If you go looking through my portfolio of fashion images you would be hard pressed to find pictures with well known landmarks. This is simply because Fashion Photography might love luxury, edgy, cool, dark, sexy, whatever; and even the lure of travel - but it's the outfits that have to shine. So the landscape and landmarks almost always play second fiddle to the clothes and the model or the model and the clothes... I suppose that makes the location third, not even second place! But every so often, the landscape or a landmark is required to make a statement about the 'where' and in the case of this photoshoot, the 'who' as well. That's because it is a modelling portfolio shoot for a non local who before leaving Australia, wanted a portfolio to kick start their modelling career when they returned to Germany.
So the landmark here, must be unmistakable, the Sydney Opera House and it's always-there dance partner, the Sydney Harbour Bridge. But its still a portfolio shoot and for that kind of picture the model is the key - I don't want the location to dominate the picture, just lend some GPS coordinates and local charm.
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Linus, B&W modelling portfolio shot with Sydney Opera House
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I love the Sydney Harbour Bridge and it's Art Deco forms cast in old concrete. Two 20th century Australian Icons. In these shots they do not dominate but they tell you where we are, Sydney, by the harbour, Australia. So we photographed on the bridge, under the bridge, beside, the bridge, and even went to the other side of Sydney Cove to the Opera House and shot on the north promenade, with Linus jogging at the Opera House as so many people do! Yes it's pretty casual in Australia. It was Linus's first photoshoot, and he did well, we did well. Scroll down, check out the shots. If you are on a laptop or desktop computer, click the pictures to see them bigger! Need a portfolio or fashion pictures, just
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| Male Modelling Portfolio, Mid-shot on location - Sydney Harbour Bridge |
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| Male Modelling Portfolio, On location in Sydney - Bridge Stairs |
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| Linus, B&W mid-shot, w/Sydney Harbour Bridge in background |
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| Linus, mid-shot, w/Sydney Harbour Bridge in background |
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| Fitness shot - Jogging at the Sydney Opera House |
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| Horizontal headshot, on location. |
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| Horizontal mid-shot in B&W |
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| A very casual mid-shot, Linus as a traveller in Sydney 2023 |
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Kent Johnson, Sydney, Australia.
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