Arran Barker © 2012 Auki Henry
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| Arran Barker live 2012 @ "The Switch" gig |
Musician: Arran Barker
Photographer: Auki Henry
Location: Darwin, Australia
Date: Decmeber 2012
Sam Weaver © 2012 Auki Henry
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| Sam Weaver live on stage @ "The Switch" gig. |
Musician: Sam Weaver
Photographer: Auki Henry
Location: Darwin, Australia
Date: Decmeber 2012
Jack Weaver © 2012 Auki Henry
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| Jack Weaver live - "The Switch" gig 2012 |
Musician: Jack Weaver
Photographer: Auki Henry
Location: Darwin, Australia
Date: Decmeber 2012
Lachlan Barker © 2012 Auki Henry
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| Lachlan Barker |
Musician: Lachlan Barker
Photographer: Auki Henry
Location: Darwin, Australia
Date: Decmeber 2012
Stevie Dee © 2012 Auki Henry
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| Evening wear modelled by Stevie Dee. Darwin Waterfront 2012 |
Model: Stevie Dee
Photographer: Auki Henry
Location: Darwin, Australia
Date: November 2012
Skarlett and their pre-release promo shoot © Auki Henry Photography
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| Skarlett band promo shot for the music video "Doesn't Matter Anyway" |
Band: Skarlett
Genre: Australian Pop-Punk
Photographer: Auki Henry
Location: Darwin, Australia
Date: November 2012
Stevie Dee sunset bikini shoot 2012.
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| Stevie Dee beach shoot © Auki Henry |
You might be able to tell it's beach shoot season again here in Darwin. It's that time of year that locals call 'The Buildup', the weeks between the end of the dry season and the start of the monsoon. It generally makes it presence felt by a noticeable increase in humidity accompanied by an equally noticeable rise in temperature, both perfect reasons to seek out a sea breeze to help cool things down.
© 2012 Auki Henry
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| Golden Nobel does a 50's Pinup Shoot with Rockabilly Styling © 2012 Auki Henry |
Golden is no stranger to performing, having done plenty of public work both for swing demo's and impromptu 'flash mob' work to help make a spectacle and spread the word about swing dancing for Darwin's best known group Swing Dance NT. Here's a few samples from my shoot with Golden and a video we shot at the same time, just because we could!
The Jess Shalders collection © Auki Henry
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| Voted most popular shot, Aussie Babe Jessica Shalders TEDA Drift calendar shoot sample |
Jessica Shalders, Jess to her friends, is one of the bubbliest personalities you could ever hope to meet. A complete natural in front of the cameras she proves on a daily basis the old saying 'good things come in small packages'
Australia hot babe alert Jess Shalders blog.aukihenry.com/2012/09/jess-s… BAM! #SetThisWorldOnFire follow @aukiman
— Territory Beauty (@territorybeauty) September 14, 2012
Auki Henry is a photographer based in Darwin, Australia
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| Ranger RX AS Speed is all the power I need Sunset bikini shoot at Lee Point Beach 2012 |
I really enjoy doing sunset beach shoots here in Darwin. Generally in my experience they are an enjoyable, non-stress session and because of the amazing backdrops nature provides you can focus most of your attention on posing your models.
The fantastic ambient lighting at sunset will give beautiful warm colour to your shots, especially in the magic time for about one and a half hours before you lose too much background light and the reddish and orange hues really show through. I like to make my models really 'pop' from their surroundings, its just the style I like and have become recognised for in a lot of my work. Whilst in non-direct light most good flash systems will give you reasonable 'fill' during the day this can become difficult to achieve if shooting into direct sun whilst providing natural back light for your model, and remember, I like them to 'pop'! Shooting with the portable Ranger RX kit from Elinchrom has been an easy solution to such conditions, and whilst not exactly cheap for an enthusiasts budget, if you are thinking of advancing your photography to paid shoots I found these babys will make life a whole lot easier and save you some time! I use the Ranger RX AS Speed (with "A" Head) and the power on tap available to shoot back against a dominant light source eg the sun is a real bonus for the style I like. I still use my extra flashes to build more depth into my lighting profiles, but I could get away quite easily with only the Ranger kit and the natural sun backdrop for so many good shots.
A quick Auki Henry Photography promo with Mel Bridge, thanks to Owen Elliot and Keiran Lee from 76 Pictures.
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| Mel Bridge 2012 |
Only a short post for today, I would like to thank the guys heaps for getting this footage out to me from our shoot earlier in the year with Mel. They are busy at the moment with the Australian release of their film Bathing Franky at cinemas around the country.
