On Sunday, 16th August, 2015, LSU Tigers played a pre-season game against the Sydney Kings. This was part of LSU’s Tour Down Under, to showcase Ben’s talents to his native of Australia. The game was played at Sydney University’s Brydens Stadium, with Simmons top scoring for LSU with  26 points. The game was won by   Read More …

Following the success of the Legends Football League in America, the sport has decided to create a league in Australia. The league’s inaugural season will kick off in December. With Channel Seven’s 7Mate digital channel coming on board as the league’s broadcaster in Australia, it is destined to have a huge impact on Australian sports   Read More …

Last year, I was approached by TechLife magazine to write about cameras and photography. The magazine had recently been rebranded from Australian PC User to TechLife. I’d been brought on board to provide a new way of delivering articles about photography and cameras – from someone who’s a pro photographer, rather than a general tech   Read More …

Okay, okay. To say that I’ve been slack with the blogging is an understatement. To be fare though, there has been a lot of things happening in the last year since my last blog post. A couple of overseas trips, some inroads with some of the magazines from Bauer Media (formerly known as ACP Magazines)   Read More …

This week, I was given the opportunity to use the photographic studios here at work. It was to have a go at doing some product shoots. It was a massive learning curve to see the little tricks that they use to make things easier for post. I’ve been given the chance to use the studios   Read More …

Have you ever taken a photo where the background was just… bleh… I think we’ve all done that at some point or another. Back in 2010, straight after I’d purchased my lights, I got a friend of mine to dress up in some soccer clothes and go to a nearby park to test out the   Read More …

  This year, I was invited by Street Machine magazine to attend the annual Summernats festival as one of their ‘snappers’. As you do when a leading magazine like Street Machine invites you to their event, you accept the invitation. Having never attended the mayhem that is the Summernats festival, I was super excited at   Read More …

Recently, I was approached by FHM.com.au to provide images for their website.  They’d seen my glamour photography work and wanted to feature some of my pictures on their website. Naturally, when the biggest men’s mag in the world approaches you about images, you strike up a deal. Because I haven’t been shooting for that long,   Read More …

Last year, I was afforded the opportunity to tick off two things that I’ve wanted to do for ages… Trek into the outback of Australia and go a Wheels road test. I’d been in touch with Wheels editor Bill Thomas for a little while about getting me to go on a Wheels photo shoot to   Read More …

I was recently told that my portfolio was too bikini model focused and that one of the areas that it lacked was portraits. I called up a few friends to help me out with this gap in my portfolio by asking them to pose for a few shots for me. I chose friends that I   Read More …