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Winter Light

andy — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:18:10 +0000

My favorite time of the year – nice temps and fantastic light.
These were shot recently for a commercial assignment in Townsville.

Melanie & Peter

andy — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:28:06 +0000

Day at the Races

andy — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:42:59 +0000

A great day was had by all at the opening of the winter carnival in Townsville. All the fillies were there in their finest – a little wobbly in high heels by the end of the day.

Louise & Philippe

andy — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:27:02 +0000

I just love the light at this time of year.

BOSS (best of student show)

andy — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:41:15 +0000

Some great performances by School of Creative Arts students at JCU tonight. Good to see that the arts are far from dead in Townsville. Our project “Landmines” even got a showing at the exhibition.

Cane Toads

andy — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:40:14 +0000

Being a photographer might sound like a glamorous profession but its not always like that. I nearly puked taking this image of Cane Toads. The smell was absolutely revolting and stayed on my clothes for the rest of the day. Its was part of a mass round up and extermination of Cane Toads in Townsville. The organizers estimated that 25,000 Toads were collected. I think thats a bit of an overstatement. My estimation was more like 10,000. Whatever the number it was disgusting.
Thanks a lot Leisa for giving me the gig – she’s making up for it in a few weeks when we fly to Horn Island and other Islands in the north for a Tourism shoot.

iphone to blog

andy — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:11:22 +0000

Thought I might try and blog from my iPhone.
Image also taken on the phone. It’s of number 3 son’s soccer training. I just love the time of day when the natural light is in balance with the artificial light.

North Queensland

andy — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:38:29 +0000

Thought I might try this out by embeding a slideshow from my website

Old School

andy — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:27:12 +0000

I had a nice editorial shoot this week. The client wanted a retro look and will later get the retoucher to strip in a new background. Should be interesting to see what they come up with. It was fun and challenging to come up with an “old school” lighting setup. Amazing what you can do to studio lights with a bit of cardboard and tape. Its very satisfying to do something different to the usual soft light approach.

Ky-lee & Ashley

andy — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:54:34 +0000

I photographed Ky-lee and Ashley’s wedding in Townsville last week. It was a bitter sweet affair as Ashley’s father Mick passed away while on holidays with the family over Christmas. The wedding was planned for later in the year but Ashley decided to move it forward to Mick’s birthday in January. They did an amazing job getting it all organized in only three weeks!!! It was an honor to record the day for them.