Kosher...

This is the young, free spirited, care free and hilarious jumping-being by the name of Kershanasaurous  Rex letting her eyes shine bright above a vanilla scented candle.  For more goodness from this creative little feline, head over to her blog.

Portraits...

I don't know what prompted me to start doing this, but I guess all the people that I associate myself with are pretty interesting, unique, attractive, funny looking, comedic, or wild characters.  And I guess I thought for a moment that if I collected portraits of all these people and tiled them together or displayed them somewhere, it would actually look pretty cool.
By no means is this project anywhere near finished, but this is just what has eventuated so far.
nick chalmers | kara marsden | sian york byrne | jacob byrne | mihaka gray | emvielle | chris schulstad | neal purchase jnr | alana alegre | dale robinson

Catalogue Scraps...

It's catalogue time......!  This can be both a great time and a tedious time.  It's awesome because I get to go to locations which I wouldn't normally get the chance to shoot, and I also have the direction of some very talented and creative people.  It can also be a drag having extremely early mornings and even later nights, but the end result is always a reward.  Here's a few scraps from the past few days....

Palau Masokut - Mentawai Islands...

I've just returned from a 10 day trip to Palau Masokut in the Mentawai Island chain off the south-west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.  I've always wanted to go to these islands to surf whilst I still have the ability to perform at a decent level.  I also wanted to photograph various landmarks, people, seascapes that I wouldn't get the chance to shoot at home.  We scored waves that you'd normally only see in the magazines, stayed at the beautiful Pitstop Hill landcamp and were treated like kings, we ate amazing food cooked by the local women and got to visit Malilimok, a super remote and traditional Mentawaian village with minimal western influence.  I hope you enjoy....

Edgeriders...

I hopped down to the NSW North Coast this weekend to escape the rat-race on the Gold Coast.  With a car load of boards and my buddies Chris Schulstad and Mihaka Gray we set out in search of good waves, fun times and little crowds.  We executed these sometimes elusive objectives to success beyond our imaginations....Smiles, sunburn and memory loss.

Surf Shots by Mihaka Gray
All other shots by me.

Logger Rhythm....

I will be displaying my images publicly for the first time in my life....although I think I have cheated because it will be displayed as part of an event I have put together called LOGGER RHYTHM:: an Art/Surf/Music/Fun festival as part of the Noosa Festival of Surfing.  Logger Rhythm will be happening this Friday night at Noosa Woods, Hastings St.

Transworld Snow Cover Shoot...

This is one of the coolest action sports shoots I've seen in ages.  Snowboarding to me is one of the best sports in the world for photography with endless opportunities for new angles, foregrounds and backgrounds.  This is incredible.

This is the final result....soooo sick!

Emily...

This is Emily...and she was the star of a recent shoot I did.  Believe it or not this was her first time modelling and she blew me away.

Rhythm Girls // Summer 2011 Shoot...

Here's a little behind the scenes video of a shoot I did for the Rhythm Girls Summer 2011 collection.
Video by:: Nicholas Chalmers

Rhythm Girls // Summer 2011 Collection from Rhythm Livin on Vimeo.

Alexandra Duncan Shoot...

Model  |  Alexandra Duncan

Photographer  |  Nick Atkins (The Gypsy Love)

Assistant/DP  |  Tom Atkins

Assistant/DP  |  Marc Llewellyn (Emvielle)

Make-up  |  Ness Falzon (Makeup Mirror)

Management  |  Becca Sadowsky (USA)

Stylist  |  Melanie Tan Meyers (Joy Hysteric)

Location  |  Deej Fitz

Day Release.

Day release from the city life | Byron Bay | Broken Head | November 2010

Kimmy (kimberlysonacid.blogspot.com) & Shu (christopherschulstad.blogspot.com)