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Time For Fashion Toast's Rumi Neely in front of my Lens

I been telling both Colin and Rumi that they needed to get out of Bondi and come visit the Northern Beaches for a day. Rent a car I said, and get your butt up here. Then nothing happend, did not hear back from them, no replies to text messages. So come 3 pm , I had given up on see-ing them that day.
But then they turn up like good little soldiers about 40 minutes before sunset, so a quick whirlwind tour of the beaches and then to my one of my fav sunset spots at Palm Beach for a quick photo shoot I put Colin to work ( as opposed to Jacqui) and made him work hehehe, except for this shot, JAcqui takes over ( holding the light ) The Pass me the shoes shot :-) Rumi is wearing a lovely out-fit from Camilla & Marc
Rumi in a circle love how calm and smooth the water is this afternoon

This Saturday Night Tim Bonython's ASMF comes to Palm Beach RSL

so looking forward to it

been hanging to see this, the initial date, a few weeks back, at Palm Beach, was when we were on our road trip in the outback, so we could not make, but due to popular demand, Tim is having another showing so get yourself some tickets ( go to http://www.asmf.net.au ) and see you there for a beer ( there will be a live accoustic set as well, from a new rising star- bonus )
 

Destination N.S.W. takes me Bryan, Natalie on a harbour cruise with Camilla Franks

Natalie, fresh from her shoot with me yesterday afternoon great view, shame a bit cloudy but I have a feeling that will clear in about 30 minutes or so Look at those tourists snap away :-)

never got a shot of the bridge and opera from this angle before, love it


next to :una Park now


Affectionatly known as the "Coathanger " in Australia And just as our boat runs in Darling HArbour, I was the right, the sun comes out lovely wind playing havoc with Natalie's scarf, otherwise, great shot, loving the light



as we head back, the sunset dials it up a few notches to . . . spectacular And it's only getting better
woauw, print please amazing colours taken so many photos like we all have,







amazing, thanks for that the boat drops us of at Catalina where Camilla invites us for a cocktail before heading out to dinner and these seaplanes, land at Palm beach, would cut out about 40 min driving in the car :-) Camilla, Bryan and Natalie. They were heading out to have dinner at Otto's as part of Camilla's things to do in Sydney. The NSW tourism matched up international delegates with the different Australian designers to get to share their experience of Sydney, and Bryan got Camilla :-)
While they head off for dinner I head back to Avalon for a nice home cooked meal :-)

A late afternoon at Palmy with Natalie Joos

I've known the Belgium born, New York based Joos sisters for quite a while now. Natalie, as well as doing the casting for some high profile shows in the fashion capitals, has been keeping busy as well with her Tales of Endearment site, Natalie was up in my neck of the woods to a story on Heidi Middleton, creative director/designer of the successful Australian brand, Sass & Bide So Natalie asked if I could do some pictures of her in her look of the week, not that I needed encouraging or coaxing to do her Look of Week for her, but as soon as she said she would be wearing Josh Goot, I was more than eager to do so , as I love Josh's clothes ( I shot his first show in New York for him )

how awesome is this Goot skirt !
Love me a good sunset anyday, add awesome clothes and I'm in photo heaven :-)




thanks for the opportunity to photograph your look of the week Natalie

Bryan Boy in the Nude ( W#2@$%* )

Last look out from our hotel room. Never got to see this view at this of the morning, as by now I would already be shooting backstage at one of the shows at this time of the morning. Would be nice to just sit here for a while and take in the view, read the paper, have some fresh juice, coffee and a croissant So we pack our room which was our home the past week, and get ready to head back to Avalon, but first . . . I promised Andrew hornery from the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper I would do a fun portrait shot of Bryan Boy Bryan & I been trying to set our watches together to tee it up view from Bryan's room, same as ours, just 2 floors down, our hectic schedules made it a bit hard for both of us to be in the hotel at the same time to get this shot but wha tI really wanted to shoot was . . .
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Bryan in a bubble bath And Bryan had been wanting a great opportunity to wear those glasses


love it !!
oh oh , nipple action doubt SMH would run these photos hehehe




I posted quite a few shots as I'm sure there's a few of you out there that couldn't get enough of shots of Bryan, to those who are offended....don't be a prude & don't look ( or rather do look :-)

Burberry hosts the band Life in Film from U.K.

