Murder Village

by PerformanceTheatre

One of the great joys of photographing theatre companies is working with ImproMafia on promotional images. It helps that there’s a super high level of trust there – we can start with the basics of an idea, and quickly branch out and try things, and everyone is on board no matter where the idea takes us.

This shoot is a good example of shooting for multiple formats. ImproMafia makes extensive use of Facebook events for promotion, and the timeline-crop is a really important consideration for them. Designing an image that works well in that crop, has impact, and makes the viewer stop what they’re doing to pay attention, is a pretty key part of the job.

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My favourite image from the shoot? This moody one. It feels like the cover of a kids’ mystery book that I might have read when I was 10. We shoot loose to allow room for show information, which makes it pretty right for a novel actually 🙂
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Are You Being Served?

by PerformanceTheatre

It’s always a pleasure to work with the Brisbane Arts Theatre, and getting some promotional photos of Mrs Slocum from their production of Are You Being Served? was no exception. We ducked in to the slightly cramped, particularly cool BAT costume department to shoot, and it was the perfect setting for her character.

Are You Being Served? kicks off in May for a limited season. Tickets and other information at the Brisbane Arts Theatre website.

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