Ben Cooper

Group Innovation Director M&C Saatchi Sydney. Co-Creator O Six Hundred Kayak. Proud father. Loving husband. British.

Category for photography

NAB use Keith Loutit’s tilt shift photography

Published October 8, 2009

I posted on Keith Loutit’s ’tilt-shift photography’ technique a while back. First finding his work on Vimeo. Good to see NAB / ClemengerBBDO (Melbourne) using him and his technique in their latest ad ‘The Little

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Don’t go here…

Published May 22, 2009

I’m sharing my photos not the location. A piece of heaven in the countryside. Wood burning stove, my lovely lady, uninterrupted views, dancing birds and chilled out baby cows. Keep it special – don’t

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Five photos with little explanation

Published April 7, 2009

Playing around with Ricoh GR on a mini tripod with a bottle of Talisker Whisky and a long exposure gave result to these two moody shots from Berrima last autumn. The gate Moon tree I

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Stop-frame helicopter sea rescue

Published April 7, 2009

Great stop-frame story of a fisherman’s rescue from the rocks near Tamarama beach by photographer Keith Loutit. The photo effect makes the people seem like plastic figurines in a diorama. I’ve found a few

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Glowing Cities Under a Nighttime Sky

Published February 14, 2009

Wiggly glow strings inform the sky. Shadowed wing. Journey to another land… @pablojeffress started following me on Twitter. Then I read his blog and then I saw this. Then I felt compelled to share. See more

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Sad Vader - Alex Brown

Lord Vader in disgrace

Published January 13, 2009

Found this shot of Darth on an image search for something completely un-related. The photo is by Alex

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Scanned photos from Chile 1994

Published September 19, 2008

I’ve recently reconnected with an old friend, Tom Kay (top pic, far right), via an article in Monocle magazine (as you do!). For your interest the article was about the company his behind Finisterre

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MIFFed

Published July 28, 2008

It was my birthday last week and as a surprise Rach flew me to Melbourne for MIFF. MIFF stands for Melbourne international film festival. I forgot how much I love Melbourne. Intimate bars, incredible

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Who needs a news channel when you have flickr?

Published December 3, 2007

msexplorer2 Originally uploaded by keep left. Image capture from one of the webcams onboard the Nordnorge, a couple of minutes after SkyNews reported the existance of the webcams. Shortly after this, the Nordnorge appeared to turn such

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My Bestival Friends

Published September 12, 2007

Oh how I miss England. Such a relief to see my friends haven’t changed one little bit. Mortgages don’t effect them, marriages or even having children. Life is a party! I raise a glass to

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Letterboxes I saw tonight

Published June 12, 2007

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FlickrSLiDR test with Tate Modern Photos

Published May 21, 2007

Created with Paul’s flickrSLiDR. Just found this on the Mashable blog, very cool app that lets you embed your flickr slideshows just about anywhere you

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50 people experience the seasons

Published March 31, 2007

50 people experience the seasons Originally uploaded by flipzagging. Each picture is a season. Each season is the merging of 50 pictures tagged with the season name. Left to right, winter, spring, summer and

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Carsten Höller’s Slides, Tate Modern

Published October 16, 2006

Originally uploaded by in.vino.veritas. Brilliant. The Tate Modern’s turbine room plays host to Carsten Höller’s gigantic slides. I cant wait to visit on my next homage to the UK, rest assured I’ll be documenting this

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I/O Brush: Photographic paintbrush that paints with movement and colour

Published March 14, 2006

I/O Brush is a new drawing tool to explore colors, textures, and movements found in everyday materials by “picking up” and drawing with them. I/O Brush looks like a regular physical paintbrush but has

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