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Things have been very busy for me for the past few months. Lots of work both at home and with my other job, plus several family/personal issues to deal with (some of you know about some of those) and my time at ph.ca has been severely hindered. Where I could I've tried to get in and make comments when I could, sorry to those I didn't find, I often had literally a few minutes to dive in, comment and head for work or bed or whatever.
Anyhow, things are still busy as hell for me but I've found some time this afternoon to grab a few shots and maybe ramble on for those who might be interested.
My wife and I run a web development company which we've had for some time now. In fact, almost 10 years now. I'm basically a management consultant and our main graphic artist/designer for our company.
However, I also work for a Design company as a 'Set Carpenter' ... 'set' as TV sets, Theatrical sets, Corporate Presentation sets etc. This job involves a hybrid skill set of carpentry, joinery, cabinet making, painting, scenic art, that sort of thing.
On the side of all that, I write articles for national magazines and provide photos for those. This is mostly bike racing, touring and adventure mags related to biking. I do this stuff a bit more rarely these days. Having said that I've provided almost 50 photos for one mag recently, which reminds me I must let them know they are good to go with that!
So, basically ... I'm a jack of all trades and master of sweet ... not much
Moving back to the set carpentry again to explain the photos below, the biggest job we've had lately has been the new News Set for Channel Ten Brisbane.
Channel Ten is one of the top 3 TV stations in this country and they have a couple of channels they run. We've built a few sets for them recently including a kids show but I can't reveal anything about that one until it's aired, so the snaps for that have to remain hidden for now.
The News Set had a core team of 3 of us building it (myself and two others) plus a few labourers when needed. It's a big, curved set with lots of lighting and visual elements. I was involved in most aspects of the building, including all the painting and installation into the studio.
Photographically I was also hired to take case study shots of the installation and final product as well as to take and provide the photo for the 9m long Bridge and Cityscape that features across the back of the set.
The photo was then graphically altered by our designer to suit the set and feel of Channel Ten.
Now this job is complete I'm working on another TV set for a regional channel. This one is a game show of some sort. The early starts and late finished continue.
Anyhow, here's a few photos I took of the Ten News Set ...
With the exception of the weather trolley, this is the full set. About 9m across and featuring my own photo I took specifically for this set.
Bill McDonald (news presenter for Channel Ten) before one of the afternoon updates. This was the very first time the new set was used.
Taken during lighting tests just before an afternoon update
The weather plasma trolley we built for the set. This is where the weather girl shows us the ... well ... weather!
Here we were in the process of pulling my cityscape photo (after some graphic design elements had been added) across during installation of the set.
My photo of the Story Bridge and Brisbane City with some more of the individual elements of the new set we built.
Some of the individual elements we built for the new set.
Make up time Bill McDonald (news presenter for Channel Ten) before one of the afternoon updates. This was the very first time the new set was used.
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Thanks for sharing such a large piece of your work.
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