Patrick Moran Photographer

Patrick Moran Photographer I am a commercial photographer / retoucher based in Sydney, Australia. Specialising in portraiture,

I am a commercial photographer / retoucher with a wide range of interests and experience; ranging from portraiture, product, landscape and travel photography, to video production, directing and other digital content. My clients include:
- KFC
- Coca Cola
- American Express
- Apple
- Lion Nathan
- IBM
- Australian Government
- Australian Olympic Committee

06/08/2026

The beauty of travel encounters. I had 7 Ecuadorian guests stay at my hotel tonight, who are visiting Turkiye to perform their traditional dances at a cultural festival in Istanbul.
As they made dinner in the kitchen (sometimes a home cooked meal beats eating out) I put on some Ecuadorian tunes to help them feel at home. Lo and behold, one of the songs was actually what they perform to. They were so excited they gave an impromptu performance, sans costumes.
It's cross cultural moments like these I love so much about traveling. To witness people so proud of their culture and heritage, and who burst with joy at the opportunity to share it with others. Glorious 🇪🇨

01/08/2026

Cappadocia is famous for its hot air balloons. This week there's a hot air balloon festival on, where people have brought in all their weird and wonderful ones from all over the country.
I should get up early more often..

31/07/2026

How much life can change in one year.

Stepping out of my apartment door every Friday I now walk right into a bustling Turkish bazaar, filled with spices, the freshest organic fruit and vegetables, and the freshest fake Nike clothing money can buy.

On one hand it's a pretty overwhelming scene, every sense is being activated. But for half an hour each week, I get transported to what feels like a different world. The thing is, it is, but it's also now my world.
Time to pinch myself and tuck into a delicious melon.

29/07/2026

Just a regular Wednesday night in Avanos, Cappadocia.
It's situations like these where the power of music to connect people really shines through. As soon as Mehmet started to play the saz (the guitar looking instrument), everyone didn't hesitate to join in for a sing, clap and dance-along. Genuine joy and connection. So beautiful to experience

21/07/2026

Is this sound design or cleaning?
A little bit of both.
For my latest episode of Make:Sense, I traveled to a traditional silk paper factory in , .
When I got to the edit, I realised some of the crucial environmental sounds were missing. So, being a self-professed audio nerd, I turned my hotel room into a makeshift sound stage.
I ended up sweeping the floor with a broom to mimic a delicate paintbrush, and pouring a kitchen kettle into the sink to recreate a massive, traditional water wheels.
It's ridiculous, but these are the tiny, invisible details that bring the final film to life.
What do you think? Can you actually tell?
Watch the full Silk Paper Making episode on YouTube — link in bio.

19/07/2026

Water cascades endlessly from the teapot water wheel at the Konigil Meros silk paper factory in , .
The full film is now live on YouTube - link in bio 🫖

19/07/2026

Is this the weirdest way to fake peeling sounds?
It sure felt like it.
When watching the near-final edit for the latest episode of Make:Sense, I could hear sounds in my head that just weren't in the raw footage.
The solution? Grab a field microphone, a serrated dinner knife, and start making weird peeling noises with my mouth.
It felt ridiculous in the moment, but layering those strange textures is how you get that tactile, satisfying crunch of mulberry bark being stripped away.
I think it turned out pretty well!
Check out the full film on YouTube to hear how it sounds in the final mix - link in bio.

17/07/2026

Freshly boiled mulberry bark is carefully peeled from individual branches at the Konigil Meros silk paper factory in , .
The full film is now live on YouTube - link in bio

17/07/2026

How do you fake the sound of a seashell polishing silk paper?
Simple: You wrap a rock in a leaf and rub it on a piece of wood.

When filming the latest episode of Make:Sense, things moved fast. I didn’t get to record the real audio on the day, so the only solution was to invent it later.

I love this part of the process, even if it’s time-consuming. It shows how beautifully ridiculous our monkey brains are.
You see a seashell on paper, you hear a leaf on wood, and your brain just goes: "Yep, that fits."

It would’ve been much easier to leave the scene silent. But recreating these tiny, tactile moments is what makes the final film truly immersive.

Watch the full Silk Paper Making episode of Make:Sense via the link in my bio.

15/07/2026

The fairytale water wheel at the Konigil Meros silk paper factory in , .
The full film is now live on YouTube - link in bio 🌊

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