July 4, 2009 by Jo O'Brien
I recently had the pleasure of working with a ridiculously fun model, Nicole, on a retro pin up shoot. It’s funny how some shoots I walk away from shaking my head and praying for some decent results, and then others I freak out of the way home about how much space it’s going to eat up on my hard drive. This shoot falls into the latter category. Nicole was so easy to work with and everyone involved was relaxed and up for a laugh. We were working outside after some heavy rain which ruled out many of the ‘usual’ pin up poses which require getting down on the ground, but the energy of the shoot was such fun we hardly noticed the restriction. It’s been a while since I’ve shot anything in this genre, but there is something about the ridiculousness and humor of it which I really genuinely love. Here are a few more images from the shoot:
There’s a handful more over here if you’re interested.
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June 10, 2009 by Jo O'Brien
Tags: art, cat, fashion, floral, flowers, girl, jo o'brien, joobrien, kitten, kyrstal onions, photographer, photography, spring
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May 15, 2009 by Jo O'Brien
Yesterday Teer Wayde and I hit the town for a coffee and quick photo shoot. Basically, we mucked around trying things for an hour or so… then we discussed giant fish. And then I lost my glasses and went stumbling back through the city to find them. Here are a few of my favourite shots from the evening. Enjoy 
Tags: black and white, fashion, joobrien, melbourne, misst, model, shoot, teer wayde
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March 22, 2009 by Jo O'Brien
Tags: barbie, beauty, bridal, bride, erotic, feminine, girly, gloss, jo, joobrien, lips, lipstick, macro, make, mouth, o'brien, photo, photoblog, photography, portrait, sexy, up, woman
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March 22, 2009 by Jo O'Brien
Looking to work with artistically minded people on creative fashion shoots. Most of the images in planning require fairly elaborate styling and set design. We’d love to hear from interested fashion proportioned models, set dressers and assistants. Contact me via joobrien.com@gmail.com or add me on facebook.
Tags: assistant, call, call for models, casting, creative, fashion, for, jo, joobrien, melbourne, models, o'brien, photo, photography, set dresser, talent, tfp, time for print, victoria, wanted
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March 20, 2009 by Jo O'Brien
Tags: beauty, hair, jo, joobrien, model, mua, nataschia, o'brien, photo, photoblog, photography, portfolio, ring flash, rogue artists, styling
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March 20, 2009 by Jo O'Brien
You may not know this about me, but I’m an insane Tim Walker fan. If you don’t know who Tim Walker is, I’m afraid we can’t be friends anymore. It is imperative that you seek out his work and drool while uttering three syllable adjectives to describe how wonderful it is.
Now that we’re better acquainted, I’d like to draw your eyes to exhibit A:
Tim Walker’s ‘Lisa Cant with 80 White Rabbits’ originally commissioned by Vogue, and published in his book from last year entitled Pictures.
And now I’d like to present for you, exhibit B:
The Dotti commercial from this month’s Cosmopolitan
Now, I know what you’re thinking – they are nothing alike. Look, in the second one the girl is wearing a hat. Totally different.
However, I do not agree with you. In fact, I’d go so far as to say this is a direct copy off of an awesome idea. And unless they have hired Tim Walker to shoot the Dotti commercial and he decided to rehash his own idea (Sorry Tim, but I wouldn’t love you as much anymore), then someone else has forgotten their imagination at the door.
I can appreciate a homage to a great talent, I can appreciate that inspiration comes from all around, and I believe that no idea is truly original (that we merely rehash a concoction of our lives experiences). But where is the line? Where do we stop saying “this was inspired by” and start saying “this is a copy of”?
Tags: advertising, comparision, dotti, editorial, ideas, joobrien, photography, rabbits, rip off, tim, tim walker, walker
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