I guess this is what you call a ‘mixed media’ project. I was asked to produce a single shot video of a performance of Shostakocivh’s String Quartet No 3, for entry into a competition (hence the unedited single shot) and promotional material. This presented few challenges, in contrast to previous video work, except for the question of how to record audio. 

Thankfully the two hour rehearsal left me with plenty of time to adjust levels and microphone location, and some time for portraits.

Sometimes it’s inevitable that something interesting will happen, this was’t a unique day in that regard. Cam Hollows and Jane Mckenzie were married on Shark Island, in the middle of Sydney Harbour. Every couple is unique, every wedding special, yet I think this wedding will linger in the minds of those who attended for a long time. It was a location not to be forgotten, even in the stifling heat and direct sun.

But it’s not going to be the location the guests will remember this wedding for, but the exact moment, as bride and groom approached the cake cutting, the wind picked up everything on the island, blowing it down, around and upside down. Storm clouds rolled in, the horizon growing darker, and the city disappeared from view as dust was blown across the island, coating the guests. One would have expected this bridal nightmare to indelibly scar the party, yet there wasn’t a frown to be seen. Wide eyed with broad grins the bride and groom were elbow deep in the cleanup, guests rallying around them. As the packing up drew near completion the final ferry arrived, and with it the rain…

Atop Mt Painter, above the Canberra suburb of cook…
 

Blue sky, fresh air, waterfalls and panoramic views…
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The weekend took me, albeit briefly, to Anglesea and the beginning of the Great Ocean road. The sun did it’s best to stay behind the coulds resulting in a windy, wintry weekend.  

Given this current weather trend, monochrome just seemed to fit…

  Colour gallery here, black and white here! 
*As a demonstration of how I work in post, there are a few images that make an appearance in both galleries. My strong advice is to shoot in colour for all black and white work. Reason being; the latitude afforded to you when converting to black and white.

This inquisitive King Parrot interrupted my sunday morning coffee by waddling across the table looking for seeds, the Sulphur Crested Cockatoo wasn’t quite so tame, but still wasn’t far behind. Needless to say, it’s not too often one shoots birds with a macro lens.  

More parrots here…                                      …and cockatoos here. 

Over at jamesdoherty.com.au I’ve just uploaded a gallery of panoramas. These span some of my travels not documented on this blog, from Vietnam in early 2007 to the Victorian High Country.  Gallery can be found at: jamesdoherty.com.au/gallery/panoramas/. Expect the collection to grow as I get the time to finish them.

Ha Long Bay, Vietnam 2007

Follow the link for some dandelions…

Ok, so for most people Salt Lake City isn’t exactly Paradise City. However they do look after the birds.

Who said there was nothing to do in Salt Lake?

The eerie blanket of silence that is exam period was pushed aside to the resounding clack-clack of mirror and shutter…