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12 posts from December 2012

December 19, 2012

Adelaide > Sydney

HMEL1224sonnyphotoJacqui, sans make up. Sory Jacqui, I know you look tired, but it is a content tired and I love the soft light.
Anyway, at Adelaide airport sipping a few before we head back to Sydney HMEL1232sonnyphotoNot our plane HMEL1236sonnyphotoAdelaide airport HMEL1240sonnyphotolove this shot with the line markings and shadow HMEL1245sonnyphotowalkway pulling back HMEL1249sonnyphoto
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HMEL1258sonnyphotoAdelaide CBD at the end of the runway HMEL1260sonnyphotoup and away HMEL1265sonnyphotogood view of the salt crystallization plants at Greenfield, got some great photos there 3 years ago and we had planned to go there on late afternoon and get some sun set shots, but it did not happen this trip, next time HMEL1268sonnyphotoAdelaide suburbs around Magill HMEL1270sonnyphotocrossing the hills HMEL1276sonnyphotoClouds out north ( around here you would expect them more south, no ? ) HMEL1278sonnyphotofarmland beyond the hills HMEL1281sonnyphotonice colours this afternoon HMEL1283sonnyphotoMannum on the Murray HMEL1287sonnyphoto

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HMEL1320sonnyphotoapproaching the massive Murray Sunset National Park HMEL1324sonnyphotothat's about a 70km perfect border between farm land and national park HMEL1327sonnyphotopretty HMEL1329sonnyphotoEdge on the other side of the national park, about 25 km out of Hattah HMEL1338sonnyphotoFarm land ( not showing up on google earth ) near Liparoo HMEL1343sonnyphoto

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HMEL1350sonnyphotoNarrung and Walderra Lake HMEL1354sonnyphotoIn NSW now HMEL1360sonnyphoto

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HMEL1382sonnyphotohear it was cloudy and grey in Sydney, so we must be getting close HMEL1386sonnyphoto

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HMEL1402sonnyphotofav, print please HMEL1405sonnyphotodescending down to Sydney HMEL1408sonnyphotodown HMEL1410sonnyphotodown HMEL1411sonnyphotodown HMEL1415sonnyphotosydney HMEL1417sonnyphotonice angle looking down the harbour with the bridge HMEL1418sonnyphotowoauw, never saw this before, big building, The Sydney College of the Arts, formerly Rozelle Hospital HMEL1419sonnyphotoCBD HMEL1420sonnyphotoCross Parramatta road , then land

December 18, 2012

Mc Claren Vale, Adelaide, South Australia

HMEL1127SonnyphotosNext day and we are off venturing again, after a surf at Onkaparinga Heads ( near Noarlunga - 20 min out of Adelaide ) pics to come once Micke has finished travelling around Australia :-), anyway, after that surf, we turn the car point it inland and not even 20 min later and we are at a winery, Penny Hills in Mc Claren Vale HMEL1128SonnyphotosI had seen some photos of this winery in a fashion mag, so I wanted Jacqui to try the wines at this one, so I could also get smoe shots HMEL1129SonnyphotosLove how you can go for a surf and lunch at a winery after, and visit wineries with sculptures ( although surf options in Adelaide are very inconsistent and weak- never saw surf the other times I visited ) HMEL1132Sonnyphotos

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HMEL1139SonnyphotosAfter visiting some wineries I wanted to check out Myponga Beach, about a 20 min drive away, never got down there last time we were here HMEL1144Sonnyphotos

HMEL1147SonnyphotosI wonder if these hills, pre-Adelaide, were covered with trees. I'm guessing yes-  Eva ? HMEL1149Sonnyphotos

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HMEL1172SonnyphotosThe old Jetty at Myponga beach HMEL1175Sonnyphotosso this tells me that the old jetty got knocked off by a big swell HMEL1181Sonnyphotosso there must be waves here from time to time HMEL1184Sonnyphotos

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HMEL1201sonnyphotoRivermouth at Myponga ( one day I will surf a 4 foot left out here, I just know it ) HMEL1202sonnyphoto

HMEL1203sonnyphotoheading back up the hill HMEL1206sonnyphotowith great view of Silver sands beach and Adelaide suburbs beyond that HMEL1209sonnyphoto

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Lake Bumbunga, again and again

HMEL1040SonnyphotosThis is my 4th time to this spot, just love coming here, and everytime we do it is a totally different experience. Today was not as nice as there was what felt like a 40knot wind blowing across the dry lake HMEL1041SonnyphotosFirst time was back in 2009 after doing a shoot at Arkaba Station, then again in 2010 showing it to Jacqui for the first time, and then again last Easter holidays with the kids HMEL1044Sonnyphotosfunny thing is, when you say to any Adelaidians you meet that you are planning to go to Lake Bumbunga again, they all are like,  " ? ... where " HMEL1048SonnyphotosNorton before his hat got blown off and Micke nearly ran the full lenght of the lake chasing it, strange how there is no sign of it in the photo, but it was sooo windy HMEL1051SonnyphotosI prefer it here when there are all those fluffy white clouds in the sky, they're all blown away today :-) HMEL1053SonnyphotosHaving gotton so many great landscape shots before, I focus instead on shapes HMEL1054Sonnyphotosform HMEL1055Sonnyphotos
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as there are som many shapes and details to bewonder up close HMEL1078Sonnyphotoswhat amazes me is the shape, even though it is so windy, you would expect the salt to be rounded and smooth from wind erosion HMEL1081Sonnyphotos
but no HMEL1082Sonnyphotoslook closely, I'll zoom in HMEL1084Sonnyphotosthe salt crystallises into perfect rectangle shapes, amazing HMEL1087Sonnyphotos

