My schedule Down Under is fully stuffed because I will produce tons of valuable insights and knowledge for you!
I will meet various local photographers for the purpose of gathering video interviews and capturing behind the scenes action. Further, I will attend and document an Outdoor Art Nude Workshop in Tasmania as well as some other surprises and meet-ups that are set up along the way.
Tutorial Production in Sydney
In the Sydney Area I will create two outdoor tutorials, together with Stephen Wong 
. Stephen is an emerging local photographer shooting art nudes.
These events, their planning, and the actual organization on site are only possible because of Stephen’s great support. Stephen is a Sydneysider and knows the local trades very well. Therefore, we will create these tutorials in a joint effort.
Locations will be in the bush and by the sea . The approached style is art nude and lighting aspects will be natural light/sun light combined with strobes, and a night shooting sequence including various elements like water, rocks, trees and more.
Sydney: Your help Is needed!
For the tutorial shoots in Sydney, we could use some help – most of all for the intended shooting of additional behind the scenes material in form of video and photo.
The production time frame will be sometime between March 8th and 14th – if you are interested in supporting us, just send me an email
My Australia Travel Schedule
Although my schedule is jam-packed, I am sure I will have some spare time to do shorter meet-up gatherings in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.
I have created an online time table where you can see my travel stations and dates. Said schedule is embedded below and will be continuously updated.
Good Luck Dan, I look forward to seeing your updates, Enjoy.
Hello Paul, Thank you! Just a few more day to go before take off. Trying to fit all my tech into my luggage. Horrible. Endless overweight…
Cheers, Dan
Have a great trip, Dan. Sydney is a great city for photography, people, food and life.
Hi Dave, Thanks! I hope I will have some spare seconds in Sydney to actually be a bit of a tourist. Will do 2 tutorials, 3 interviews and a detour to Canberra with another 2 interviews the time I am scheduled in SYD. Well well, I guess I will need another 2 weeks of real vacation after my trip Down Under; somewhere on a remote island 🙂
Cheers, Dan
Good luck, Dan! Having never gone on a photo-centric trip by air, I would really be interested in the gear you are transporting, and how you are packing that gear, both for travel and for the shoots.
Cheers,
-Alan D
Thanks, Alan!
The trouble is that it’s not really a photo-centric trip than rather a video-centric trip with photo tutorial production attached. Meaning: video tech, sound/mic sets/recorder, LED lighting and more to be included too.
Yesterday I fought all day long to lower my tech park to fit into the baggage allowance. I do have 30 kg checked-in and 7 kg carry-on. Trouble is that every additional kg costs US$60. Hell…
I had alone 30 kg tech (incl. the 2 bags) without any personal belongings. This would make approx 7 kg overweight which would result in $420 additional costs. That would be 50% off the regular ticket price… 🙂
So I re-selected, repacked, re-thought, re-purposed – and finally I boiled down 7 kg of tech (=23 kg incl. bags).
This will be a helluv a production down there… (Gaffer tape – which I am not carry on; to heavy – will be my best local friend there…)
Tech list and freakin baggage restriction challenges to be found in a my next Saturday’s post/video, timely when I already will be somewhere in the skies (*mehopes*).
Cheers,
Dan
Good Luck Dan! Looking forward to hearing reports on your trip!
Thank you Joe!
Just a few days to go. Blood pressure rises, anxiety too. I love to go, I hate to push myself out of my little, neat and so comfortable comfort zone. I am very looking forward to meet all the exciting people that I was very thankfully able to line up.
I also bought a new power machine for being able to report decently (meaning having actually a blazing-good work speed editing 1080p video & photos). After waiting for years what Mac will release as a new up-polished-cosmetical Macbook Pro line – and then they released them last Autumn – I went for a Dell XPS 15, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, fast processor, 1.9 kg, all the slots I need. The best: It is half of the price a Macbook with the same specs would be.
I was testing my Dell the last 6 weeks (tethered shooting, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Filmora for having a more easy editor when being on the road, InDesign, Illustrator – heck all the heavy weights…) – it works fantastically! So at least the production powerhouse is strong. Now let’s see if I can keep up 🙂
Cheers,
Dan
It’s a pity you not coming to Perth.
Hello Steve, yeah it is. But with a limited budget I have limited time for this trip. So I had to weight where I get the most ROI this time. If all goes well I am very sure I will do Australia again and then choose different places.
Best, Dan
I look forward to meeting you Dan
Thank you Mike! Looking forward meeting you and I am already very excited about the interview and shooting action! See you soon.
Cheers, Dan