Owen, who is an old friend from way back stopped past Darwin for a bit and wanted to do some interviews with us for a mini feature series he has been working on, because of his busy schedule at the moment he has not been able to concentrate fully on producing the features but has generously given me this short to upload in the meantime!
AmyLeigh Hansen © 2012 Auki Henry
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| AmyLeigh Hansen © 2012 www.aukihenry.com |
Model: AmyLeigh Hansen
Photographer: Auki Henry
Location: Darwin, Australia
Date: August 2012
Jackie Gray sunset shoot © 2012 Auki Henry
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| MacLean Motorsports babe Jackie Gray |
Model: Jackie Gray
Photographer: Auki Henry
Location: Darwin, Australia
Date: August 2012
© 2012 Auki Henry
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| AmyLeigh & Jackie - Darwin. Australia |
Models: AmyLeigh Hansen & Jackie Gray
Photographer: Auki Henry
Location: Darwin, Australia
Date: August 2012
AmyLeigh Hansen © 2012 Auki Henry
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| AmyLeigh Hansen © Auki Henry |
Model: AmyLeigh Hansen
Photographer: Auki Henry
Location: Darwin, Australia
Date: August 2012
Jackie Gray © 2012 Auki Henry
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| Darwin beauty Jackie Gray @ Lee Point beach |
Model: Jackie Gray
Photographer: Auki Henry
Aussie Slamfest series 2012
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| Slamfest 2012 is bringing the doorslammers back to Darwin |
Aussie Slamfest, the ultimate show of Doorslammer horsepower from pro modified Australia comes to Darwin this month in a continuation of the spectacular dry season of motorsports we have been having here. And this year at HighRPM we have been kicked into a higher gear with the inclusion of myself and Ed Forman onto the team who will be filming the event for SBS Speedweek.
Originally we were excited enough to have been included on the start line as exclusive media to collect stock footage and features, but after being approached by AVE we are now providing the roving start line camera team.
Time to prep that gear, and find someone who can still co-ordinate HighRPM's media team as it looks like we are going to be kept real busy for this one. Just a taste of things to come, here's the TVC we did up for the Darwin round due to air from tonight on the Southern Cross network.
Amber Walker is a 2 times world WNBF Best Body champion. She is a popular fitness and Australian media identity and also GNC ambassador who shares her time between Darwin and Melbourne currently.
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| A simple, inexpensive routine for a busy lifestyle Amber Walker's playground workout |
Amber recently got me on board to help produce and film her instructional good living fitness series, aimed at proving to mothers that you can keep fit, active and look after yourself quite easily all during the course of a busy day without spending too much and without necessarily needing any specialised equipment. The great thing is that Amber bases all her work off her own experience, being a proud mum of two herself - the proof is right there.
The playground workout is such a great idea in its simplicity. Why not give it a shot next time yourself?
Mel Bridge © 2012 Auki Henry
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| Fun Styling with Aussie Babe - Mel Bridge |
Model: Mel Bridge
Photographer: Auki Henry
Location: Darwin, Australia
Date: July 2012
Stacey Leigh © 2012 Auki Henry
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| Stacey Leigh poses with Danny Probert's wild "XDRIFT" |
Model: Stacey Leigh
Photographer: Auki Henry
Location: Darwin, NT, Australia
Date: June 2012
Stacey Leigh © 2012 Auki Henry
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| Stacey Leigh @ Hidden Valley Raceway |
Model: Stacey Leigh
Photographer: Auki Henry
Location: Darwin, NT, Australia
Date: June 2012
Stacey Leigh © 2012 Auki Henry
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| Stacey Leigh with "XDRIFT" - Danny Probert's Wild Drifter |
Model: Stacey Leigh
Photographer: Auki Henry
Location: Darwin, NT, Australia
Date: June 2012
Stacey Leigh © 2012 Auki Henry
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| Stacey Leigh at Hidden Valley Raceway © 2012 |
I love fun shoots and this last one we finished was exactly that. Yes the briefs for it were serious enough but the whole thing was just so casual that it didn't even feel like work!
Australia Post can you help?
Lets hope @auspost can help with this one blog.aukihenry.com/2012/06/youve-…
— Auki Henry (@aukiman) June 8, 2012
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| So whose got my mail? |
This is probably puzzling some of you readers who tune in for photography behind the scenes and the latest HighRPM videos, and I promise I'll be back to normal blogging soon!
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| NOT my mail , again |
Inconvenience? Yes indeed, in fact I just had to re-address another two just then. As you can see by my first official notice to Australia Post below though I have been missing mail that is costing me in late fees, and that takes away from Auki's happy place!
