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    In an increasingly competitive marketplace, creative and stylish images are critical in getting the right message to the right people at the right time.

     

    Whether the scope of work is corporate, commercial or industrial in nature, Jacaranda Photography consistently produces fresh and evocative images tailored to the needs of its clients.

     

    From corporate portraits and images of community leaders at work, to photographs highlighting architecture, construction or even our distinctive landscape, Jacaranda Photography's services are delivered in a timely, cost effective and professional manner.


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This week…

Friday, January 20, 2012 Posted in Annual Report, Commercial, Location, Mining, Personal Work

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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Rail…

Friday, January 13, 2012 Posted in Annual Report, Commercial, Location, Mining, Photography

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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January 15, 2012 - 2:47 am

mervfrench - Excellent as always Mark. Might try and catch up if you are around this week.

January 13, 2012 - 3:05 am

admin - Nearly got some of her this week but I had left before she flew in…

January 13, 2012 - 2:55 am

Charlene - “Peta loves hanging out of planes….”

Why is there no photographic evidence of this? :D

January 13, 2012 - 1:08 am

admin - Peta loves hanging out of planes….

January 13, 2012 - 12:57 am

Charlene - Cool. Look forward to it. You two have a great working arrangement!

January 13, 2012 - 12:29 am

admin - 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…

January 13, 2012 - 12:22 am

Charlene - I was up around Morawa not too long ago. I just love those portraits. What expressive faces those guys have, even with sunnies!

Animation…

Sunday, January 1, 2012 Posted in Commercial, Personal Work, Photography, Portrait, Tech

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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January 2, 2012 - 5:48 am

admin - 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.

January 2, 2012 - 2:19 am

Charlene - Very nice. Never realised Photoshop handled video as well!

At the smelter…

Wednesday, December 14, 2011 Posted in Annual Report, Commercial, Location, Mining, Photography

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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December 15, 2011 - 6:03 pm

Val - 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

December 2011…

Monday, December 5, 2011 Posted in Annual Report, Commercial, Location, Personal Work, Photography, Portrait

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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Back to the mines again…

Friday, October 21, 2011 Posted in Annual Report, Commercial, Location, Mining, Photography

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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October 22, 2011 - 4:40 am

Charlene - Did you have big lighting rigs to get these shots underground? Also, bottom row, 2nd to the left – what is tat silvery blue stuff?

October 21, 2011 - 8:20 pm

Peta - A great selection, they should be very happy with those.
Bubbles look cool….

Another week…

Thursday, October 13, 2011 Posted in Annual Report, Commercial, Health Dept, Location, Medical Shots, Photography, Portrait

The images below are a few from this week which included a launch for Diverse WA, some shoots for the Dept of Health and some from the new Mirrabooka Town Square in the City of Stirling. Most shot with the Canon 5D MkII and either the 24mm 1.4 or 70-200mm 2.8 plus a couple with the Leica and 50mm cron.

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Orchid Survey…

Sunday, October 2, 2011 Posted in Annual Report, Commercial, Location, Photography

I have been working in and around Geraldton for the past week which involved some time out in the bush with a team from Oakajee Port and Rail and AECOM while they conducted surveys into native flora, specifically orchids that may be impacted by the proposed rail and port project. Shot with the 5D MKII 70-200mm, 10mm macro and 85mm 1.2 and with the Leica M9 and 50mm ‘cron.

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Underground Again…

Saturday, September 24, 2011 Posted in Annual Report, Commercial, Location, Photography, Portrait

Below are some shots from a shoot this week for a mining company at their above ground mine at Mt Keith and their underground operation at Cliffs. It was a couple of long days and underground photography can be a challenge but it was good fun. Shot most of the portraits with the 5D mkII and 70-200mm IS L lens and the landscape shots with the Leica M9 and WATE. Also got to try out one of my new F Stop bags, the Loka which proved to work really well underground when operating both from a vehicle or on foot.

