(Updated 25th April 2008)

Photos from Culture Chock Events Evening with Chris Judge and Gary Graham in Melbourne, and Supanova Melbourne are now online at the Castle Photography site!

All new photo spreads will by placed on www.castlephotography.com.au, and this one will be gradually converted back to a plain (software) business site. I expect the process will take a few years for eveyone to update links…etc so don't think your favourite photos are vanishing just yet!.

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First Contact Conventions - "The Other Side of the Gate"

A fantastic Sunday spent with Stargate Atlantis stars: Rachel Luttrell (Teyla Emmagan) and David Nykl (Dr Zelenka), and Stargate SG-1 star Tony Amendola (Master Bra'tac).

Supanova - Sydney October 2006

Hey, I couldn't not go, with the great guests they had. Its also an opportunity to meet up with a lot of friends too! Guests included: Clare Kramer (Buffy), Colin Cunningham (Stargate SG-1), Mira Furlan (Babylon 5 and Lost), Summer Glau (Firefly and Serenity), Kevin Weisman (Alias, Buffy) and Tony Amendola (Stargate) on Sunday only.

The VCA Star trek Exhibition

I'm still puzzling out exactly what this is supposed to be about, as the literature given out was frequently wrong regarding trekkie lore and canon. I expect the purpose is more for arts sake than fans…

IAC, some of the items here were beyond cool - and all had a good time…

Armadale Uniting Church's 125th Anniversary

This celebration was in mid-October (I'm a bit late in processing the photos). It was a chance for past and present members of the congregation to gather, swap stories and catch up. A concert and auction also raised money for necessary restoration work.

If you'd like a CD of these photos please contact our minister.

Armadale Uniting Church's website

The Hub Productions Buffy Convention (Melbourne)

I was able to attend the Melbourne part of their Sydney/Melbourne tour. The event included: Amber Benson (Tara), and "The Troika": Adam Busch (Warren), Tom Lenk (Andrew) and Danny Strong (Jonathan).

I figured you would all be more interested in seeing these photos sooner rather than later - so I'll worry about silly captions some other time…

2001: A Space Odyessy

The Astor and First Contact Conventions presents a special event: Keir Dullea (Dave Bowman) and Gary Lockwood (Frank Poole) appearing live at two special showings of 2001:A Space Odyssey on Sunday 24th September.

Keir and Gary signed autographs and posed for photos for most of the afternoon and evening, and gave a 1 hour Q&A after each showing of the movie.

Terra Nova 3 - Adelaide

Starring the ever lovely Claudia Christian (Susan Ivanova, Babylon 5), John Billingsley (Dr Phlox, Enterprise) and his wife Bonita (who along with heckling John, was actually in an episode of Enterprise as well!).

Supanova in Brisbane, April 2006

With extra Summer Glau goodness, Jon Schneider, Patrick Kake and Bruce Spence along with many many other things - all in all a very full weekend!

First Contact Conventions - "Retro SciFi Classics Convention"

A blast from the past! Guests include Herb Jefferson Jnr - Boomer from the original Battlestar Galactica, Nick Tate - Alan Carter from Space 1999, and Jane Badler - Diana in V.

A Volunteer's Journal from the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games

Yep, I was a volunteer. I was part of the Media Services unit at the MCG during the ceremonies and athletics. Officially my role was "Photo Assistant", which meant I was working with the official photographers and other acredited photographers.

Most of the time I was "Photo Marshall", which meant I was shadowed the photographers in the marked areas around the field (and sometimes on the field of play). It was a support role - to assist the photographers in performing their tasks, and a guard role - keeping Joe Public out of their hair (and off some very expensive equipment!). The former was pretty easy, the latter was downright stressful at times…sigh. However it was a great experience all round, and I do it again in a heartbeat...

Most of the photos I got were taken while I was off duty, or when things were quiet. Unfortunately the *best* moments are generally when you can't possibly whip out your own camera - so you end up taking surrogate pride in the photos that were taken by the pros, especially if they made the front cover of the the next days paper.