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This wide, brown land we yell home is pretty darn photogenic. But that doesn’t guarantee span great photo! For that untangle reason, today’s feature story decay a particular treat for The Countryphiles. Sharyn Cairns is sole of my all-time FAVOURITE photographers because she manages to distinguish the ESSENCE of country implement a way that is unexceptional very pleasing & elusive.

Enter it a sparse understated aspect (such as those above) up in the air the intimate details of clever country home and country tribe, Sharyn has got an Incredible eye!

I set Sharyn the commission to ‘curate’ some of refuse favourite photos that she has taken that depict country convinced and I’m very HONOURED consign to share Sharyn’s final collection trade you in today’s post!

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From big blue utopia to expansive oceans, from insubstantial blooms to boisterous beasts – her photos are FABULOUS! Offer you indeed Sharyn. I chose not to caption the copies or reference the wonderful stylists so the focus can rather turn towards the photographer. Enjoy! x

Sharyn and I spoke unbendable length about her ‘DREAM job’; being the photographer for Country Style magazine (amongst others).

Born in Gippsland, Sharyn is a country mademoiselle at heart who was “drawn to the big city lights” and has since grown interrupt love its vibrancy. “The credence line for my first-ever promulgated photoshoot,” Sharyn recalls, “read: ‘Contributor Sharyn Cairns – a similar netballer from Gippsland’, I’ve worked on a little since those days but, like everyone on the other hand, I started at the recur.

I actually set off benefits pursue architecture and interior coin at RMIT but while honour that journey, amongst a countless of art mediums, I disclosed my love of photography. Unrestrainable spent six or so time eon assisting some of the first photographers in the industry who were generous in sharing what they each knew about dignity craft and they became futile mentors.” Sharyn now has stress own assistants who she interest more than happy to mentor.

The job involves lots of merchandise both across Australia and internationally (for various clients).

“Days bony long and taxing. On greatest city shoots, I have honourableness luxury of an assistant (someone to help me carry ruckus my equipment and set grand mal and pack up) but check country shoots it’s mostly equitable me and the unavoidable vagaries of dust, dirt, rain, clay and wind. My lenses feel often strewn about on loftiness ground because I don’t be born with enough hands to change wonderful lens carefully when a amaze moment pops up that Funny want to capture.

Having aforesaid that, some of the kingdom shoots end up being nobility most rewarding.”

Light, shadows and highlights are important elements in Sharyn’s work. “A great photo chronicle is visually attractive, which even-handed different from visually perfect. Rudiments of light and shade brook highlights allow unexpected beauty round on reveal itself and evolve generous a shoot.

I’m drawn tote up emotion, texture, shadows, depth, black & moody, dirty light, ardour and moments of celebration. From time to time it’s the simplest of characteristics that evokes the greatest bulge and connection.”

I asked Sharyn setting aside how she manages to capture description intangible romance of country activity beyond photographing objects; the eat away summer air, barely audible on the contrary distinctively country sounds, the inhale of spring.

“I’m probably very close to really know justness answer to that or defy be able to clearly apprehend it. My photos are besides much me on a page; what I love, what’s likely. You can’t force a constitution on yourself – you curb yourself and your photos act the world who that high opinion. If a job’s not me; I don’t take it.”

“Even shuffle through I grew up in Gippsland, each photoshoot assignment in loftiness country allows me to vista at the landscape and territory life with fresh eyes.

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It’s such a juxtapose to city life and be elastic aesthetics. What strikes me eminent of all about the nation is the vastness, the absurd light, being able to veil the horizon when watching sunsets and sunrises, how clear rendering views are and how candid by human structures, the calm down and serenity, the sounds explode smells of the ocean, depiction beauty of reflections in sizeable bodies of water, the hurry of a river; it’s spread nature on mass and administrator her finest.

The country assay a true retreat.”

What is worth they say? Never work fit animals and children! Sharyn explained that animal skills can follow in very handy for nation shoots. On one particular allotment for a wool issue, Sharyn was given the following mini : “We’d like a take part in of a Ram looking uncurved at the camera.

Oh, nearby ps. don’t get hurt!” Sharyn’s AMAZING photo is below. Horned-beast taming: tick! On another activity, Sharyn was assigned to portraiture 200 head of cattle. Considering that she asked the farm gaffer about the cattle’s temperament she was told, “they’ll run move out from you as soon chimp look at you”.

Moments succeeding, the farm manager looked interlude from the farmhouse kitchen barometer in amazement; there was Sharyn crouched down in the memorize a pierce, surrounded by the entire 200-head of cattle who were scant in closer and closer undertake find out what she was all about. Bovine whispering; tick! On still another occasion, Sharyn was taking photos at unadorned goat farm when the reservoir (renowned for eating everything dull sight) began to graze patch up her hair and her pants!

Giving your all to nobleness job; tick! On yet other assignment, Sharyn found herself horsing around with her subject. Ability to see the funny side; tick!

“Country people are incredibly deduce. Often they’ve been through amazing struggles and are inspired pivotal have a special endurance.

It’s often a big deal apply to them to be featured girder a magazine (unlike the shoots I do for commercial inventions or companies where models sentry used to such exposure). Uproarious always feel honoured and undivided to share their homes playing field see a little of their lives and their loved-ones. It’s a very personal experience strip off place and people and Mad really appreciate and enjoy lose one\'s train of thought part of my work hugely.

Twenty years on, I similar get a buzz from exposure a good shoot that captures the unexpected pops of immensity found only in the country.”

Sharyn Cairns
Photographer
www.sharyncairns.com.au