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Collgar Wind Farm…

Wednesday, September 7, 2011 Posted in Annual Report, Commercial, Location, Photography, Portrait

Was back in Merredin yesterday at the Collgar Wind Farm to shoot some shots for Downer whose staff have been on site there since construction began. All shot with either the Canon 5D mkII and 70-200 f2.8IS or the Leica M9 and WATE or 75mm Lux. Lighting was with the Canon 580EX and Flex and Mini Pocketwizards with the new firmware to enable flash sync at high speed which let me shoot at f2.8 with a shutter speed of 1/1600 sec.

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September 7, 2011 - 7:49 pm

mervfrench - Excellent shots Mark.

Should have rang , i would have come with you.

More Portraits…

Wednesday, August 24, 2011 Posted in Annual Report, Commercial, Location, Photography, Portrait

More of the same here with yet more of a continuing job for one of my clients here in Perth. About 146 people in a morning, ended up feeling like shoot school portraits! All shot with the Canon 5D MKII and 85mm f1.2 and a Profoto Acute B with SB800.

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August 24, 2011 - 6:39 am

admin - Thanks Charlene, it was pretty full on that’s for sure…

August 24, 2011 - 6:03 am

Charlene - What an awesome selection of portraits. I really like how your corporate headshots look a lot like documentary portraits. They make a great grid display.

And 146 in a day… phew!

Industrial Shoot…

Friday, August 19, 2011 Posted in Annual Report, Commercial, Location, Photography

The images below were from a shoot last week that I will be wrapping up this week coming. It was shot in conjunction with my colleague Mark Littlepage from Razoreye here in Perth and it was for an industrial company based just north of Perth city. All shot with the Canon 5D MKII and either the 24mm f1.4, 100mm f2.8IS, 135mm f2 or the 70-200mm f2.8IS.

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This Week…

Monday, August 8, 2011 Posted in Annual Report, Commercial, Location, Photography

Some shots for Pindan who have just announced they will be building a charity home for Cystic Fibrosis WA plus a couple more from my City shoot this week including a few abstract shots of the ENEX100 building that funnily enough I was told for the second time that it is illegal to photograph, even from the public footpath on the Terrace – go figure! All shots except the abstracts were taken with the Leica M9 and either the WATE or 28mm Summacron.

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August 8, 2011 - 4:00 pm

mervfrench - So what did you say when you were told you couldn’t shoot the building from public space ?

St Georges Terrace, Perth…

Wednesday, August 3, 2011 Posted in Annual Report, Commercial, Location, Photography

Shot the official re-opening of St Georges Terrace this morning for the construction company that carried out the work. The Right Honourable The Lord Mayor of the City of Perth, Lisa Scaffidi officially opened the enhancement works between William and Barrack Streets. The works included some very cool LED street lighting and new bus stops etc…

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August 7, 2011 - 4:59 pm

mervfrench - We drove down there yesterday and didn’t notice any great change.

I will have to take more notice next time as it took long enough to do there must be something different about it.

August 3, 2011 - 4:54 am

Charlene - Was that this morning? Damn! I should have followed my gut and gotten to work via St Georges Tce rather than Wellington St… might have caught you in action :)

Going Underground….

Wednesday, June 29, 2011 Posted in Annual Report, Commercial, Location, Photography

Spent a few days in South Australia this week working underground on a job for one of my Perth clients. Also spent a day shooting some of their other projects in Adelaide, overall the underground work was a bit of a challenge but well worth it. Shot with the Canon 5D MKII and 24mm 1.4 and 70-200mm 2.8IS and a few Nikon and Canon strobes and a load of Pocket Wizards.

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July 15, 2011 - 10:49 pm

admin - Thanks Linda, it is pretty diverse that’s for sure!!

July 7, 2011 - 2:29 am

Linda Kelso - I think you may just have the best job in Australia (or surely the most interesting) !! Great images Mark.

July 1, 2011 - 12:43 pm

admin - Yes was very tricky, worth while though and good to do…. Like you shots from the wind farm btw…

June 30, 2011 - 7:03 pm

mervfrench - Great shots Mark under trying conditions I bet.

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