Author Archives: Brendan Maunder

Sneak Peak – Drowned Beauty!!! – Anna

Anna is just a fantastic person to work with..  She has been on many shoots with me and is always prepared to give her best and then some..

Her and I were chatting on set about a shoot we did a year ago where we started at around 8 pm and went until about 2am…  lol

It was a super fun shoot and I think we both learned a lot over that night.

Once again she didn’t disappoint and was super professional and pulled off the shots in what was very crappy conditions…  Which for us was fantastic as that is what we were after.. lol

Drowned Beauty - Anna
Drowned Beauty – Anna

Reports of person with a gun causes government lockdown!

There was a report of the person seen holding a gun around the Australian government, Department of human services building in Tuggeranong at around 9:30 AM today.

The Australian Federal police responded by closing down to surrounding roads of the building went into lockdown with all staff secured inside.

As part of my other hat I also do photojournalism and as soon as I heard of this I kissed my daughter good bye and told her I was going to photograph some person with a shotgun an sword, grabbed my equipment and jumped in the car to see what I could capture.

Arriving on location where were several police cars driving around and surrounding building that was lockdown. Joining me were TV crews and reporters all eager to capture the story.

I must say we are a strange bunch as we run to the danger while others hide and I don’t think my friends can really understand why it is that I do this.

As we tried to ascertain the exact extent of what was going on I did my thang….. 🙂

Police attending lockdown after deciding sighting of a man with a gun
Police attending lockdown after getting a report of a man with a gun
One of the police vehicles investigating the sighting of a man with a gun
One of the police vehicles investigating the sighting of a man with a gun
Some of the office workers standing by the windows to get a better view of the street below
Some of the office workers standing by the windows to get a better view of the street below

After around half an hour or so the police could not confirm the siding, the street was open again, and the people within the building were once again free to move around.

The police leaving the scene after giving it all clear
The police leaving the scene after giving it all clear Investigating

Talk about windy!!!

Boy oh boy…….  I think if you live on the east coast of Australia you would know what I am talkin about!

The wind has been going hard for the last few days with many places effected and looking at the forecast it is going to continue for at least another day.

From a photographic point of view the wind can be a right pain as it not only blows the studio lighting equipment away but blows hair and all sorts of things around.

The key to working in these conditions is work with it and not against it and there are things that you can do to still get the shot. 🙂

Don’t be afraid to give things ago as you never know what images you just might get but please. stay safe as it can be very dangerous out there also.

Sneak Peak – Drowned Beauty!!! – Laurynn

Those that follow me would know that I was trying to get a shoot going over the weekend where I was going to put attractive ladies in the rain that was forecast…

Well after a lot of rain dancing it did come and we got a heap of shots.   This is one of the shots I got for Laurynn  🙂

See Rain Can Be Fun!

I will have a sneak peek of the other model Anna shortly..  So stayed tuned

Drowned Beauty - Laurynn
Drowned Beauty – Laurynn

I Am Officially In Love But You Will Never Guess With Who!!!

I have been working on a image for the last few weeks now and I must say I am in love with her…

Words can not express how she makes me feel when I look at her, and she brings a smile to my face when I see her.

She has passion, drama, softness and a whole lot of WOW!!!!!!  She just take my breath away when I look at her…

She is not slim shaker and in reality she is the size of a blue whale..  She is massive….  but I love every pixel of her…  She is beautify and amazing…   Her heart is warm and comforting but she such depth and is far from shallow…  OMG… Just amazing….

I cant tell you too much more but I just couldn’t hold back my love any more…

OMG she is amazing!!!!!

What I can show you as she is a bit shy is some side line info…   As you can agree she might be on the large size at 32,467 x 4,860 pixels but I love her even more…

Edge Of The World
Edge Of The World

NOTE: For those of you that might not know how large she is, she is 16 x larger than high definition.