How long have you been photographing for?
As a hobby for at least 10 years, and have been pursuing photography professionally for the few couple of years.
What gear do you use?
Sony. I use a range of lenses (from super-wide angle to macro to telephoto) and other accessories to deliver the results clients expect of me, regardless of the situation or constraints.
Do you offer traineeships, mentorships or apprenticeships?
No. I’m not financially in a position to be able to take on trainees or apprentices and if or when I do, I want to be able to make it worthwhile and financially beneficial for the participant.
I do however offer a beginner’s photography workshop.
Do you do video?
We do offer videography services, usually via contractors and through collaborations. Rates for videography start at $1500 and has the option of including stills.
How many photos do you take?
It depends. On average, a few hundred in total for events lasting a couple of hours. The final number of photos handed over to a client is likely to be less than this.
OK, so how many photos do I get?
All images taken during my time in attendance at your event or during your shoot.
As previously mentioned, during the editing process, I cull any images that look the same but unlike some other photographers, I don’t set limits on the amount of images you’ll receive. It’s easy enough to edit and process in bulk, so why would I set such limits?
If you feel that you’re paying more for my services compared to other service providers – remember that with me, my base photography service rates are purely for my time, not for a certain number of images.
Do you offer payment plans?
On a case by case basis, we can offer flexible payment arrangements – such as paying a deposit (a 50% deposit requirement is already business policy for 5+ hour long photoshoots/events), paying in installments or paying in full before a scheduled photo shoot/event.
For workshop vouchers and anything else that can be purchased through this website, we have the option of checking out with Afterpay.
What’s your editing process?
I shoot RAW, which generally make large batches of images easier to process while giving more leeway to ‘save’ images that may otherwise not be saveable when shooting JPEG.
If the timely delivery of images is necessary, I bring my laptop with me to shoots and process images at appropriate times during the event. For non-timely delivery of images, I process images within 24 hours of an event taking place.
As a photographer, I’m a strong proponent in the ethical treatment of images as this ensures their authenticity. That being: ensuring images taken are authentic and not doctored. It also ensures my credibility as a photographer.
This involves making the appropriate in-camera adjustments and only making adjustments in post that seek to enhance overall image attributes (such as contrast and exposure) and making only minor adjustments on colour and tone if these are necessary. Looking at an image, it should give you the feeling “as if I was there, looking at the subject with my own eyes”. I don’t omit things from images, change body proportions, “airbrush”, or do anything else that can bring the authenticity of an image into question.
Do you license your work?
Yes. Image licensing starts at $75 per image for non commercial usage. Any image that can be seen on this website or that’s posted on my social media can be licensed. Get in contact if you wish to license any of my work.
Is the banner image of this page and others on this website yours?
Yes. All images, unless explicitly stated, presented throughout this website are mine.
What are the details of your mutual aid contributions?
As a business, we contribute 10% of all revenue to mutual aid and other grassroots initiatives and causes, with a preference towards established and ongoing groups and longer term campaigns. Most of the organisations and initiatives we contribute to are grassroots, non-funded and entirely driven by volunteers.
In a broad sense, the current approximate breakdown of these contributions made are as follows:
- 50% – Indigenous-led grassroots organisations and initiatives.
- 40% – advocacy, activist and other grassroots causes.
- 10% – individual mutual aid.
There’s no set regular time or roster as to when funds are distributed. For mutual aid, for example, it’s usually the case that someone we know reaches out to us requesting help and we contribute if we have funds available.
We don’t contribute funds to any political party or candidates running for office; nor do we contribute funds to traditional charities.