Dean
PRESTON Dean welcome to the first issue of Photo Live, maybe to start tell us where you’re based and what sort of photography you love. I’m not really based anywhere these days. Before moving full-time into photography I was based in Sydney but now I’m on the road most of the time. I try and follow the sun so Brisbane is about as close as I get to being in one place for any length of time but I’ve also spent a lot of time in Los Angeles for the last 5 years. I like to shoot outdoors and very rarely shoot in a studio. I’m not a big fan of artificial light and flash so natural light is always my choice when it comes to lighting a model or landscape. With the fashion/runway work, are you shooting for magazines? I generally work freelance so it could be for a magazine or newspaper. It’s getting harder and harder because Getty now have a monopoly. It’s definitely a industry that’s changing rapidly. It’s only a matter of time before phones can take pictures as good as a DSLR.
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Your photography is so refreshing, natural and seems to be almost straight from the camera... do you do any post on them?