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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!

The Enduring Power of Professional Portraits: When Moments Become MemoriesJanuary 18, 2025
Get your portrait captured before it is too late, and the light goes away…
Five reasons why I purchased my dream lensDecember 4, 2024
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 editingNovember 17, 2024
I recently tried to migrate my photography workflow to Linux. I need to vent.
Testing my new home studio (okay, its a garage)November 6, 2024
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 portraitsNovember 5, 2024
Faking underwater photography in a pool.
Holly in RedNovember 2, 2024
Red, crimson, rouge, what is colour anyway?
Rocks, flesh, dry land and light: portraits of HollyOctober 30, 2024
Harsh light, soft photos, and a lot of words
Lakeisha in the forgotten Cathedral – 10 exposures that nearly weren’tJanuary 7, 2023
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.May 22, 2022
Celebrating!
Ruin. A series of photographs featuring HollyApril 27, 2022
Abandoned Outposts and images.
Junkyard PortraitsApril 21, 2022
Using natural light, for a change.
Starry, starry night, with Holly – four long exposure images in the South Australian outbackApril 18, 2022
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 ForestDecember 26, 2021
Narrative driven images without a narrative.
What lurks in the forest? Shak and LakeishaNovember 13, 2021
What does lurk in the forest?
Shak in the Home StudioSeptember 12, 2021
Shooting Shak in the home studio.
Winter Nymph with FlickJune 27, 2021
It doesn’t get this cold in Adelaide…
A fantasy ruin with Holly – a collection of 9 imagesMay 9, 2021
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 GreenieMarch 20, 2021
Outdoor portraits with artificial light.
Portraits of Bec – Home Studio WorkJanuary 19, 2021
Capturing Bec in the home studio
Shooting up the countryside with Holly – a hidden location and a modified styleSeptember 1, 2020
Using flash, outdoors, on location is my favourite thing to do.
Boho Holly in AdelaideAugust 31, 2020
Boho themed protrait in the North of Adelaide.
How I use flash outdoors to take portraits – featuring RebeccaAugust 26, 2020
I love shooting outdoor portraits, and this is how I do it with flash.
“Descend” – A 15 image photo story about a fallen angelJuly 31, 2020
I wanted to tell a story with this entire set of images.
Justine in natureJuly 24, 2020
Exploring Anstey hill with Justine
The morning light casts the best shadows – more musings on light and photographyJuly 9, 2020
Documenting the journey of photons as best I can.
Photography, Narrative, Moments, and Light – How can you use story to take better pictures?July 1, 2020
Ramblings about the transience of every image
Rose and her Violin – a series of seven imagesJune 27, 2020
I can’t play violin, but I can take photographs. Or can I?
Photography and Data – Journeys in learning analytics and discovering new datasetsMay 24, 2020
Data and photography make for a lot of opportunities to improve.
Pre-Raphaelite Photography with HollyMarch 18, 2020
I have always loved Pre-Raphaelite painting, it inspires me.
Kelsey on Location with a Pre-Raphaelite moodFebruary 29, 2020
New lighting gear, and new images!
Behind the Photo – Candid Portrait of a Food TruckFebruary 13, 2020
Do you know these people?!
The Ice QueenJanuary 20, 2020
Holly the Ice Queen.
Swords and Shadows with KelseyDecember 28, 2019
A lounge room studio goes a long way.
Halestorm Live in Adelaide – Dec 9, 2019December 10, 2019
Halestorm live at The Gov, Adelaide, South Australia.
Rose in the fairy gardenNovember 9, 2019
Photography in Adelaide’s fairy garden with Rose.
An Addams Family Inspired Original PhotoshootOctober 27, 2019
Wednesday Addams themed cosplay shoot in Adelaide.
Velvet Gravestones, Holly and the SunshineOctober 26, 2019
Angle Vale Gravestones and oppressive sunlight = photography.
Adelaide Zombie Sighting? Halloween PhotographyOctober 15, 2019
Check out this spooky Halloween shoot!
How I ended up taking these astrophotography imagesOctober 14, 2019
Stories about events that lead to events.
Elizabeth from BioShock at the Piccadilly CinemaSeptember 30, 2019
Cosplay photography in Adelaide.
Clownin’ Around Port AdelaideSeptember 24, 2019
Crozier street becomes Clown St.
Sarah in the parkSeptember 16, 2019
Loving the park colours on an overcast day!
Bree in fantasy landSeptember 12, 2019
Bree, fantasy themed.
Playing games at the arcadeSeptember 9, 2019
Shooting in the arcade.
How does a portrait photographer take their own head shot?September 7, 2019
How to take your own photo?
Sharp shots with KelseySeptember 1, 2019
Sharp eyes, and wonderful light.
Kelsey in a Car ParkAugust 24, 2019
Shooting a car park? Its my first time!
Pre-Raphaelite KelseyAugust 17, 2019
A photographic return after so very long.
Fear and ‘Guiling Copesmate Death: Tragic Asylum 10May 2, 2019
The final instalment in Tragic Asylum
Final Destination: Tragic Asylum 9May 1, 2019
Final destination is not the final image in Tragic Asylum.
Heretique – Tragic Asylum 8April 30, 2019
Heretique is image 8 of the Tragic Asylum series.
Pale: Tragic Asylum 7April 29, 2019
Pale, image seven from the Tragic Asylum series.
Destination Departure: Tragic Asylum 6April 28, 2019
Destination Departure is part six (of ten) of the Tragic Asylum series.
The Truth Beneath the Rose: Tragic Asylum 5April 27, 2019
Image five from the Tragic Asylum series.
A Rose for the Dead: Tragic Asylum 4April 26, 2019
Part of the Tragic Asylum series, A Rose for the Dead.
Beyond the Veil: Tragic Asylum 3April 25, 2019
Part of the Tragic Asylum series.
Interlunar Dreams: Tragic Asylum 2April 24, 2019
This image is inspired by a meditative, mournful song.
Mourning Tree: Tragic Asylum 1April 23, 2019
The year is 2007. I’m in my second year of University …
Thesis Chapter: “Denied eternity: memorials and monuments”May 7, 2017
What follows is an extract from my thesis: “Visions of Death”.

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