The Cruel Bloom

Wheely Boardin' with Jim "tatt" Dandy

2012-01-13T02:22:00.000-08:00

Me and James dandy, or Jim Dandy as he is known in the wheelyboard world took a drive into soufpour to shoot a picture or two. Im no skateboard photographer but ill give it a crack.
This gap is a good size and you gotta deal with a bush. We got kicked after second shot but the nice lady let jim do one more. Third times a charm
This might be a FS Flip, it could also be a FS 180, what if its a FS 360? either way its a make. you can guess
Jim told me to be all arty an shit
Jim on the shit end of a radical manoeuvre

Palmy Shred

2012-01-08T22:00:00.000-08:00

Me and the dudes went and checked out 19th Ave bowl as someone has put pool coping on the old dog. Not as much fun as it sounds but still better than a kick in the nads

dust em off

2012-01-01T21:19:00.001-08:00

found a couple landscapes i never bothered uploading a few days ago. I didnt really like them at the time but now I kinda do.......cool story bro.

Aversions Crown

2012-01-01T21:13:00.000-08:00

Shot some new promos for heavy hitters Aversions Crown.

Olympus Trip 35mm

2012-01-01T21:08:00.000-08:00

I Found an old Olympus Trip 35mm in an op shop and gave her a go. Awesome point and shoot, super sharp, easy to use, and looks cool.

Grainy ass film in a grainy ass town.

2011-12-18T01:57:00.000-08:00

Creature demo Pizzey.

2011-11-27T01:00:00.000-08:00

The Creature skateboard team recently did an Australian tour killing every bowl, park and rail this side of the equator. They stopped by Pizzey to shut shit down. Hola!

Guzman Slidin a front blunt round the corner
Guzman,Back tail skidder round the bend
Taylor Bingaman, frontside nose grinder round the corner
Brody, Seat Belt
Jesse, being gnarly

No matter how far you can go, the horizon is still way beyond you.

2011-11-27T00:48:00.000-08:00

The Matador

2011-10-18T03:50:00.000-07:00

Promo Photos I shot for the epic, desolate, heavy musical ensemble that is The Matador.
www.facebook.com/thematadornoise

The Canon AE-1 is the greatest camera ever made

2011-10-12T04:43:00.001-07:00

Heres a few pictures from a roll of B&W ran through a Canon AE-1. I have no desire to ever put colour film in this camera.

Satellite Years

2011-10-04T03:02:00.000-07:00

I did a photo shoot with emerging band SATELLITE YEARS. these dudes were rad, they like havin a laugh and dont take themselves too seriously, Something more bands should follow. hola!

To continually scramble the familiar and bring the old into new juxtaposition.

2011-10-01T04:50:00.000-07:00

shot on a Diana Mini

Rose and Craig

2011-09-11T03:17:00.000-07:00

About 2 years ago I went to Rose and Craigs wedding and took some pictures. I edited the photos and put them on my hard drive never to see the light of day. A week ago whilst backing up my hard drive I found them again and decided to re edit the whole lot. Enjoy.

Sydney Trekkin'

2011-08-17T04:16:00.001-07:00

Myself and Amanda jetted off to Sydney for a couple days last week. I took my Canon AE-1 and finished off a roll of B&W. such a rad camera. enjoy.

Canon AE-1

2011-08-17T04:11:00.000-07:00

A while back I found a perfectly good Canon AE-1 in a basket at an op shop.Heres a few photos from the first roll of B&W I ran through it. Works like a charm.

Aversions Crown.

2011-08-17T04:08:00.001-07:00

I shot some promos for the heaviest band on the planet, Aversions Crown. When their cd drops so will your bowels.

Finland x FYF

2011-08-05T17:54:00.000-07:00

FYF apparel is a clothing label who release a limited run of Tshirts with prints done by artists, photographers, tattooists, Illustrators etc to create not just a T shirt but a piece of art also. I was asked by Naren at FYF to be apart of their official launch and along with Street artist HOUL, Illustrator/Designer Chad Drake and Ben Ashton Bell to create three prints based around a fear or phobia. The following images are my contribution to the launch/exhibition based around a fear of deep water. xo

Please visit these guys.xo
www.fyfapparel.com
http://www.facebook.com/groups/328438040884/
http://www.pervertedpixel.com/
http://www.houlart.blogspot.com/

.A small collection of the inhabitants of Southport.

