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January 29th, 2010
I normally don’t do movie reviews but anyone who knows me or reads the blog will know I love vampires. After the review are some samples of my vampire fantasy shots but the vampires in Daybreakers move and bite and inhabit a wonderful believable world.
Karen and I were invited to a preview screening of vampire movie Daybreakers last night by Rob Dew at Videopro, Brisbane. Rob’s a good guy who helped me so much when I made my short film a few years ago.
The screening was pretty special as the films directors, Michael and Peter Spierig introduced the film and did a Q & A session afterwards.
I made a film a while back so I know how it difficult it is to simply make an average short film so it was great to hear from guys who made a fantastic long one 
The film is a mix of a traditional bloody vampire movie and a highly intelligent real world analysis of what it would be like if vampires took over the world and ran out of humans to feed on.
Personally I loved it. Karen is a little squeamish when it comes to horror and even she thought it was very good and thought provoking.
One of the more fascinating things about the film is that the Spierig brothers are Brisbane boys and managed to make most of the film right here, both for principal photography and visual effects. That alone is a miracle and they have to be applauded for managing to make a grade A Hollywood blockbuster in Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Don’t take my word for it, the film opened very well in the States and ranks high on the internet movie database.
If you found Twilight stylish but lacking teeth and prefer your vampires movies served with a little more blood, I’d highly recommend a a trip the multiplex for Daybreakers. If you need stars to make you go to the cinema, Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill and Claudia Karvan star next to a very familiar Aussie supporting cast.
Here’s my vampires (I’m in there in a couple of shots). Would be nice to make these images move and bite. Maybe one day but for now you can be in a still version of a vampire movie if you wish.
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January 28th, 2010
We took delivery of some new furniture for new sets last week that we ordered last September.
In order to fill a minimum order (we had it all made in China and shipped over) we had to double up so we have some beautiful items to sell now that it’s here. It’s all new and pretty gorgeous too.
We have 2 chaise lounges (white and burgundy) as well as a beautiful 2 and 3 seater sofa set. Also there are two side tables and a coffee table to match the two and three seaters. If you are interested in buying any of these items give Karen a call (0402 230669).
Items like this and a few more will be ready to shoot on within the next week or so once our wallpaper has arrived from Germany. Once that is here we’ll have a few test shoots to show.
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January 26th, 2010
Before Christmas we did a shoot with Melanie. Melanie is a model and wanted new shots for her folio.
In the end Melanie chose 34 shots to be retouched from the shoot and here are a small selection of the final images.
Artistic shoots, Fashion shoots, Model folio shoots |
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January 25th, 2010
Things have been pretty full on lately with work and the arrival of a lot of new furniture for our new sets. Had a big day last week collecting chaise’s and sofas from the Port of Brisbane in 35 degree heat. That was a tough day
In the next two weeks we will have some wonderful new settings for boudoir, nude and portraits. We ordered all these items to be made last September in China so it’s been a long term project to get these sets together. I’m happy to say the items that arrived exceeded our expectations and I am very excited to get our test shoots done soon and start shooting clients on them.
So with all that’s going on, blog updates have almost ground to a halt but here is a few nice shots I did last weekend for Katherine and Aaron. Thanks to them for permission to use the here.
Couple shoots, Portrait shoots |
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January 15th, 2010
Last year 3D Artist magazine in England approached me for an interview and to use some of my fantasy images in an article which is always a nice thing when it happens. Good for the ego and anyone in a creative environment will have a little bit of that in them I have a tiny, almost invisible bit but it likes to be noticed now and again, then it goes away for a while.
The mag is a very good one if 3D and creative graphics are your thing so I was naturally pretty tickled to be in it and I’d like to thank Duncan, the editor, for his interest in my work.
In Australia the magazine will take a bit longer to hit the streets than in the UK but it should be around and the cover is below so when you see it out there, you’ll know which one it is.
The official 3D Artist site is here.
Retouching & Digital manipulation, Shoot information |
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January 3rd, 2010
Happy new year to you all. Last year really wore us out so we’ve been trying to chill over the holidays but very soon we’ll be back in to it all with renewed energy.
Last September we ordered a lot of new furniture to be made overseas and that arrives in Brisbane next week so our new set ideas will be up and running shortly after that so lookout for new folio photos once we have them.
On that subject we are looking for a model to help us with those folio shots. We would do this on a TFP/CD basis and we would cover make up expenses. We would be looking at a 3-6 hour shoot and you’d get 6-10 shots (likely more really) for your folio etc.
As we have such a big folio I really would like a different look which I’m not really sure of but I guess I’ll know when I see it. If you’re interested in doing a folio shoot with us email some shots and maybe we can organise something (Dean dean@deanagar.com.au)
I’m wanting to do some vintage boudoir style shots as well as some fashion type shots. Nude is an option so that we have examples on the new props but not essential if that’s not your thing. The focus will be on glamorous underwear Moulin Rouge kind of a thing.
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December 10th, 2009
What do they say about men and women? Something about women are from venus and men are from mars?
It seems to apply to photography as I almost never get permission to use shoots from guys, particularly artistic shoots.
Over time you just accept it but as Mathew kindly allowed me to use the shots from our shoot last week, I decided to collect some male shots and put up a new gallery on the main site. (click here for the main site)
It would be nice to have as many guys in the folio as girls but this is a start. Whether you’re a muscle bound 20 something or a 50 year old full of character and charisma, the studio is not just for your better halves.
You might love shots of your partners but they equally love shots of you. After all they chose you as their number one guy Pay them back once in a while.
Artistic shoots, Portrait shoots |
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December 10th, 2009
Sometimes you take people on face value and forget who they really are when you shoot for commercial clients and Jay Wilson reminded me of the caliber of people who I shoot sometimes.
Jason Daniel from Loose Kid clothing (www.loosekid.com.au) brought Jay over for a quick product shoot. Jay has just won the 85cc World Motocross Championship and has become Australia’s first ever motocross world champion in any category.
Also in this gallery is Super Cross rider Daniel McCoy and the reigning Australasian Super X Lites Champion, Matt Moss.
Fashion shoots, Product shoots |
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December 10th, 2009
A little while back I photographed Jodie for a single large artmount as a gift for her friend. The idea worked very well, although as a huge 20 x 30 inch artmount it looks a whole lot better than the small web version I have to use here
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December 9th, 2009
November saw us do a record number of shoots, so the retouching workload means that only a trickle will make it to the blog, but I’ll do my best to get some of the shoots on here ASAP.
Mathew wanted photos as a gift to his wife and I’m happy that they were both comfortable for me to put the images on the blog, so thanks to Matt and Jo for that.
We do shoot men too but we rarely get permission to use the shots so the portfolio is a little starved of male shots. I think the guys are a lot shyer than the girls so it’s nice to pop a male shoot on here.
We get the same thing with clients over 35 years of age too. Due to this the folio is definitely slanted towards 18-30 year old 60 kg women, which is less reflective of the shoots we do than I would like.
Still not sure what I can do to get more variation in terms of age and weight in the galleries but I’m sure I’ll think of something
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