I photographed up and coming actress Juliette Reiss when I was in LA. Juliette has mostly worked on various theatre productions, but also on film sets and she is regular in the background on How I Met Your Mother and was recently on Mad Men as well as True Blood.
We went for a walk in Los Feliz; it was close to sunset and it is all ambient light. She’s so beautiful and such a delight to work with.
My friend Liam McIntyre will be replacing Andy Whitfield in Spartacus – Blood and Sand. Liam has previously starred in HBO’s The Pacific as well as Australian TV-series Rush and Neighbours.
The production on the second season of Spartacus is planned to resume in the spring of 2011 and will premiere in 2012.
He will be great as Spartacus and he obviously takes his roles seriously, lost 15 kilos for a film role. And well, this is his outfit at a Halloween party we went to in Melbourne last year.
(Top photo mine. The photo of Liam and me, is taken by a friend.)
I’m so proud of him.
Liam McIntyre is one of three actors vying for the lead role in Spartacus. Of course I hope he will get it.
The photos below are taken the first time I met him. It was winter, freezing and we shot a film noir series outside in an alleyway. He was modelling with another model and from memory I took these in between shots.
Don’t miss Mad Men tonight. You can see my beautiful friend and actress Juliette Reiss in tonight’s episode on AMC at 10pm (US).
Funny enough, Juliette and I share the same birthday. The photo below was taken in LA a couple of months ago.
Sportsgirls like Alpha 60.
So do I.
Alpha 60 recently designed a collection for the major Australian fashion brand Sportsgirl. You might have seen it in stores, on posters or at postcards.
I shot the portrait (below) used in the campaign.
We photographed this series very early in the morning and I think we were both a bit tired at first, but it was so much fun.
Comedians are so easy to work with, used to be on stage and of course, hilarious.
Magesh, stand-up comedian (and drummer)
You have certain fashion stores you just love and Alpha 60 is one of them, with shops in Sydney and Melbourne. I had a portrait assignment at RMIT and contacted the Melbourne based design duo Georgie and Alex Cleary at Alpha 60.
I went to the design studio with my assistant to do a location portrait and we started to set up lights. Alex grabbed a shirt from one of the many hangers in the studio and came back a couple of minutes later with the new shirt on. I wish I could do the same.
Georgie and Alex Cleary, Alpha 60
Photoassistant: John Szatkowski
I’m in Sydney for the Australian Professional Photography Awards. I won two silvers yesterday for the following images. Now it is just the cocktail parties and award dinner left.
