Month: May 2026

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Catherine Alcorn rocks the socks off Ginger’s

Seasoned Goddess and talented cabaret performer Catherine Alcorn has started something fabulous at Ginger’s along Oxford Street, Darlinghurst.

Last Friday was the second (sell-out) night of a continuing series of performances designed to “rock you socks off”. I had the pleasure of photographing parts of the spectacular together with various members of the “packed to the rafters” audience.

“You may think Alson’s great strength is her powerhouse vocals, but it is in fact her ability to ad-lib” (Catherine Alcorn Live (Ginger’s) – Cultural Binge)

Catherine had invited some of her talented colleagues to share the stage…the acclaimed cabaret legend Phil Scott, the recent Julliard School graduate (Master of Music degree), jazz trumpeter, James Sarno, with the warm up act being the musical comedy of Jackie Loeb (Sydney Comedy Festival shows coming up soon)

Catherine and Phil – following a bare-chested performance by Phil Scott

Book a seat for the next show Ginger’s 12 June or Ginger’s 24 July See you there!

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Photographing in Melbourne for Circa AD Jewels

Louise Macdonald (Milliner) positions one of her hats on Carmen (model)

I always love it when I have a reason to head to Melbourne for work. Melbourne was my old stamping ground in my late teens and early 20’s, as I was studying for a science degree at Monash University. I enjoyed that time discovering all that the city had to offer, a far cry from the diary farm I grew up on. Now living in Sydney for a “life-time” it’s somewhat nostalgic to have a reason to head back down.

The shoot begins…
Louise and Adrian styling Carmen
Ned taking a break
Adrian and Carmen having fun on set

I was shooting the lovely Carmen who was modelling for Adrian Dickens of Circa AD Jewels This time Adrian was collaborating with the talented milliner Louise Macdonald

We all came together at Sun Studios in Melbourne and a sunny morning to start the shoot. I was assisted by Ned Roche, a trusty “right-hand man”. It was a perfect team to work with so everything flowed nicely and there was space to enjoy ourselves.