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13/4/2012
Mauro Palmieri
Toni Newman strikes again and sent me Mauro Palmieri.
Mauro is an incredibly artistic, passionate shooter and stems from a long line of artists. He has always separated his art and commercial work and was at a stage where he needed direction.
His artwork is sensual, raw and to me very fashion orientated. His commercial work is technically sound, and he was shooting for a good list of clients, but wasn’t offering that point of difference.
We discussed combining his commercial and artistic work, so his folio was overwhelmingly commercial, yet able to show his "other side”.
The outcome has been fantastic. His folio has a purpose and creativity that exhilarates. My three favourite spreads are
6/4/2012
So what’s it like to work with Sally for the day? Brandon Rossen tell’s us.
Today I was sitting around the table with Sally.
I told her I loved her, I didn’t know I said it out loud.
She looked at me, I said "I just love working with you, I'd write you the best testimonial."
She said "do it", and Sally doesn’t bullshit. So here I sit trying to explain what was going through my mind when my mouth moved faster than my brain.
I love Sally, its true, she’s the best. Everyone wants a friend that says you look great when you’ve just got a hair cut that would make most people buy a hat.
The friend that says tastes good to me, when you just burned the hell out of some chicken.
It’s a good friend to have but Sally’s not that friend.
Sally doesn’t bullshit, and that’s why I love her.
I came to Sally because I needed help, because I’ve had plenty of people tell me how great I am, but I’d never had anyone tell me where I was falling short, the things I was overlooking, the mistakes I didn’t even know I was making.
Sally helped me understand where I was in my career, and where I wanted to go, I came to her with a book of random photos, and I left with a folio. I knew where I wanted to go in my career but I had no idea how to get there. I left with renewed confidence in the styles that I excelled at, and a realistic understand of why I was failing at others, a folio I was proud to show, and a studio to run my business out of.
On her blog sally says she can be your greatest asset, she is definitely mine.
2/4/2012
Matthew Kovac’s new folio
Matthew is a traveller. Some people go on holiday, and some like Matthew blend into the country they are in.
Fortunately for us , he takes an eclectic selection of cameras with him and many many rolls of film. The result is imagery from far flung destinations and corners of the world we rarely get to glimse. His style is arid and not fussy. It is what it is. He tells stories with his images and the viewer gets a real sense of where he has been.
I loved working on Matthews folio and talking to him about his many skill sets that we are including in the book. Such as book binding. Are there no end to his creative talents??
Here are a coulpe of my favourite spreads, however, viewing the entire book and seeing his craftsmanship is well worth it.
26/3/2012
Jules Tahan’s new folio.
Jules and I have been working with each other now for more than 3 years. He has an amazing business with Urban Angles and his 2 partners in real estate and property development photography.
I don’t work on that with Jules, my role is to advise and sort out his personal folio where he shoots people both in studio and on location.
People respond to Jules’ big and kind personality and this shines through in his portraits, be they migrant workers, children, animals, the aged or models.
He is extremely diverse in the way he shoots but the one constant is the final product.
Backed by a strong retouching arm, Jules’ treatment of images is what makes him stand out.
I love working with Jules, and I love his honesty.
Here are 3 favourite spreads from his latest folio.
21/3/2012
Glenn Campbell’s new folio.
Glenn first contacted me in 2010. He is an incredibly busy Walkley award winning doco photographer shooting across the NT and Western Australia along with being posted on international shoots covering war torn countries.
We finally met up in February 2012 when he flew down from Darwin for the day to work with me.
Pulling together his extensive body of work was no mean feat, but we came up with a folio that he will be directing at the design and commercial arena, along with initiating direct business.
Here are 3 of my favourite spreads.
7/2/2012
Kris Washusen’s new folio.
I have known Kris for many years, as a student an assistant and now as an emerging photographer.
He has an ease about him that makes you feel confident and comfortable.
Kris latest body of work show his strength in the ability to pull a shoot together, to communicate with his talent and a sense of quirkiness that makes his images unique.
I enjoy Kris friendly nature and I have no doubt he is a great photographer to work and I’m sure you would not only get the desired result, but you would have a fun time arriving there also.
17/1/2012
Peter Casamento’s New Folio
Peter is one of Melbourne’s busiest photographers. It has taken him an entire year to get back to me so we can update his folio.
He is always working on a project or travelling to far flung parts of the world.
Peter’s folio is an eclectic mix of urban landscapes, people and places. He is a very easy going talented guy and a joy to work with.
