If you’re reading this, you probably already know that.

Tedora.com how simply has a placeholder page.

As I look for work in Australia, I’ve moved my photography site to a new domain, and with a new design. BarefootPhotographer.info is now the new home of my personal photography.

Algauthier.com is now being redesigned as a site dedicated to helping me find work. That should be up soon!

Al Gauthier

I decided one night a few days ago that I wanted to take a casual portait of myself on a white background.  For the technical challenge of it and because I didn’t really have anything quite like what I had in mind… What can I say, these things happen to me sometimes.  IN any case, it took about 1.5 hrs and here is the result.

I think it turned out rather well.  I was exhausted by the time I finished, running back and forth, and having to check the camera each time to see what I got.

After our healthy walk it was time to Pub crawl Bowen-Style!  Yes, we went to BOTH pubs on Bowen!

The first one, who’s name I can’t remember, was emtpy, and we left after having a watery beer and a chat with a nice gentleman and his friendly dog who sat next to me after Nicole suggested it out of fun.  We think the waitress was high.  She was strange, but friendly…

Then we went to Doc Morton’s for our second session, had real beer and real food with real people… and no one was high….  We sat and talked and enjoyed each others company.  The ferry ride back was pleasant.  We even enjoyed the ride back home.

Great day!

See Nicole’s Photos and Post on her Blog

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My first work was at our wonderful family cabin, where I took taking photographs of the beautiful surroundings more seriously than I had before, and came up with some great shots.  I remember fondly running in and out of the sauna, together with my friend Eryk, taking photographs of the beautiful night sky – our naked bodies steaming in the cold air.  It was wonderful.  Here are a few samples of that work.

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After returning, I had the great luck of photographing two beautiful couples.  They wanted memories of thier pregnancies and it was a wonderful opportunity to set up lighting and backgrounds and do the studio work I so crave.  This set was done at Michelle and Jon’s house.  We had a relaxing time chatting and photographing for over 4 hours, and using two different backgrounds.  The baby was born only 3 days later!

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Rebecca and Andrew were my second pregnancy portrait.  This series was done in our living-room.  They were a very sweet couple and a joy to photograph.

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Having time to photograph like this awakens a long-hidden hunger to photograph.  I haven’t felt like this in years.  I’m on the hunt for some studio space.  Photographing in living rooms is difficult at best, and I really need some more space in order to be able to have full flexibility and even better results.  I’m hoping to find someone who is able to rent out a space that is otherwise not easily rent-able.  Perhaps I could work out a work trade for the space.

I have so many ideas in my mind about other photography projects!