Tender

Unit Still Photography

Photo woman and man standing at door
Woman and man under bed sheets
Man looking at his reflection out the window
man painting
woman in the dark under sheets
Man and woman face to face

Capturing the quiet moments on a loud set. These are a few of the production stills I captured for the Australian short film Tender, directed by Jessica Redenbach and starring Katie Jean Harding and Angus Sampson. The drama follows two characters with immediate, sparks-flying chemistry, exploring the fine line between love and lust. I was invited to shoot on location over three days, which was a fantastic crash course in the art of being a unit still photographer. On a busy film set, your job is to find the raw emotion and the hero frames of a scene while remaining completely invisible to the cast and moving camera crew. It was a highly rewarding experience in high-pressure framing, low-light composition, and learning how to capture a massive story in a single, silent frame.

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