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Webber
G After travelling for the last few years, local Allysha Webber has planted her
roots back in Port Macquarie, with a photography portfolio to be envious of and many a story to tell. FOCUS sat down with Allysha for a chat …
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P H O T O G R A P H E R
ive us a bit of background on professionally? your connection to Greater I have loved all things photography and film Port Macquarie ... since I was a little girl making home videos with My parents moved to Port my friends. I attended film school in Sydney Macquarie when I was a after completing a degree in Medical Science, teenager, so I finished my HSC as filmmaking had always been a pipe dream. It here in Port. I have spent wasn’t until I released my a number of years living in graduate film, The Last different cities, and while Artist, which premiered at I enjoy what cities have Chicago Film Festival and to offer, my time spent won the short animation MY INSTAGRAM TAKEOVER away from Port Macquarie category, and then went on AT FEDERATION SQUARE has helped me realise to be selected for screening WAS AN INCREDIBLE it is here that I want to at more the 70 national and OPPORTUNITY THAT build a life for myself, as international film festivals, EXPOSED ME TO SO MANY opposed to being a place that I realised filmmaking/ FACETS OF MELBOURNE I visit on vacation. I am photography was not only LIFE AND CREATED A fortunate enough to be in a real, viable and tangible NEW NETWORK OF LIKEthe situation professionally career opportunity that I MINDED PROFESSIONALS. where I am employed was lucky enough to have as a freelancer, and do at my fingertips, but also a not need to be living in a career that I could make a major city to gain access to comfortable living from. creative work. You were offered to “Take Over” Federation How did you first discover your passion Square’s Instagram for a week; what was that for photography, and when did you realise experience like? it was something you wanted to pursue My Instagram takeover at Federation Square