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

New Larger images just around the corner

hey everyone

Summer is drawing to a close and the beautiful season of Fall is just around the corner. As the seasons change so will my current website, Recently I switched from my original site that I had been working with for a good number of years and it served me well. When I switched over to the current site party so I could have more control over the image uploads via a more effective CMS along with the additional Motion section for showcasing my video skills.

Now things are about to get a HUGE well ok maybe not huge but larger in the way of the image size thanks to Live Books realization that every other website provider is doing it.

I will however restrain from going Full screen as I know a lot creatives hate having their screens taking over and also I want to keep the download speeds at a reasonable rate.

So please let me know what you think...currently resizing and adding new images and should have the new launch in first week of Sept.

Stay Tuned

Shifting Sands - Book Launch

The images shown in this book are a selection of images from a larger body of work I plan to show via a gallery exhibition in the near future. If you know any gallery or individual who would be interested in viewing more of this series or who maybe interested in featuring these images through an art related environment please feel free to forward the contact information below.

This body of work graphic in nature consists of a series of images captured along the wind blown shores of a desolate beach located at the Outer Banks of North Carolina USA by Fine Art photographer Tom McGhee .Drawn to the graphic shapes and textures that were created by the wind and waves along with the remains of broken shells washed a shore from a recent storm.

Read more about this project online via a sneak book preview.

Testing of Mobile Blogger

Inspiration Book by Tom McGhee

INSPIRATION by TOM MCGHEE | Make Your Own Book

My new Inspiration book hits the shelfs of the Blurb online bookstore.

This publication provides a small taste of my vision and the way in which I translate what I see and I hope that in presenting this book it helps to inspire others to create and show the world how they see.

All profits from sales go directly to Doctors without Boarders to help the many people affected by forces out of their control. Please support this wonderful cause http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org

GoodPenny and TMPhoto Share a Vision

My good friend and fellow Aussie Bruce Ashley a huge talent in the film/video editing world recently reached out to TMPhoto to assist them in the branding of their new production company GoodPenny based here in New York city.

Bruce and I have collaborated on video projects in the past myself acting as DP and Bruce as Director /Editor. We share a vision in not only photography and film but also in the overall creative.

TMP & GP will be moving forward on some other collaboration in the near future and you will hear all about them here.

Stay Tuned for TMP Motion.

VMRelease now offers International & Jpeg - Pdf releases

Our design and development team have been working overtime to bring on a slew of new features to the VMRelease Version 1.2.

Among the new features available include:

a. Automatic generation of Jpeg / Pdf of final release
b. Option to Send or Delete releases from Saved folder
c. Automatic Save of both Jpeg / Pdf release within App Saved folder
d. Input for International address / phone / zip / country /
e. New clean fresh graphics

Check out the complete list of features offered in V1.2 online at www.vmrelease.

VMRelease always there when you need it!

Music Maker Foundation

Recently I had the pleasure to enjoy a awesome performance by some of North Carolinas legendary blues artists. Although as a added blast my very good friend and founder of the MusicMaker Foundation Tim Duffy organized for me to photograph the artists prior to their gig.

Let me tell ya these guys are so amazing and full of good spirit and the joy and fun we had was very special.

I urge y'all to check out the Music Maker website where you can sample some of their amazing music and find out more on what this foundation means and supplies to these living treasures.

Keep it up Tim!

Verizon offers iPhone :)

Battle Lines Shift as Both Verizon and AT&T to Have Apple's IPhone

So now the wait is almost over with AT&T and Apples 3 yr agreement up Verizon are now pushing forward with their plan to provide subscribers with the iPhone.

Check out my app for the iPhone
Visual Media Release via iTunes or Apple new App Store.

Visual Media Release™ update V1.1 has arrived

The wait is over.

My latest project has finally hit the Apple App store. After more than 18 mths in research and development I am happy to announce my Model/Property Release app is now available in it's latest version 1.1.

Our latest version of the VMRelease™ has now hit the Apple App store offering a even faster workflow than the V1.0 along with very cool new interface and graphics supplied via our design guru Sue McGhee at Tomsuey Inc.

Now with the VMRelease™ V1.1 you have even more time to spend shooting and not searching for paper and pen. The whole process can be clocked at lightening speed with the assurance that the VMRelease™ has you covered along the way moving your shoot forward never backwards.

Pay a visit to our VMRelease website to find out more.

Download today.

Fuji Retro - I think I love U!

It's not very often that I get excited by a new digital camera coming out as today it just seems every week a new one is on the market. But I must say this one has caught my eye and I must tell you about it.

Retro styling with modern day digital tech this baby has it all 12.3 m capture, APS-C sized CMOS sensor along with HD video what a sweet baby.

Ok so it has a fixed lens although at 23mm at F2 I think I can live with that, it would be a great replacement for my Mamiya 7 II which in a weak moment I sold arrhhh.

Anyway do ya self a favor and check this one out.

Fuji FinePix X100

Singer Songwriter Series

I have recently started shooting a new series of images featuring singer songwriters. Starting with a artist Jason Kutchman who is currently in the process of recording his latest album. With influences including the likes of Bruce Springsteen and Tom Waits, Jason along with his band Red Collar have a series of gigs and festivals happening over the fall.

Check out the dates at the Red Collar website.

My next subjects will include some of the best Blues so stay tuned.

4th Weekend - Surf Safari

Yes People,

It time to pull on the board shorts, grab the Bull Frog (best surfer sunscreen ever) and wax down the blank. It's summertime and the weather is sending all the right cool vibrations.

Here's wishing everyone out there the best for what's going to be an awesome time for fun in da sun.

enjoy!

TMPhoto & The Hasselblad Crew

Well I really think that I have made the right choice in my recent change over to the latest in digital capture technology with the Hasselblad range of HD cameras and lenses.

The quality is far superior to any other system I have used although I must admit I still have a soft spot in my heart for my beloved RZ. Which I also continue to work with when the mood takes me, but for the best in digital you can not beat the blad.

You can check out the Hasselblad collection of equipment online at Hasselblad online and while your there you can view a selection of photographers who like me have seen the light so to speak.

enjoy the summer

Tom