New York Project - Letterpress

I recently was exposed to this project and thought it was and is a great idea on capturing the essence of life in the city in a unique way.
check it out!

Burning Man Exhibit Last night I attended a wonderful exhibit at the gallery space of Fotocare Rental house here in NYC. The show was of the highest calibre in respect to capturing the beauty and tribal feeling of this annual event held in the desert of Nevada. The show is on until Dec 24th. For more info on the actual event check out the Burning Man website

911 Memorial Visit

You really need to see and listen to this to believe it.
I for one was a little hesitant to visit this site even though I wasn't living on New York at the time of the event I was in Australia and heard it first on the radio via a news broadcast. I had just recently returned to Australia after having spent the summer in NYC working on a Art Exhibit and working out my paperwork visa etc with my agent to return to NYC full-time, I was however deeply moved by what took place and the effect it had on friends of mine who were living downtown.
This memorial I now believe was the right thing to do at this place and to go there as I did last night was both chilling and at the same time I felt that it had achieved it's set purpose to show respect to those who .....
Forever in our thoughts.

Beautiful Fall in NYC - Sima Cunningham - Singer

This has to be one of my favorite seasons here in NYC the light is amazing combined with the wonderful change in color who wouldn't love it.
I had a request from a talent local folk artist Sima Cunningham to shot a portrait and choose my local park to create a warm almost gothic feel to the image. The shoot went well and we captured some more great images down one of the back streets of the East Village which still maintains it's edgy urban gred.
Until next time enjoy whatever season you maybe in, my family back in Australia our waxing down the surfboards for another Summer of Fun..hope to visit early next year...
cheers
Tom

VMRelease™ PDN Photo Expo NYC Oct 26 - 29

This is an exciting time for the photo community here in NYC with many shows and events supporting as satelite happening for the main show in town the PDN Photo Expo. The Expo is where the worlds leaders and innovators introduce and show off the latest offering in both still and motion capture.

I personally will be attending many of the amazing shows and exhibitions including the Bruce Davidson talk and show currently on show at the wonderful Aperture Gallery.

As well as this I shall be actively promoting my app the VMRelease™ which we debuted at last years expo. This time we have added a slew of additional features to assist both Photographers and Filmmakers alike to create, store and send legal model,minor and property releases on the go.

I shall be twittering live from the show so look out for our updates via twitter @vmrelease

Until next time keep enjoying everyday.

cheers

Tom

Official Photographer for Aussie Foreign Min @ UN

It seems like just last week that I was racing around the UN General Assembly with the former Prime of Australia and now Foreign Minister for Australia Mr Rudd.

I have previously worked with both the Australian Consulate and Australian Permanent Mission to the UN since arriving in NYC back in 2003 providing both photographic and design services. On this occasion I received the call to action and jumped at the opportunity to rub shoulders with some of the most powerful men and women on the planet.

One of the highlights was to capture images at the Heads of State lunch where it seemed that central casting were conducting some kind of international reality show casting. All though on the stage their were all the real deal from Obama to Iranian leader Ahmadinejad to representatives from many African nations.

The photo ops I shot exclusively for included capturing bi-lat meetings with people such as Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas and Libya's interim Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril to many other interesting talks.

I shall be posting a series of the images from my week at the UN in the next coming weeks so stayed tuned there are some real tasty treats to come.

cheers

Tom

New expandable website now online

hi Everyone,

Well it has finally happened I am very happy to announce that the TMPhoto website is now larger than life. Well ok it's maybe not that big, but it does allow you the viewer to expand the site to fit your screen or decrease as you wish.

Another feature of this is new site is that the Tom McGhee Photo website now flows seamlessly onto to your mobile devices including the iPhone and iPad so now you can check out my latest work on the go.

I am currently uploading new images to the Art section of the site and am excited to bring these images to you in a size that really serves them well.

My plans down the road is also to link the site to other sites such as Blurb so as to allow the public to view and purchase a selection of soon to be published books featuring images from my various projects.

Please stay tuned for more news as it happens and thank you for visiting my blog.

cheers

Tom