Retouching is one of those things that seems to always be kept under the rug. Unfortunately it has become a standard in this digital age… and to be honest, I would prefer to be outside shooting rather than being in front of the computer going square-eyed. Sometimes, though its unavoidable. Here are 2 examples.

This first image was shot for NRMA – Open Road Magazine.
I had to shoot a cover shot of 4 cars. I was only given about 1/2 an hour to shoot the cars and the only elevated position I could get had a pretty ugly background.

What a stunning landscape. I traveling there for some snowboarding last year and was blown away by the landscape, I made a promise to my girlfriend that we would return the following year. We spent a week traveling from the top of NZ thought to the bottom.

Check out the video I shot with the 5DII:

A recent …ahhh business trip to Japan was a heap of fun. As per-usual I had to take my camera.
I spent a few days in Tokyo and then about 11 days in the mountains… for a bit of… business….

Me having a little bit of fun:

After deciding to drop some money into a location computer (Apple Mac Book Pro) I found it a pain to carry around the usual laptop bag. Once on location I always needed to find a flat, safe surface. After reading about Chase Jarvis’ new laptop case it seemed so simple and smart.

I spent the extra money and no longer have to worry about damaging an expensive piece of equipment while packing the car or climbing a mountain.

I managed to have some time off today and thought I would shoot something a little different.
The shot was created with 2 exposures, one for the bulb and one for the flames.

I am back from two weeks in paradise!
What an amazing place… It took me a while to decide if I should drag my camera along with me, but knew that if I didn’t take it, I would have been kicking myself. I am really glad I did take it, otherwise I would have been doing allot of kicking.

Welcome to the new website.
I am currently working on updating the blog and should have everything live within a few days as I have a heap of new content to post.

Big thanks to Ehren at Faze Designs for the new site! I worked with Ehren on a job for the new PRTechnology website, and after seeing their new website, I wanted one too!