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23 Aug Posted by sengmah in Models, Venture Blog | Comments

“Gritty” Portraiture

Insight into Portraiture My interests in photography lie predominantly in portraiture, but I’m rarely interested in creating “flattering” people portraits. I don’t use skin smoothing software, for instance, and very rarely will you see me spotting or cloning away the errant mole or pimple (unless it’s on the bride). For me, people’s faces and bodies...

11 Aug Posted by sengmah in Models, Venture Blog | Comments

The Stars of Venture Photography Workshops

We work with a lot of models in our workshops, and thought that it was about time we had a blog post to sing praises to the talented guys and girls who front up to cameras at our workshop. Without doubt, being able to photograph models makes it so much more enjoyable for participants to...

02 Dec Posted by sengmah in Events, Exhibitions, Models, Photo Shoots, Projects, Venture Blog | 1 comment

60 Kisses – 60 Minutes

Kissing. Pashing. Snogging. Whether a chaste peck on the cheek or a full-on exercise in mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, the kiss is synonymous with romance. With intimacy. With love. “You must remember this, a kiss is just a kiss,” crooned Louis Armstrong. While musing on what I could possibly shoot as my theme for the 60 Minute...

26 Apr Posted by sengmah in Models, Photo Shoots, Venture Blog | Comments

Swords in the Studio

Matt Goyder is an imposing fella, a giant of a man with equally imposing tattoos on both his arms. Goyder, as he prefers to be called, collects weapons: sais, swords, katanas, butterfly knives – you name it. When a bloke like this asks you to do a weapons-based shoot in the studio, you don’t say...

15 Apr Posted by sengmah in Models, Workshops | Comments

Models for the Practical Portraiture Workshop

I’m pleased to announce that, fresh from their stint at the Yellagonga Park shoot, Goyder and Kat will be our models for the Practical Portraiture photography workshop. Both Kat and Goyder have an infectious easygoing and relaxed manner about them that make them terrific subjects for portrait photography. They work fantastically with the camera and...

11 Apr Posted by sengmah in Models, Photo Shoots, Venture Blog | Comments

Lina and Jett: a love story

One of the great moments of working with models is when the relationship between models and photographer just clicks. I was shooting two new models yesterday – Matt Goyder and Wild Kat – and the synergy during the shoot was absolutely amazing. We shot at Yellagonga Park in Woodvale, in an open paddock with a...

08 Feb Posted by sengmah in Models, Venture Blog, Workshops | Comments

One-on-one with the Snapshooter

As an alternative to workshops, I started offering individual photography tuition in late 2009 — more so for people who wanted to purchase a one-on-one workshop as a gift for a family member, partner or friend. While, cost-wise, the one-on-one photo tutorials are more expensive than workshops, learners gain more from having a one-on-one learning...

17 Nov Posted by sengmah in Models, Photo Shoots, Photo Tips, Venture Blog, Workshops | 2 comments

Real People Portraiture

Portrait photography can be a challenge. It’s not just about pointing the camera at your subjects, asking them to smile and firing the shutter. The best portraits are about the subjects: allowing the people being photographed to look their best and their most natural, without the stilted smiles and often uncomfortably formalised or contrived poses....

20 Oct Posted by sengmah in Models, Photo Shoots, Workshops | Comments

Light Magic in Freo!

Take 15 enthusiastic photographers, 8 models, 1 make up artist, studio strobes, theatre lights, speedlights, reflectors, softboxes, umbrellas and a historic port city and you have the makings of a photographic extravaganza known as… Light Magic! Light Magic Fremantle, the second in the Light Magic series of weekend photography workshop, unwound in Fremantle over the...

05 Oct Posted by sengmah in Models, Photo Shoots | Comments

Brad the (body) builder

Brad McMillan, owner of Pure Fitness Gym in Canning Vale, is also a competitive bodybuilder. I had the opportunity to photograph Brad just after Saturday’s State competition (thanks Dean!), and to mix things up a bit, Brad brought his wife Loretta and kids, Portia and Blade for the shoot. Unlike previous bodybuilding shoots, which pretty...