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My work is centred around connection and real life rather than overly posed images. I love photographing the atmosphere of a space, the people in it, the details you might otherwise miss and those in between moments that tell the bigger story.
I work with small businesses, creatives, community organisations and local people across the Northern Rivers, Gold Coast and Brisbane photographing:
• Branding and lifestyle sessions
• Retreats, workshops and courses
• Community events and gatherings
• Birthdays, celebrations and private events
• Live music, gigs and performances
• Venue and hospitality events
• Small business and creative projects
• Personal branding and behind the scenes content
• Community organisations and local initiatives
• Lifestyle and at home sessions
I’m particularly drawn to projects that have a sense of place, personality or community behind them. Whether it’s a small workshop in a beautiful space, a local event bringing people together, a musician playing to a crowd or a business wanting photographs that actually feel like the people behind it, I’m there to capture the experience as it unfolds.
I also offer relaxed lifestyle sessions for families and individuals who prefer something natural and comfortable, whether that’s at home, somewhere meaningful or simply doing something you genuinely enjoy together.
Based in the Northern Rivers and always happy to connect with good people doing good things locally.
ONYX Photography
• Branding and lifestyle sessions
• Retreats, workshops and courses
• Community events and gatherings
• Birthdays, celebrations and private events
• Live music, gigs and performances
• Venue and hospitality events
• Small business and creative projects
• Personal branding and behind the scenes content
• Community organisations and local initiatives
• Lifestyle and at home sessions
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Distinguished and Famous people from Melbourne and Surrounds
🎭 Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett’s early life and schooling were in Melbourne, including Ivanhoe and Methodist Ladies’ College, before formal acting training took her to Sydney. Her international breakthrough came with Elizabeth in 1998, followed by Academy Awards for The Aviator and Blue Jasmine. Theatre remained central alongside film: with Andrew Upton she directed the Sydney Theatre Company from 2008 to 2013. That mixture of performance and institution-building gives her career more range than a list of screen roles. Melbourne supplied the childhood and early educational setting for an actor whose later work moved between Australian stages and international cinema.
🎭 Barry Humphries
Barry Humphries grew up in Melbourne and began performing in university revues while nominally studying law. Theatre proved the stronger attraction. He joined the Melbourne Theatre Company and developed the character who became Dame Edna Everage, first performed at the university’s Union Theatre in 1955. Edna’s extravagant later celebrity grew from sharply observed Australian social manners. Humphries also created Sandy Stone and Sir Les Patterson, alongside writing books and making art. The familiar suburbia behind those characters gave his international performances a distinctly Melbourne foundation, even when the wigs and spectacles became increasingly magnificent.
🏏 Shane Warne
Shane Warne’s beginnings were in Melbourne’s eastern and bayside suburbs, with schooling at Sandringham, Hampton and Mentone and early cricket at East Sandringham. He developed into an extraordinary leg-spin bowler, taking 708 wickets in 145 Tests. The numbers record the achievement; his ability to build pressure, disguise a delivery and turn a contest also made him a compelling spectator sport. Warne remained interested in local clubs and family sport after international success. His Melbourne story stretches from suburban nets to the city’s largest cricket stage, retaining the neighbourhood chapter behind the famous name.
🎵 Dame Nellie Melba
Nellie Melba was born Helen Mitchell in Richmond in 1861 and attended Presbyterian Ladies’ College. Music began at home, where her mother played several instruments and taught her. The future opera star was no model scholar in every subject, but singing and piano held her attention. Her stage name later honoured Melbourne as her career developed overseas. Returning Australian tours brought international celebrity to city theatres and country halls alike. The Melbourne connection runs through birthplace, education and artistic identity, with a family’s musical household preceding one of opera’s most recognisable names.
