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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 nat-
ural light is always my choice when
it comes to lighting a model or land-
scape.
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 chang-
ing 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?