New space, fun times
- At May 27, 2013
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It took a little longer than expected, but it has definitely been worth the wait and we are SUPER EXCITED!!! I’m pleased to announce that my studio business, ShutterClass, is joining the amazing team at Lightdrop Studios in Kensington. After a lot of hunting for suitable locations, Lightdrop turned out to be perfect for a whole raft of reasons. It’s not only a great place to shoot, but it’s perfectly suited to hosting workshops as well. Also, I’ve been more involved in film projects lately, and this space is excellent for that as well!!
Check out the Lightdrop Studios space, and if you are keen to hire it for one of your projects, simply drop them a line – tell them I sent you, you’ll be sure to get a good deal!
Studio demolition
- At March 27, 2013
- By Photograjph
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In order to move into a new space, first the old one needs to be dismantled and moved – and in the case of 600 meters of fitted out cycs, that means quite a bit of demolition is in order! I had a great time building it when I first moved in, and I didn’t expect it to be so much fun pulling it down! Cycloramas make a really interesting noise when they fall over, like a dull “whoomph” noise…
I’ve kept all of the gear as well as a lot of the useful fitout stuff (like the divider curtains), and expect to use these in the next space.
Anyway, here’s a couple of images before and after – I’m pulling together another timelapse and hope to get it out for your viewing pleasure sooner rather than later!
Coming soon – news on the new space (a couple more ducks to line up and then awesome awaits!
Amazing News!!
- At March 04, 2012
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**UPDATE** – Cancelled/Indefinitely Delayed
Due to circumstances outside our control, we’ve had to cancel this round of the Drew Gardner Workshops. Apologies from both Drew and ShutterClass, we will try again sometime in the (hopefully near) future to get Drew out to our fair shores!!
If you are interested in a future edition of this workshop, please drop us a note via the contact page to register your interest, and we’ll let you know once the opportunity arises again!
Read More»Aurum Light in Australia!
- At October 05, 2011
- By Photograjph
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Seriously exciting news folks – I’ve been working on this for almost 2 months, and it is finally going to happen for real! The famous Aurum Light Studio is officially coming to Australia to run their Milk Workshops! If you haven’t seen their workshops before, you need to check out their June workshop summary or their milk and water gallery.
We’ve even got Paul C Buff Australia on board, they’re loaning us the Einstein lights and packs for the workshops – these are some AMAZING lights, I’m keen to get a set for myself. If you want to know more about the lights, Shutterbug Magazine in the US ran an article/ad talking about how the Einstein’s were used in the Silver Angel water shoot!
If you’re interested in knowing more about the Milk Workshops or want to attend, click the image at the top or here
Excited!! 🙂
15 seconds of fame
- At August 03, 2011
- By Photograjph
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Alright, maybe it was only 5 seconds of fame, but it would appear more than a few people noticed my sneaky appearance on Episode 28 (Day 36) of The Block on Channel 9!! You can check out the actual page on The Block Website.
So, the back story – Channel 9 approached ShutterClass Studios about using the entire studio to construct a set, film one of the weekly challenges, and then clean up – all within 3 days! “Sure thing” I said, and so it was done… Almost!
Read More»Optics, Filmmaking and Triggers
- At July 28, 2011
- By Photograjph
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There’s been quite a bit of news lately on various things relating to photography (although, nothing really new or exciting from Canon, apart from more confusion over 5D Mk III film vs still and the inevitable 1Ds Mk IV non-existent camera (*yawn*). But I digress, Gizmodo ran an article on high quality optics with a title I love – “Cameras are for Christmas, lenses are for life” – Amen to that!!
What really surprised me was that the lenses I lusted after are actually the cheapest cine lenses you can buy!! Who would have thought 7 Zeiss compact primes costing $US 21,000 for the set would be called “cheap”!! Still, $C 25,000 for a single Leica Summilux does make the full Zeiss set look like a bargain!!
The article highlights the same advice I give to all photographers who ask me what they should buy – lenses last a lifetime, save your pennies and buy the best glass you can tolerably afford!! It will serve you far longer than any digital body ever will!!
On other things, my camera axe first tests resulted in a note from a reader who mentioned a project on Kickstarter called TriggerTrap. It looks interesting, will be half the price of the Camera Axe, and should have most of the features. I think the one thing that surprised me was that the laser light sensor and a basic piezo microphone are on board – that was the one thing that annoyed me about my old trigger, I had to keep the unit itself close to the action!! Although the ready-built “pro” version is intended to be water resistent, I’ve learnt from bitter experience that the best place for your trigger device is as far away from the action as you can get it!!
On the plus side, the TriggerTrap has a USB interface so that other funky things can be done!! I’m a bit of a tinkerer, so I liked that idea and wish my Camera Axe had the same!
Check out the Kickstarter page and get your hands on one on the cheaps (it closes in a couple of days!)
Camera Axe first tests
- At July 03, 2011
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Finally got a chance to test out the Camera Axe I purchased (and built) a little while back. I’ve been itching to try out some commercial advertising style product shots using water splashes – the picture in my head was along the lines of this ad from 2009 (and I realise that Coca Cola spends a bucket load on editing in post!).
Liquids are good at misbehaving – they never seem to make the shape you want! But they do have the advantage of making other cool shapes you never expected! Read on for more!
Got me a new axe!
- At May 09, 2011
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Back in late 2008 (yes, that long ago!!), I invested in a Universal Timer – you can still buy them, and they are a very cool bit of kit! For the uninitiated (and those who don’t bother clicking through the many links I provide!), the Universal Time is effectively a remote control trigger for your DSLR, on steroids! It takes input from different types of sensors, and fires a couple of attached flashes! Read on for the details…
Read More»More on light painting
- At May 03, 2011
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I’ve been really enjoying some recent forays into light painting – I’m no expert by any stretch of the imagination, but it is fun to get outside and actually INTERACT with my own images. Light painting is great because I get to be in my own images, without actually being IN them. Perfect for someone like me, who prefers to be behind the lens rather than in front of it!
Read More»Light Painting Trial
- At March 13, 2011
- By Photograjph
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It’s been ages since I’ve posted, and for that I apologise!! Things are always hectic, what can I say!! But I would like to point out that things are still moving with the studio, which is now sponsoring a great little group on meetup.com – Melbourne Photography Workshops! It’s simply a portal for people who host workshops and people who want to attend workshops to come together!! It seems to be going well so far, lots of fun workshops have been held already and there’s quite a few to come!
Speaking of workshops, a small group from Melbourne Light Painters and a couple of people from Melbourne Photography Workshops went out last Friday night for some lightpainting. Great night had by all, and we got some great shots. There’s another lightpainting night in the pipeworks (ha! a pun!), so keep your eye on the workshop announcements on the Melbourne Photography Workshops meetup group and get involved!!
I’d post some images, but that’s partly the reason why I’ve been so long between updates – I’ve broken this site!! I can’t seem to upload and post images, which is only slightly problematic for a PHOTOGRAPHY site!! *sigh* It’s always something… So, you get this post for now, and then perhaps the site will start behaving strangely for a bit while I tear it down and try and get it running again!
Please be patient, things will be back to normal in no time at all (did that sound convincing??). Hopefully, there’ll be new images shortly!
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