photography – Kris Ashpole Photography

The life of a professional cabaret dancer

Mar 25 2018

When you meet someone following their dream, leading a very different life to you; you just have to find out more. From dance classes in rural NSW to the stage of the Paris Lido, Leah's amazing dance career has taken her around the world from the Cannes Film Festival to the Warsaw Opera, with 6 months in a circus motorcycle act thrown in for good luck! Leah sure is kicking up her heels and living the dream. I had the absolute pleasure of meeting and photographing Leah in Paris recently - we had such an amazing time taking photos in some of Paris' most iconic locations. Currently dancing in a new show in Macau while on a break with Le Lido, Leah generously took time out from her schedule to put her feet up and chat about her life as a dancer. Tell us about yourself, your background and what motivated you to...

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Portraits

Portrait Winner – Hair Romance’s Christina

Sep 14 2017

I'm excited to share photos from a recent portrait shoot with Christina Butcher - one the winners of my portrait session giveaway held earlier this year to celebrate the launch of my new website. Christina writes the highly successful and wonderful blog - Hair Romance and with her husband, Jim writes another blog Mr & Mrs Romance (my fave kind of blog - all about travel, food and wine!). Meeting Christina to plan our shoot, we chatted on her balcony looking over Sydney Harbour discussing what she was looking for. I found out that not only is she a blogger but she's also a beauty and lifestyle digital publisher helping brands become influencers on social media and a New York Times best selling author to boot. To say I was impressed was an understatement - such an inspiration. For our photo shoot Christina selected a personal branding session. Our shoot took place on a very sunny Autumn day in April and...

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Creatively Speaking

Naples, a Vespa and Caravaggio

Mar 25 2017

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If you love Italy and art, like I do then Naples, Vespas and Caravaggio are three words that will make your heart skip a beat. The question is, what do these three things have in common and how have they influenced and inspired Jacqueline Bawtree, photographic artist, writer and storyteller? Welcome to the first in a series of interviews called Creatively Speaking where I'm sharing conversations with artists about their creative inspiration and processes - something I'm endlessly interested in as I continue my own artistic practice in photography. Jacqueline and I started working on this blog back in 2014 and it's been an on-going conversation that we've finally finished to launch this interview series. Jacqui and I first met when we both worked for a communications agency in Sydney. Over the years we've shared a similar journey pursuing something we both love - photography. I have deep admiration for Jacqui's work and I’m excited that she's my first interview...

New website – win a portrait shoot

Nov 30 2016

I’m excited to launch my new photography website and home (and with a few little butterflies) and to celebrate I'm giving away a portrait shoot (more on that below). My other website has been around for a while and needed a new look and feel to showcase more recent work and my focus on portraits for women. I remember one of my photography teachers saying ‘If you don’t show your work, it’s almost like it doesn’t exist’. So true. Inspiration for my website and portraiture often comes from my love of Europe. So much so that some of the images included in my website are from on a recent trip to Italy, including some of my favourite frescos from the stunningly beautiful Santa Chiara Monastery in Napoli. Photography is my passion – it gives me energy and makes me feel pretty happy - I can spend many an hour absorbed in it. I love...

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