When I was first out wandering up to comedians in bars and asking to take their photos I had mixed sucsess. That was until I had a couple of people say yes, one of which was Australian comedian Sarah Kendall. She is one of my favourite stand ups and i still remember quite well many of her great stories.
So why is she a highlight? Well when alot of other comedians saw this shot they wanted to know who took it and from there I went from “that strange guy that hangs around with a camera” to “that strange guy that hangs around and takes good photos”. A big step forwards. This shot was turned into posters for one of her shows and was plastered all over walls in cities around the world.

This was the tech run on Monday morning, no costumes or even follow spots.
If you missed the show you can catch it on ABC2 Sunday 27 March  8:30pm.

It’s been 40 years since the first season of the Goodies premiered in the UK… and aren’t we glad it did!

Thought it was worth pulling out an old photo I took of them in 2005 when they were doing a tour.

So, do you have a favourite Goodies moment? Mine is the episode where they discover the T Rex in their basement

Just after Christmas I was whisked away to a little city called Melbourne. From there it was north to the amazing Boyd Baker House. A stunning venue for a very fun wedding. The wedding setting really made it a modern Australian bush wedding, perfect weather meant that the reception was held outside under the gum trees. Ali did a fantastic job doing many of the small details herself.

It wasn’t hard to shoot these guys and girls, they all looked fantastic and generally cracked each other up all the time. Some of Ali’s friends are serious life long friends, like known each other since they were 6. That is very cool.

One of the highlights include Jon Von Goes, the most entertaining celebrant I’ve had the fortune to see. He made the ceremony fun and did many things to really set the mood for the rest of the day.

The biggest highlight of the day was family. There are some very close bonds in these two families, this was one of the most welcoming weddings I’ve been to.

Congratulations again Adam and Ali and looking forward to meeting your little girl!

Stay tuned for their Batbooth…

Now that Masterchef is finally over it’s time for something new. The 7pm Project looks like it’s going to be good. The sneak peaks into their practice shows have been quite good and I’m really hoping that the show sticks around, and is given a chance to mature.

One of the guys behind the desk is Charlie Pickering. I have seen many of Charlie’s shows at comedy festivals and they have always been in my top shows for that festival each time. Some of Charlie’s best work has been news inspired, and I believe this show has the format that will really suit his style and thinking.

This is a very old shot, probably going back 6 years when Charlie was down for the Hobart Comedy Festival.  The 7pm Project is on Ten tonight at 7pm. I hope it kicks butt!

While on the way home from Sydney, I did the usual flick through some magazine in the newsagent. Unfortunantly i was between Vanity Fairs (as in i had the latest one already). So in a mission to find somthing desent to read (I bought Men’s Style on the way up, first time ever, had a story about a guy getting mauled by chimanzes…. weird, but kinda the reason I bought the magazine).

Anyway, Esquire. I pick it up, flip through it and then the sudden regognition of one of my images of UK comedian Chris Addison. This was shot a few of years ago in Edinburgh, Chris is a lovely lovely guy (yes, double lovely) and i’m glad to see the shot still getting some use for his markating.

Read the whole article here

I first entered the Australian Professional Photography Awards in 2001, and got nothing. I had no idea what I was doing back then, I had talked to a photographer and sent in what I had. So nothing came of it, the next year I was a bit more on the ball and picked up a couple of awards, and have been getting some ever since.

This year I received the honour of Master of Photography with 1 Gold Bar from The Australian Institute of Professional Photography. I was presented during the awards ceremony in Sydney with a gold bar to be added onto my Masters ribbon.

How this all works is that for every silver award you get one point and ever gold award you get two points. If you receive 5 points with in 4 years you become an Associate, I received this in 2003. The next step is that if you receive 10 additional points within five years you become a Master of Photography, I received this in 2006. From then every additional 10 points gained within 5 years gets you an Gold Bar.

So after my name I get to put, Alan Moyle M Photog I

Just as a trip down memory lane I’ve put together a podcast of many of the award images over the years. These aren’t only APPA ones, they include images that have received awards all over the place.

