Kate owns and runs her own model agency (www.kateyes.com.au) and on Thursday we photographed Kate for her folio and promotion.
Kate and our very own Karen styled the shoot. I did the camera bit. The red dress, the 1920’s outfit and wig and the long black boots are new additions to our ever increasing wardrobe, all of which is available for your shoot.
The shots looked great and I couldn’t be happier with how they went so here they are.
A few weeks ago Hayley and I did a development shoot for our folios. In the last few days I’ve been working a couple of images up with a fantasy theme and here they are.
It’s been a little while since I compiled a review of recent work so here’s some shots we’ve worked on lately. Just click ‘readmore’ to view the gallery.
Our main site contains all of our galleries which contain hundreds of images. Click here for artistic, fashion, boudoir, fantasy and portrait photo galleries.
We are always adding options for your shoot and we’ve just added some shots to the folio that use some new props and backgrounds. Click below to see our set and prop options.
The following gallery contains shots that use our set and props in different ways. All the backdrops we have here, many of the featured clothing items we also have here for your shoot, depending on sizes.
All these shots were shot at our home studio and any of these styles can be used for your shoot.
In between preparing to exhibit at Sexpo (4th to 7th March 2010 – we are hoping to bring a touch of class to the proceedings 
I’ve managed to get a couple of new shoots up on the blog.
This shoot was done late last year with Melissa. The shots are a gift for Melissa’s partner and he wanted a Gothic photography theme to the shots so this one is a little different.
Thank you to Melissa for permission to use the shots here.
If you’re interested in a shoot please contact Karen (0402 230669 – karen@deanagar.com.au) or Dean (0438 775299 – dean@deanagar.com.au)
Our blog contains news and info but if you want to view our main site, which has all of our galleries and folio images, click www.deanagar.com.au
Today Erin and I did a shoot which is our first together since 2007. That shoot had some great shots and one of them is still in the top 10 of all time in the fashion section of Photo.net when viewed by ‘Aesthetics’ so we had something to live up to Photo.net has 3 million shots on there and the top rated lists contain 3000 shots so it was a pretty big deal for us to get in the top 10 there.
This shoot was to show off our new sets and experiment with what we could do with them in a vintage boudoir kinda style.
Karen styled and Erin did her own hair and make up and I pointed the lights and camera. It was a long day and we have a truck load of shots to retouch so keep coming back as Erin’s gallery below will grow over the next week or two.
All the new sets are available to use in any of our packages and most of the clothing and accessories in the shots are ours for you to use.
If you’re interested in a shoot please contact Karen (0402 230669 – karen@deanagar.com.au) or Dean (0438 775299 – dean@deanagar.com.au)
Our blog contains news and info but if you want to view our main site, which has all of our galleries and folio images, click here www.deanagar.com.au
After what seems like an eternity our new sets are in and ready to shoot. It’s been a long time as we had to go to China to get what we wanted and even then it had to be made for us. We ordered them last September so it’s been a while, then we had to wait weeks for the special wallpaper for the set walls. It’s been a trial of waiting and a lot of hard work but it’s finally done!
Angela, our regular model for model folio updates, is currently doing a dance contract in Macau at the Hard Rock Hotel so we had to look elsewhere this time. I might be biased (Ang is my step daughter now but she is a very hard act to follow.
Yesterday we shot Elisha for our folio and she was wonderful. I first met Elisha a couple of years ago as she works in a local store. I made a mental note then that if I was ever short of a great model I would ask her. Well that day came and she did a fantastic job. How on earth no one has asked her to model before I will never know.I hope someone notices her now she has some good shots.
I also have a shoot with Erin Bigg. I was lucky enough to shoot with Erin a few years ago. Since then we have both done pretty well in our fields and we see Erin regularly as she does make up for some of our clients.
In modelling Erin has done so much since she last was in front of my camera (she is in Ralph this month for example) so I cannot wait to shoot her on Tuesday. Keep an eye out for the shots as we are going for a real vintage boudoir, Dita Von Teese, Moulin’ Rouge kind of a thing. Going to be so much fun!
All the furniture, sets and clothing in these shots are part of our new items and are available to use in any of our shoot packages whether you want to shoot boudoir, fashion, artistic etc. If you wish to shoot with us contact Dean (dean@deanagar.com.au, 0438 775299) or Karen (0402 230 669 – karen@deanagar.com.au)
I will be adding to this gallery over the coming days, so check back for more.
Our blog contains news and info but if you want to view our main site, which has all of our galleries and folio images, click here www.deanagar.com.au
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.
Our blog contains news and info but if you want to view our main site, which has all of our galleries and folio images, click here www.deanagar.com.au
Things have been so hectic recently that I’ve not had a moment to do any blog updates so this is the first one in a while.
Last week Belinda and her 14 year old daughter, Shannon, came in for a fun shoot. We shot a couple of fantasy shots with Shannon playing ‘rock chick’ using a digitally added stage.
Belinda did a few elegant evening wear shots and they did a couple of fun ones together.
Here’s some of the shots. Thanks to Belinda and Shannon for allowing me to use their shots here.
This week I created a progression video of some of our recent fantasy photos. The video shows the different elements and how they come together to make the final images.
If you’re interested in a fantasy photo please contact Dean (0438 775299 – dean@deanagar.com.au) or Karen 0402 230669.
The video below is in standard definition. A HD 720p version is on YouTube here (this will open a new browser window).