Here are 3 of my favourite spreads from his folio.
26/12/2011
Jules Dolmans new folio
"It is very hard for me to briefly describe the experience of working with Sally as it has touched on and influenced all aspects of my photography career and is by far the best thing I have done.
When I first met Sally she told me she wanted me fall in love with photography again and if this is all she had helped me achieve I would have been very very happy.
Sally has not only helped me get the absolute best out of my current work and create a beautiful new folio but my core client work has been streamlined and simplified to give me the time for more creative projects.
I have learned so much from Sally's approach and also from the wonderful and talented assistants she has booked to work with me.
All I can really say is thankyou Sally and for anyone wanting to gain a true and honest perspective of their work Sally is the only person to approach and I look forward to working on a new folio in 2012 and beyond..."
16/11/2011
Andrew Babarczy’s new folio.
Sal worked with Andrew Babarczy on his folio a couple of months ago. Here's a selection of her 3 favourite spreads along with a short piece on how Andrew found working with Sally.
"I have to say that the experience of working with you on my folio was one of the best things I've done career-wise in a long time. After spending the day with you I feel my folio now has a clarity and direction that it was lacking. It's often impossible to look at your own work objectively, so to have a fresh perspective from somebody whose opinion I respect has been invigorating. I feel my folio has been given a breath of fresh air and it's also given me the kick to overhaul all other aspects of how I present myself including my website and identity."
19/10/2011
Kit Haselden’s folio.
Kit is an inspitration to all emerging photographers. He has worked his way up through the assistant ranks and formed strong mentors along the way.
Kit has a sensitivity to his work and also to his person that makes the viewer at ease.
Kit's folio depicts a strong link to people via portraiture , lifestyle and fashion and I have chosen these 3 pages from his folio to show this.
30/9/2011
A few pages from Kerry Pryor’s folio
Prior to Kerry studying photography she gained a degree in textile design, and worked in that industry for over 5 years.
Photgraphy however called and now Kerry combines her love for textiles and her talent in photography.
She is a wonderful people person and a very "can do " gal. Nothing is too much trouble for Kerry and clients are drawn to her.
As an emerging photographer , her work is quite varied, but this folio we have worked on is eclectic and showcases her immence talent. Here are a couple of my favoutie spreads.
28/9/2011
Brandon Rossen’s folio
When you meet Brandon, you instantly feel at ease.
He is an affable guy who has switched careers to become a photographer.
Brandon arrived in Australia in 2010 from the USA and met with me a year later. He is an emerging photographer, with an interest in shooting people and products , in a "real way" not much photoshop is used in his work.
Brandon has a good sense of composition and tends to frame in camera. He enjoys experimenting with lighting techniques as well, which provides a fresh approach to the viewer who is used to seeing images created in photoshop and alike.
Here are a few of my favourite images.
21/9/2011
Have a look of a few of my favourite pages from Jim McFarlane’s folio.
What can't Jim shoot?
Jim is a well renowned Melbourne based food photographer, with decades of experience working in the studio.
Couple this with many years shooting for the Australian Ballet and in the past few years, working on many amazing not for profit projects in counties such as Africa and the Gaza Strip.
This work in turn has led Jim to shooting people here in Australia for government departments along with continuing with his food and people work.
He approaches all his work with a great passion and his folio reflects this.
22/8/2011
Introducing Fred Kroh’s new folio.
Fred is a seasoned shooter with many a story to tell.
It was great woriking with him and looking at a decade of images to be inspired by.
Fred shoots people.
He has a great sense of intensity in his images that make you stop and look right into them.
Fred wrote to me after we worked together and said "I found the experience fun, exciting and educational" and I think that is terrific.
Here are a few of my favourite spreads from that day.
15/8/2011
Here’s a copule of spreads from Abigail Burt’s new folio for you to check out.
Abigail and I met at the end of 2010 when I was on her final year folio assessment panel at RMIT.
She displayed an individual look to her work and was experimental which I found exciting.
Abigail was selected to win the Sally Brownbill award and together we have revamped her third year folio and added new shoots and come up with a total knock out book.
Abigail has a great sence of who she is as a photographer and a strong personality shows in her work.
it is common for a students final year folio to change fairly soon after they have graduated. Out in the world they are free of assignment deadlines and trying to fit criterias for certain lecturers.They can be themselvers, but must learn discipline too.
Abigail has plenty of that, focus,good attitude and loads of talent.
What a combo.
These are 3 of my fav pages we have in her folio now.