Here are some of my favourite portraits taken in that year including those that I have not been shown before.

Tim Wetzel, Kuala Lumpur

Thomas Pullar, Melbourne

Natascha Verkaik, Melbourne

David Maher, Melbourne

Rhiannon Hough, Melbourne

Elke Bonner, Brisbane

Sharon Smith, Brisbane

Annalyn King, Singapore

Vishnu Bala, Singapore

Rokshana Aitken, Melbourne

David Paris, Sydney

Brendan Maclean, Sydney

Even though I’ve been to Singapore plenty of times, looking for a shooting location somewhere besides my hometown has always proved to be a challenge. Aaron was incredibly helpful in helping me with the locations and we decided to go with the old Supreme Court. That place has been used probably a gazillion times by other photographers for wedding, fashion, etc etc but heck I liked the place so why not? I took it on as a challenge to show it differently through my eyes.

I love having proper stylists on the shoot because they always have everything possible with them! <3

As you all know, I tend to (unintentionally) make the models suffer one way or another and this time it was putting Nataliya in heavy fabrics under the unforgiving tropical sun. According to Aaron, the pained look we got out of Nataliya worked well with the whole mood of the shoot and again, it was well worth it. We had a number of curious spectators and there was a wedding shoot going on at the same time and apparently the photographer berated the party to “work it like the pros!” after watching us hog up all the space. So cute.

Her bone structure is simply amazing.

My favourite series of shots.

Amazing colonial architecture for a European feel.

Feeling the burn.

This time we also have a short behind the scenes video for the world to see

We felt nauseous at the end because of the noontime sun but that’s alright…. right guys? Right? Hehe.

Sweaty and exhausted. Clarion, Nataliya, me and Aaron.

Quite hard to explain but let’s just say the number of flyovers, abandoned looking buildings with a mess of electrical wires hanging off just about every where, added with the throngs of people, hawker stalls, overuse of cars with yet no sense of traffic direction, it’s like being the epitome of Asia. Oh and let’s not forget about the big-ass ultra modern looking shopping malls as part of the skyline either.

Anyway, Singapore was incredibly busy. I feel like I’ve been there for a month, yet it also just feels like a couple of days. Shoots, meetings, shoots, shopping, you know the usual activities. Unfortunately I didn’t have much time to check out the nightlife there but I did manage to make it to the closing party of KM8 at Sentosa. My best description of it would be like Miami Spring Break.

The birthday boy, Vishnu.

The party went from 4 pm till 8 am the next day!

KM8 had a hot tub/pool right in front of the bar, which is also affectionately named as the Sperm Pool. Now, let’s not get into any details, but it’s a good thing I was not near the pool that night because I heard from my friends about some pretty nasty things going on there. I didn’t even think that was legal in Singapore!

These people are pretty scary when they’re drunk especially when they already have so little clothes on. All that sand and water makes them very creative. I myself go to parties a lot, but nothing really quite prepared me for the craziness of KM8. Oh, and it’s also mostly attended by 80% Caucasians, 20% Asians.

The four models, Vishnu, Mikkel and Emilia. They do enjoy being photographed.

Me and the four models. They tower over me so I had to make them bend down. He he.

Ok, I’m sorry I didn’t take THAT many photos of my trip to Singapore. I’m so upset that I have to miss Craig David playing a show at Zirca on 8th April! Nooooooooooooooo! Sob