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HMEL1113Sonnyphotosheading back to the car and try the other side, see Lochie and if it is not as windy there, as it is not much fun for the swedes with this howling biting wind HMEL1116Sonnyphotos

HMEL1121SonnyphotosThere's Lochie ( although she was not intact and I had to fix her head back upright ) HMEL1125SonnyphotosNasty spikey thistle but amazing colour. And yep, was just as windy on this side, I wanted to walk out a little but got distracted stumbling upon an old dump site and found about a dozen old glass bottles, some from the 40's and some older, sadly loads of broken glass from what would have been some awesome old bottles. And then it was time to go as Jacqui & co were not enjoying standing in the cold as I went bottle fossciking :-)

December 17, 2012

Clare Valley, Adelaide, South Australia

HMEL0993SonnyphotosNext day, after Kirsty's birthday party, we head north HMEL0995Sonnyphotosnorth-south, in adelaide it does not take very long in either direction before you are in wine region HMEL0998SonnyphotosJacqui's swedish friends, Micke and Ellis, join us for a road trip with their kids Norton and Aprillia HMEL1000Sonnyphotosnaturally we pop into a few wineries, and we opt for some of the smaller boutique ones like this one just outside Auburn, Eyre Lake winery, Jacqui is first in the door :-) HMEL1001Sonnyphotos

HMEL1005Sonnyphotosand I check out the massive bull ants nest HMEL1008Sonnyphotos

HMEL1009SonnyphotosClare is up higher than all the hay country surrounding, and we are going to go back down, so we can visit Lake Bumbunga again, at Spring Gully there is a look out where I was hoping to see the salt lake in the distance, but can't HMEL1015Sonnyphotos
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HMEL1027Sonnyphotosgetting on the road to Blythe HMEL1033Sonnyphotosbit not without stopping and getting some photos of the landscape HMEL1036Sonnyphotosas you can see, very dry in the summer months HMEL1037Sonnyphotos

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Adelaide Party Time

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Sun still out and we are on our way out to a party HMEL0966SonnyphotosJacqui's friend from Adelaide, Kirsty, was having her big birthday party ( which is why we are in Adelaide-nice to be somewhere not for work for a change ) and one of her friends had set up a photobooth at her party ( have photobooth - will party ! ) complete with accessories , like this moustache being modelled by our model du jour. Not only was this fun, but I was impressed that this guy- Luke ( turns out he is a Qantas enginner ) had built the thing from scratch, built the booth, put in a light, hooked up a canon G9 to his computer,put the computer screen in as a monitor, and then also connected to his printer, plus, you had B&W or colour option button, well done Luke, anyway, enough talk, the photos.... IMG_1502sonny
yes, it was a fancy dress party IMG_1503sonnyLeen, remember that fighter pilot suit you had, and you told me to hang onto it in case I ever had to go to a fancy dress pary and you said I could go as a fighter pilot, and I dissed the idea saying I don;t do fancy dress party, well, I found the fighter suit a few days ago while going through some stuff ( yes, I'm cleaning up and throwing stuff away- a tiny bit ) and the theme was F, so perfect me as fighter pilot and Jacqui as a Fairy :-) ( So kids, always listen to your mum :) HMEL0970Sonnyphotosmy fairy HMEL0971Sonnyphotoswith those big lashes HMEL0972Sonnyphotos

HMEL0973Sonnyphotospeople in the photobooth HMEL0982SonnyphotosKirsty, birthday girl, open her present from Jacqui, a shot from Jacqui's " Adelaide, paintings in the sky" series HMEL0986Sonnyphotosoh no, not Raspberry and cream spilled on a Kym Ellery dress HMEL0990Sonnyphotos
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December 13, 2012

Sydney > Adelaide

HMEL0828SonnyphotosJacqui has a fear of flying, but here we are again, lappin' it up in the first Class lounge at Qantas. Flying to Adelaide to visit Jacqui's friend, and we are on an international flight, even though we are only going to Adelaide, the plane then goes on to Simgapore therefore it is classed as an international flight. Bonus
Looking pretty relaxed for someone who has a fear of flying ( guess the chamapgne helps ) HMEL0842SonnyphotosBut I doubt we will be on one of the big birds HMEL0844SonnyphotosSydney's western suburbs, with Fairfield golfcourse smack in the middle HMEL0845SonnyphotosMassive Wetheril Park industrial area HMEL0848Sonnyphotosa lot of people live in Sydney HMEL0857Sonnyphotosaah yes, those funky airbus windows HMEL0860SonnyphotosWarragamba Dam Blue Mountains HMEL0862Sonnyphotos