Enjoy!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA9F1gqW7aU[/youtube]

Some photos from Melbourne based, former Burnie boy, comedian Josh Earl. Shot on location before Christmas in the Burnie Park and the Cooee Abattoir. Check out his Myspace page for gig details and some samples of his work.

Just after Christmas we headed off to Low Head to shoot the Findlay kids, we played with toys, catapulted frogs, made a “cave” under the dining table and even checked out new trampoline.

 I remember when I was young we always asked for a trampoline for Christmas, but having parents who are both in the medical field, we never managed to get one. Elliott and Mia got a trampoline for Christmas and we had to take photos with it. As you can see, I even managed to get under the trampoline! No injuries to anyone. So I think my parents should still buy my brother and I trampolines for Christmas this year, but they now have to buy two as we don’t share a bedroom or even live in the same house anymore.

 Oh… I should mention that Mia accidentally jumped on Elliott’s arm the day after the photos and broke his arm… freak trampoline related accident! Get mended soon Elliott!

This man is Danny Wallace. I just finished reading his latest book called “Friends Like These”. It is a book about Danny turning 30 and his attempts to find many of his old school friends and updating his address book.  It took me just under a week to finish this book, and there were a few times that I was laughing out loud and even cried from laughing out loud.
So, if you are looking for a book, head out to your nearest bookshop and look for this book and enjoy it. Plus lookout on January 1 when the film version of one of Danny’s other books “Yes Man” will be out in the Australian cinemas. It stars someone named Jim Carrey.

Well, he won’t be there as he is in London doing cool things that cool people do.

But you can see the amazing documentary Rock and Roll Nerd by Rhian Skirving, which documents Tim’s rise to fame. I meet Rhian when she was shooting this grand piece of work in both Melbourne and Edinburgh. It was such a fantastic projec, for me I loved watching Tim suddenly take off and I was only on the outside lookign in, Rhian was there right from the beginning, on the inside looking in. The film has been getting rave reviews and I am really excited to be seeing it at 9.15PM THIS FRIDAY AT VILLAGE CINEMAS IN LAUNCESTON. GO BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW. Not only do you get to see the film but RHIAN WIL BE THERE TO INTRODUCE IT!

Tim leanding Rhian a hand by loaning her his t-shirt to clean her lens during the press session straight after Tim won the Perrier Award for Best Newcommer at the Fringe 2005.

And a clip from the film below

[youtube]http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=afMIysJtyYk[/youtube]

Well done comedian David O’Doherty for winning what is considered to be the top award in world comedy. The if.comedy award is presented for the best comedy show at the Edinburgh Fringe. It is always a warm feeling when someone you really like gets up to the top of their game and is recognised for it.

Check out him winning the award here.

This shot is a bit old, about 4 years old I think. Shot in Edinburgh with his musical instrument of choice.

I had a very brief trip to Melbourne last week, i was in town for about 9 hours. The firs think i saw when i jumped off the skybus was this ad for Danny Bhoy’s Dvd.

Soono after I found myself at a picnic full of international comedians, including the delightful Howard Read, his wife Natalie, their very cute son Samson and as yet unnamed bump that will be their second child. The picnic included a brief bit of boating, where I showed how much I didn’t learn at Sea Scouts.

I finished my trip by hanging around at the town hall, the center of the Comedy Festival. Caught up with many great comedians and found out all that had been going on at the Festival.

I also did a shoot with a UK comedians called James Dowdswell. More on that later…

The nice people at Go Faster Stripe have sent me some copies of Richard Herrings live comedy show “menage a un”. Which has a photo I took of Richard on the front cover.

SO if you want to win one of the 3 copies I have, sign up for the Straight from the Photobat e-newsletter. The next edition is out next week and you may just win a copy if you sign up, plus there will be more ways to win in the newsletter if you are already signed up.

Danny Bhoiy just launched his new website, and it features a shot I took of Danny at *********l a couple of years ago. It may not look it but it’s swealteringly hot when we took the photos on a random “lets go for a drive to the beach” kind of way. To guess where it was taken and potentially win a prizr from Danny, check out his myspace page, go to his blog and enter!

www.dannybhoy.com