Kate O'Brien

I have been asked to be a special guest judge at Shutterbug 2008 (http://www.shutterbug.org.au). I can’t even begin to say how honoured I am to be a part of it the proceedings. It is going to be awesome!

Yesterday I had the fortune of shooting Amanda Palmer from US act The Dresden Dolls. She was really great to work with and full of energy as were her colleagues, the Danger Ensemble who have been on tour with her throughout the UK and Australia.

Unfortunately the nature of photographing well known people and celebrities means I can’t actually post any of my work from the day until I’ve had …

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I have a really important shoot on Wednesday, but I can’t really talk all that much about it. I’ve been working all day on props for it though and thought I’d show my progress:

This was my initial shot after I’d attached the flowers to the frame

This was after …

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Just rather busy all of the sudden. Hopefully have some new work to show after this weekend though :)

I’m 28 today :)

I’ve been asked to shoot the cover of a new magazine coming out that is described by the editor as being like a cross between Rolling Stone and Vice magazine. The theme of the first issue is, “What does it mean to be Australian” and I am shooting the cover on Tuesday. The brief is to photograph a Sudanese man standing in front of the Australian flag with a meat pie in one hand and a can of VB i…

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Well I’ve decided I’m not going to leave RedBubble, but I’m not going to involve myself in stupid arguments on the internet (touch wood). I really don’t have time to immerse myself in debates with people who won’t change their minds no matter how illogical their thought processes.

Anyhow…

In happier and more interesting news, I’ve been asked to shoot a cover for the first issue of a new…

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