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Six years at Complete Parts meant photographing a lot of big machinery and even more bits of steel. Somewhere along the way,…
I don’t normally photograph this stuff. I just get on the plane, drag the gear around, grab the hire car, do the job, edit w…
Some of my favourite photos from a job are usually the ones nobody actually asked me to take. There’s always the shot list.…
//Electric Slides// Going back through the digital archive and finding frames I'd forgotten about. This one, 2022. At the ti…
It’s not always about what’s on the plate. I shot these a few years ago, and going back through them reminded me what I actu…
Sometimes the race car isn’t actually the bit that catches my eye. Late afternoon light, long shadows, and a sprintcar rolli…
There are some things a photograph can’t quite give you. The noise. The vibration. The smell. The hit in the chest when a To…
Hey, I’m Gavin Skene. The bloke behind Skene Media. I’ve always been drawn to the moments, angles and little details that do…
Your product deserves more than just a photo. Skene Media creates product imagery designed to grab attention, build desire a…
If everyone’s standing in the same spot, I usually want to be somewhere else. There were already enough photographers coveri…
Sometimes it’s just about looking a little differently. I stumbled across this image recently while going through an old job…
Targa Tasmania, 2021. I’d been told to put the cameras away for the day, but I kept seeing frames around me. Quiet moments,…
Sometimes the light does almost all the talking. One rider. One pool of light. Everything else disappears. Still one of thos…
Sometimes the process is the photograph. Shot in the spray booth at Complete Parts and Equipment Solutions. The colour, move…
Sometimes the best way to show scale is to put people in the frame. Big machinery can look impressive on its own, but it’s t…
Some jobs take on a completely different feel after dark. The work doesn’t stop, but the way you see it changes. Artificial…
There’s always more to the story. A quarry isn't just machinery moving material. It's the landscape it operates in. The peop…
The work is already happening. You just need to find the photograph in it. Shot inside @downtownkustoms while the team were…
Sometimes the studio was wherever we could make one. Back in 2016, I was travelling Australia with Made Too Go Pty Ltd as pa…
Product photography doesn’t always need a studio. This one was shot for @trucksntoys while we were already creating a produc…
From tunnel work to studio work. This one was shot for @velokicks in the studio, keeping things clean and simple so the prod…
Some jobs take you somewhere a little different. Back through the archive from work with Global Utility Construction across…
Sometimes the best way to tell a business story is simply to photograph the work as it happens. This one was captured at @tr…
The best stories aren't staged. Some of my favourite photographs happen when nobody is looking at the camera. People working…
A work boot probably shouldn’t look brand new in a photograph. Shot for @fxdworkwear with @modernconcreteco, this was about…
Before the A-Main, the show starts building. Kaiden Manders rolling through the smoke as the pre-race atmosphere ramps up at…
A rainout gave us the chance to try something different. With the racing washed out and the other teams packing up, Hardwyer…
Great work deserves more than a quick photo. Whether it's a welder, a workshop, a quarry, or a race team, every business has…