Blog – Adelaide Photographer Steven Perdikis
Welcome to the blog of Adelaide portrait, wedding and fine art Photographer, Steven Perdikis. Here you will find ramblings, musings, records of photoshoots, and a whole lot of words, and probably many pictures, too. Any questions, sing out!
- Images of HollyImages of Holly, April 2025 It is 2025, and I’ve used my camera twice so far this year. Once, to capture myself for historical purposes (and to create myself a new LinkedIn picture) – also to selfishly test my new lens! And now, I’ve managed to catch up with Holly to capture these images in… Read more: Images of Holly
- Light is time, time is light, photographs are moments – musings
I expect I will write and rewrite this post thousands of times. - A New “Selfie”
A Self Portrait for 2025. - Statement of Intent: “Myth” The exhibition
Coming soon: an exhibition by Steven Perdikis - Art Theory and Emotion: My home hallway of Death and how it inspires me
How art about death inspires me. - The Enduring Power of Professional Portraits: When Moments Become Memories
Get your portrait captured before it is too late, and the light goes away… - Five reasons why I purchased my dream lens
I finally upgraded to the 85 f/1.2 lens. Why? Read on to find out. - Why I can’t switch to Linux for photo editing
I recently tried to migrate my photography workflow to Linux. I need to vent. - Testing my new home studio (okay, its a garage)
Moved house. Got a garage! That means I have a studio. Have a look at the results! - I can’t swim, but Holly can – faking underwater portraits
Faking underwater photography in a pool. - Holly in Red
Red, crimson, rouge, what is colour anyway? - Rocks, flesh, dry land and light: portraits of Holly
Harsh light, soft photos, and a lot of words - Lakeisha in the forgotten Cathedral – 10 exposures that nearly weren’t
How to salvage photos that nearly … were unusable. - I made it to the second short list in Capture Magazine’s 2022 search for the Top Australasian Emerging Photographers.
Celebrating! - Ruin. A series of photographs featuring Holly
Abandoned Outposts and images. - Junkyard Portraits
Using natural light, for a change. - Starry, starry night, with Holly – four long exposure images in the South Australian outback
Starry, starry night, with Holly – four long exposure images in the South Australian outback What do you get when you combine a tripod, a light, the Australian outback, a clear night, and two competent creative individuals such as myself, and Holly? You get a series of images that builds on my prior attempts at… Read more: Starry, starry night, with Holly – four long exposure images in the South Australian outback - New Work: Tali in the Forest
Narrative driven images without a narrative. - What lurks in the forest? Shak and Lakeisha
What does lurk in the forest? - Shak in the Home Studio
Shooting Shak in the home studio. - Winter Nymph with Flick
It doesn’t get this cold in Adelaide… - A fantasy ruin with Holly – a collection of 9 images
A fantasy ruin with Holly – a collection of 9 images This work was completed with local model Holly, and if you follow me on a regular basis, you’ll see that we have produced a large body of work together. I absolutely love the location that we chose for this fantasy inspired shoot. The general… Read more: A fantasy ruin with Holly – a collection of 9 images - Into the forest with Greenie
Outdoor portraits with artificial light. - Portraits of Bec – Home Studio Work
Capturing Bec in the home studio - Shooting up the countryside with Holly – a hidden location and a modified style
Using flash, outdoors, on location is my favourite thing to do. - Boho Holly in Adelaide
Boho themed protrait in the North of Adelaide. - How I use flash outdoors to take portraits – featuring Rebecca
I love shooting outdoor portraits, and this is how I do it with flash. - “Descend” – A 15 image photo story about a fallen angel
I wanted to tell a story with this entire set of images. - Justine in nature
Exploring Anstey hill with Justine - The morning light casts the best shadows – more musings on light and photography
Documenting the journey of photons as best I can. - Photography, Narrative, Moments, and Light – How can you use story to take better pictures?
Ramblings about the transience of every image - Rose and her Violin – a series of seven images
I can’t play violin, but I can take photographs. Or can I? - Photography and Data – Journeys in learning analytics and discovering new datasets
Data and photography make for a lot of opportunities to improve. - Pre-Raphaelite Photography with Holly
I have always loved Pre-Raphaelite painting, it inspires me. - Kelsey on Location with a Pre-Raphaelite moodNew lighting gear, and new images!
- Behind the Photo – Candid Portrait of a Food Truck
Do you know these people?! - The Ice Queen
Holly the Ice Queen. - Swords and Shadows with Kelsey
A lounge room studio goes a long way. - Halestorm Live in Adelaide – Dec 9, 2019
Halestorm live at The Gov, Adelaide, South Australia. - Rose in the fairy garden
Photography in Adelaide’s fairy garden with Rose. - An Addams Family Inspired Original Photoshoot
Wednesday Addams themed cosplay shoot in Adelaide. - Velvet Gravestones, Holly and the Sunshine
Angle Vale Gravestones and oppressive sunlight = photography. - Adelaide Zombie Sighting? Halloween Photography
Check out this spooky Halloween shoot! - How I ended up taking these astrophotography images
Stories about events that lead to events. - Elizabeth from BioShock at the Piccadilly Cinema
Cosplay photography in Adelaide. - Clownin’ Around Port Adelaide
Crozier street becomes Clown St. - Sarah in the park
Loving the park colours on an overcast day! - Bree in fantasy land
Bree, fantasy themed. - Playing games at the arcade
Shooting in the arcade. - How does a portrait photographer take their own head shot?
How to take your own photo? - Sharp shots with Kelsey
Sharp eyes, and wonderful light. - Kelsey in a Car Park
Shooting a car park? Its my first time! - Pre-Raphaelite Kelsey
A photographic return after so very long. - Fear and ‘Guiling Copesmate Death: Tragic Asylum 10
The final instalment in Tragic Asylum - Final Destination: Tragic Asylum 9
Final destination is not the final image in Tragic Asylum. - Heretique – Tragic Asylum 8
Heretique is image 8 of the Tragic Asylum series. - Pale: Tragic Asylum 7
Pale, image seven from the Tragic Asylum series. - Destination Departure: Tragic Asylum 6
Destination Departure is part six (of ten) of the Tragic Asylum series. - The Truth Beneath the Rose: Tragic Asylum 5
Image five from the Tragic Asylum series. - A Rose for the Dead: Tragic Asylum 4
Part of the Tragic Asylum series, A Rose for the Dead. - Beyond the Veil: Tragic Asylum 3
Part of the Tragic Asylum series. - Interlunar Dreams: Tragic Asylum 2
This image is inspired by a meditative, mournful song. - Mourning Tree: Tragic Asylum 1
The year is 2007. I’m in my second year of University … - Thesis Chapter: “Denied eternity: memorials and monuments”What follows is an extract from my thesis: “Visions of Death”.
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