Photography: December 2024

04/12/24

Last year, I was invited to create an animated short to be screened as part of Tamworth’s annual Lighting of the Christmas Tree event. This year, I was fortunate enough to be invited back to create another one.

While my original short, Fly Away Home—a project mentioned in a previous post—ended up not being the right fit for the event, I created a second film called The Christmas Beetle, which turned out to be just perfect.

Although I can’t share the film with you yet, as it won’t be added to my portfolio until its screening period concludes, I’m happy to share a small collection of photos I took at the event.

07/12/24

We also had the return of Uralla’s Fairy Festival, and with a couple of spare hours, I thought it would be a fun opportunity to do some street photography.

The conditions were harsh, with the sun bleaching out all color, making black and white the best option for capturing this otherwise incredibly colorful festival. That said, I think it still worked out quite well. The event itself seemed a bit smaller than last year, but I’ll chalk that up to the intense heat.

During the limited time I spent at the festival, things were a bit quiet. As a result, half of my photos ended up being of Priya’s dance demonstration for her Tandav School of Dance. Priya, a frequent subject of my photography, is a great sport and always makes for fantastic photos, so no complaints there.

I also ran into Elysium Sage, who some of you might recognize from the elopement shoot I blogged about earlier this year. We snuck into an antique bookshop to take a few candid photos. Despite the low light and not having the ideal lenses for those conditions, they turned out okay. We’ve got some plans for the new year, so I’ll keep you updated as they unfold.

21/12/24

I love live music and taking photos at small gigs, so when I found out that the local band OhMaSoul was doing a set at the Welders Dog in Armidale—one of my favorite venues to photograph in—I, of course, had to go and cover the event. I don’t have much to say, really, except that it was a great set, and I captured quite a few photos that I really liked. This was all shot manually with the Canon R8 and a Nikon Nikkor 85mm 1.8 lens from the ’70s—my favorite way to photograph live music. The camera and lens combo certainly confused another photographer who was at the event. I can’t wait to get back out there to shoot some more live music!