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Arran Barker from Skarlett

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 live on stage @ "The Switch" gig.

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

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

Jack Weaver from Skarlett

Jack Weaver live - "The Switch" gig 2012

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

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

Lachlan Barker from Skarlett

Lachlan Barker

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

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

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 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.

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.