After calling and being on hold for 20 minutes I decided I'd be better off putting it in writing for reference anyway, theirs and mine.I would like to lodge a formal complaint and have this complaint followed through to a resolution, as the situation we currently have with Australia Post has now eventuated with us not receiving mail, and, in some instances cause us to incur financial penalties in the form of late fees. Over the last couple of years we have, on an intermittent but increasingly regular basis been receiving mail intended for another address, one that shares the same unit/number as ours but a DIFFERENT street address. Initially it was thought this was an excusable one off type of mistake and the letters were sent back, with hand written note, to Australia Post for re-delivery. HOWEVER these mistakes have continued, each time with the same outcome, a hand written note on the envelope asking Australia Post to ‘please deliver to the correct address’. (For your reference the two addresses involved in this mix up are [address removed] and [address removed]) About two months ago totally by chance, a friend who happens to live in the same unit block as this address to which all these letters should have been sent to, spotted some correspondence of OURS in this other persons mailbox as she was taking out the bins. The person whos mail we have been incorrectly receiving and redirecting. It had not occurred to us before this discovery that we were also not getting mail that was addressed to us, due to the same issue. Now with the knowledge that our mail may have been going to the other on many occasions I require someone at Australia Post to rectify this. In the past year we have received at least two late body corp final notices that have indicated we had not paid their original notice for due fees, the original notice that we never received. I paid late fees for this. At this stage I was unaware of the problem with sorting our mail and presumed I had overlooked something. In the last two months my partner underwent surgery and was specifically waiting for her medical bills to arrive, as luck would have it, the first indication of these medical bills was a letter saying that we had overlooked paying the initial bill, my partner immediately took this second notice in to the practice and explained that due to this mail problem we are having she had not received an initial notice for payment. She did not incur a late fee for this. This also leads me to assume that perhaps our incorrectly delivered mail is not being sent on for re-delivery by the receiver? If it had not been for our friend spotting mail intended for us hanging out of this other person's mailbox we might still be ignorant of the situation. Today I have AGAIN received two more items of correspondence to this SAME incorrect address. I have AGAIN written a note to have them redirected and have taken them both up to the local post box for Australia Post to handle. I will also now be keeping a photographic log of any further occurrence in case you need a reference as to how many times it may happen till this situation is resolved. Points that may (or may not) be of help to your customer service people if they follow this through.
I look forwarding to hearing from someone soon regarding this.
- These incorrectly addressed items sometimes come bundled in amongst correctly addressed items all bunched together with a rubber band. The postie is delivering to the correct address according to the top letter that he can see.
- When we went in to the Casuarina post office to see how the problem could be addressed we were informed that we would have to take this up with the Winnellie post office as that is where the mail is sorted. Perhaps this is another alternative, but I am lodging this official complaint centrally with you to chase up in the first instance
- At the Casuarina post office it was suggested to resolve this that maybe we should just get a PO Box. I will not be paying for a service that I should be receiving at my home address. Possibly one to train staff not to suggest as an alternative for Australia Post issues.
*UPDATE Sunday 10 June 2012
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| Close, but no banana, our mail at someone else's address. |
Just as an update, I was sent this mobile picture from the mail box at the other address that has been receiving our mail, obviously this has been blurred out for security here but that is my address on the correspondence.
I have the original image should Australia Post require it. I have also requested that my friend does not deliver this to me. It is not her responsibility to perform the carriage of mail for me.
Jennifer Spry © Auki Henry
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| Jennifer Spry © 2012 Auki Henry Photography |
Model: Jennifer Spry
Photographer: Auki Henry
Location: Darwin, NT, Australia
Date: May 2012
Description: Trialling the new Canon 5D MKIII in the studio with local model Jen. Just love the high-key sessions. Easy to set up and no location hassles when its in the studio. Jen has magazine cover looks and I hope to be working with her again on a slightly different style of project this year in June.
Jennifer Spry © aukihenry.com
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| Jennifer Spry in the studio 2012 |
Model: Jennifer Spry
Photographer: Auki Henry
Location: Darwin, NT, Australia
Date: May 2012
Description: Trialling the new Canon 5D MKIII in the studio with local model Jen. Just love the high-key sessions. Easy to set up and no location hassles when its in the studio. Jen has magazine cover looks and I hope to be working with her again on a slightly different style of project this year in June.
Jennifer Spry © Auki Henry Photography 2012
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| Jennifer Spry - Darwin. Australia 2012 |
Model: Jennifer Spry
Photographer: Auki Henry
Location: Darwin, NT, Australia
Date: May 2012
Description: Trialling the new Canon 5D MKIII in the studio with local model Jen. Just love the high-key sessions. Easy to set up and no location hassles when its in the studio. Jen has magazine cover looks and I hope to be working with her again on a slightly different style of project this year in June.
