Sydney Morning Hearld Photography Competition “Shoot The Chef” Finalist

The studio is pleased to announce that Justin Mackintosh the studios principal photographer is finalist in this years “Shoot The Chef” photography competition and exhibition. It’s actually the forth year in a row that he is a finalist.

“It’s a great competition because you have to really think outside of the box and push yourself to create a truly inspired image. The brief is to photograph someone involved with food. It could be your mum or a celebrity chef.
The competition has being going four 13 years and is held during the Sydney Morning Hearlds Good Food Month. Now called the Crave Sydney International Food Festival. I’ll keep you posted when I find out later this month if I win the big prize……….”

“This year I photographed Ian “Herbie” Hemphill from Herbies Spices in Rozelle Sydney. I wanted to create an adventurous image. Telling the story of Herbie flying his 1940′s Tiger Moth back from one of his exploratory journeys in search of the worlds most exotic herbs and spices.”

Here are the studios award winning photographs.

Enjoy!

 

Wedding Fashion Shoot

Hello and sorry for gap between posts. Busy busy busy …….. which is great of course. Recently we had the thrill of shooting the front cover for a fantastic bridal wedding magazine, The Leading Wedding Venues in NSW. It will soon be published…. so stay tune and I’ll let you know when it hits the shelves. Here are some of our favorite images from the shoot. The stunning location was at Sydney University. The university has some very beautiful wedding reception venues and as well inspiring wedding photography locations.  Like The Great Hall (very Harry Potter) and the Quadrangle at the University of Sydney is probably the most significant group of Tudor Gothic buildings in Australia. They form the symbolic and functional heart of the University.

Enjoy!

White Bay Power Station Rozelle

This local historic icon was recently opened to  photographer’s to explore this fantastic building. It was originally built around the time of the First World War and was extended in the 1950′s. The coal power station was build to supply power to Sydney’s Tram and Rail networks. The power station was decommissioned in in mid 1970′s.

For a bit of trivia the Matrix Film Trilogy was also partly film there. The site is on prime Sydney Harbour Real Estate (just outside our studio’s door) where developers have being licking their lips for years to get their hands on it. So far to no avail, thank goodness. It will remain in the public’s hand but in what form is unknown. It has being suggested it should be a great art institution like the Tate museum. We’ll have to wait and see.

Moran Contemporary Art Prize

Each year the studio enters a number of photographic art competitions. These competitions are a terrific way of pushing ourselves and the envelop and shoot subjects that we perhaps would not normally shoot. It an exciting way of keeping us fresh and inspired, which in turn is a great benefit for our clients. Plus of course there is the thrill or disappointment in finding out the results.

But what’s very exciting is when our comissioned work is recognized in these art prizes. One such image is the beautiful bride and groom below. This was one of the last images I shot for Alison & Raymond. Their wedding was held at the historic warehouse building of the Italian Village at Campbells Cove, Sydney. While relaxing down stairs before making their grand entrance I grabbed this fleeting moment. It feels like a stills shot from a glamorous 1950′s Hollywood film set. This image was a semi finalist.

Introducing baby Callum Mackintosh

We love natural window light for portraits. It creates simply stunning images. I maybe bias but isn’t he just  gorgeous. But don’t let that cute face deceive you, he can hold his own against his two older sisters.