Exhibition's a coming along.

So although it seems quiet on the surface, things have been very busy behind the scenes getting ready for my first exhibition. The Brand New Era will be on display later next month at Blue Cafe in Launceston and I'm flat out ordering frame mounts and sizing up prints as we speak. There will be around 25 pieces on display for people to look at, and buy if they feel so inclined so hopefully it will all go well and be another highlight in an already awesome year here. As I said, if you have any photo requests contact me at info@scottgelston.com before the end of the month as we are finalising lists very soon.

50 Days Away...

Tim Rogers - You Am I

I mentioned before I went overseas about an upcoming exhibition of my images to be held here in Launceston. October 22nd - for about 4 weeks will see a mix of Black and White and Toned images from my personal music archives ondisplay at Blue Cafe in Inveresk. For about the last 5 years I've followed around the music festivals and a few random concerts both here in Tasmania and in Melbourne and as I'm taking this summer off the Falls Festival (the first one in Tasmania I'll ever miss!!!), decided it was time to share some of my favorite pics and offer them for sale as a unique gift for someone you love this Christmas. None of these prints have been available to purchase before, and all will be mounted on matte board ready to frame. Here's a few that may or may not make my final cut... so enjoy and feel free to email me @ info@scottgelston.com if you have a request from a gig or of a band and I'll see what I can do to accomodate your wishes!Chris Cheney - The Living End

John Butler - The John Butler Trio

Daniel Johns - Silverchair

Caleb Followill - Kings Of LeonBono - U2

Portraits from Singaraja, Indonesia

Hi all, and welcome back to regular updates here on the blog. if you didn't know before hand, I have been away overseas this month spending time at an orphanage in Singaraja, Indonesia, in a joint project between, Beyond the Box (Tasmania) and Zions Hill Church at this end, and dMaker International and Mercy Indonesia at their end. In 9 days, I managed to shoot about 3500 photos, which we have culled down to 350 for slides, and probably about 100 images that will be edited and used for promotional purposes by all the parties involved. If you want to find out more about the trip check out the Beyond the Box Blog in my links section. Anyhow, these are a few quick spontaneous portraits of the new kids in my life.Selvi, looks serious, but is really full of smiles.

Olan, was very shy, but funny

Merry had the biggest smile I've ever seen

Lia was always laughing, never frowning

Jimi, and Frans (in the next pic) were always on the guitars, jamming from dawn to dusk

Frans

Firman, is a cool 18 year old, who is a mean soccer player

And Angel was a special visitior who was also staying at the orphange for the week we were there.

You notice, that i say they are always smiling and happy? Even though they were only just starting to learn english, a smile, a wave and an image on the back of the camera was enough to communicate with them and see just how happy they were to have visitors. Look out for some more pics of the scenery and lifestyle here over the next few weeks.

Every body loves cake...

I'm just in the process of doing up some pictures for the finest bakery in Tasmania, Tant Pour Tant.
The photos were actually taken at the end of last year but with so much going on in both our schedules it's only been in the last month we've gotten together to pick out which ones to polish and use as advertising material and pick some to frame in the shop.
Here's a small selection from the edits.....
Essentially the color images are for use in advertising material and on a new website they plan to have up. The sepia ones are all small behind the scenes details that are going to be hung in the shop to give people something to think about as they enjoy their delicious food.

Visit them at 226 Charles St or check them out at
http://www.tantpourtant.com.au/

A few more portraits...

Digging throught the archive is both a rewarding and embarring job. When you've been shooting since college, alot of your work from earlier days just doesn't stand up to what you can achieve now, however you still can be pleasantly suprised by what you find at times.

This post is mainly another lot of portraits to show you what I've been up to since forever ago, and I'll let you in on some secrets at the other end...

A Happy Couple...

A First Kiss...
Tables are set...
Punk Rock Weddings...

And some different ends of portraiture.... Hippie / Horror

Hope you enjoy looking at the second selection, and just in case i don't post for a while, I'm off to Bali for 9 Days from next Tuesday. Check out my photography for this trip @ http://beyondtheboxtas.blogspot.com/

Also from the archive.... Opening 22 October, @ Blue Cafe Launceston, a selection of my farourite music images from the last 5 years.... I'll preview it a bit more onece I return.

Cheers - Scotty

Welcome to the life of Scott Gelston, Photographer.

This blog will be both a way for you to see whats happening behind the scenes at Scottgelston.com as well as an online folio of sorts. In readiness for the first version of the website coming online, I've decided to show some of my various work from the past few years. Keep watch as this space will change alot over the next 3 weeks.

Cheers - Scotty

Photo Topic - Portraits, Wedding, and Fun