2011-08-01T04:27:00.000-07:00

. bella, a babe and the boys.

2011-07-13T02:55:00.000-07:00

.shot on a konica 35mm manual point and shoot.

Diana Mini

2011-07-13T02:48:00.000-07:00

Im slowly becoming obsessed with buying every camera I see, whether it be in a $2 bin or a trendy plastic fantastic holga or something along those lines. Anyway, I got a diana mini, its awesome and as the name states...its minature.

Konica 35mm

2011-06-17T01:35:00.000-07:00

I bought Konicas first manual 35mm camera from an antique shop. Its twice as old as I am but still works like a charm.

Hannimax Micro Flash

2011-06-17T01:25:00.000-07:00

I found a Hannimax Micro Flash 35mm camera in an op shop. It works like a holga, stands no taller than a roll of film and would be smaller than most digi point and shoots that come out today. It cost $4 and it clearly lords over your hipstamatic.

Bangkok

2011-06-15T04:14:00.000-07:00

Bangkok is the gnarliest place ever. It smells like absolute shit, its about 40 degrees every day even when it rains. Dudes with no arms or legs begging for change, kids with no eyes begging for whatever they can get, every fraudulent item you desire, dudes shouting at you about god knows what and the weirdest sex shows you can care to think about. I like it.

Phuket

2011-06-15T04:03:00.000-07:00

Phuket, like the rest of Thailand is a circus. Hot, smelly, Stray dogs left right and centre, babies on scooters, monkeys runnin around and more power lines than I think they actually know what to do with.

sawasdee krup

2011-06-05T23:25:00.000-07:00

I found some time in my busy holiday schedule of riding elephants, jet skiing, sun baking, hanging with lady boys and drinking cheap piss to shoot some photos of the local landscape. Chaweng Beach, Koh Samui, Thailand.

Nightmares

2011-04-18T06:48:00.000-07:00

Promo shoot for Gold Coast Metal band NIGHTMARES.

.creating something only to destroy it.

2011-03-22T03:58:00.000-07:00

Darkness is at its finest before the Dawn

2011-03-16T04:35:00.000-07:00

The City of Seasons ( plastic edition)

2011-03-16T04:29:00.000-07:00

I took a trip to Melbourne to watch So Cal legends Social Distortion. In between, drinking beers, meeting Kerry King from slayer, meeting hughsey, seeing a chick get run over and talking to a rambling lunatic in the pub for an hour I took some pictures. BOLTS!

All things are subject to decay when fate summons

2011-03-09T14:32:00.000-08:00

The River City (plastic edition)

2011-02-20T01:29:00.000-08:00

I recently went up to Brisbane for the day and took my holga along for the ride. Lately shooting film seems less effort then digital. Maybe its the surprise at the end? or maybe im just a lazy sack that doesnt want to edit a seemingly endless folder of RAW files.? Apart from dodging hipster uni students sipping starbucks while updating their status as they dodge and weave through the mall, I took some photos. enjoi.

The Holgador

2011-01-27T22:44:00.001-08:00

I loaded up my little red holga with some 35mm BW and watched the matador. Ok for a camera that is held together by tape.

Bloody Aussie day Mate

2011-01-27T22:31:00.000-08:00

The gang sat around at Sams and got shitfaced. the end.
here's some photos when i could still focus my camera. 1973 Praktica SLR w/ $2 china film.

Cant be Straya Day without a pie.

Cant be Straya day without Peet

Cant be Straya day without Sam

Cant Be straya day without Dan

Peet auditioning for The Matador

Sam Bein Cool

Dan Being a Model

Good Day

...Desolation makes for a better life

2011-01-17T01:24:00.000-08:00

Crack The Sky

2011-01-17T01:23:00.001-08:00

Life is like a black and white photograph, there's black, there's white, and lots of shades in between

2011-01-17T01:12:00.000-08:00

So its been raining for like the past 2 months, one afternoon it cleared up for long enough for me to use up a roll of BW film in my Praktica manual SLR.

This is NOT a print taken by my hipstamatic for I Phone

2011-01-17T00:59:00.000-08:00

I bought an old Fujica Automagic heap of shit at an op shop a while ago for $20 and im glad i found this old thing hidden behind an AM radio and a sandwich press that was caked with mould and what looked like baked beans. Im not rocket scientist but im pretty sure the "Auto Focus" feature on the 1976 camera is broken. I like it.

