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Peter Wheeler Photography

Name: Peter Wheeler Photography
Address: Boulevard of broken dreams, Gold Coast, QLD, 4217, AU
Telephone: +61412764674

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If it's people having a good time then I'm keen to shoot it. Live music, Surfing, Motorsports, Event

07/05/2023

Selling all my photography gear. Hit me up if you know anyone who’s buying.

22/08/2022

Thank you Placemakers GC for once again taking us on another journey of art and community.
Time prevented me from seeing much of this years Bleach Festival but I did make it to yesterdays .

Being such a lovely day and not having had time for photography for quite a while, I packed a camera in with the picnic basket and rug. I wasn't working (although I'd love to work with Placemakers GC again sometime) but I shot a few frames at each site from the comfort of my picnic rug whilst taking in the wonderful performances and the unique settings for each.

Thanks also to the talented performers Christine Johnston, Loni Fitzpatrick, Karl S Williams and Michael Askil, along with the shed owners who opened up their properties for this wonderful meshing of music and architecture. I hope my photos do your performances and the settings justice.

I look forward every year to seeing where Bleach will lead us and I cant wait to see what new and creative journeys you have for us in 2023.

Pete...

07/07/2022

Why can't art live permanently in our cities and suburbs?

This iPhone happy snap from last nights walk around the latest celebration of art in public space, Big City Lights (link below)for Bleach Festival 2022, by the fantastic team Placemakers GC.

I didn't take my camera last night as I believe these experiences are best enjoyed when you can take them in unencumbered by the constraints of cameras, phones and even time. I snapped this pic because I loved the juxtaposition of the art installation against the backdrop of the Karaoke bar.

This family friendly interactive event wraps up on Sun night so make plans to get on down and experience Southport as you've never seen it. I might even head back tonight with my camera.

https://bigcitylightsfestival.com.au

04/07/2022

The brief for the images of the commissioned work I've been sharing, was to document the demolition of 3 residential homes that sat on adjoining blocks on Chevron Island here on the Gold Coast. The homes were purchased by a developer a number of years ago and sat empty whilst awaiting redevelopment.
In 2019 the Gold Coast creative production company Placemakers GC, began discussions with the property developer about using the land for a public art installation designed to bring community together and help rejuvenate the island and its once thriving businesses. You can read about the project here:

https://placemakers.org.au/projects/chevron-island/

My part in this fantastic project was bitter sweet. Sweet in that working with artists and photographing their works is one of my favourite types of work. The bitter being that I'd come to the project at the end and would be recording its demise.

I was asked to capture the demolition through its different phases, which was expected to take around 3-5 weeks. In the end, with rain delays and other challenges faced by the demolition crew, the demolition took 8 weeks. Over those 8 weeks I visited site 11 times and shot almost 1200 frames. Yep....1200 frames of the same 3 buildings!

Surprisingly, despite the repeativness of the brief, it was an interesting and challenging project. Having to shoot the same site multiple times, I felt pressure to make each time unique in its own right, yet still part of the same overall work. Thinking of new ways to shoot the same things did flex my creative thinking.

26/06/2022

"Because"... why?

23/06/2022

Current Mood.

This from a project I was commissioned for in Sept 2021. I've not previously shared any of the images from this project to date so as not to interfere with what the client intended them for.
Given the time that's past and that I thoroughly enjoyed this project and the images I captured, I think I'll post a few of them over the coming days.

19/03/2022

"Hello".
"Anyone still here"🤷‍♂️

Well....This is something I haven't done for a very looooooong time.

Last Sunday, Ms +1 and I were lucky to be guest of East West Presents and The Meanies for their gig down at Miami Marketta.

With a bill of 90's Aus Indie fave's Regurgitator, The Meanies, Magic Dirt Official and The fauves-punk band it was a gig that I really didnt want to miss. And as I've shot 3 of the 4 bands in the past, I was inspired to drag my cameras out of retirement for the day.

I'm not gonna waffle on about the day except to say it was a great line up, all of the sets were killer and it felt really good to be back in the company of live music people. I was reminded that there's some people you only see at gigs, so it was nice when people I've not seen for a long time came over to say "Hi"❤️

Big love to O'l mates The Meanies for having us along and to Brad at East West Presents for welcoming me and my rusty o'l camera along. Another great event mate. They always have a good vibe and of course to Team Miami Marketta who always make me feel welcome and provide such a brilliant space for artists and their fans to be themselves.

Thank you😊

19/11/2021

Happy
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Just back from the barbers (I kid you not😂).
Here’s to a better year in 2022 for the industry and all the hard working people who make it so❤️
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18/08/2021

You wanna feel better about the way this s**tty world is right now?

Go turn off the TV, shut down this s**t (after reading this wonderfully insightful post), put on some music and dance around in your socks.

Watch yours and the mood of those around you, instantly improve.

Then ask yourself why the f**k is this country letting arts and culture die a slow and painful death.

10/07/2021

So we can’t have , events that all had approved Covid plans (please feel free to add to that list because I know there’s many more) but we welcome the NRL to the Gold Coast at time where the Covid risk due to the Delta strain, is significantly higher than when those events were cancelled, so they can play the dead rubber of State of Origin 2021. A decision made a week after a dozen NRL players were stood down and fined for blatant, willing breaches of Covid isolation laws (that resulted in community transmissions), hiding from police and bringing outsiders into Covid isolation hotels.

Why do our governments choose to continue to reward this small portion of our society with privileges and benefits far beyond the basic needs of others?

Why is it ok to have football with crowds of 50,000 but not music with crowds of less than half?

Why is it ok to risk bringing the highly infectious Delta strain of Covid into the state for the sake of a game of football? A dead rubber in a decided series to be played in the loosing state.

Why is it that footballers can go on with their jobs but musicians, artists and all the support industries must cancel their shows and somehow find ways to pay their basic living costs?

I can’t answer those questions because none of it makes any sense to me but I would dearly love our elected decision makers detail how these privileges continue to be dished out to industry and individuals who flout the laws at the expensive of people who are doing everything they can to comply with those same laws?

06/07/2021

Who else thinks the the NRL should be donating the fines dealt out to St George players, to the arts and culture sector who are losing their livelihoods while the NRL and these careless fools get government privileges so they can continue making their ridiculous salaries?

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