1| The Industry | Work Experience Time Log

1. Hilary Wardaugh (AIPP)- family portraits on location - 3 hours

2. Sandy Spires (The National Press Club's photographer)- corporate portraits, events, conferences - 10 hours

I have emailed a few photographers and magazines in regards to industry placement in the fashion sector, I am waiting to hear back from them. These are Sydney based.

Biodiversity

22 July 2010

Some facts, figures and terminology drawn from today's talk:

• 130 species become extinct each day. Birds, mammals, reptiles, and 70% of this is plants
• Deforestation contributes to 3/4 loss of birds and butterfly species
• 1/2 the world's wetlands have been drained
• Species (single) & ecosystems (communities of species)
• CE - Critically endangered
• E - Endangered
• V - vulnerable
• Of the local plants in the A.C.T., 2 are CE 8 are E and 9 are V. Of the ecosystems in the A.C.T., 2 are E and 1 is CE
• 2010 Year of Biodiversity
• Biodiversity is decreasing at an alarming rate because of us

CATEGORIES:

• Documentary
• Political
• Open

Biodiversity | Research

*Please note that the following information is derived from http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/biodiversity/what_is_biodiversity/

Video: http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/biodiversity/

2010 year of biodiversity

Biodiversity: Life, the world, the variation of life for the entire globe.

The world has begun, relatively recently, to lose species and habitats at an ever-increasing and alarming rate.

Why?

Because of us.

And it's also about food security.

· About 100 million metric tonnes of aquatic life, including fish, molluscs and crustaceans are taken from the wild every year. http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/biodiversity/biodiversity_and_you/

· Biodiversity has declined by more than a quarter in the last 35 years.

· In general terms, population growth and our consumption are the reasons for this enormous loss. Specifically, habitat destruction and wildlife trade are the major causes of population decline in species.

We have...

· picked,

· logged,

· plucked and

· hunted

the

· animals,

· trees,

· flowers and

· fish

for

· medicine,

· souvenirs,

· status symbols,

· building materials and

· food.

1 | The Industry | Michelle Aboud | Primary Research

Michele Aboud - Fashion & Advertising Photographer

21 July 2010

• http://www.micheleaboud.com
• Light with the feeling of light rather than the texture
• Speak with great detail with client and they will be more relaxed
• Go in calm, meet everyone, allow yourself enough time to be hydrated, relaxed and focused
• Uses scrim often to soften sunlight - this makes the sun like a giant soft-box and allows soft directional lighting
• When shooting tethered check everything in that photograph down to fingertips, not just face
• HMI?
• Car shot - composite - shot of model with correct lighting, waited until dusk, shot of car available light
• Focusing spot for beauty head shots
• Mainly 18-22 year old models in industry
• Inspiration for lighting: Jean Loup Sieff French photographer 60s. Moody black and whites, contrasty, provocative
• Editorial - no real client, at your cost, good for exposure. As the photographer you get in contact with magazines and ask for your work to get published as an editorial.
• When something is not working - improvise. Couldn't access beach location with cars so Aboud shot it, printed a backdrop for $400 at pixel perfect, used it as a backdrop in the studio and lit it how she wanted. Hair shots generally not on location because of wind. This way she got the best of both worlds
• Costs around $8000 to $12000 to shoot an editorial. Re-touchers generally charge $800-$1000 per 8-12 page editorial spread

Photography by Michele Aboud

Photography by Michele Aboud