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 …

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 …

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 …

One thing that I’ve lacked in my portfolio was Still Life photography. I’ve photographed models, cars, bikes, landscapes and many more. However, the one thing that I’ve been afraid to tackle in the past was still life photography. Late 2011, I decided that I’d have a go at doing some still life photography. So I   Read More …

OK, so I haven’t posted an update in almost 6 months. There’s absolutely no excuse for that, except that I’m a lazy undisciplined blogger. As my promise to the millions of imaginary readers of my blog, I vow to keep this site up to date on a more regular basis. We’ll see how I go   Read More …