Rain shall hold the vast empire of the sky alone.

2011-01-06T02:30:00.000-08:00

1970 Praktica

2010-12-19T19:07:00.000-08:00

A while back i acquired a 1970 Praktica SLR manual Film camera. It sat on my shelf gathering dust until about 2 weeks ago when i decided to dust the old boy off and chuck in a roll of kodak BW400CN. Now im not one of those self righteous " film is the beez kneez, im cool cause i only shoot on film" dudes, in fact this is the first time ive used film in a manual camera for about 9 years...and it shows. enjoy

Mikey Battled with this tre flip down the 6 at varsity for about an hour. This is a non make but the dude got hella close.

Changa sparkin up a duzza and entertaining the locals.

Willow suckin down a coopers.

The biggest little shit on the gold coast. Rolls a mean durrie tho.

In the country of the blind, a one eyed man is king

2010-11-17T14:16:00.001-08:00

Mimsy

2010-11-17T14:09:00.000-08:00

The other day I hung out and shot a few photos of Brisbane tattooist Mimsy. Mimsy works out of a pink trailer and does some pretty cool tattoos too! go check her out, Hola

Published

2010-11-10T19:52:00.000-08:00

I was lucky enough to get to shoot photos of my good friend Matty D, for a Post Modern Ink article. Matty D chucks body suits on a daily basis so pick up a copy of this issue, get schooled and book in. Hola!

The Virgin Swine

2010-10-11T15:37:00.001-07:00

Immaculate Deception

Im not here......

2010-10-11T15:34:00.001-07:00

The Ghosts you chase, you never catch

The Spit

2010-10-11T15:32:00.001-07:00

I went back to the spit and shot another photo. I like this place.

A man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at the calm sea.

2010-09-16T04:39:00.000-07:00

We can only appreciate the miracle of a sunrise if we have waited in the darkness

2010-09-12T18:21:00.000-07:00

Sleep Het Meer...vind je hem vol liefde

2010-09-08T02:03:00.000-07:00

Drown us at birth, save yourself time

Signal The Firing Squad

2010-08-29T19:53:00.000-07:00

The other night I hung out with mates and sunny coast shredders SIGNAL THE FIRING SQUAD. while we weren't talking about dicks and other homo related propaganda we shot some promo photos for their upcoming album. When it drops prepare to loose your face.

In ya face

2010-08-29T19:45:00.000-07:00

I was asked to shoot some photos for POST MODERN INK in regards to an article on face tattoos. This Issue came out 2 weeks ago so get you copy while they last...or die. (note cover image is not mine)

2010-08-18T03:28:00.000-07:00

A visual journey through the woodland kaleidoscope

The Matador

2010-08-08T21:32:00.000-07:00

I shot some photos of my old band The Matador on Saturday Night at prog fest. It was the first time I heard their songs without actually participating. You should go see them, they bring zee doom.

Published

2010-07-25T21:45:00.000-07:00

A while ago I sent some photos to Uk's highest circulating DSLR photography magazine "Digital SLR Photography" for their reader showcase section. They emailed me telling they wanted to publish one of my photos along with some info about the photo. The rest is history. go buy it xo

Melbourne

2010-06-27T23:34:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago Myself, Amanda, Sam, Cam and Brooke took a trip to Melbourne. I took some time out to walk the back alleys and streets with my camera to get a glimpse of Melbourne through a lens. I got way too many photos to post so here a few. enjoi.

Melbourne City 3:15pm

Horses

St Pauls Cathedral

Inside the cathedral,I like the pentagrams half way up on either side of the photo??

On our way to Melbourne Zoo, it was so foggy and about 7.5 degrees until about 12pm. Thats the sun shining through.

wires and fog

Orangutans are clearly the best animals ever invented.

Anyone who has been to Melbourne will know that every alley and lane way is covered in Graffiti. Its Awesome, I wish the Gold Coast had some form of artistic culture instead of pink shirts and roids.

NECKFACE!

Dirty Old Town

2010-06-09T05:42:00.000-07:00

I took a trip up to Southport the other day for no real reason except to just walk around with my camera. Southport is a scum filled derelict dwelling.

the end.

