Creative Photographer for the City of Sydney..

You know this just might have been my dream job for the next year or two. Regular income, regular shoots for clients(??) A 40 hour week (well so they said). All you had to do was apply. Well no actually you had to tender for the role - but don't worry you won't need to work out how much to charge us, we have 80K for the role and its all yours. You just have to do your own Super, pay your insurances, indemnify the City against anything that might go wrong along the way, waiver all rights to the images, may be used for international marketing purposes, you may have to meet short deadlines, the hours may be outside office ours, etc etc. OK maybe not the dream job I had been dreaming of; not for that sort of money and I have serious doubts the job can be done in 40 hours a week; well maybe occasionally, and that's without any solid briefs to go by. Good point; how to decide if it's a year of grip-and-grin event work (which would be about about triple the 80K at least in the commercial market if you had the hours) or some sort of even more profitable commercial work. 80K, you aren't looking so good; and its not really a job; you get "embedded" with the council. At least it's Sydney not Iraq!!!

So I decided not to apply for my dream job, but I did think it would be a good exercise to put together a presentation of Love You Sydney photographic work. After all I have been shooting my personal project Street Fashion Sydney since 2008 and have been invited to lots of great fashion & marketing events, and like everyone else I have done my of share grip and grin shoots too over the years. But what would the panel be looking for? Apparently "MORE than just documentation" "creative" "photography". Hell I reckon that's my main problem, I have been a little too creative for way too long; and I feel like I haven't even gotten started! So from over 300 Street Fashion Sydney blog posts, and a few shots that have never been seen before here's the portfolio that might have, or might not have put me on the short list. BUT If YOU like what you SEE - I'm here in Sydney, I am still freelancing, and I am taking bookings direct right now.
Better call Saul? Hell No, call me! kent@artcommuniation.com.au 0433 796 863

Kent Johnson,
Sydney, Australia.

0433 796 863

kent@artcommunication.com.au

www.kentjohnsonphotography.com.au

www.fashionphotographysydney.blogspot.com/

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Selected from the 300+ Street Fashion Sydney blog posts in no particular order of importance!

http://streetfashionsydney.blogspot.com.au/2015/08/wolftress-we-are-warriors-vip-launch.html
http://streetfashionsydney.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/andreas-ottensamer-yellow-lounge-sydney.html
http://streetfashionsydney.blogspot.com.au/i-saw-jimmy-barnes-at-china-heights.html
http://streetfashionsydney.blogspot.com.au/2015/04/matiny-ng-new-schiaparelli-of-geometric.html
http://streetfashionsydney.blogspot.com.au/2014/11/and-winner-is-ganton-man-at-shirt-bar.html
http://streetfashionsydney.blogspot.com.au/2015/02/art-sniffers-new-trend.html
http://streetfashionsydney.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/the-social-party-at-pelicano-david.html
http://streetfashionsydney.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/andreas-ottensamer-yellow-lounge-sydney.html
http://streetfashionsydney.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/street-style-photographing-newtown.html
http://streetfashionsydney.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/ben-quilty-after-afghanistan-art.html

And the First but not of course anywhere near the best! 

http://streetfashionsydney.blogspot.com.au/2008/08/lamplight-lounge-888-lucky-fever.html

Personal Work - Urban landscape Brisbane (& a shopping trolley too..)

When I came back to photography after what I only half jokingly refer to as my ten year(ish) sabbatical from photography, I began by photographing the urban landscape. It was urban landscape photographs arranged as diptych and triptych images that were the subject of my first solo photography exhibition Three Roads Night.

View Large - https://www.flickr.com/photos/kentjohnson/

Then a moody urban landscape diptych of single power poles was selected for inclusion in the prestigious Blake Prize in 2004; something I had dreamed of but never thought could happen! When I set up my Flickr account, (Flickr was the first true photo-sharing web 2.0 social networking platform; My Space was more for musicians & school kids..) it was to showcase my urban landscape style of images. And it was on Flickr that I also had my first experience of alienating my audience when I made a return to fashion and started showing fashion images as well as the urban landscapes and abstract imagery; the change (return?) didn't go down well with everyone. Now I think that not only has Flickr changed, a lot.. the people who do follow me over there are well aware of my photographic proclivities which extend to people and clothing as well as inanimate objects and the urban landscape. I enjoy all the forms of photography I work in and they cross over and inform one another, though not always in an explicit way. This shot was made last week at a shopping centre in Brisbane, on the way to my sisters.. When opportunity knocks, grab it with both hands.

Shot with my Fujifilm X-Pro1.

Kent Johnson,
Sydney, Australia.

0433 796 863

kent@artcommunication.com.au

www.kentjohnsonphotography.com.au

www.fashionphotographysydney.blogspot.com/

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Photographing Vivid Sydney 2015 - Like it was 1985!

Looking through my first series shots that I made of the coloured light sculptures and projections at the 2015 edition of Vivid Sydney on Tuesday night a question occurred to me; what would these pictures look like if I had taken them back in 1985?  I knew the answer immediately; Black and White! I would have gone to a coloured light show with my Nikon FM and I would have almost certainly photographed in Black and White. There are a couple of reasons for this. First and most importantly I love black and white! And back in 1985 I was obsessed with black and white photography as an art form and a complete way of seeing and revealing the world around me. The other reason is that colour film and processing was expensive! Really expensive if you were shooting professional transparency/slide film. Which is exactly what I would have used if I wanted colour pictures.

Of course too much colour can overpower a picture, muddy a scene, create clashes that detract. Very good black and white and very good colour photography are both difficult to achieve; but as most of us do like pretty colours.. I am still of the opinion that it is easier to make a passable colour picture than a passable one in black and white. Oh, and don't forget the iso issue, HP5 or TriX film was 400iso! Push it as far as you dare for soft pictures and golf ball sized grain. These pictures were all made with the Fujifilm X-Pro1 the XF18mmF2 R and tiny EF-X20 flash unit.

So here they are; all the colours of Vivid Sydney in glorious Black and White! Enjoy.

http://fashionphotographysydney.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/personal-work-photographing-vivid.html
http://streetfashionsydney.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/vivid-sydney-art-lights-up-rocks.html
http://streetfashionsydney.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/vivid-sydney-2013-street-fashion.html
View large here, https://www.flickr.com/photos/kentjohnson/Vivid2013-2015

Kent Johnson,
Sydney, Australia.

0433 796 863

kent@artcommunication.com.au

www.kentjohnsonphotography.com.au

www.fashionphotographysydney.blogspot.com/

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