SoCA Gets a New Corporate “Image”

SoCA Gets a New Corporate “Image”

With the launch of the new School of Creative Arts (SoCA) eMagazine I’ve gone about designing a  corporate “image” for the school. The new image is bold yet simple. Its graceful yet stands out. The image embraces a design composing of elements extracted from a pure circle that is embraced by yet another circle.

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Semi-Permanent Creative Conferences

Semi-Permanent Creative Conferences

Semi-Permanent is a world leading design conference that to date has hosted 26 events in 9 cities, covering 5 countries, with 164 speakers and over 42,000 attendees. It covers all disciplines of design, including graphic design, film, fine art, illustration, web design, interaction design, photography, visual effects, animation, graffiti, motion graphics, stop motion, and architecture, and much more.

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Amy’s Magnetic Birthday

Amy’s Magnetic Birthday

Big Happy Birthday to Amy for the 14th August. Photos after the break.

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PMA 2011 Sydney

PMA 2011 Sydney

Just got back from the PMA expo in Sydney. Big thanks to Ann and Anthony Vardanega for showing me around Sydney and to Dragon Image for putting me up for the weekend. Photos after the break.

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Pallarenda Send off

Pallarenda Send off

Photos after the break.
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The Exchangers – Episode Two – “New Day”

The Exchangers – Episode Two – “New Day”

The second and last episode of The Exchangers.

“Jennifer is missing, and Nicholas finds a mysterious note on their livingroom table”.

Footage I DOP for was used in this episode, I rather like the out come of the lighting in the warehouse. Not bad for my first attempt.

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Flicker of Light wins Open Category

Flicker of Light wins Open Category

Flicker of Light wins Open Category of Northern lights film festival.
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Andy’s Birthday

Andy’s Birthday

Happy Birthday Andrew, ya knuckle head! Photos and video after the break.

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My DSLR Field Bundle

My DSLR Field Bundle

Behold! Some photos of my Canon 7d with 24-70m f/2.8L mounted on a Redrock Micro DSLR Field Bundle.

  • Tascam DR-100 Professional Portable Digital Audio Recorder
  • Canon EOS 7D SLR Digital Camera (Body Only)
  • Canon Zoom Wide Angle-Telephoto EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
  • Sony HDMI Male to Mini HDMI (Type C) Male Cable (Ver. 1.3)
  • Marshall V-LCD70XP-HDMI-SL 7″ LCD Field Monitor
  • Redrock Micro DSLR Field Cinema Deluxe Bundle v2
  • Redrock Micro MICROLENSGEARS KIT 3 GEARS (BLUE)
  • Redrock Micro 12″ microWhip
  • Canon Timer Remote Controller TC-80N3
  • Rode VideoMic – Camera Mounted Shotgun Microphone
  • Switronix PowerBase 70 Battery Pack for Canon EOS 5D Mk II & 7D DSLRs
  • Switronix PTXLR 28″ Power-Tap to 4-Pin XLR Cable
  • Switronix POWER CHRGR f/PB70/NP-L60/EX-L96/XPL90
  • Switronix FLEX DSLR REMOTE
  • Birns & Sawyer ENGRAVED SLATE w/COLOR CLAPPER

Photos after the break.

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The Exchangers – Episode One – “Ward”

The Exchangers – Episode One – “Ward”

Nicholas and Jennifer are roomies, and best friends. As they come across an “unfortunate” situation with the son of a politician, they unknowingly stumble into, and set off a series of events.

First episode of The Exchangers. Student project by Luke, Vegard, Emma and co. for their 2010 student project. I helped DOP on some of the episodes a long with proving technical and rigging support.

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PROMO VIDEO SHOT ON CANON 5D

PROMO VIDEO SHOT ON CANON 5D

See what some of James Cook University’s School of Creative Arts local and international Students have to say about living and studying in Australia. Filmed and edited by Benjamin van Houts. Music by Tycho.

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EXTENDED BOLUS

EXTENDED BOLUS

I wasn’t aware that on average an extended bolus for low GI foods should be around 3 hours. For as long as I can remember I’ve been given myself “rage bolus” due to high blood sugar. Only to be hit with some really powerful headaches, more high blood sugar and latter some crazy hypos.

This small adjustment seems so obvious now. But its affects have had positives affects. Free of the splitting headache from large bolus deliveries I’ve felt good about myself, something I’ve not really felt in a while.

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