The Matador Guitar sessions

2010-06-01T00:17:00.000-07:00

The other night I went along to watch my good ol buddies from zee matador track some guitars. I caught about half Hour of Scott laying down some clean tracks with the odd whale on his delay pedal. The tracks are already sounding huge and the finished product will be of maximum awesomeness.

The Matador

2010-05-27T03:40:00.000-07:00

To cut a long story short,about 5 years ago...maybe 4, I don't know, me and my buddy Sam started a band called The Matador. At first we didn't know what the fuck we were doing, The band had mixed Musical Direction and endured about 75 line up changes.Two years ago when Dan, Johnny and Mr Hobbins came on board, shit started to get real. After 5 years, about a thousand shows and 4 billion jams i decided to jump ship, not because of any musical difference or personality clash, but just because it was time for me to leave. Scott Reid (ASD) took my spot in a jiffy and began twangin and doomin with The Matador. Anywho, the fuckers got me outta bed at 4:30am and dragged me to the beach to shoot a photo or two. Even though I'm no longer in the band, when I look at these photos it reminds me of certain parts and riffs in certain songs which i got to play over the years....which is cool i guess.

Jessica

2010-05-20T14:34:00.000-07:00

Everyone meet Jessica, Jessica meet everyone. I met Jessica for the first time yesterday, It probably seems weird, bordering on creepy, that some random dude would ask a random girl to shoot some photos of her in his random house, but like a good dudette, Jess happily obliged and I fumbled around with my camera for half an hour and got a few good shots. Thanks again to Jessica for helpin me out.

Published

2010-05-16T21:01:00.000-07:00

The Dudes at Post Modern Ink asked me to submit some shots I did of my mate Andy for publication. Here they are i guess.....Cheers to Chad and the guys and gals at PMI go buy it or perish.

Birth of the day

2010-05-10T03:37:00.000-07:00

I woke up at about 5:20am this morning and decided to walk to the beach to watch the sunrise. There wasnt much light but it made for a better photo anyway. It such a weird time of day that early, its still dark and the foot paths are over run by people who appear to be no younger than 70. Miami rocks 6:17am & 6:30am

Sammy Boy

2010-04-17T15:29:00.000-07:00

This is my friend Sam, Sam is one of my oldest and best friends. Me and Sam have played in bands together since like forever, Lived with each other and probably drunk about 600000000000000000000 cans of rum together. I asked Sam if I could shoot some photos of him and he said yes, obviously. Listen to sams band at www.myspace.com/thematadornoise

Drugs are bad mmmmmmmmmK

2010-04-12T02:40:00.000-07:00

I have a phobia of standing on a used syringe, I never go bare foot and always seem to see some kind of intravenous drug paraphernalia where ever i go. I was lurkin around the lake near my house where there are some drainage tunnels. I was actually just looking for some shit graffiti, you know the graffiti you look at and laugh, something like a badly sprayed cock or some lame payout to some dude who will never read it. I spied a discarded needle laying on the ground and snapped a quick photo of it, what I didn't notice until i looked through my camera was a dude chillen in the tunnel who I think was huffing paint. Burleigh Drains must be the place to get wasted. YUUUK

Australian Better Photography Magazine "Photo of the year awards"

2010-03-24T03:18:00.001-07:00

At the end of last year Australian Better Photography Magazine ran a competition for the 2009 photo of the year.There were 3 categories People Places and Creative. In total i submitted 9 images and recieved 9 awards. 7 bronze and 2 silver. here are a couple of them.

'ode to Hank III

2010-03-01T03:02:00.000-08:00

Today i got tattooed by tattooist extraordinaire Matt Howse. I met Matt about 4 years ago when he did a guest spot at Borderline Tattoos. Matt works out of Spider Murphys tattoo in San Rafael in San Fransisco. Matt is a totally rad dude, awesome tattooist/artist and just a top bloke to have around. I urge any of you if you get the opportunity to get tattooed by Matt Howse, don't hesitate.
You can see his work at
www.reliabletattoos.com

Published

2010-02-14T19:16:00.000-08:00

So awhile ago it came up that Tattoo, art and lifestyle magazine POST MODERN INK was looking for budding photographers to submit their work for possible publication. I eagerly submitted a few of my tattoo related images i have shot, and got a reply that one of my photos was to be published in the next issue. Not only was i stoked when i got my hands on a copy i almost fell over backwards in the newsagent. Go grab a copy!

