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Five For Friday – City By The Bay

After a break from 5 last week, we’re back with a bit of travel. Before we do that however, don’t work that you can enter the Creativity giveaway for a chance to win some great prizes.

Although I’m based in Asia, I actually come from Australia and have never really posted any photos from there. So this week, we’re heading to Melbourne for a few photos from the city by the bay. During 2002 I was fortunate enough to live in a great house across the road from the beach in Williamstown, a bayside suburb of Melbourne. The following photographs are all taken from the wharf area looking back across to the central business district of Melbourne. These are all low-res film scans. I’ve left a few scratches in for a bit of a vintage type look.

Check back on Monday for some great performance photos from Taipei and don’t forget that my calendar Renegade Beauty | Taiwan 2010 is still available for purchase. Enjoy.

Looking across Port Phillip Bay towards the city of Melbourne.

Five For Friday – Creativity

This week on 5 we journey outside the photographic sphere in order to explore creativity. Creativity exists in all walks of life and artistic pursuits. The following five videos enter the worlds of music, sport and writing to take a look at the creative process in other fields and offer lessons that apply as much to photography as they do to any other creative endeavor.

The videos below feature composer Moby, singer/songwriter/author Nick Cave, basketball legend Michael Jordan, skateboarder Rodney Mullen and bestselling writer Zoë Heller.

I hope you enjoy and gain something from these. There’ll be a follow up of sorts next week along with a giveaway, so make sure you check back. As always, your comments and thoughts are highly appreciated. Videos are after the jump.

Five For Friday – A Bit Vintage, A Bit Noir, A Bit B-Movie

Mixing up the portraiture this week for 5. Last month when teaching Light Your World, I hired professional model Jaclynn Joseph to give the participants some real life practice. My intention that day was to let the students do most of the shooting while I did most of the explaining. As a result, I didn’t really get a chance to take many photos of Jaclynn which was a pity. She’s a natural in front of the camera, very professional, very photogenic and a joy to work with. So last Sunday, I hooked up with her, and a couple of other photographer friends for a three hour shoot. Jaclynn and I decided on a kind of 1920s vintage flapper type thing, with a bit of noir thrown in. Well, at least that was the intention, but it might have ended up more like a B-grade horror movie for our final setup of the day. Regardless, a lot of fun was had, I got some images I was happy with and also the seeds of an idea for a future shoot. Here are five photos from the day. Shooting details are at the end of the post.

Jaclynn | Canon EOS 5D Mark II 200mm ISO200 f8 1/200

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