Today, Limedrop has the pleasure of speaking with the talented & inspiring Melbourne-based commercial photographer who specializes in quirky portraiture and advertising Photographer Stu Morley Q&A with Stu Morley. Who are you? What do you do/believe in? Stu Morley, self proclaimed Photographical Mastermind. I enjoy the bejeezus out of my image taking career, constantly shooting personal projects like my snapshot of St Kilda 2013 exhibition- portraits of the colorful locals of St Kilda- and my collaboration with http://www.thebowlerassociates.com called Seasonal Delights that paired food with fashion in a unique sensory-filled display. Examples of these projects can be seen on my website http://www.stumorley.com/. In between commercial work, looking after the studio and making sure my hair lookd elegantly windswept, the rest of my time I shoot for the blog http://www.huntingthebungle.com/ and add unique content to http://www.instagram.com/stumorleyphotography What are your two top tips for looking great in photos? I do get asked this question a lot and know that is important to represent yourself in the best way possible whilst existing amongst this social media dense world. My first tip would be, adjust you attitude: if you don't like yourself in photos then you are always going to see the fearful attitude in your eyes and posture. It is a vicious cycle of negativity and is not beneficial to your frame of mind. Alter it by repeating some kind of mantra when someone goes to take a snap of you. "this is great, this is awesome, I love this, this is the best." while nodding and genuinely smiling by trying to project happiness from inside. (don't nod too much or you'll look strange but hopefully you get my drift.) thus conquering this all consuming photophobia forever. My second tip would be, lean towards the camera: you can take the example of groups of girls taking selfies. Why do they hold the camera up high? The answer is not only to show a hint of cleavage but to define their jaws and bring their eyes towards the camera, making themselves seem more in connection of the height of the camera but you can alter this angle to your body by subtly leaning in. Please not the work "subtle". Any action that is not subtle or natural withing a photograph looks forced and slightly desperate so please take these posing suggestions modestly.What is something that you never thought would be possible that is now possible?I never thought it would be possible for Limedrop to have their own store but look... BAM! Just like that! Amazing! Other than the amazing Limedrop, I never thought we would need all this mega massive amounts of storage that we do today. Cloud computing seemed unfeasible but as speeds of cable and wireless communication increase, the usability of non-present storage is becoming much more realistic. It wasn't long ago that we were using 5 1/4 inch floppy disks with a total of 1.2mb on them. They'd take ages to load up and make loud clunking and whirring noises, and if you left them near a magnet they would be completely deleted (wiped). I now, as a photographer, have 20,971,520mb (20tb) sitting in the other room that I access through a cord. Yep that is a lot of floppy disks...
Check out Stu Morley's website: http://www.stumorley.com
