Recent awards

I was recently asked to be one of the judges at the Queensland Professional Photography awards run by the Queensland division of the Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP)

I entered the awards as well and the following 3 images were each awarded a silver.

The judging is an amazing event to witness and the technology employed is state of the art, each image is judged by a panel of 5 judges and the aggregate score determines the success of the image. Judges do not know the author of any images and no judge can score their own images, as much as they would like to.

Siam Ocean World Bangkok
This shot took a half day to set up, has 8 high power flash lights set strategically above the aquarium and was shot underwater using a camera housing. We custom designed a triggering device that would allow the underwater camera to fire the flashes above water





Electron Microscope at University of Queensland
Shot for Invest Australia, the microscope is used in an isolated room and in total darkness. I subtly crafted artificial light to elude the darkened environment and create a mood that reflect the normal conditions. Without the additional light the only thing the camera would see would be the computer screen and the operators face














Tangalooma Wild Dolphin Resort.
This image is to become a key image for promotion of the resort. The brief was to create an image that showed the dolphins being fed underwater and at the same time showing the experience and interaction of the customer. It was technically difficult given the dolphins are only fed at night. I lit the entire scene with flash to stop the movement of both the dolphin and talent