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Just in time for Christmas, Adam Hills from Spicks and Specks is about to release his new DVD with his two latest live shows on it. You may recognise the cover image is one that I took a few years ago and was used as the poster for his Joymonger tour. If you have only ever seen him on Spicks and Specks, you are missing out big time.

There are possible three ways to win this fantastic double DVD pack.
1: Sign up to the newsletter or reccomend it to a friend who loves great photography by clicking here;
2: Take advantage of the 15% discount on all reprint orders from a wedding or portrait session shot this year (see above for details).
3 Book in for a portrait session and receive the 50% discount valid until the end of November.

The DVD is available today and can be found in all good DVD shops and online here.

Comedian Mark Watson’s 2008 Edinburgh poster.This was shot while waiting for another comedian to turn up for his shoot. I forget who the other comedian is but i do remember they forgot about the shoot. So Mark Watson walked by and had a chat, we had talked about doing a shoot at some stage and decided that right now would be as good a time as any.

We walked out of the hotel lobby and just next door was a car park entrance that went to below street level. I stayed up a level and shot down. It was nicely overcast and gave perfect conditions with no squinting and no harsh shadows.

This was my favourite shoot from the shoot and am glad that it’s being used all over Edinburgh at the moment. If you are over there, go and check his show out, but book in advance, he’s a big seller.

I took a few photos in 2007, in fact, I took a few thousand.I always have loved showing off my work and am very proud of the way my images have developed in the last 12 months. So it’s time to show you all my favourite shots in an audio visual presentation. This is only on for one afternoon only, and not an exhibition that is hanging on the walls, so this is your only chance to see it.

Some of the highlights will include documentary work on the East Coast bushfires and backstage at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala, Holga images, urban and natural landscapes plus heaps of kids,families, pregnant bellies, animals and shoes.

In addition there will be a presentation of some of my favourite portraits of the week taken over the last 5 years. The POW started as a way of practicing and pushing myself by taking a different portrait each week. Some of these portraits are commissioned; others are self commissioned and feature comedians, musicians, brides, animals, fictional characters, photographers and everyday people I have bumped into.

The presentations will take about 30 minutes.

2pm February 10th 2007
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Inveresk, Launceston

Entry is Free and there will be prizes!

Please RSVP here as we have limited seating available andmay have to reschedule more viewings.

PLUS FESTIVALE IS ON, SO YOU HOBART PEOPLE SHOULD COME UP FOR A DRIVE!!!

So, as predicted, a shot i supplied of Chris and Cal’s wedding was used in the paper, the Melbourne Herald Sun. And as usual, no Credit… so I’m putting my own credit here so you can go read the story which is quite nice, just notice that the photo is a genuine Photobat!

My photo of Rove McManus is in this auction, if you like it, go along and bid for it!

This is all happening in Melbourne, so may be out of reach for some.

“KNOWN”
Fundraiser For The Daylesford Foto Biennale.
As photography experiences an unprecedented boom the world over and people embrace it as the art form of the masses, the Daylesford Foto Biennale (DFB07) has positioned itself as one of Australia’s premier photographic festivals.
However, running a festival is no easy matter and the difficulties of obtaining government and corporate sponsorships is as difficult as ever.
So, in a fundraiser to support the DFB07, some of Australia’s finest portrait photographers have donated images of famous people to be auctioned this Saturday 4th August at 2
pm.
“Known”, showcases, not only celebrity, but notoriety, fame, political greatness, sporting prowess and genius. From Winston Churchill to Rove McManus, to music legends, BB King, The Police and Mick Jagger. Also featured will be a classic image by John Casamento, of Rock and Roller, Chubby Checker doing “The Twist” at Festival Hall in 1962.

Photographer and Gallery owner, David Johns will be hosting the fundraising event for the Biennale at David ohns Gallery, 15A Railway Place, Fairfield, this Saturday 4th August at 2 pm. Entry is from Gillies St. (Mel 30 K11).
Refreshments will be available.
Come along, meet some of the participating photographers and make a bid on some classic images, that will look great on your wall for years to come.

Bidding begins at 2.30 pm. You can view images online at
http://www.davidjohnsgallery.com/known/

For more information you can contact David Johns at
david@davidjohnsphotography.com
Or
Andrew Chapman at
andrew@bigcheez.com.au