Island Menu – New Blog
My friend Catherine Miller and I have just launched a Tasmanian food and photography blog. It has a strong focus on locally sourced Tasmanian produce and where possible photos documenting the catching/gathering of it. Check it out: www.islandmenu.com.au
The Mountain
Below is a slightly different view of Mt Wellington. I have always been amazed when I get up to the summit and look West, it feels like you could be anywhere in South West Tasmania, miles from no where. I also have thought it would be a fantastic location for a shoot – so I [...]
Recipe Testing
Testing out some recipes for Stack and Boon at Hillwood berry farm. It was surprisingly good. Thanks to Catherine Miller for helping out. Recipe below. Summer Strawberry Risotto 1 tablespoon olive oil ½ tablespoon unsalted butter 200g Arborio rice 5 shallots diced 200g fresh strawberries ½ cup of white (or strawberry) wine 2 ½ cups [...]
Marrawah Visit
Had some time to kill yesterday while in Burnie, so went for a fleeting visit to Marrawah. I had never been there before, and I am glad I made the effort – it was awesome. Can’t wait to go back and spend more than an hour there this time. Here are a few happy snaps [...]
Goats Bluff, South Arm – Sunrise
One from a failed surf shoot. The light was too flat so I took these pics and bailed.
Salmonella Dub at the Bay Hotel
Here is a vid that came out of an afternoon shooting at the Bay to file some footage for a potential TVC: Salmonella Dub at the Bay Hotel from Samuel Shelley on Vimeo.
New Toy – Olympus Trip 35
On Sat. I popped into Odd & Even at the Long Gallery. Some great stuff there – particularly Sean Fennessy’s Trip 35 stall and Catherine Miller’s Little Glowing Lights – actually it was all good. So I purchased a Trip35 and gave it a whirl over the weekend and here a a couple from the [...]
Potato Salad with Smoked Salmon, Horseradish, Dill and Caper Berries
1.5kg washed small potatoes cut in half 4 tbsp Whole Egg Mayonaise 1 tsp Dijion Mustard 2-3 tsp Strong Horseradish 6 Eggs soft/med Boilled 150g Smoked Salmon shredded Juice from 1/2 lemon 12 Caper Berries 2-3 Heaped tbsp of Chopped Dill 4 Spring Onions chopped finely Cracked black pepper to season 1. Boil eggs and [...]
Mussels with Saffron
2kg Live Mussels 3 Cloves of garlic finely chopped 2 leeks finely copped 1/2 tsp Saffron 4 tbs olive oil 3 tbs butter Pepper to season 3/4 cup of white wine 1 cup of fish stock 600ml of thickened cream 1 bunch of parsley chopped 1. De-beard the mussels and scrub off any barnicles. Then [...]
The Bay Hotel Food Shoot
This afternoon I was lucky enough to go down to The Bay Hotel and do some food shots for a mercury advertising feature. Food looked great – check out their summer menu here.
Video From Vietnam
Here is a video from the Vietnam leg of our trip. Vietnam from Samuel Shelley on Vimeo.
Oslo, Norway
Left Oslo the other day. Awesome place. Went for a walk to the so called ‘cool’ part of town and this is what I found.
Sunrise in Roros, Norway
Awesome sunrise in Roros this morning. It was -30 degrees celcius and ice was forming on my beard.
Risor, Norway
This are two from Risor, Norway where we spent Christmas. This was about our only clear day over the week.
Norway happy snaps
Arrived in Bergen, Norway last night………after 12 hours on the train. Then an hour on the bus because a tree had fallen over the tracks. So pretty happy to be here. Bergen is a great little town and full of snow at the moment. Thought it was funny the firey’s were out this morning:
From Stockholm with love
We are in Sweden at the moment having a great time. Below are a couple of pics from Stockholm and Hogbo. It was -16 degrees in Hogbo so I didn’t take many pics.
Torsk poached in milk with dill
Here is a recipe that was made up on Christmas day. It would work well with pretty much any fish. 400g of White Fish 1 Brown Onion chopped roughly 3 Cloves of garlic peeled and smashed 1 tbs Black Pepper Corns 1 Cup of chicken stock 6 Anchovies 1 Cloves 1 tbs butter 3 Cups [...]