• hello friends..


    welcome to my personal blog - things i like - music, photos, architecture, design, & words - from my brain (and other people's brains).. all images here are taken by me (some awesome wedding pics from Alyda too), unless highfives are very gladly given to the author of some things i wish i had made/created/recorded/thought of/seen..

    ps.. I'm a wedding photographer.. so if you're planning to marry your lover, & you like what you see/feel here, you should contact us very soon.. we take limited bookings for wedding photography each year & we book out early.. (& i'm not just saying that to make you call us) :]

    here's a movie we made to introduce our little friends to the world.. ---->



susan & tom..

young tom did thushenceforth propose to the lovely susan that they be wed.. she was well pleased & agreed whole-heartedly.. & so they were married.. their wedding was very excellent, but before i show you my report, here’s some pictorials from their portrait session in a forest we prepared earlier..

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..:: t

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17 February 2012 - 3:49 am

Natalie Champa Jennings - My favorite kinds of photographs are in the trees. I really liked this post!

16 February 2012 - 6:04 am

Lyndzee Ellsworth - I love these. My favorite is the wide shot of them walking away. You guys nailed it. of course. :)

13 February 2012 - 7:39 pm

Nick Evans - I agree with Enqrique! Great work!

13 February 2012 - 10:08 am

Scarlet - Great shoot!! Sweet couple and beautiful capture :)

13 February 2012 - 9:48 am

enrique pulgarin ramos - Enhorabuena por estas imagenes. Son muy hermosas y de una sensibilidad muy exquisita. Me encantan todas. Un abrazo a todos

13 February 2012 - 9:47 am

It’s me Dan - love city! oh yea…. miss you guys

13 February 2012 - 9:46 am

Scout - great shots team.

love the gif :)

quotes from the masters #50

“you come up with all these ideas, & plans &… yeah, all of a sudden you don’t have a life..”

- Peter Di Antoni (COG magazine)

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i really felt this when peter said it.. he was talking about making his magazine & the freedom that working for yourself brings, & yes, i well and truly feel that freedom, like a dog with his head out the car window… but i also have felt the burden to which peter refers..  every job has good and bad things about it.. the goal is to maximise the good & minimise the bad right?..  the awesome thing is that i have the control to do this.. but the crappy thing is, i also have no excuses – good and bad.. funny hey

actually do it..

ever felt like you wanted to escape from something? explore? carve a new path?

there’s nothing stopping you..

 

awesome film by the theory.. a beautiful little story really..

..:: t

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15 February 2012 - 8:32 pm

Emma - Awww this film is adorable, I actually found myself making emotive sounds as the lights spun around in the night time and then the back lamp lit up as the sun rose, SO clever! Thanks for sharing!

annie & michael..

annie & michael are creative people & they love architecture.. i love architecture too, but A&M love it so much, they both became architects..

there aren’t many people in this crazy-fast modern techno world that can truthfully say “i love my job”.. so when we were discussing photography for their wedding & locations for portraits, it was annie who suggested we shoot on location at the job site she was currently working on – a new building for medical research (lots of high-tech radio-active spiderman technology), on campus at Queensland University..  my response was, “that’s certainly different, & i’m seriously busting to get in there already, but are you sure you want to go to ‘work’ on your wedding day?” A&M both responded, “wouldn’t that be great – running around in a half-finished building (with all the required safety gear), with our bridal party!?”..  it was music to mine ears..

adventure, excitement, a jedi craves not these things… & Obi-wan will be rolling in his grave, but yes, adventure is pretty freakin exciting..

and annie & michael, with 2 tea ceremonies, location photo tour, & a wedding ceremony in the ‘red box’ at the QLD State Library?.. it was a great adventure.. these guys live outside the box (ironically they were married in a box), but for them, it’s simple – there is no box.. & we love them..

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  ..::toddd

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14 February 2012 - 1:39 pm

Ann - beautiful photographs! TKS.

