Personal Showreel 2012

Here is the updated personal showreel I will be using this year for promo to clients. It was about time I did something about it, I have been procrastinating too much of late!

Playground Workout

Amber walker in Darwin showing mothers how simple and inexpensive it is to get a workout session in even with the kids. It's as easy as 15 minutes on the playground equipment in the local park. No need for expensive gym memberships and no need to have someone look after the kids. This one is the first of a series of fitness videos Amber will be bringing you in the new season 2013.

Arran Barker from Skarlett

Arran Barker © 2012 Auki Henry

Arran Barker live 2012 @ "The Switch" gig

Musician: Arran Barker
Photographer: Auki Henry
Location: Darwin, Australia
Date: Decmeber 2012

Description: One month after their music video hit Doesn't Matter Anyway came out I got to do a bit of live event photography at "The Switch" gig covering the boys from Skarlett and a bunch of other talented live acts.

Camera: Canon 5D MK3
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM
Speedlight: 600EX-RT

Sam Weaver from Skarlett

Sam Weaver © 2012 Auki Henry

Sam Weaver live on stage @ "The Switch" gig.

Musician: Sam Weaver
Photographer: Auki Henry
Location: Darwin, Australia
Date: Decmeber 2012

Description: One month after their music video hit Doesn't Matter Anyway came out I got to do a bit of live event photography at "The Switch" gig covering the boys from Skarlett and a bunch of other talented live acts.

Camera: Canon 5D MK3
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM
Speedlight: 600EX-RT

Jack Weaver from Skarlett

Jack Weaver © 2012 Auki Henry

Jack Weaver live - "The Switch" gig 2012

Musician: Jack Weaver
Photographer: Auki Henry
Location: Darwin, Australia
Date: Decmeber 2012

Description: One month after their music video hit Doesn't Matter Anyway came out I got to do a bit of live event photography at "The Switch" gig covering the boys from Skarlett and a bunch of other talented live acts.

Camera: Canon 5D MK3
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM
Speedlight: 600EX-RT

Lachlan Barker from Skarlett

Lachlan Barker © 2012 Auki Henry

Lachlan Barker

Musician: Lachlan Barker
Photographer: Auki Henry
Location: Darwin, Australia
Date: Decmeber 2012

Description: One month after their music video hit Doesn't Matter Anyway came out I got to do a bit of live event photography at "The Switch" gig covering the boys from Skarlett and a bunch of other talented live acts.

Here's 12 year old Drumming sensation Lachlan Barker.

Camera: Canon 5D MK3
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM
Speedlight: 600EX-RT

Stevie Dee at Darwin Waterfront

Stevie Dee © 2012 Auki Henry

Evening wear modelled by Stevie Dee.  Darwin Waterfront 2012

Model: Stevie Dee
Photographer: Auki Henry
Location: Darwin, Australia
Date: November 2012

Description: Sample from a 5 girl boutique shoot I did down at the Darwin waterfront.

The weather is getting more and more un-predictable as we approach the breaking wet season and this day proved that with this crazy Darwin storm hitting just before the models arrived!

After sheltering for an hour the rain passed and we were still able to salvage some light for a few shots!

Camera: Canon 5D MK3
Lens: EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Key Light: Elinchrom Ranger RX Speed AS with "A" Head
Rim Light: Vivitar 285HV

Skarlett Pre Video Release Promo

 Skarlett and their pre-release promo shoot © Auki Henry Photography

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

Description: 
I took Skarlett's pre video release promotional shot in a small narrow laneway just on the outskirts of Darwin's CBD to give it a nice grungy look.

This image is actually a 5 image composite as it was much easier to pick out 4 good shots to bend with the background than get a single shot with all the boys jumping at once. Plenty of good old dodging and burning to get the poster effect here.

Camera: Canon 5D MKIII
Lens: EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

Stevie Dee Sunset Shoot

Stevie Dee sunset bikini shoot 2012.

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.

The noticeable thing about this time of year is that Darwin sunrise and sunsets take on incredibly beautiful saturated hue due to environmental conditions and when you are lucky enough you can also get some dramatic cloud formations without actually having a shoot washed out by the rain.

I've been taking the new Ranger Speed AS kit out a lot lately to these beach shoots.  The portability and power makes shooting directly into the sun very easy.

Here are some samples from a bikini set I did after work just last Friday with Maclean's Motorsports stunner Stevie Dee.  Darwin girls love the beach and bikinis so its always a popular genre to shoot here in my part of the world.

