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Last night’s Popcorn Taxi event was a particularly exciting one for me – one of my favourite directors, Ang Lee dropped by to chat with At The Movies host David Stratton about his career, and new film Taking Woodstock.

He was a true gentleman, and a very thoughtful, frank speaker – highlights included a 10-minute response to an audience question about the explicit sex in his last film Lust, Caution where he spoke at length about his embarrassment and difficulty planning the scenes; and a straight-shooter impression of his experience working with Heath Ledger on Brokeback Mountain (a shy, nervous actor who required a lot of attention).

To top it off, he was also kind enough to let me snap a quick portrait of him backstage just before the Q&A started.


[Waiting backstage as David Stratton introduces him to the crowd]

[The Q&A]

These are some shots I took recently for Baby X, an indie band from the Blue Mountains. The pics were taken in my friend Tamara’s old attic in Surry Hills.

I decided go Strobist, and use off-camera flashes, a shoot-through umbrella and a little softbox. It would have been great to use more professional studio equipment, but the space was so small it was often hard to keep even the small, portable gear that I had out of shot.

The band are playing a MUM gig at World Bar on the 25th of July, check ‘em out.