Cabinet Makers Photos

Hey,

Sorry it has been 5 weeks since the last post... it is now official the Laneways and Rooftops book is at the printers and will be launched with a bit of a party at the end of November... more details to follow.

I also owe you a time-lapse from the Eureka Tower shoot... I will get to it... been a bit busy finishing the book and getting the next round of magazines shot.

In the mean time this is the type of stuff I've been up to... here is a nice kitchen, bathroom and wall-unit by Elyse Cabinets.

This is an example of what is included in a shoot for the Magazine..."Melbourne Kitchen and Bathroom Design". So if you have just booked some pages with them for the next edition and are checking me out I look forward to meeting you! Feel free to drop me a line if you have any questions.

I remember back in the old days when so much white would have freaked me out because controlling exposure and white balance in this type of space but maintaining a natural feel is technically a bit tricky. Needless to say I have it sorted now and love shooting space with such clean lines and flowing angles.

Cheers,
Brad.

The EUREKA Shoot

Hey,

The 4 hours I had on the roof of the Eureka Tower last night felt like 5 minutes. 3 Cameras, 2 Time-lapses and almost 20Gb of shooting... yes that is Gigabytes.

There was probably about 20% more cloud cover than I would have liked so the day shots were a bit flat and there wasn't much blue around BUT according to the tower management a night as calm as last night is rare up there. Apparently even the best tripods can have issues remaining rightside up most of the time so I'm not complaining.

This is going to sound obvious but it is a big building. From the top of Eureka the top of the Rialto is below the horizon... and not by a little bit. Even the office towers at the top of Collins Hill (Collins 101 etc) are well below the horizon. I could go on and on about the view/experience but I doubt anyone is reading this and are already looking at the pictures.

Firstly, a big thank-you to Will Watt who arranged access to the roof. He is a great photographer and runs the awesome blog... Melbourne Street... where he post a new photo every day of life on Melbourne Streets. I'm sure Melbourne Street will have some of his shots form last night on it soon too.

Here he is hard at work...

So here are a selection of shots from the shoot in rough chronological order and various stages of editing.... Enjoy!

The good old Miniature or Tilt Shift Effect. I have about 30 more of these to look at when I get a chance... time consuming/wasting fun!

 This is the shot (or a similar version) that I went up for... it will be use in the Laneways and Rooftops book as a double pager.

 Above and Below... similar angles here day and night...

 

That's it for now... I will definitely be putting up another post soon with the time-lapses... and if you like... maybe some more stills. Remember to 'like' my Facebook business page if you haven't already... it's good for my ego.

Thanks!

Brad.

www.bradhillimaging.com.au

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Melbourne Spring Fashion Week 2011 Stage Design Time-Lapse.

Hey,

I just finished this clip for 'Qualia Creative' of their stage design and a time-lapse of the installation process at the Business Series Seminar at the Melbourne Spring Fashion Week 2011.



Time-lapse is a great way to show off this type of work and, in a world of increasing web content possibilities, a great way of livening up a website!

Cheers,
Brad.

Time-Lapse Fun in Docklands

Hey!

This week I've been playing around with time-lapse sequences or movies... here is one of my early tries and I'll be adding some more interesting ones in the future. Check it out...

This one is all about the colors on the buildings, sky and water so there are not many moving elements, which are fun in time lapse, but as an exercise there was a lot of technical lighting stuff that shooting this gave me the chance to fine tune. You can see this especially in the sky as it gets dark quickly... occasionally it looks like it flashes slightly... this is the exposure being changed in small steps and reducing this obviously something to practice.

Shooting this reinforced a theory I have had for a while... that is not until you stop in a location for a while that you actually see the details and therefore see the photo options. Most of the time when I am street shooting or going after landscapes or nature I plan a rough A to B path and look for shots between the two. This seems efficient but it is important to force yourself to stop in a seemingly boring location and take it in... you would be surprised how often, after a while, you start seeing shots you would have missed.

Shooting time lapses forces you to stop (in order to keep an eye on the camera) and I'll be making the most of the backup camera in the mean time.

Cheers,
Brad.

Self Preservation Shoot

Hey!

Here are the results of the shoot I did recently for the Bar, Cafe and Jewelry/Art Gallery 'Self Preservation' on Burke St. It is a great place for a coffee and the bread and butter pudding was morishly comforting! The shoot was for the Laneways and Roof-tops Recipe book that is in the final stages of completion... I promise!

(I think I owed you a few photos... it has been a while between posts!)

Cheers!
Brad.

www.bradhillimaging.com.au
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Bouquet of Flowers

Hey,

Here is a new project... funky layered blending of multiple images, textures and colors to create an entirely new composition... in this case flowers.

I recently had an interesting discussion with Iain Sim (check out his website and blog here...  www.iainsim.net especially if you need a wedding photographer) about trying new things out and I got inspired. Iain is in the middle of a much bigger more complicated project in a similar style of a "Family Tree".

This is my first shot at it which I will probably tweek slightly and I have an idea for a Melbourne city scape (maybe something for the book?)... stay tuned.

Cheers,
Brad.

www.bradhillimaging.com.au
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Street Photos

Hey,

Well the Melbourne Laneways and Rooftops book is in its final stages and I have been running around town chasing interesting light and activity. It has been good to have a little more freedom stylistically with this book and I have pushed the envelope a little further in this regard than in the Geelong book.

Here are some examples...

Stay tuned for details of the release date!

Cheers,
Brad.

www.bradhillimaging.com.au
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Melb @ 500mm

Hey,

Haven't posted any Melb at 500mm series photos for a bit... here's one.

Cheers,
Brad.

www.bradhillimaging.com.au
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Whole new Website for Blint Builders.

Hey,

Just finished I series of shoots for Blint Builders as they develop their new website and marketing strategy with the marketing company MBC. Here... www.blint.com.au ...is the finished product which I have supplied all the photos for.

You can check out MBC here... www.marketingandbranding.com.au ... Michael and Ben were awesome to work with.

And here are some of my favorites from the shoots.

Cheers,
Brad.

www.bradhillimaging.com.au
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Grey Day... no problem.

Hey,

We're coming to the end of shoots for the Melbourne Pools and Outdoor Design Magazine and in case you haven't noticed it is winter and the weather has been terrible. I thought I would show what can be done in Photoshop to make the sun come out... so if you are a client thinking of a last minute cancellation you can see that 95% of the time grey sky's are fine.

 Before & After...

I might do a post on how I do this in the future... getting the sky to look real is the trick. I think the results are as good as if the sun was really out and the sky was really blue.

Cheers,
Brad.

www.bradhillimaging.com.au
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Front Covers!

Hey,

Who said I can't have a little brag on my blog/website? I was reading on another blog the other day that said when you work for yourself it is harder to celebrate the small achievements you make... well here is one of mine.

I currently have photos on the front cover of 2 magazines...yay me. Not a big deal, I've been printed in several others before now but for some reason never on the cover.

They are the two mags on the bottom left, the pools one is full of my photos too but that cover shot is not mine.

Cheers,
Brad.

www.bradhillimaging.com.au
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Um...Yum!

Hey!

Just finished a shoot at Le Petit Gateau on Little Collins for the Laneways Book and here is one of the results... yum.

Cheers,
Brad.

www.bradhillimaging.com.au
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My new home...

Just kidding... one day though.

Cheers,
Brad.

www.bradhillimaging.com.au
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