Extreme Photography

How was your Easter Weekend?

Do you ever browse through Facebook make the occasional comment just to get more friends? Well I do.. and this time I happened to stumble across this great article of the Top five regrets of the dying.

1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
2. I wish I didn’t work so hard.
3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.
4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.

Anyway lets move on.. not literally, but let’s dabble in hot mustard.

Not the mustard you eat!

Speaking of mustard. What I want to know is..

Have you got the mustard?

I’m always on the lookout for opportunities to do something a bit ‘out there’ – there’s nothing like shooting and producing a series of stunning images that are totally one of a kind, that you know nobody else has got. Sometimes it’s tough work to find these and that’s where YOU come in.

Are you doing something that the Average Joe would call ‘completely crazy’? To all you adventurous folk out there do you have any ideas?

If so, then you might just have the mustard…

What is the mustard? It’s having the balls or nerve, the ability to succeed or come up to expectations, being able to ‘hack it’ or pass muster when the occasion arises….

So if that’s the case, then gimme a call and let’s make a deal on a shoot.

Sensational weather greeted us for Monday night’s camping trip at Davies Creek. The afternoon sun glowed and we all were silent with thoughts of ‘Oh how lucky I am to be here right now’. The night sky was breathtaking and just being away from the ‘not so bright’ city lights of Cairns just reminded us of how amazing the stars really are and we are only in one arm of the Milky Way!

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What’s involved in a shoot people ask?

It doesn’t mean simply showing up on the day and taking a few photos. The organisation of the whole kit and caboodle can be mind boggling. From pre-consultation, equipment needed, phone calls, coordination of people, reconnaissance of location, working within a time frame and of course the sticky question, pricing. In this instance, Tane’s (Cairns Rope Access) vital role in the rigging was instrumental in helping me to be right in the thick of the action.

All for 10 seconds of shooting!

Picture this:

An early morning coffee on your verandah, the birds are chirping, all is quiet, and then..

Bang!

Crash!

F#$ it’s that bloody garbage truck roaring down your street with a huge arse sticker on the side..

Before you jump out of your seat and say “Wow! Muzza is that yours?” I have to be humble and say ‘only the bin is my mine’ the others are stock. Anyway who could say their photography has infiltrated into the lives of all Cairnsberrians? Yep that’s right 27 trucks stamped with the Extreme approval visiting your door every week.

Who’s next? 0402 706 763

Really looking forward to the new and exciting projects coming in 2012.