50's Pinup Shoot Rockabilly Styling

© 2012 Auki Henry

Golden Nobel  does a  50's Pinup Shoot with Rockabilly Styling
© 2012 Auki Henry 

I love 50's style, always makes for some great vintage looking pics and its a nice change of genre between the amount of glam and beach shoots I do.

I'm lucky enough to know a few of the avid swing dancing crew around town, some of whom, like Golden Nobel, just love getting dolled up and performing for the camera's (both video and still).

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!

    

Jess Shalders Australian Babe Collection

The Jess Shalders collection © Auki Henry

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'

I have worked with Jess a few times over the years now on various shoots, both for personal portfolio as well as project work, she has even featured in a couple of videos we have produced for the motorsports scene up here with HighRPM.

A tip from me for any photographers who might be where she travels to next; try to book time with this girl!  It's very easy to praise a girl as natural in front of the camera, but with Jess Shalders you get a model who really knows how to work it, the poses, the looks, even the wardrobe (if she is not being dressed by an art director).

I can't speak enough praise about how easy it is to work with models like Jess.  She needs very little direction and she brings plenty of her own ideas to try to each shoot.

Here's a small sample gallery of some of the shots I've taken with her when she spent time with us in Darwin.

     

Australia hot babe alert Jess Shalders blog.aukihenry.com/2012/09/jess-s… BAM! #SetThisWorldOnFire follow @aukiman

— Territory Beauty (@territorybeauty) September 14, 2012

Shooting with the Ranger RX AS Speed

Auki Henry is a photographer based in Darwin, Australia

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.

  
Being an 1100 w/s kit under normal lighting conditions the actual power settings needed to cope are remarkably low, there is plenty of oomph behind the flash to make your subject stand out from the background.  I have only ever needed to raise the power above half way when shooting into direct sunlight, and that's usually with a diffuse of some sort which drops the amount of light a little.

Auki Henry Photography

A quick Auki Henry Photography promo with Mel Bridge, thanks to Owen Elliot and Keiran Lee from 76 Pictures.

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

AmyLeigh Hansen © 2012 Auki Henry

AmyLeigh Hansen © 2012 www.aukihenry.com

Model: AmyLeigh Hansen
Photographer: Auki Henry
Location: Darwin, Australia
Date: August 2012

Description: Another sample from gorgeous AmyLeigh on our Darwin sunset beach shoot we did last weekend.

Camera: Canon 5D MK3
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L

Jackie Gray

Jackie Gray sunset shoot © 2012 Auki Henry

MacLean Motorsports babe Jackie Gray

Model: Jackie Gray
Photographer: Auki Henry
Location: Darwin, Australia
Date: August 2012

Description: Another sample from our sunset shoot with the hot duo of AmyLeigh Hansen and Jackie Gray.

With the monsoon buildup approaching we will slowly start to get more and more clouds in the skies on sunset.

Camera: Canon 5D MK3
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L

AmyLeigh Hansen & Jackie Gray

© 2012 Auki Henry

AmyLeigh & Jackie - Darwin. Australia

Models: AmyLeigh Hansen & Jackie Gray
Photographer: Auki Henry
Location: Darwin, Australia
Date: August 2012

Description: MacLeans Motorsports promo babes AmyLeigh and Jackie at a casual beach shoot helping me test out my new Ranger RX gear.

Camera: Canon 5D MK3
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L

AmyLeigh Hansen

AmyLeigh Hansen © 2012 Auki Henry

AmyLeigh Hansen © Auki Henry

Model: AmyLeigh Hansen
Photographer: Auki Henry
Location: Darwin, Australia
Date: August 2012

Description: AmyLeigh is one of the 5 MacLeans Motorsports promo babes who we filmed for SBS Speedweek at the Darwin Slamfest rounds last week.  We took her down to the beach for a bit of a Sunday sunset session as practice for an upcoming shoot for the MacLeans doorslammer and funnycars.

Camera: Canon 5D MK3
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L

Jackie Gray

Jackie Gray © 2012 Auki Henry

Darwin beauty Jackie Gray @ Lee Point beach

Model: Jackie Gray

Photographer: Auki Henry
Location: Darwin, Australia
Date: August 2012

Description: Jackie is one of the 5 MacLeans Motorsports promo babes who we filmed for SBS Speedweek at the Darwin Slamfest rounds last week.  We took her down to the beach for a bit of a Sunday sunset session as practice for an upcoming shoot for the MacLeans doorslammer and funnycars.

Camera: Canon 5D MK3
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L

Aussie SLamfest

Aussie Slamfest series 2012

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 Playground Workout

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.

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?