West Australian Photography, Australian Commercial Photography, Industrial Photography
Got to spend a day at an exploration camp in the East Pilbara region of Western Australia this week, it was a two hour plane flight to Telfer and a two hour drive east off road to the camp. We were there to shoot some portraits for the companies newsletters and website and it was a very busy day but good fun and a great location.
All shot with the Canon 5D MKIII and 70-200mm 2.8 and 24mm 1.4
The images below are some interiors from the new Central Institute of Technology in Northbridge. It’s an amazing building both inside and out and very bright, it’s certainly a different style from the CIT building across the road. I still have to shoot the exterior as soon as the weather co-operates. All shot with the Canon 5D MKIII and the 24mm TS, 17mm TS and the 70-200mm.
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Yesterday I shot some more images as part of the Department of Health’s Healthy Lifestyles. All the images shot with the Canon 5D MKIII, 70-200mm 2.8, 85mm 1.2 and Acute B and XL Brolly.
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Last night I shot some images of Erica who is just about to have her second baby, I shot some very similar images four years ago when she was pregnant with Olivia and I can’t believe that so much time has passed already! As always it was a pleasure to make photos of Erica – she is a natural! I was just glad we managed to wrap up the session without her going into labour, with so many strobes firing and Erica jumping about the poor baby must have wondered what the heck was going on…
All shot of the Canon 5D MKIII and 85mm 1.2 and 24-105 lens with the Profoto Acute B and XL brolly.
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The shots below were from a shoot yesterday for the Dept of Health at the Celtic Cross Tattoo shop in Kalamunda. Gary the owner very kindly let us photograph while his client Jake was having the outline of his latest tattoo inked. Some of the images were shot using the Profoto Acute B and the rest using the existing light. Everything was shot on the new Canon 5D MKIII and either the 85mm 1.2, 100mm macro, 24mm 1.4 or 70-200mm 2.8.
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Back on the 17th of March I shot the staff launch of McLaren RAW Hire here in Perth. The company run the largest fleet of rental vehicles in the North West and have contract with many of the mining companies around Port Hedland and Karratha as well as being the supplier of vehicles for Chevron. I had to shoot portraits for the new re branded website plus cover the launch itself for the 30 plus staff who were in Perth from the North to attend the event. All shot with the 5D MkII and either 85mm 1.2 or 24mm 1.4 lenses and Profoto Acute B and Canon 580 EX stobes.
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Had a great fun Star Wars shoot today for the 501st Legion here in Perth – a little different from my usual portrait sessions! Close up shots with the Leica M9 and 50mm ‘Cron and the remaining with the Canon 5D MKII. Also have to thank Ze Weng Wong for fitting us in his studio at such short notice…
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Now that is different !!
Not something you see every day in Perth…
VERY COOL!!!!! Wish I had been there 
Had a very speedy portrait shoot in the CBD today for a resources client who needed a headshot for a newsletter. Shot with the 5D MKII and 85mm 1.2 and Profoto Acute B and SB800 strobes.
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Today Peta North and I had a quick portrait shoot with Grange Resources in the CBD for LastSay, we had a bit of time with the MD, Russell Clark and then had to shoot some staff headshots. I had wanted to try out a new Profoto XL umbrella but unfortunately the room was to small so had to go with the beauty dish instead. All shot with the 5D MkII and 85mm f1.2L lens and Profoto Acute B 600 strobes.
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Below are some more images shot today for a promotion of healthy lifestyles for the WA Department of Health, all shot with the Canon 5D MKII and either the 85mm f1.2, 70-200 f2.8 or the 24-105 f4 and Profoto strobes.
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The shots below were taken for the Dept of Health as part of a new website upgrade they are currently working on. It was shot over two evenings at Pop Studios here in Perth – thanks Julian… All shot with the Canon 5D MKII and 80mm f1.2 L series lens.
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Spent a few days this week shoot a project up around Onslow for the upgrade of the 80km Onslow Road. We had about every weather imaginable in three days from stinking hot, to hail and rain, to lightning storms and then to top it off bush fires. All images shot mainly with the Leica M9 and WATE, 35mm Zeiss and 90 Elamrit plus a few with the Canon 5D MKII and 70-200mm.
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These are wonderful, even if they are just of road works. I love the colour and feel to these, the documentary style, beautiful work yet again!
Below are three images from a shoot today that is part of a book and audio project that centres around smoking stories from within the Perth Aboriginal Community. All images were shot with the 5D MKII and the 85mm f1.2 and either natural light or the Profoto 600B.
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Below are some shots from a shoot this week for KHC, a Perth and Brisbane based consultancy. All shot with the 5D MKII and 85mm f1.2 or 70-200mm f2.8.
