge on the letter board and gave me their most guilty face possible.
Heaps more pics to come. Including Florence Welch, Tricky, Foster the People, Mogwai, Hot Chip, Foals, Scissor Sisters, The Kills and loads more.
Gotye- Making Mirrors for Triple J mag
The day after Gotye’s song ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ made major ripples through the twittersphere the charming Wally aka Gotye was standing in front of me, topless, with shards of disco ball glass contouring his face. We were doing a shoot for Triple J magazine, and believe it or not, this is not the first time Gotye has been standing in front of me and my lens (semi) naked- that’s a whole nother story for next time.
Anyway, what with the success of his video, featuring Gotye and the beautiful Kimbra, we thought we would reference it somewhat, at least the ‘naked’ part, and focus on the title of his latest album release ‘Making Mirrors.’ Gotye brought the disco ball stickers, and was a champion. Sitting in the make-up chair, watching his reflection in the mirror as his face was slowly becoming a mirror itself.
Thanks to everyone involved, it was such a fun shoot!
Before and After- spot the difference
Client: Triple J Mag
Photographer: Cybele Malinowski
Art Director: Ben Jarvis
Retoucher: Justin Malinowski
Hair and Makup: Felicia Yong
Assistant: Ash Holdsworth
Special thanks to Sam Clode for the lollies, and the wine, and setting this shoot up!