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Working as a newspaper snapper

Face-painting clown

Face-painting clown

When I first arrived in Port Douglas upon my return from Japan, I was really lucky to walk into two great jobs. One of them was Event Organiser for the Port Douglas Carnivale & Carnivale Beach Day. The other was weekend newspaper photographer for the local Port Douglas & Mossman Gazette (a NewsLTD paper).

I love being a newspaper photographer.

It gets me out into the community into locations and events that I would probably never know about if it wasn’t for the job. Any day I could be photographing community activists, local heroes, colourful characters, sick kids, sick grownups, sports stars, cute animals and their cute kids, cowboys or politicians…. Here are just a few of the pics I’ve taken since I started the job back in March this year…

Kids from one of the local dance groups ready for their annual show extravaganza
Kids from one of the local dance groups ready for their annual show extravaganza
Horsey & piggy friends..... This was for a story about the friendship between the horse and the pig, and the sad tale about finding a new owner for this cute and intelligent pig
Horsey & piggy friends….. This was for a story about the friendship between the horse and the pig, and the sad tale about finding a new owner for this cute and intelligent pig
The Country Show ring announcer

The show ring caller

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  • Swim club! (taken under the blue sheeting sun protector)
  • Sick kid, made sick from the local water supply.
  • Local award winning chef
  • Community fun day
  • Community fun day
  • Mossman Show Queen
  • Colourful local character & environmentalist
  • Face painting
  • Kids from one of the local dance groups ready for their annual show extravaganza
  • Sailing enthusiasts
  • Golfing hero
  • The Mossman SHow
  • Cowboys & horse whisperers...
  • Horse whisperer
  • At the Mossman SHow
  • Kids at the Mossman Show
  • The show ring caller
  • Horsey & piggy friends..... This was for a story about the friendship between the horse and the pig, and the sad tale about finding a new owner for this cute and intelligent pig
  • Port Douglas SLSC Nippers
  • Face painter & local clown
  • Face-painting clown
  • 60th wedding anniversary
  • Environmental activist & radio DJ
  • Local community Meals on Wheels volunteers
  • Breast Cancer Support Group
  • Cancer survivor
  • Bat Carer
  • Local paramedic hero

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Posted on Thursday, November 5th, 2009 at 12:07 pm. Filed under: Blog, Editorial Photography, Galleries Tags: , , , , RSS 2.0 feed.

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