Hudcomm Productions

“Strap yourself in for a night out with cabaret artist Isabel Hertaeg.”

Recently back from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival is our good friend Isabel Hertaeg. Isabel has trained in acting, singing and dance in Australia and Latvia. Her cabaret works focus on femininity and society, and her works include Lady Cordelia Winterbottom’s Etiquette Hour (formerly the Lounge Set) and Isabel Hertaeg as Marilyn Monroe. Lady C TV launches early in 2010, so watch out for her.

Isabel will be performing her show La Petite Mort at the Adelaide Fringe Festival with her first show 19th February going through to 12th March 2010. Her show has been described by Kate Copstick of the The Scotsman as “This is another of the shows that remind you why you love the Fringe so much.”

So if you’re in Adelaide get along and see La Petite Mort. We wish you success in Adelaide and look forward to working on Lady C TV on your return.

We met talented artist and all round nice guy Bobby – aka K9 – in late Dec 2009.

We were commissioned to shoot the stills for his soon-to-be released album, Nine Lives.  After building a good working relationship, K9 asked if we would be interested in shooting the video clip for his next single, Sunshine.  At present, we are in pre-production, finalising the script, casting and scouting locations.  We hope to start shooting in March and have the video completed in the first half of 2010.  So watch this space for further developments…

In the meantime, this shot was taken at the recent casting call, where K9 was auditioning some models for the clip:

We had the pleasure photographing Katie in early January this year – and congratulations to Katie and Mark on their recent engagement!  (And yes, we mean an entirely different Mark and Katie to your photographers here..!)

The gardens were stunning, even if the temperatures were scorching.  Luckily we had any number of shaded areas to shoot beneath, from towering weeping willows by the dam through to the vine covered framed walk-ways.  Other parts of the garden also came in handy, especially the band stand which overlooked the dam.

As temperatures rose we decided it was time to shoot in the pool.  Again with the sun beating down and no shade over the pool we did the best with our small scrim and to position Katie and setup the shot.  Considering the harsh sun and heat, we think we got some awesome shots, and Katie did marvelously!

One of our first shoots for 2010 was with model Gwyn.   We were after a themed shoot and Gwyn wanted to try a “naughty-but-nice” series.  In this series of shots you can see Gwyn slowly change from quiet, sweet and innocent through to… well, completely not quiet or sweet or innocent in any way!

In early December we headed to the coastal towns of Torquay and Lorne for two very different location shoots.

Day 1 –  Hudcomm and our models, Bella and Jo, headed to Torquay, with its beautiful beaches, to scout for locations and wait for the weather, which was quickly going from average to worse, to give us a break in which we could shoot something.  We finally managed to get some shooting done late afternoon and found the perfect location to really make good use of the red rocks and cliffs of the area.

Day 2 – we were up early and heading to Lorne for some shooting around Erskine Falls.  We found a great spot a little way downstream from the base of the falls, and even though it meant dragging equipment up and down hundreds of steps, we captured some great images.

Have you ever considered getting shots with your partner?  It’s a great way to have a little fun and something to look back on in years to come.  We can do the shoot in our Belgrave studio or on location somewhere of your choice.  You decide how formal or intimate to make the shoot.  Makeup artists can be provided and we can also assist with professional printing on images.  The shoots are relaxed and fun and we can customize a package to suit your budget and requirements.  Call or E-mail us to discuss your couples shoot.