About Me
After almost 10 years at The Age, I left to pursue a freelance career, gaining many new commercial and editorial clients.
In 2013, my partner Peter and I welcomed our first son, Quincy. The three of us, plus two cats, moved from Melbourne to beautiful Jan Juc, next to Torquay on Victoria's Surf Coast. Our second son, Roy, was born in 2015, and we were recently joined by Peggy, our boisterous Australian Terrier puppy.
Whilst much of my work has continued to be in Melbourne, since my sea-change I have also been enjoying working with local identities and businesses to provide effective professional photography. My adaptive style and broad skillset suit a wide range of clients who are looking for dynamic images to showcase their brands or capture beautiful family memories.
I've been in love with photography since high school.
Introduced to photography by my wonderful teacher, Mr Kerry Short, I spent countless lunch breaks excitedly developing negatives and making prints in the school darkroom. I went on to study at RMIT University, where I completed a Bachelor of Arts in Commercial and Illustrative Photography.
Following Uni, I joined the staff at The Age Newspaper as a Features and Magazines Photographer. There I became known for my food, fashion and portrait photography. I loved the pace of the paper and its broad variety of interesting assignments.
I'm proud to have worked with:
The Age Newspaper
The Sydney Morning Herald
Sunday Life Magazine
Good Weekend Magazine
Epicure/Good Food
The Age Good Food Guide
Cheap Eats
domain
Coles Magazine
Better Homes and Gardens
Woman's Day
SBS Food
Bauer Media
ACP Magazines
Hardie Grant Publishing
Fairfax Books
The Cancer Council, Vic
The Marriner Group
The Forum Melbourne
The Plaza Ballroom
The Hotel Windsor
Lamaro's Hotel
Southgate Shopping Precinct
Coles Supermarkets
Vintage Cellars
KMart Australia
Wellcom worldwide
Black Swan Foods
Sam's Pantry Foods
Diver Foods
Monde Nissin
Bounce Play Centres
Clark Street Coffee
DK's Chips
Outback Harvest
Seven Fields
SPC Ardmona
Montague Fresh
Fergusson Plarre
Bunzl Outsourcing
Health Super
DDB
Fluid Design
Savi Communications
So Design
Point 3 Design
Get In Touch!
Geelong Studio:
Thank you to my favourite collaborators
Food Stylist and recipe developer:
Food Stylist and Recipe Developer:
Melbourne Studio:
Many of the images on this website would not have been possible without the talents or services of these wonderful stylists and businesses:
Chef and Recipe developer:
Food Stylist and recipe developer:
CHef, author and restaurateur:
Food Stylist and recipe developer:
Marina Oliphant acknowledges that she lives and works on First Nations’ country and that sovereignty has never been ceded. She pays her respect to the past, present and future Traditional Custodians and Elders of this nation.