Jacqui, in Ellery, and Candice , in Burberry and Dion Lee Burberry has done this fantastic project with a whole lot of different groups/musicians, called Acoustic, and lucky for us Aussies, Burberry has flown down one of the groups part of the Accoustic project, namnely Life in Film, to perform a set of their songs , live on the Burberry store in Sydney. We weren't goign to miss that :-) The Band getting ready, guitarist Edward Ibbotson Drummer Micky Osment Lead, Samuel Fry, who also modelled in the Burberry FW10 campaign Bass Dominic Sennett
























NOw, a lot of Jacqui's work mates keep telling Jacs that I look like this reality star Wes Carr, so Wes was here as well and Jacs just had to have a photo of the 2 of us, but really, girls, we look alike ? come on :-) Speaking of look a likes, how's Candice and Kelly Hume, just happen to be both wearing the same dress, and a Dion Lee dress as well So why not get Dion Lee into the picture as well Lee, Dion Lee, at your service Well, don't they just look like a cute couple another band in the room is  The Preachers  Looking forward to see-ing them live, they are playing this saturday at the Beresford hotel ( but I'm already booked  my dance card full for that night ) I met the singer Isabella a while back when I shot her for the Benah campaign OK was fun, but time to move on and sort out some dinner Phil Oh, Mr Street Peeper and Tanya Gacic, yes, he does not want to leave Sydney a little later, finally sitting down for some dinner and with ver tired looking eyes, it has been a long week with many late nights slogging away at the computer

End of Sydney Fashion Week, and our last night at the Shangri-La Hotel

View from our room on dusk and look at all those poor suckers in peak hour traffic heading to cross the Harbour Bridge loving the colours reflecting of som eof the surrounding buildings lovin' it

hmm, makes me want to order the cocktail, sunset
but instead we're of to see a band that Burberry has flown out from London to perform at their massive store on George Street.

And we are off . . .

We left Sydney pretty early, woke up before sunrise. and now here we are on the Windamere dam.
We been here before, well to the region, not on the actual dam, more like , in the dam :-) India being artistic and getting her sister to suffer for art's sake :-)
The dam. Glad we left early, no traffic on the road and 2nd stop, Mudgee the great thing about travelling is the fantastic characters you come across like this guy from Mudgee love what he has done with his car and the seats and all the ducks on his car his name is Peter Brooks and locally known as guy salvaging bits and pieces from the tip to create his unique pieces
He invited us all back to his place around the corner but Evan has a date with a little motor bike at Kathy's place At Kathy's place now, with Siobhan, Buddy and love how India is using Siobhan for shade. We're watching Evan do some wheelies on a little dirt bike ( not ) Wood chopping station and store house, now has a nice Bougainvillea growing over it lovely colours

Siobhan new hot rod, ute, hunk magnet, drifter Evan is having a ball the girls on the drifter Kathy has a big bush block, and much of it is pretty much un touched bush land

We 've gone for a bush bash to check out the spring on their block despite all the rain, she's a bit dry
more bush
and another dam, and like I said, wet summer, but dry dam. And then when you find out that over the hill there's a new mine, that's been doing a lot blasting the last year, then you don't need to be a rocket scientist to work out that all that blasting is shifting all the layer of rocks underground and cracking, so water is seeping away a bit further up and we are on look out hill awesome view from up here, great spot to put a house/cabin looks like someone was thinking the same thing
back down, and ready to get dinner happening, early start again tomorrow
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Parent Teacher meeting

Sitting inside the school hall, waiting to see one of Evan's teachers He started High School this year, so it is our first time meeting some of his teachers
Pretty busy in here with all the parents and the teachers, you had to " pre book " your appointment times with the teacher.
Evan . . ? Teachers say , all good, good student, makes Jacqui proud :-)

Wish Lookbook

Shooting with one of Carinne's model from IMM today. IMM is a Brussels model office, and Audrey hails from Rennes in France, but has been living in Ghent for 3 years, but now she;s here with me and Bonnie shooting Wish :-)
Bonnie is giving her a quick " hair cut "
looiking better :-) Was great to shoot with a French model who knows a lot of people I know from Belgium, plus the fact she is one of Carinne's girls. ( Hi Carinne )