Sebastian Andrews Photography Blog

Dont take my photo....

2011-08-24T22:42:00.000+10:00

Dont Take my photograph.....

As a photographer you come across this all the time... you want to take someones photograph and people are not up for it... so people cover their faces in order to shield the camera in front of them... so you end up with loads of photos of this kind... so I made a little collection of people covering their faces or parts of their faces... but even so it is still very interesting and you can tell alot about people from their hands and part face... this demonstrates that you dont have to get a full face shot in order to get an insight into someone or their emotions...

please enjoy...

A day in the Life.... of a studio...

2011-08-24T02:53:00.000+10:00

I shot this timelapse of us working in the studio... we had to build a bedroom set and shoot some furniture in it... as you can see the work and time that goes into one photograph, and in this photograph there wasnt even that much lighting... sometimes we have up to 15 lights to light a shot... in a full 10 hour day we usually shoot just 3 photographs...

I got motivated to post this video because I stumbled on a cool cover of a neil young song... the music just seemed perfect for the clip... music by poolside...

SA

New Paradigm Shoot

2011-08-22T12:46:00.000+10:00

This was a shoot for their new upcoming album... this was shot through a glass panel with steam fogging up the glass... with two lights. one soft light bounced againts the wall and another right underneath them to bring some light into the shadowed area... FYI. I was shooting in the freezing cold while they stood in a nice warm room and fogged up the glass with a nice warm kettle... I suffer for my art... :)

Grand Taco Mexican Restaurant Shoot

2011-08-09T23:01:00.000+10:00

I spent two days shooting food (and of course eating it after it's shot - you cant let perfectly good food go to waste... not to mention delicious too.)

It was a fun shoot... the images came out very well, the only image that i have my doubts about are the fajitas... Its a great image but it does have something about it that doesnt go with the other images... maybe the black or the difference between whats going on at the top of the picture and the bottom... maybe we got a bit excited at how the chicken looked after we lit it, but nonetheless it's a nice image. so enjoy the photos... and check out Grand Taco Mexican Restaurant - (02) 9601 5214

website coming soon

SA.

More sweet for Ana....

2011-06-04T12:12:00.000+10:00

Another animation from the sweet for ana shoot...

SA

Paradigm

2011-06-01T21:59:00.001+10:00

I shot this Sydney based progressive metal band a few years ago. They are incredibly good for a bunch of young dudes... These photos were printed in their first album Symmetry (In)Sanity... They are currently recording their second album... Listen to their stuff here http://www.myspace.com/paradigmband2

SA

More Animations...

2011-05-31T21:00:00.001+10:00

more animations I have made throughout the years....

the Des Woods band of joy....

Katrina floating around...

Judith...

and Munchy my beautiful doggie...

Emily Greaser

2011-05-31T20:45:00.000+10:00

I met Emily Greaser in sydney a few years ago, she is a wonderful creative girl now living in new york. She created these trailers using my images. She is a wonderful designer and animator. We have a few ongoing projects happening and im sure we will work together again in the near future. I miss her dearly.

SA

Through Her Eyes - Book Teaser from Emily Greaser on Vimeo.

Feel the Fall Titles from Emily Greaser on Vimeo.

Dear Samantha...

2011-05-31T20:16:00.000+10:00

My friend Lukasz Karluk and I had a stereoscoping project going for a little while. we came up with a series of bizzare abstract stereo images. Was lots of fun to shoot and will hopefully make more images in the near future.

enjoy

the models for these photos were Sarah Bishop, Sarah Young and David Pike and of course Samantha the head in the first photo. And I am in the final shot.

SA

Sweet for Ana

2011-05-31T02:46:00.000+10:00

a friend of mine has designed these funky leather holster bags which we have been shooting for a while now. this was the final shoot for the website. and the website should be finished by this week. i will post up the website details when it is finished. in the meantime here is one of the animations from the shoot.

Ah you gotta love gifs.

SA

Grenfell Pinnacle Guinea Pig Race

2011-05-31T02:40:00.000+10:00

This was a short film that I shot with my friend Sean Barker, he has this character called Wayne Gedatter and we decided to go out to Grenfell (5 hours west of Sydney) which is where Sean is from to shoot this spoof of a sports commentator. Had lots of fun and coincidentally ended up bringing a guinea pig home as a pet. Ah the crazy world of sports commentating...

Shout out to Sevi who helped edit this film for us. (Sevak Dilanchian)

And to Gini Harrison who was a great assistant during the days shoot.

SA

Le Specs short film competition

2011-05-31T02:30:00.000+10:00

Le Specs Short Film Competition from Ana Petrusevski on Vimeo.

This was a short film that we wrote and shot. it was a short film competition for le specs sunglasses. We didnt win but it was lots of fun to make.

Created by : Ana Petrusevski
Sebastian Andrews
Justine Muller

Starring : Simon Corfield
Arnold the pug

Directed by : Sebastian Andrews

Produced by : Ana Petrusevski
Justine Muller

Edited by: Sevak Dilanchian

Special Thanks: Yigal Babluki
Jamie Bateson

SA

Skateboarding on Fire

2011-05-30T19:38:00.000+10:00

Two guys set themselves on fire outside a local pub in the heart of the city. shot and edited by me.

Music by Amon Tobin

SA

Moonrise over Sydney

2011-05-30T19:34:00.000+10:00

The moon rising over sydney... shot 2009

Music by Portishead

SA

Emancipation

2011-05-30T19:16:00.000+10:00

Stop frame animation shot with Katrina Hillis and Marcel Cooper...

Music by Phillip Selway

SA

Cruising With my Dog

2011-05-30T18:29:00.000+10:00

Shot in 2003 with my dog 'munchy' running beside my bike.

Music - Tom Waits

SA

2011-05-30T18:02:00.000+10:00

I used to (and still do) love sticking my camera on anything... usually back then masking tape would suffice. Now I am a little more sophisticated and have brackets and cool little gadgets to mount cameras on...

warning- there are some close up images of my crotch in this video.
(shot in 2003)

SA

Magic Show

2011-05-30T17:40:00.000+10:00

Another attempt at stop frame animation... done in 2001 same night as the crouching dj hidden rockstar video... music by Tom Waits

Crouching DJ Hidden Rockstar

2011-05-30T15:39:00.000+10:00

Hee hee us very young and no idea about equipment... just a head full of ideas. this must have been done in 2001. Titled "Crouching DJ Hidden Rockstar" will try to put some music behind the other videos i will upload.

SA

Welcome

2011-05-30T15:04:00.000+10:00

Hi and welcome to my blog. Im not very experienced in the world of blogging but i will give it a shot. The idea to start this was to post up my collection of photographs and videos that I have shot over the years. I hope you enjoy.

Sebastian