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Grande Real Villa Italia, Cascais, Portugal

Staying in the wonderful hotel called Real Villa Italy, called this, as it was the residence of King in Exile , Humberto, from Italy, after Italy voted to become a republic in May 1946 now it is a fabulous hotel just across from the sea and a minute stroll to the port of Cascais lovely

Urunga River near Nambucca Heads

where the river meets the sea and the mountains in the background, where we have the Promised Land and Never Never River running through it
I came back to the beach here to see if the make shifts huts made will all the driftwood were still here, from when I discovered it back December 2011 and nope, big storms have washed them all away, click here to go back to the post in December and see the difference.
so much driftwood stil lying around, so I just need to get a willing crew of a dozen or more people wanting to get creative :-) a big bin was washed up and some locals and or tourists made good use of it and collected a whole heap of rubbish



180 panorama
still a few around on higher ground

Day 2 in the Red Outback, checking out more locations

Mt Nancy, just on the outskirt of the main part of town Jacqui putting it in proportion, location & model Just 30km north from Alice Springs we have the Tropic of Capricorn Blue, black, green & red stop looking at those legs, this shot is about that blue sky



one side of the road vast expanse of red dirt ( and the yellow grass is left over from all the rain they got in the middle of last year)
and dark volcanic looking rock on the other side of the road best bit of red dirt we spotted so far at the Alice Springs sports airfield complete with termite hills
Time to head back and meet the rest of the crew that should have arrived form Sydney by now. And we will already get a shot in this afternoon. Stay tuned.

Day 1 in the Red Outback, checking out locations straight from the airport

We head straight from airport after picking up 4WD hire car, left on Chamber Pillars dirt road to Ooraminna homestead, there was a red sand dune suggested to check out on the way there, but some idiots got their 4wd out and churned it all up, so not an attractive location with all the tyre marks all over the sand dune. So instead this rocky outcrop looks interesting This has a nice desolate vibe about it as well Apparently this is the remnants of a movie set, curious as to which movie was filmed here Jacqui does a little pose in the shade The happy couple, caught in a moment of not swatting at flies buzzing around their heads  :-) so it is definitely an interesting location for shoots but not this shoot love me a dead tree against the big open sky heading out to the next location now And this looks more interesting, the clay pans at Rainbow Valley

Berns Hotel Stockholm, home for this week :-)

Happy with my room at Stockholm's Berns Hotel, reflection in mirror shows my little lounge area TV on the other side, so can watch tv while I'm in bed or I can spin it around and watch tv from the couch which means I will be watching myself while sleeping :-) but this is where I will spend most of my time in the room, posting the pictures from backstage

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

After 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 nice seat Anyway, 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

Toni the past few days had his showroom set up in Sydney for his Sydney clients and media ( Toni is based in Melbourne ) He 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 I think I covered just about everyone of his shows in New York ( Click here for AW10/11, then here for SS10 and AW11/12 ) We are looking at possible collaborating together in the new year, very excited to be a part of it if this project goes ahead :-)

Location Scouting for tomorrow's Status Jewellery Shoot

taking a late afternoon stroll to see how the ight will be this time of the day not appropriate for tomorrow's shoot, but... I can see myself shooting an editorial here


low tide
I can see me doing a shot here
loving the still water here, looks like an oil slick, so smooth and reflective


we will be starting up here on the dune though, and then work our way down to the water's edge as the sun gets lower

liking this little untouched section here

would look nice with the model in here right, time to head back home for dinner

Think I just found a new location, stay tuned

These are taken with phone cam but it has a perfect summer editorial feel about it love it, and looking forward to shooting here.

Chanel Cruise Brisbane pre show

So flew to Brisbane to work on the chanel Cruise show, which is a private show held at the old governemnt house. won't be publishing any photos on my blog ( contractual obligations ) But just had to sneak in one shot to show the awesome location, righton the river and at the CBD. Staff here are preparing the seating for the show which will be later tonight.