11 February 2012 - 4:44 pm

Mark Tierney - Superb Todd, love the shots on the construction site :)

9 February 2012 - 9:39 pm

Julian Beattie - Silhouette? For real? Seriously?! Get out.

9 February 2012 - 10:49 am

starrman - Beautiful work as usual. reflection shot in library ACE

8 February 2012 - 6:53 pm

Iano - Hand in hand balcony silhouette wins. Their whole story in one shot. Astounding….

8 February 2012 - 6:45 pm

Jackie - Wowee! Brilliant shots!

8 February 2012 - 3:26 pm

Stewart Ross - Nice captures, beauty! {I’ll have a half double decaffeinated half-caf, with a twist of lemon}

7 February 2012 - 10:23 pm

michele bowman - just fabulous!!! i ADORE how you tell a story!!

7 February 2012 - 9:24 am

ALMA - Mind blowing as always guys!!!

6 February 2012 - 9:29 pm

Jason Lloyd - Todd, you’re a genius! :) Love that rings shot and the portraits are killer!

6 February 2012 - 8:58 pm

Tenielle - You guuuuys…..Shot on crazy scaffolding staircase and reflection. Killer. P.S Hope you’re having an insanely good time :) xo

6 February 2012 - 8:54 pm

Tricia Itchy Eyes - Oh those library photos with all the books around are amazing!

6 February 2012 - 5:47 pm

john warren - love it Todd !

6 February 2012 - 4:06 pm

Andy Gaines - Ace! Looks like you all a blast! Amazing footage as usual – love your eye for the unusual / less obvious… great work.

6 February 2012 - 3:59 pm

Shane Shepherd - One of the humblest guys (and girls) I know, taking some seriously kick ass photos. You guys are rockstars. Beautiful shoot xo

6 February 2012 - 3:44 pm

Kirra Cheers - Brilliant

6 February 2012 - 3:35 pm

mandy - beautiful photographs! the bride’s engagement ring is to DIE for.
Good work dears! xoxo

6 February 2012 - 3:21 pm

Scout - love this!!

great shots team.

hello mexico

Dear excellent clients & potential clients.. let me just say that I love you… more than you’ll ever know.. Alyda & I will be travelling overseas for the next few weeks, working & taking some days off along the way.. some places we’ll be in have very limited or no internet/phone access, so the best way to contact us is via text message or by emailing info[at]toddhuntermcgaw[dot]com[dot]au..

we’ll get back to you as soon as we can..

 

I’m in Mexico City.. it’s amazing.. but not quite as amazing as the last 5 days we just spent in Cabo San Lucas Mexico, attending the WhatIf Conference..  It’s a conference for creatives/visual artists/artist-preneurs..  If you are a creative person/artist, & you’re looking to turbo boost your creative juice – open the floodgates & renovate your mindhole, then you really cannot miss the next one.. This was the first.. the first of many.. & to put it lightly, WhatIf is like no other conference I’ve been to.. it’s a different experience all together..

I’ve been writing down all my new ideas.. in the last 4 days, my mind has been like a volcano.. my head exploded (see visuals)..  awesome ideas, like ‘liquid hot magma’ erupting from my brain & flowing 24 hours a day..

in short..  if you’re a photographer or visual artist, you need to get into WhatIf conference..

todd hunter mcgaw mexico

 

love you xoxo

..:: t

 

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5 February 2012 - 8:29 pm

James - Awesome shots!

30 January 2012 - 8:08 am

Mum and Bekie - Hi you two, you lucky globetrotters.Bekie says she is very jealous
and on your next holiday she is going with you!
Has rained cats and dogs since you left…good timing.
Love you both.Have fun.Mumsy, Dave and Bek xxx

29 January 2012 - 1:57 am

Nick Lance - So simple – yet so perfect!

28 January 2012 - 4:21 pm

Emma - how amazingly exciting :) i can feel the electric buzz of your ideas brewing through the blog post, YAY!!

28 January 2012 - 2:51 pm

em - Cactus !! We love you too Mr T :)

28 January 2012 - 2:39 pm

Scout - So jealous right now.