Andy

2010-02-08T14:19:00.000-08:00

So lately I have had a bit of an obsession with portraits. I hung out with my friend Andy yesterday and i got him to take his shirt off for me. Andy owns and runs a T Shirt Company called Evening Forever. Evening Forever supports local bands and artists and anything that dont fit into "normal society"...... whatever that may be these days? P.s ladies hes single.. eh eh Check out his site and buy some shit. http://www.eveningforever.com

Amanda

2010-02-06T04:15:00.000-08:00

This is my girlfriend Amanda, as you can see, she is beautiful x x x

Tyrone

2010-02-04T02:46:00.000-08:00

Tyrone came round the other day and we shot the shit for a bit and i shot some portraits of him. I got about 15 usable shots but these two are my fav.

Stigmata

2010-01-24T19:53:00.000-08:00

Im not necessarily a religious person....I do however really enjoy religious imagery. Its pretty Brutal and quite depressing if you stop to look for more than 5 minutes.
I had a moment of clarity one night and an image similar to this popped into my head, the next day i set about re-creating what i envisioned.

I also entered this image into the Australian Better Photography Photo of the year awards and received a bronze award for it :-)

Love Story

2010-01-10T22:54:00.000-08:00

They Say a Swan mates for life. I sat and watched these 2 black swans paddle around Benowa Gardens for about 2 hrs today, not only to try and get a good photo of them doing as lovers do, but cause they are rad birds to watch. They basically had the run of the pond and all other birds and creatures got out of their way as soon as they even looked in their direction. A Swans wing span can be up to 10ft and they say a good enough strike from a Swan could break a mans arm.

Molly.

2010-01-01T18:08:00.000-08:00

Im not a cat person by any means, but molly is totally awesome, john and Anne came around and bought their cat molly for a visit. Molly wandered around our house like she owned it then settled herself down in the top of my cupboard.

Meow!

Day 365, 2009

2009-12-31T23:45:00.000-08:00

I woke up really early today and decided to walk to the beach. i took some pics along the way. here's a look at my first waking hour of the last day of 2009.

I walked out of my front door and tripped over my sandy wet fishing shoes from zee previous nights fishing adventure. They smell like swamp mud, feet and fish. yummy.

I take a short cut through the dog park to get to the beach. The bins in this park have an overwhelming smell of dog shit.

The Sun showed its sorry ass briefly, then went back behind a cloud.

I don't know why took a photo of this, but i did. These Mirrors always have weird dents in them.

By the time i got to the beach it was sunny again and i was getting sun burnt quicker than you can say dick and balls, so i took a photo and bailed.
(yes i know i need a lens hood, but i dont have one for the lens i had)

See you next year.

Shitty weather

2009-12-28T20:33:00.000-08:00

The Constant rain and wind over the xmas period kinda licks the bag, cant really do much except dick around at home and make a stupid blog to pass the time. Anyway i got up this morning and this leaf was stuck to the kitchen window. Im going for a walk.

Tis I, The fox

2009-12-28T20:29:00.000-08:00

i like going to costume shops and looking at all the weird shit in them, i bought this mask and the rest is history.

The Spit

2009-12-28T20:21:00.000-08:00

I got up at like fucking 4am one morning and drove 20 mins half asleep to the spit. It was raining while i was driving, however i thought i may aswel keep goin seen as i was awake anyway. i made it there about 20 mins before sunrise and fiddled around in minimal light, composed my scene and waited. The rain had stopped luckily and the heavy cloud cover started to part as the sun rose. Probably my favourite of my photos to date. Its a stitch together of 3 photos. Well worth the early morning.

Fiji Trip

2009-12-28T20:10:00.000-08:00

Just recently Myself and Mandi went to Fiji. These are a few of my fav photos i took while over there. Bula Vanuka!

Diego

2009-12-27T16:56:00.000-08:00

I took this photo a while ago while i was at work. i like it.

Boredumb

2009-12-27T16:03:00.000-08:00

Xmas holidays usually lead to 3 things drinking to much booze, eating to much food and just general boredom. I took this During the latter of the 3