Shooting fine art nudes I'm sure is meant to require a considered and thoughtful approach and even more likely are meant to be created in a nurturing warm environment. Well one of my favourite images of the last year is certainly a nude but falls far from either likely approach in it's creation! Shot in about 90 seconds flat on a spontaneous urge from the beautiful Mandarine and taken just below the snow covered peaks of one of Europe's biggest mountains Jungfraujoch - it's a huge testament to Mandy that it even happened at all! I didn't want to ask her how cold it was after, though I think the 90 second window was a bit of a giveaway?!
I put this image together in a folio of four images
and sent it off to NZ last month to the Epson/NZIPP Iris Awards held in
Christchurch. Yes there were some mini quakes during the
event, but that was kind of the idea. Not for professional photographers from
around the country to experience a shake up, but to support the local
photographic industry that most certainly had... It can't have been easy and
must take a bucket-load of courage to remain living and working there -
so hopefully the 5 day event and conference gives them all a much needed boost
in both spirits and business!
A couple of weeks ago late on a Monday night I
received a very suprising message from the irrepressible Kylie Lyons (President
of the Australian Professional Photograph Association). I had to read it
a few times to see if I was reading clearly but the jst of it was that I'd won
NZIPP Epson Overseas Photographer of the Year!! Pretty funny being that I'm a
kiwi! Three of my five images entered were taken on an amazing journey around
the world with my lovely lady at the time, Mandarine Montgomery, and one of the
images was of her, so I have much to thank her for.
Here is a link to a gorgeous online publication
the kiwi's created from their National Photography Awards. It's full of all the
amazing images from the Category Winners. There's some very inspiring work in
there! I really love one of Richard Woods especially - on page 12 - so
delicately and subtely crafted... Anyway, maybe take a break and have a look -
it's well worth it I can tell you!
http://issuu.com/nzipp/docs/nzipp_proreport_iris_awards_2012?mode=window&viewMode=doublePage
Also, here is a great video of the behind the scenes
at the Epson/NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards. The show of Gold Award
Images in the second half is absolutely stunning...! Very proud to be in that
company I tell you!
http://vimeo.com/50249623
F11 Magazine's latest online issue also has some great coverage of the Awards and a few of my images form the Folio I sent In... Enjoy!!!
http://www.f11magazine.com/site/pdf/f11%20Magazine%20-%20Issue%2015%20-%20October%202012.pdf
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