HMEL0865Sonnyphotosfunky blue mountain sky shot HMEL0874Sonnyphotosa look out from the right side of the plane HMEL0880SonnyphotosThis is Australia :-) HMEL0881Sonnyphotosself portrait of fear of flying HMEL0887SonnyphotosFear ! what Fear ? looking pretty comfy to me :-) HMEL0890SonnyphotosCountry South Australia HMEL0891Sonnyphotos

HMEL0892Sonnyphotosthe bend in the mighty murray at Bow Hill HMEL0895Sonnyphotos5 corners HMEL0898Sonnyphotospatterns at Lenger Reserve HMEL0904SonnyphotosS.A. Sky HMEL0905Sonnyphotosnear Palmer, getting closer to the Adelaide Hills HMEL0906SonnyphotosTungkilo HMEL0909Sonnyphotos

HMEL0914Sonnyphotosvineyards coming into view near Forreston
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yep, the Meridien Hotel we will be staying at ( again ) HMEL0933SonnyphotosAdelaide Oval with Adelaide behind it HMEL0938SonnyphotosNorth Adelaide Gold Course HMEL0940SonnyphotosHistoric Adelaide Goal HMEL0943Sonnyphotosa lot of construction going on just outside Adelaide C.B.D. HMEL0948Sonnyphotosabout to land HMEL0949Sonnyphotostouch down HMEL0952SonnyphotosLet the Fun begin

December 11, 2012

Gasoline, Vespas & Bikes ( & soon muscle cars ) Sydney

HMEL9428SonnyphotosAfter meeting up with Toni, I popped in to see Jason who runs Gasoline bike shop, he had just finished doing this Vespa for a commercial client HMEL9429Sonnyphotosnice seat HMEL9430SonnyphotosAnyway, Jason And I had a good little catch up and might possibly even be able to work on something in the near future as well. Stay Tuned.


Toni Maticevski Sydney Showroom

HMEL9416SonnyphotosToni the past few days had his showroom set up in Sydney for his Sydney clients and media ( Toni is based in Melbourne ) HMEL9418SonnyphotosHe asked if I could pass by for a chat, and as Toni in my mind is up there with the best of the best Australian designers, because he is a real craftsmen, I naturally popped in to have a look HMEL9419SonnyphotosI think I covered just about everyone of his shows in New York ( Click here for AW10/11, then here for SS10 and AW11/12 ) HMEL9424SonnyphotosWe are looking at possible collaborating together in the new year, very excited to be a part of it if this project goes ahead :-)

December 08, 2012

Shooting for M.A.C. Cosmetics, girls getting ready for the ARIA's

_RAP9582MAC_ARIA_Sonnyphotosso this was one of the reason to get back to Sydney pronto, to get behind the scenes shots of James Molloy doing his thing on the presenters for the ARIA ( australian music industry awards night ) that, and to see Jacqui & the kids again _RAP9584MAC_ARIA_Sonnyphotosso after travelling for 28 hours, racing home to Avalon to see the kids before they go to school, have some breakfast, back in the car and back to the city to go up to the plush rooms at the Darling hotel near the casino, one could have a worse job, even though I'm tired, feeling pretty lucky to have such a fun job, and meet and work with great fun people _RAP9588MAC_ARIA_SonnyphotosSo James and Jesinta Campbell ( did not know, but Jesinta turns out to be the Australian Finalist for Miss Universe competition, and she's a trooper ) _RAP9600MAC_ARIA_Sonnyphotos

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HMEL0904MAC_ARIA_Sonnyphotosso every one is glammed up, dressed up and turning up in limousines at the awards, whereas Lanie, as she is pure class, turned up at the red carpet in a white 70's Kingswood, now that's class money can't buy, love it HMEL0938MAC_ARIA_SonnyphotosSam really has a great smile HMEL0942MAC_ARIA_Sonnyphotosshe's ready HMEL9038MAC_ARIA_SonnyphotosJesinta doing her thing on the red carpet and looking great HMEL9067MAC_ARIA_Sonnyphotosand she has James close by for touch ups HMEL9071MAC_ARIA_SonnyphotosMaud also looking great HMEL9110MAC_ARIA_SonnyphotosSo that was fun, thanks M.A.C. for getting me involved, enjoyed it and met some great people, but now time for me to head back home and get some real sleep in a real bed :-)

Singapore > Sydney

HMEL0326Sonnyphotossunrise somewhere over south west nsw, as soon as we left Singapore, I asked the stewardess to make my bed ( got to love upgrades ) so I did not have any dinner service, but damn I had a good sleep, and see-ing as I go straight into work mode when I arrive in Sydney felt it was pretty important to get a decent sleep. So it's nice to wake up to these colours HMEL0331Sonnyphotoslove this  fluffy mauve colour HMEL0333Sonnyphotos

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