2010
08.29
I’m so excited that my new facebook page for Milton Gan Photography gathered the support of over 100 fans in its launch week!
To celebrate this first milestone I’ve launched a special promotion for fans: the 10x1o Sushi Sessions! This imaginatively titled promo provides easy access to the world of professional portrait photography through 1 hour bit-sized sessions for just $100 each! There are 10 sessions up for grabs and each session will deliver 10 professional shot and edited images. What a bargain huh?!
I’m hoping that this taster promo will make professional photography more appealing and accessible to those who had previously not considered buying any, and also grow my supporter base.
For more details on the Sushi Sessions just click this link!
2010
08.22
No, I’m still not writing about the bubs yet!
But I would like to announce the arrival of two new additions to my photographic life:
1 – Milton Gan Photography has launched on facebook! It’s going to be a major outlet for promoting my life stage work so if you like my photos or would like to book me for a session then take a look and leave a comment! You can visit and like Milton Gan Photography here! This page features my new social media logo, created by the very talented Lauren Jennings. The full scale logo will soon be making its debut on my new website once it’s completed.
2 – Today I became the proud owner of an iPhone 4! This will mark a major change for my Project 365 as the lo-fi randomness of the iPhone 3G’s 1mp camera has now been upgraded to 5mp luxury! I’m still to try out my Best Camera and TiltShift Generator apps on these photos but hopefully they’re compatible and will continue to produce little daily delights for you!
Right I’m off to have a play!
2010
08.09
Location: Coffee Bean Cafe, Bali International Airport.
This is the first chance I’ve had to write a post for a while so I do apologise. The last few weeks have been pretty hectic, but all photography related which is a good sign for me as it means my business is taking off (excuse the pun)!
The main thing that’s been keeping me busy is babies (that means taking photos of them before you get any funny ideas!). I’m not sure what happened 9 months ago but there are loads of babies being born right now. Woodstock II perhaps? Or maybe it just seems that way as my attention has recently been on newborn shoots. I’ve “worked” with three two-week old girls in the last month. All of them beautiful, cute and more than capable of keeping Huggies in business for the foreseeable future! I’ll be writing up a post on my experiences with bubs (promise!) but in the meantime some of the shots from these sessions are on my Project 365 July pages so check them out!
As you might have guessed I’m on my way home from Bali (the red eye flight that means not much sleep and heading straight to work on a Monday morning!). But I needed a break. And to take photos of course! Bali did the trick and I now feel recharged and ready to build my brand and my business further, which means more shoots and more blog posts on my adventures!
Stay tuned!
2010
07.04
4th July: peachy Melba
It’s the 4th of July which means happy Independence Day for all my visitors from the US! Hope the cold beers are going down well!
This is also the 185th day of the year which means my Project 365 is officially past the halfway stage and now on the approach to the finish line! Hopefully this will be a gentle descent home but who knows what challenges lie ahead in trying to take a photo a day!
So far I have slipped up just once and I’m determined not to so it again. But it’s not easy! Most days I have an idea of what I will shoot based on my diary, but there have certainly been times when I’ve only realised late in the day that I haven’t taken a photo yet and had to get creative with what I have around me – but maybe that’s what it’s all about?!
Most of my photos have been taken with my trusty iPhone and a collection of apps – namely Best Camera, TiltShift Generator, and AutoStitch. I’ve just downloaded Camera+ which has had rave reviews, and I’ll be upgrading to the new iPhone this month (if stock arrives!) so it will be interesting to see if my style of photos significantly changes in the second half of the year. Ooh, the anticipation, the tension, the drama! Stay tuned to find out what happens next!
To view the first 6 months of Project 365 photos gathered so far just click here and select a month!
2010
06.12
My first blog post about the Vivid Sydney festival for Tourism NSW has gone live! Please have a read at their blog bestcityintheworld and let me know what you think!
I’ll have two more blogs going up over the next two weeks so stay tuned!
2010
06.05
- 5th June: Creative Sydney about to kick off
Today saw the start of Creative Sydney, part of the Vivid Sydney festival I’m covering for Tourism NSW. The theme for this first day was Creative Futures and consisted of 17 presenters delivering a whole wealth of insights and theories across five one-hour sessions at the Museum of Contemporary Art. I sat through the whole day, mesmerised by the styles and content of the presenters, and fuelled by copious amounts of coffee!
I’m sure you would have loved to sit through it all as well, but in case you didn’t, these are some of my key outtakes:
Session 1: Technology + Behaviour
- At Japanese fashion shows, you can instantly purchase outfits via your mobile by taking photos of the models as they are on the catwalk
- In Los Angeles there is a cult following for a truck that serves Korean BBQ in tacos and which can only be tracked via Twitter
- In China, mass groups coordinate and turn up at retailers to collectively demand volume discounts in return for not trashing the store
- Darth Vader has been plastered all over Japan asking who his boss is
Session 2: Agents + Managers
- Never steal a mobile phone from Ivanna
- Drawing Book Studios‘ artists shine through from behind the studio’s mask
- The way you see your business is probably very different to the way that equity companies do
Session 3: Crowds + Collaboration
- If you’re an artist in Australia you need to join The Loop
- Crowdsourcing is an incredibly powerful resource
- The Detours and Destinations project held at the Sydney Opera House Studio, harnessed and channelled the creative energies of “at risk” kids
Session 4: Creation + Curation
- The Sydney Film Festival now gets Cannes entrants before Cannes does
- On average you have a 4% chance of getting your music played on Triple J’s Home and Hosed; otherwise you join the Pile Of Broken Dreams
Session 5: Networks + Clusters
- The “Catch and Release” project uses GPS to track artists’ movements in order to analyse where the new creative hubs are likely to be
- Marrickville could be the next Surry Hills…
Did you go to Creative Futures? If so I’d love to hear what your highlights were so please leave a comment!
2010
05.30
Vivid Sydney
The Vivid Sydney festival has returned for its second year. I missed most of its debut as I was away on holiday (although I managed to take the above shot on the opening night), so I was absolutely thrilled to a) be in town this year, and b) have been invited to photo-blog the festival on behalf of Tourism NSW!
The festival runs for 4 weeks, and the most obvious sign that it’s on is the sight of the Opera House lit up with colourful projections. But the festival consists of a lot more events, including music, art and seminars. Fortunately I’ve been given free reign to attend as many of the events as I wish to (brilliant!), and in return I’ll be writing up my experiences across three photo-blogs over the next three weeks. These will be published on the Tourism NSW blog as well as Sparkography – so stay tuned!
If you’re thinking of heading to the festival then the Vivid Sydney planner is a great tool to work out your schedule!