State of Change: Regional & rural stories of 2020

State of Change: Regional & rural stories of 2020 is a State Library Victoria photo exhibition documenting the year that was 2020 in regional Victoria through a local lens. What are the unique issues facing our communities? What do our communities hope for and how will recent events shape the future? The events of 2020…

Banyule Art Salon 2022

If Covid lockdowns have taught us anything, it’s that we have a renewed appreciation for our outdoor spaces. Our daily walks kept us sane, as we escaped our homes for brief adventures outside. This exhibition is dedicated to the great outdoors – an artistic exploration of nature, open space, parks, recreation, plants, wildlife, anything “outside…

What’s new in my studio

Painting with Light – new art in July The whole of July was busy as I’ve been adding lots of new prints to my website and refreshing the look. Many prints in this series were created using long exposure photography technique, which adds a beautiful ‘painterly’ feel to the images. They look exquisite and show…

Performance photography

Photographing live performance art is fascinating. It’s spontaneous, and unscripted. You create artworks or document the movement created by the artist or other participants, with a great freedom of interpretation. Photography transforms the immaterial nature of art performance into something tangible. Picture Her theatre show In late 2019 I documented the first Picture Her theatre…

Country Airbnb case study

Country Airbnb Photography Professional photography is a must for any Airbnb property listing. Professional images help your future guests visualise your Airbnb property’s unique space and help you to showcase your listing in the most attractive way. Read the Country Airbnb case study below. Nature Lovers If you’re a Nungurner, Metung, Art Lover and Horse…

2020 ILFORD CCP Salon

You’re cordially invited to visit a group exhibition 2020 ILFORD CCP Salon supported by Milieu at CCP Centre for Contemporary Photography in Fitzroy, Melbourne where I have my work on show. The exhibition of over 800 works (!) is a survey of photographic community’s work through 2020, and is exhibited both online ccp.org.au and in…

Castlemaine house

Castlemaine Architecture Photo shoot Creative Brief: Architecture project done in Castlemaine many years ago. The main agenda was to capture a very large north facing window with an extraordinary garden view, a bathroom shot. Client: sertorilau.net  

Eureka Art Award 2020

Ballarat Arts Foundation is celebrating 20th Year Celebrations this year. As part of the celebrations, there will be a launch of The Eureka Art Award 2020. Ballarat Arts Foundation will be announcing the winning work during the function, with the 2020 judge being Fiona Sweet, Director of the Ballarat International Foto Biennale. Launch – 6pm,…

Polish Art Foundation Exhibition

Polish Art Exhibition “Vibes” or “Klimaty” (in Polish language) is an art exhibition featuring 27 artists interpreting a broad theme from ecological musings to personal feelings surrounding our very existence. “When we (Polish Art Foundation or PAF) sat around our usual meeting table late last year, we could not have imagined how poignant our theme…

Documentary Photography Gippsland – Call Out for Participants

Post bushfire and COVID-19, Rural and Regional Gippsland Documentary Photography Gippsland This is a call out to anyone residing in Gippsland and interested in taking part in the documentary photography project I have been commissioned for by the State Library Victoria. The key aim is to create a social archive of photographs and stories documenting…

Pro Photography on Airbnb

Let a local photographer capture your space in the best light. Airbnb operators, especially when starting out, are always looking to save on things they can potentially do themselves. But, unless you know what you’re doing with photography, the chances are you might end up sacrificing the early potential and popularity of your listing. So,…

What Is Creative Photography?

What Is Creative Photography? Creative photography is hard to explain. Why? Because creativity is very subjective and everyone’s imagination is different. I always know when I “feel” creative. Creativity is explained as the act of turning imaginative ideas into reality and characterised by the ability to perceive the world around you in a new way,…

Artist Profile – Aldona Kmieć

Why did you become an artist? I didn’t exactly choose to become an artist—it’s just who I am. Creativity has always been a part of me, something I had to express. Art wasn’t central in my family; I grew up on a dairy farm in Poland during the communism in late 1980s, where working on…

Leadership Team headshots for Damascus College

Photography for Damascus College I was recently commissioned to provide a full set of Leadership Team headshots for Ballarat’s catholic school Damascus College. Photos were used for both online and printed publications and used throughout the website. Please view a few examples below and for more, visit their website at https://www.damascus.vic.edu.au   Professional headshots and lifestyle…