Rohan Phillips Photography website

Hello and welcome to everyone visiting from the Chase Jarvis blog! It's still under construction, but you can check out more of my work on my official portfolio site here: http://rohanphillips.ccutter.com/home

To read more about my shooting and editing process with the Australian Truck Driver series, have a look at this blog post: http://carscameraschronicillness.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/editing-process-australian-truck.html

For a brief run-down of my cancer diagnosis, check out the post here:
http://carscameraschronicillness.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/so-six-weeks-before-i-get-married.html

I've detailed some of my experiences with gastroparesis here:
http://carscameraschronicillness.blogspot.com.au/2011/06/my-story-hospital-2010-1.html
http://carscameraschronicillness.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/my-jejunostomy-tube-swap-1-back-story.html

If you're interested in buying or licencing any of the images you see, or have any questions you would like to ask, feel free to contact me at email@rohanphillips.com, I would love to hear from you.

Hope you have a great day, and thanks for dropping by!

Cheers Rohan

                                         

Sam & Erin's wedding #1

On Saturday afternoon I was privileged to attend the wedding ceremony of a couple of friends from church, Sam and Erin.

I actually shot Sam's EF Ford Falcon for Street Fords magazine early last year, just before I became too sick to work. Erin is actually driving his car in the opening spread photo, while Sam was in the driver's seat of my Civic, driving alongside on the Port Expressway while I grabbed some rolling shots of the car in motion.

I was feeling quite sick in the morning and was unsure whether I'd be well enough to go, but fortunately it improved a bit, and I'm very glad I was able to make it in the end. I pulled up about 15 minutes before the noon ceremony was due to start, already cars were lining the streets around the church, so I had to park quite far away. 

Inside the church, there was a sizeable crowd of people milling around, saying hello to friends and family before finding a seat. The seats and aisles were decorated with a white rose and lace theme, arranged by Bernice Tansell, who did a great job of sprucing up the church with the elegant floral arrangements.

I wasn't the official photographer by any means, so the majority of my photos were taken from my aisle seat in the middle of the rows. And for any photography tech-heads, I used a Nikon D300 digital SLR and 85mm f/1.4 lens, as well as a Nikon D90 with a Sigma 30mm f/1.4 lens for all the photos below.

Sam was up the front along with his four groomsmen, who were all looking very sharp in their matching grey pinstripe suits, chatting and greeting some of the guests as they filed in.

As 12 o'clock came and went, Sam was starting to look a little nervous as everyone waited for the girls to arrive, while getting some last-minute tips from the minister who was marrying them.

Sam's mum and dad (Peter and Vikki) were both kept busy saying hello to everybody. As usual Vikki was her vivacious smiley self, enthusiastically hugging everyone with a big smile on her face.

As the guests poured in, Sam was clearly happy and excited about the big day, but still looking somewhat tense as he stood waiting for his fiance to join him. 

Speaking of fiances, here is my amazing and beautiful fiance Sally, who I will be marrying in late April next year.

It was quite a warm day, so Sam had a few sips of water as the family and groomsmen talked and joked.

A short time later, the distinctive sound of rumbling V8s in the church car park caught everyone's attention....Erin and the bridesmaids had arrived.

Welcome

Hello and welcome to my new blog, covering my experiences with cars, trucks, amateur and professional photography, automotive magazine work and model trains, as well as trying to give a sense of what it's like to suffer from debilitating chronic illness for over a decade.

As I write this I have not been able to eat any food at all for over 6 months, due to a condition called gastroparesis. Instead I have been receiving liquid nutrition and water via a jejunostomy. (PEJ diagram)

Regular content will start coming a bit later on, as I am currently working on developing my official photography portfolio site.

But in the meantime, feel free to check out some photos on my Flickr photostream, and below are a few images from the main categories the blog will be covering. To the right you'll find links to some of my favourite photography and automotive blogs.

Photographer: Rohan Phillips 

Camera: Nikon D300

Lens: Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED

Exposure: 1/25 @ f/7.1, ISO 160

Strobist info:  One SB900 to right of frame at 1/2 power, one SB600 to left of frame at 1/2 power, triggered by Elinchrom Skyports.

  Photographer: Rohan Phillips

Camera: Nikon D300

Lens: Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED

Exposure: 1/125 @ f/11, ISO 200

Strobist info: One SB900 to the right through a 60x60cm softbox at 1/2 power, triggered by Elinchrom Skyport.

Photographer: Sally Parker

Camera: Canon Powershot A480

Exposure: 1/200 @f/3.0, ISO 125

Photographer: Rohan Phillips

Camera: Nikon D300

Lens: Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED

Exposure: 1/2000 @ f/5.0, ISO 200

Photographer: Rohan Phillips

Camera: Nikon D70s

Lens: Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

Exposure: 1/125 @ f/5.0, ISO 400

Photographer: Rohan Phillips

Camera: Nikon D300

Lens: Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF

Exposure: 1/125 @ f/3.2, ISO 640