Melbourne Photographer and Videographer Michael Bainbridge » Photo Essays

Marlborough Wineries, New Zealand

bainbridge — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 01:00:48 +0000

Napier’s Art Deco Buildings

bainbridge — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:18:33 +0000

Napier in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand was levelled by an earthquake in 1931. The result is a city known for it’s art deco style.

Melbourne Fringe Festival – Pop Up Dance School, I Walk the Line, Disco Mongolia

bainbridge — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 01:25:19 +0000

Sus and Jesse’s Wedding under the tree

bainbridge — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 04:07:46 +0000

Venus Bay Road Trip

bainbridge — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:55:34 +0000

Vietnamese Lunar Festival 2010

bainbridge — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:50:40 +0000

Tom and Vonesili Wedding #1

bainbridge — Thu, 14 May 2009 04:53:28 +0000

So 1 month before, I receive a phone call from Tom in Laos. The conversation is too inform that wedding plans are in motion for Vonesili and himself, “congratulations, when?” I ask. “In just under a month” Tom reply’s. I shake my head. Sigh in disappointment. I explain the impossibility of flying from Melbourne to Vientiane for his wedding. Tom leaves me with the final words, “Baino, we don’t have a photographer for the wedding, make sure you bring your camera over to take the shots.”

2 weeks pass.

Still frustrated at missing a great friends big day, I decided to tempt myself by checking flight prices. Specials on sale right then to Bangkok, 30 minutes to book. It seemed like it was meant to be. 30 minutes later, a few phone calls, and flights were booked for 6 friends to depart to Bangkok. A night at the wonderful Atlanta hotel, then onto Laos.

Soon we were being picked up in a mini bus on 40+ degree day, sweat raining down, suits wallpapered to your body, in what became the first of two wedding celebrations for Tom and Vonesili.

Kinder Sarprise (Portrait Session)

bainbridge — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 07:56:29 +0000

Jimmy (filmmaker – Portrait Session)

bainbridge — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 06:17:51 +0000

Laos Rocket Festival – Bun Bang Fai

bainbridge — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:02:12 +0000

Laos

bainbridge — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:15:54 +0000

Little Did She Know

bainbridge — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 06:14:16 +0000

What lurks ahead? What is there in the night? The cold wind blows, whistles names through the air. What is ahead in the darkness, the dark places within. I see myself, reflected, looking back, looking for answers within the night sky. What lurks ahead, well little did she know.

Around Melbourne Town

bainbridge — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 05:20:37 +0000

Shots taken from around Melbourne over a couple year time frame. Most photographs are taken within inner city areas, West Melbourne, Fitzroy and the city of Melbourne.

The Photographic Essay, documents the industrial and urban landscape in contrast to the day to day happenings of Melbourne life.