April 17, 2025 – 4:53 pm

I’ve been spending time in the studio working on a new series, Echo Chamber. Playing with literal “smoke and mirrors” and exploring the illusory echo chambers people find themselves in, in an online world of information overload. Let me know if you can spot the skull. An ominous, but fitting, happy accident!

Echo Chamber - llusion Loop © Mark Lobo Photography
Echo Chamber - RippleEffect © Mark Lobo Photography

I managed to shoot a few fun self portraits within the setup as a test to see how I can further incorporate portraits into the series. They love the way they turned out and can’t wait to further develop and refine the results in upcoming shoots!

Echo Chamber | Self Portrait Outtake | © Mark Lobo
Echo Chamber | Self Portrait Outtake | © Mark Lobo
March 26, 2025 – 4:51 pm
Product Photography for Spicers Australia - Melbourne - Mark Lobo

Product Photography for Spicers Australia - Melbourne - Mark Lobo

Product Photography for Spicers Australia - Melbourne - Mark Lobo

Product Photography for Spicers Australia - Melbourne - Mark Lobo

I had an incredible time bringing this project to life for Spicers Australia. The goal was to highlight their RC Kraft Packaging series — a versatile, multi-layer coated kraft board with endless packaging possibilities. ⁣To capture its unique features, I created a combination of still product photography and animated GIFs that showcase the packaging’s functionality and design. The stunning packaging was designed by Contain Design Studio, in collaboration with Studio Wilson and printed by Adam’s Print. From capturing it’s intricate details to demonstrating how the packaging works, this project was a joy to shoot.

I’ve put together a few more of my favourite product photography projects here.

April 29, 2024 – 2:59 pm

I’ve recently been diving deeper into the captivating realm of wine and other bottle photography, focusing particularly on showcasing the incredible work of designers at Foliolio both in Melbourne and interstate. I wanted to share a few of my recent favourites from these designers, who worked on the branding and label design. Click through to delve deeper into the designer’s portfolio and show them some well-deserved support. More of my wine and bottle photography can also be seen here.
Cheers! 🥂

Creative Wine Bottle Photography Melbourne | David Byerlee | Spicers Paper
Granjoux | Wine Bottle Photography Melbourne | By Mark Lobo
Wine Bottle Photography Melbourne | Studio Guild
Studio Guild | Wine Bottle Photography Melbourne | By Mark Lobo
Wine Bottle Photography Melbourne | Sole Studio | By Mark Lobo
Ben Galbraith | Wine Bottle Photography Melbourne | By Mark Lobo
Bar Brand People | Maybe Sammy Cocktail Photography Melbourne | By Mark Lobo
Alexander Hill | Wine Bottle Photography Melbourne | By Mark Lobo
Truepenny Gin | Bottle Photography Melbourne | By Mark Lobo
Wine Bottle Photography | Coles Group Melbourne | By Mark Lobo
December 19, 2023 – 3:04 pm

Lars Wannop by Mark Lobo

I felt extremely honoured to have an old friend Lars Wannop ask me to photograph him at the studio earlier this year. As an art director with a genuine curiosity for all things creative and beyond, he was such a pleasure to collaborate with in creating a portrait that would represent him best. He had sent me a reference of an image from my “Echo Chamber” series (on Instagram) and wanted to incorporate a “light playfulness”, with the idea incorporate subtle details to further prompt a curiosity about who he is. We actually ended up including some of the same flowers and some smoke as a throwback to the original reference.

September 6, 2017 – 4:24 pm

Winter At Fed Square | Melbourne | Mark Lobo

Earlier this year, I collaborated with AER design to create a set of hero images for Melbourne’s “Winter at Fed Square” campaign. We worked on producing 4 final artworks, that had the flexibility to fit different print formats, digital promotions, way finding, signage and an animation. I couldn’t have asked for a more iconic Melbourne location than Federation Square to have the work displayed. Special thanks to Stray Orbit for the excellent retouching work you put in to help me hit our deadline and 77 productions for the animation.

Here are a few images and final artwork from the shoot.

Winter At Fed Square | Melbourne | Mark Lobo

Mark Lobo | AER | Winter In Fed Square | Melbourne

Winter At Fed Square | Melbourne | Mark Lobo

Winter At Fed Square | Melbourne | Mark Lobo

Winter At Fed Square | Melbourne | Mark Lobo

Mark Lobo | AER | Winter In Fed Square | Melbourne

Winter At Fed Square | Melbourne | Mark Lobo

Mark Lobo | AER | Winter In Fed Square | Melbourne

Winter At Fed Square | Melbourne | Mark Lobo

Winter At Fed Square | Melbourne | Mark Lobo

Winter At Fed Square | Melbourne | Mark Lobo

Mark Lobo | AER | Winter In Fed Square | Melbourne

Mark Lobo | AER | Winter In Fed Square | Melbourne

May 1, 2017 – 1:10 pm

I recently made another visit to the United Stated to attend the Creative Mornings Summit in Austin, Texas.  We started our road trip with Creative Mornings crews from Oakland, Montevideo, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Tijuana and Melbourne.  Following the event, I joined Phoot Camp friends David Worthington and Kristina Yamamoto for another road trip from Portland back down to LA where we drove, hiked and photographed some of the most beautiful spots in between. We had almost made it to LA, with coastal fog obscuring most of our Big Sur drive. Despite the poor visibility, it actually made for some dramatic photos which I hope to share more of soon. This was the Bixby Creek Bridge which apparently rarely ever looks like this.

Bixby Creek Bridge | Mark Lobo Photography | Melbourne

May 31, 2016 – 2:53 pm

I recently converted one of my old backup cameras into a “Full Spectrum” DSLR.  The process allows me to use the camera to filter out specific ranges of light using filters.  I was specifically interested in photographing in the infrared spectrum of light and brought my camera along to a weekend away with a few talented photographers in Mt. Beauty, a few hours drive from Melbourne.  This is one of my favourites from the weekend. Im thrilled with the results! I’ll update the “Projects” section of my website soon with a few more, once I get around to sitting down in front of it all!

Infrared Photography | Mark Lobo | Melbourne

April 28, 2016 – 8:23 pm

Sharing a studio with One Fine Print has its perks. We had some fun filling up our massive office walls with some huge new prints! You can read more about them here and check out the little timelapse we made below!

March 31, 2016 – 4:01 pm

After wrapping up a shoot early last week, I decided to dump literally everything I had in my bag out and arrange it into a tidy flat-lay.  I think this could be the start of yet another series…

Mark Lobo | Melbourne | Honest Flatlay

January 31, 2016 – 6:58 pm

I recently joined a few Instagrammers out on Phillip Island, just under two hours out of Melbourne, for a tour of the beautiful coastline out at Cape Woolamai. There wasn’t much of a sunset like we had hoped for, but it made for the most peaceful night, shooting long exposures of the waves and seeing the silhouettes of thousands of Short-tailed Shearwaters flying above. It was so refreshing to get excited about photography outside of my professional style of work and just have some fun.  This is what I saw:

Mark Lobo Photography | Phillip Island

Mark Lobo Photography | Phillip Island

Mark Lobo Photography | Phillip Island

Mark Lobo Photography | Phillip Island

Mark Lobo Photography | Phillip Island

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