'State of Origin'

On Wednesday l travelled to Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane to shoot with the king, Wally Lewis.
A great man with an even better stare. Dinner in Brisbane was at 'cha cha char', one of Wally's favourites. Along with 9 sport creative director Alex Rolls, we had a great dinner. Not easy to get a good steak, mid week, after 10pm in Brisbane.
Friday travel back to Sydney and out to ANZ Stadium to shoot blues legend 'Joey' Jones.
These screen grabs will be part of the Channel 9 opener for the series.
The State of Origin series kick's off in Melbourne next Wednesday.
Camera equipment - Arri Alexa set to rec709, recorded to sxs cards at 50fps. 800ASA daylight balance
Lemac Brisbane and Sydney supplied the camera and a set of Cooke S4's.

'CUPCAKES'

B&W..

'CUT FAST', RAPIDS

starring ~ Jessica Tovey, Ryan Corr
director ~ Kain O'Keefe
camera ~ Ashleigh Carter

for a full HD version please go to  ~  Ashleigh Carter Videos

'Balloons are fun!'

which way...

are you sure you can see me

this is my favourite hat

I like taking photos, l have a couple of professionals cameras and some great friends with free models. Last week the search was on for a wall, worthy of 3 balloons. 

I entered the photo competiton 'Glitter and Glamour' with these images. I took them in a studio in Sydney with a Canon 5DMK11, 50mm EF/f1.2. I used 2 - 1' LED light panels balanced to daylight.

LED lighting is not my first choice for 'beauty' shots, however they allowed me to work very close to the models and bring out the subtle colours used in the make up, without making the make up run.I don't do backlight, i find it distracting. 

'Everything looks better in black & white...'  Dean Semler asc,acs. It's hard to argue with the great man!
I have shot b&w stills (both film and digital) and l love the simplicity of it.
Shooting is a selfish passion. Express your style, sure look for inspiration in other work, but please make it your own. Your name is on it.
I was asked to shoot one of the 3 video clips to be included on the new RAPIDS - EP.
The guys wanted to make a short film, not just a performance clip. Once again teaming with director Kain O'Keefe we set about developing the look for the film.
Did someone say B&W- great, love it.
Jessica Tovey and Ryan Corr where cast, and both actors were fantastic.
I took this photo to be used as a grading reference. I had a 2k tungsten lamp outside through some 216 on the bathroom window. And that's it. A 50mm lens at 2.8, l like contrast and try to not to shoot at the widest t stop.
The shoot, last Saturday, started at 3pm in Sydney's west. Bump the gear in, start to set up a beer or two and were off.
The clip was shot with a Sony F3 and compact primes generously supplied by GearHead www.gearhead.com.au. We filmed 4:2:2 pro res to on board sxs cards.
The edit is well under way and i will post a finished copy of the short very soon.

Autumn Racing Carnival , CYCLOPS FILMS

I really like this spot. Firstly l shot it with my friends. Director Paul Cutter and Producer Lucy Verity from CYCLOPS FILMS. Pim Kulk was my camera assistant, who left towards the end of day 1 to become a proud father for the third time, while this was a little early the Kulk family is home safe and well.
Thanks to another good friend of mine, Mike Vlack from GEARHEAD I was given 2 ARRI Alexa's and a full set of Master Primes to use. However the heroes of the racing footage are the GOPRO cameras. Paul bought one, which became two and then three. We mounted these cameras all over the best camera operator we could find. Firstly 'Runway, Runway'(the horse) but most importantly champion jockey Corey Brown. The footage we shot is inter cut with real race footage. The grade is slightly desaturated and given the inclement weather we faced I think the spot has come together very well, thank you everyone.