James Troi's Visual Diary

Iconic (Eyewear) I like the close up portraits in this one. From FantasticsMag

PHOTOGRAPHY JOSEPH SINCLAIR

FASHION EDITOR GRAHAM CRUZ

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FEATURED FASHION BITCHING AND JUNKFOOD, GUCCI

H00T (like an owl version of W00T) this is a gorgeous picture of an owl by Jason Idzera. Just amazing colours and clarity. I’m quite taken by it. I can’t stop staring into those giant eyes.

Jason is an amazing wildlife photographer.

Taken from the Docklands magazine that I pick up near work, I really like this photo of singer Kate Ceberano.

The tilt of her head, her joyful expression and close crop all make this a great photo to me. My enjoyment of the photo is futher enhanced as there has been no obvious over-the-top post production applied to the shot. I’m sure there has been some, but they haven’t digitally botoxed her forehead, the lines under her eyes nor the smile lines around her mouth, it keeps the photo looking natural.

Dedication to the art. Not sure who took this shot but the team who put it together obviously had a vision, a plan and a very willing model. All that silver!

It looks great. The way the light bounces of the model’s metallic form is a great example of luminosity.

Thomas Dekker production shot from the Gregg Araki film “Kaboom” the look on Thomas’ face, the fact that I think of him as a young guy but he’s fronting the scruffy beard.

I really appreciate the catch lights in his eyes, the shallow depth of field is great. The show is reminiscent of a couple of stills I’ve captured from music videos from Pink, Janet and Britney videos that I’d like to try and have a go at.

Of course I remember Thomas from “Terminator: Sarah Conner Chronicles” and “Heroes”, the weirdest thing though (and how I found this photo) was because I saw his name in the credits of an episode of Voyager. Was so weird to see him as a really small kid in that episode.

There is no credit for this photo at the source.

Craig Malozzi by Rick Day

Rick Day has a very recognisable style. Slightly muted tones and soft lit subjects. He’s also known for his fashion photography and edgy work for brands like Rufskin.

This portrait of Jason Fleming is in and of itself not an awesome work, that it was shot by his 2-year-old daughter however, is.

Too often I’ll hand my camera to one my nephews or my niece only to hear a parent tell them to put it down, it’s too expensive to play with.

That may be true to some extent but if I was overly worried about the equipment, that no way could I replace easily if  broken, I wouldn’t have handed it to the kids in the first place. I know they’ll take special care of it and I know they have fun taking photos.

I remember getting my little Kodak Flip Brownie II when I was a kid and how much fun it was to load my 110 film in the back, take the shots and get the film to the chemist for processing. And the the joy of seeing my photos in print. These days kids have it easier, the gratification of the shot is instant, the result showing right there on the LCD on the back of the unit.

Kids should be encouraged to take photos, they see the world in a different way.

In Your Face by Daron Shade

Daron presents a strong photo here. Given the focus of both the foreground fist and the face of the fighter I’d suggest this photo may be a composite work.

The subject, Joe Rivera, is lit from the left and the right with the ratio stronger on the right side of the subject.

I like this photo because of the power it portrays. The darkness lends to the feeling of power. Kind of makes you think “wouldn’t want to meet Joe in a dark alley”.