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This is the the shot I took with the Leica M9 and the WATE set at 21mm from my shoot on Monday. Not quite sure what it is but I really liked this shot…
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That floor looks like a CG creation. Their new offices are certainly something, i have to say.
Some time ago I got my grubby hands on someone’s M8 and WATE, and took it for a quick walk around the city. Must say, that was my one and only time handling a Leica and it was a helluvan experience… 
I do love that lens.. Took me a while to save up for but I’d never part with it now….
Had a shoot today for one of my construction clients, with a very early 0530hrs start I was out of the CBD before rush hour! The building was an upgrade to an existing office complex and it certainly looked pretty cool. Shot with the Canon 5D MKII and 24mm & 17mm TS and the 24-105mm plus the Leica M9 and WATE. My favourite shot from the day was one of only a few I took with the Leica but it’s not in the selection below so I may have to post that as a separate entry at some point.
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Can’t believe January is nearly at an end already! This week has been busy with a few shoots and a pile of meetings and below are a few random shots, one for a full page magazine advert for Missionpac.com based here in Perth who produce Merino wool and cotton products for the military, federal police and other law enforcement departments both here in Australia and overseas, one was basically a product shot of some new scrapers one of my client is about to deploy on a new rail project in the Pilbara, the other was for a press release for a new land sale and the final one was a personal shot. Three shot with the Leica M9 and two shot with the Canon 5D MKII.
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I like the shot from Venns Mark, well spotted.
And pretty good coffee too…
Some shots below from a shoot this week at a new 80km rail spur near Morowa, Peta North shot some aerials and I worked on the ground. – shot on the Canon 5D MKII and Leica M9.
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I was up around Morawa not too long ago. I just love those portraits. What expressive faces those guys have, even with sunnies!
Pretty interesting job that one. Peta shot some cool aerials of the job too so I am hoping to upload some of those next week…
Cool. Look forward to it. You two have a great working arrangement!
Peta loves hanging out of planes….
“Peta loves hanging out of planes….”
Why is there no photographic evidence of this?
Nearly got some of her this week but I had left before she flew in…
Excellent as always Mark. Might try and catch up if you are around this week.
Wow, the last image literally made my heart skip a beat as I scrolled onto it. Really powerful image, pure art!
Thanks for the kind words Linda. Can sometimes be a challenge making something a little interesting out of something like a road!
Peta North and I were shooting a job for LastSay this week for one of the mining and civil engineering clients. The shoot was the first part of a bigger job to produce a new company brochure to fit in with the updated image branding. All shot on the 5D MKII or Nikon D3s.
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During the Christmas break I have been trying to catch up with a few photo books that I have had on the shelf plus try a few techniques that may prove a bonus to my workflow. The animated GIF file below was taken from 10sec of video with the candle being added as a mask in each frame following the first. Shot on the Ricoh GXR with the Leica 28mm Cron.
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Very nice. Never realised Photoshop handled video as well!
Yes you PS CS4 and 5 can open video files which can be saved / rendered and then you can re-open the video as a layered image with each frame on a separate layer.
The images below are a few from a shoot for The Professionals real estate agents just before Christmas. My assistant Andrea and I took a white paper roll and shot on location at the clients offices South of Perth in WA. All shot with the 5D MKII and 85mm 1.2 lens.
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The shots below were taken at a West Australian smelter in the goldfields, it made a change from being underground and another very interesting experience. All shot with the Canon 5D MKII and 70-200mm, 135mm and 24mm.
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Great pic’s Mark.
Good to see so many girls in the mining industry.
Magic sunset shot.
One can’t beat the WA’s outback for extreme colour for us happy photographers.
Val
The top shot below was taken for a press release about the house buying habits of the Gen Y’s in Western Australia, the other two were from a couple of other shoots last week.
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I have been travelling for the past month so the blog has been a little quiet but it back to work now and it that time of year for client parties and the like so things look pretty busy for the next couple of weeks. Here are a couple of shots from this week plus a couple of Autumn colour shots from the UK…
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This week was spent both above and below ground at a mine out in the goldfields of Western Australia. The underground operation was 1.2km deep vertically and as we had so much gear had to drive down the main incline which is approx a 15km corkscrew to the bottom. As before it was a very interesting experience and a challenging environment in which to work. All shot with the Canon 5D mkII and either 24mm 1.4, 85mm 1.2 or 70-200 2.8IS and with the Leica M9 and 90mm Elmarit…
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A great selection, they should be very happy with those.
Bubbles look cool….
Did you have big lighting rigs to get these shots underground? Also, bottom row, 2nd to the left – what is tat silvery blue stuff?
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