Time to get headshot

Hey all you pretty aspiring people out there. The holiday season is coming to a close and its time to start working on those careers again.

And what better way then to start with some portraits or headshots for your company or brand. Quick easy and fun, give me a buzz to book a session with complimentary photoshopping!

And don’t forget we are video specialists and always looking for creative new ways to help promote your brand via the web and mobile device. Just check out this tiny teaser below.

Festival First Night

And so it is here!

The greatest time of year to be in town for Sydney Festival 2012!

Already the city has been lit up with Dj’s riding busses through central park, high flying trapeze artists swinging above Cathedrals and a Domain jam packed for headliner Mano Chao.

And just to help nurse you through the hangovers, there was a host of great arts and cultural events happening the next days.

Check out the video I just cut up quickly after seeing local artist Duke Box spit some mean lyrics in the back of the Carriageworks while some interesting holiday making caravans found their way into the main hall.

New Years Resolutions

To me it seems a little difficult to make year long commitments at the same time as your downing litres of scotch while dancing to swing and trying to take photos of all the cool cats at a rockabilly burlesque evening. So now a few days after the parties have settled and the sunburn has cooled, I can have a more serious ponder. I can think of last years hopes and aspirations and laugh as I failed to achieve any of them. I can try to remake the same ones in the hopes that I learnt from last year and can be more focused in realising them this time around.

Or better yet, I can look up at the dusty poster on my wall that quotes Ernest Fischer “as machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of man”

Because after all the chaos and drama of last year, even with the crippling credit cards and on-line addictions, one thing is certain, last year was a heck of a lot of fun. And I can’t wait to do it all again.

Raise a glass to the new year and lets all laugh and grow fat together.

 

RV

Thank you Australia

At Upstair Studios, we are a little patriotic. We love our town and our people. Not to the point where we down snakebites and belt out Cold Chisel ballads at outback themed bars in foreign countries.

The world is changing, cultures are developing and we are seeing the meteoric rise of our island nation. While many like to gloat that we seem to have come out of the GFC without too much of a scratch, we choose to focus on the real positives that are going on in town.

Music and fashion!

Through the month of September, two events took place that really shone some light on the talents of our local folks.

First up is the StyleXpose fashion awards. A small runway competition devoted to promoting the creative talents of local clothing designers while also give the models a chance at grabbing a serious career boosting contract in the industry. The event was set up and run by North Shore resident, Amy Woodhead who put all the blood, sweat and tears her little blonde blonde could put in, never letting her wide eyed smile sink for a moment. The Sugar Lounge in Manly crammed out for the final which saw designer Catherine Leon take out best designer and Cara-Lee Weiss awarded the top model securing a contract to boost her career.

The next thing to happen was the Changing lanes festival in Devonshire Street Surry Hills. Jam packed with all things hip, it was good to relax in the afternoon sun and be absorbed by the wealth of local talent on show. Big Scary, Papp vs Pretty, Mikaelangelo and the Tin star, Lanie Lane, PVT, Gareth Liddiard and a heap more showed the people of Sydney what they already knew, that Australia is making some of the worlds best music right now.

I cant wait to post more over the summer as more and more great events take place showing of the cities finest crop.

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Are you an actor, model, dancer, whatever who wants a professional photoshoot done for nothing?

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Welcome to the new site

Hey all you new peeps and welcome back to the old fans.

The new website is finally up and running with many thanks to Ben Dudek! Drop him a line if youre ever needing something web oriented done. He’s brilliant.

Take a look around, Im still in the process of getting a lot of video up on this site but for now the photo galleries should have plenty to keep you busy with. (just dont forget to use the arrow keys to navigate through it all)

Watch this space for many more updates and blogish type posts on all things wonderful from the land down under

Enjoy folkes. and let me know what you think of it all.

Rhys