Last night, 12 of Brisbane’s hottest Designers battled it out at Designer Fight Club at the Zoo in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley.  After checking out the student competition last month, I was intrigued to see what the “industry professionals” battle would hold.  With a heckling MC, 30 minutes to come up with a design, and some challenging briefs, the night did not disappoint.  My personal favourite of the night came from Corin Edwards, self proclaimed “rock’n'roll librarian”, who incorporated an 8 eyed dinosaur into his design (upon request)… and subsequently won his round!  Congrats to Jess from JosephMark who took out first prize in the event!  Some shots from the night:

Round 1 Contestants - Congrats to Jess (far right) for winning the event.

Mark Payne - Mimobase

Corin - Working a very subtle eight-eyed dinosaur into his design

More about Designer Fight Club

Last night I attended the opening of Joshua Levi Galleries to help welcome Brisbane’s freshest new gallery to the art community. The gallery space has undergone an amazing makeover. What was once an old antique shop, is now one of Brisbane’s most unique exhibiting spaces. In-house canvas printing and framing, studio space, limited edition prints, and original artworks are a just a few of the many things that makes Joshua Levi Galleries one of the most attractive exhibiting spaces for artitsts and photographers. The night showcased some amazing work from artists such as Nic Plowman and Emma Sheldrake… oh and MYSELF! I have some limited edition canvas prints on the walls in the gallery, so head in there and check them out!

Joshua Levi Galleries

4 Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba
07 3392 2220
http://www.joshualevigalleries.com.au/

Well, after a short tour around the suburbs of Brisbane, it finally came time to take down the images exhibited in the PhotosXFour exhibition at Brisbane Powerhouse. Thanks so much to all those involved, those that came to the opening night and those that took the time to see the exhibition. After several weeks of moving around town, the images from the series are going be retired for the time being, while I focus on getting my new works started. I will however, have some of my work for sale at the opening of Joshua Levi Galleries, so stay tuned! Special thanks to the other very talented photographers involved, Russell Fleming, Matt Leasegang and James Debenham! Thanks to Ian Henderson from Photo Resources for the quality and care put into the printing, mounting and framing of all the images. Many thanks to Guy for taking shots on the night and thank you so much to all those that generously agreed to be a part of the project, you are the best models ever! Some snaps from the night:

In the coming weeks I will be exhibiting a number of my portraits at the Brisbane Powerhouse. They will be exhibited as part of ‘photosXfour’, a collaboration of four Brisbane Photographers and four unique commercial styles. Over 40 images are on show, and cover genres from editoiral style fashion to urban landscapes. Hope to see you there!!!

PhotosXFour

Exhibited at

Brisbane Powerhouse

19th of May to 6th of June, 2008

For more information or details on opening night please feel free to contact me.

The BNE exhibition has moved to Urban Grind in New Farm and will be showing there until 17th May 2008. The layout of the new shop is great. Make sure you stop in there for a coffee!

Urban Grind

530 Brunswick St, New Farm
Queensland, Australia

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Brisbane Powerhouse

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I am holding an exhibition at Urban Grind in Paddington from the 20th of April - 3rd of May. The exhibition features both recent and unseen portraits of BNE (Brisbane). So head over to Urban Grind, have a coffee and check out my stuff!!!

Urban Grind

The much anticipated exhibition and judging of the photos from Shooting Raw 2008 was held on Wednesday night. Shooting Raw is a photographic competition I took part in, in which each photographer is given a half hour time slot to shoot 12 frames, with one nude model and an unseen location, (see my previous post for more info). It was great to see the work of all the other photographers and how they worked with what was quite a challenging environment.

To top off the night, I ended up winning the Photographers’ Award and the People’s Choice award for the same photo (above)! The shot won 2 out of the 3 awards presented! The prints will be available for purchase from the Shooting Raw website, with proceeds going to the Queensland Institute of Medical Research. Thanks to Pat, Norm, The Joynt, sponsors and guests!

Take the time to check out these links!

Queensland Institute
of Medical Research

Event Photos

Web Nerd

I was a recent participating photographer in Shooting Raw 2008, a photographic competition in which each photographer has 12 shots to bring an unseen location and a nude model to life.

A bit about the exhibition:

“Shooting Raw is a model photography competition which throws out the traditional environment of the model photographer. We present them with a new environment, a model they’ve never met before with limited tools and very few chances to get the shot right. The emphasis is about thinking on your feet and taking advantage of the environment, being able to see the possibilities of what there is around you, without the ability to create exactly what you’d like. “

To bring a challenge to the competition, only 12 frames were allowed to be shot in a half hour period and the location was provided only just before the event. More rules here. This year, the shoot was held in Austinville on the Gold Coast.
Photos from the competition will be exhibited and judged at The JoYnt in South Brisbane on April 9th, 2008.

Please come check out the results!
RSVP to info@shootingraw.com.au

The JoYnt

Located @
48 Montague Road
South Brisbane

We’ve had Winston in the family for about 10 years. Adopted from the RSPCA, apparently with the name of ‘Josh’, he was always a happy and playful pup. Like many dogs, he had a crazy obsession with chasing any kind of throw toy and would often fall asleep still holding a frisbee or ball in his mouth.

Last Thursday, I noticed he wasn’t being himself. Choosing a cuddle over catching his frisbee was extremely uncharacteristic of him and I was starting to wonder if all this rain was depressing him. Later that night, his condition worsened with him just staring and sitting right in front his food in a zombie-like state. I drove him to the emergency animal hospital where they called in a medical specialist to conduct further tests. He was suffering from pericardial effusion, a condition of fluid gathering in a sac around the heart, preventing it from pumping properly. Luckily he was treated in time, fluids drained, and he was sent home the next day for rest. He spent the next week with me at home where his condition improved to a point where I noticed he was even more active and happy than I remember him being in quite a while.

On Monday night, without any sign of struggle, we found him motionless on his beanbag. It was such a shock to find him like this, when only a few hours earlier, he had seemed so happy and healthy. I desperately tried to wake him up shaking him and shouting his name, but it was too late. The vet’s conclusion was that there was another sudden release of fluid around his heart, but unable to detect it this time, it proved to be fatal. He seemed to have passed away peacefully on his beanbag.

Winston was my best friend and I’ll miss him dearly.

February 13th marked the official launch party of Australia’s dedicated music distributors, Musicadium. With live bands, a great atmosphere and held at one of Brisbane’s best live music venues, the launch party was a huge success.

Ranger

Frankie Band / (now Polaroid Fame)

The Westminsters

Were you there?

More of my shots from the night and social pics can be found on the Musicadium Flickr Page.