Philippine born Sydney Based Photographer with a background in arts & graphic design. Photographing fashion, beauty, underwater, commercial, events & weddings.

Underwater Siren Mei in flowing dresses dancing below the surface

Underwater Sirens: Mei

Underwater Sirens – Mei An underwater video from our shoot with Mei back in 2018. Music: Where We’re Going – Song by Kevin Graham via https://artlist.io/Chris-18932   The photos were taken with Canon 5DmIII with 16-35mm f4L IS in Ikelite Housing while the slow motion videos were taken with an Olympus TG5      …

Behind the Scenes of an Avant Garde Hair Shoot

Behind the Scenes video from an Avant Garde Hair Shoot at Cockatoo IslandPhotographer: Chris David https://www.instagram.com/chrisdavidphotoHair Stylist: Ah Kim Anthony https://www.instagram.com/ahkimartofhairMakeup Artists: Ana Silvia Reinke https://www.instagram.com/p.i.collaborationsJess Zhu https://www.instagram.com/jessicazhumuaModels: Naomi Mehari, Ozlem C. Music: Bad (I’m Better) – Song by Katrina Stone feat. Benj Heardvia https://artlist.io/Chris-18932 Shot wtih Canon 5DmIII and Sigma 50mm 1.4 LensLighting: Godox…

An Underwater Shoot with Shereen

Music: Never Gonna Love You Again – Hot Rod Elegantsvia https://artlist.io/Chris-18932 An Underwater Shoot with Shereen One of those pre-lockdown photo & video shoots earlier in the year (2021). I switched up the Olympus TG5 to a Sony RX100V in Seafrogs housing in order to improve the slow motion video quality with a better sensor…

Scuba Diving El Nido – Pawalan, Philippines

A compilation from my triple boat dive in El Nido, Palawan, Philippines with El Dive www.el-dive.com covering multiple locations. Underwater video taken with Canon 5DmIII, 16-35mm f4L IS fitted with a Magic filter and S&S correction filter, Ikelite Housing + dome port. Music tracks sourced from https://artlist.io/Chris-18932 and edited/graded in Davinci Resolve

Dance of the Sirens - Flowing models in dance

Underwater Dance of the Sirens

Underwater Dance A beautiful and creative visual composition of models flowing and dancing underwater captured by photographer Chris David with featuring music sourced and licenced from Artlist.io . In these crazy times and more hours at home instead of the office or field I decided to revisit some of my older works and reuse them…

Charlotte from Royalle Modelling underwater in flowing mauve dress

Underwater Movements with Charlotte

Underwater Movements with Charlotte From our underwater shoot project with the gorgeous Charlotte from Royalle Modelling. We have a slow motion video shot with an Olympus TG5 and edited/colour grading using Da Vinci Resolve. The photos taken with a Canon 5D MIII, 16-35mm F4L IS lens in Ikelite housing. Processed in Adobe Lightroom and Retouched…

Underwater UV Fluuro Portrait Photoshoot with Sarah Morris. Photography by Chris David @chrisdavidphoto. Canon 5DIII with 16-35mm f4L IS and Ikelite Housing and 8in Dome 450nm LED Lighting
Underwater UV Fluuro Portrait Photoshoot with Sarah Morris. Photography by Chris David @chrisdavidphoto. Canon 5DIII with 16-35mm f4L IS and Ikelite Housing and 8in Dome 450nm LED Lighting

Ultraviolet Light

Photographing under ultraviolet light started as a technical and experimental project to push through some creative boundaries. The effect of photographing in a completely different wavelength to that of what we naturally see opens another world or reality. Over time my experimentations grew in complexities and also combined into my underwater shoots both in portraits…

UV Ultraviolet Fluoro Shoot with Sarah Vella . Bodypainting & Photography by Chris David @chrisdavidphoto. 365nm LED Lighting

UV Photography Shoot with Sarah

One of the next instalment in my UV photography project is with Sarah – A local Western Sydney based model that put her hand up for some of my posts looking for models. We decided to get very creative and experimental. I wanted to play around a jellyfish concept which involved painting and decorating the…

Traverse Hiking in Mt Arayat

 Mt Arayat in the Pampanga area of Luzon, Philippines is probably the most visible mountain travelling in the area. Hiking up gives a grand view of the area and a highly enjoyable experience with a few challenges.  This is a 8 hour traverse hike which started being dropped on one side of the mountain. Later…

Mt Pulag Philippines

Mt Pulag Trek

Early January 2015 we made a trip up to Mt Pulag, tallest mountain in Luzon, Philippines. We camped just below the summit which we hiked early morning to an altitude of 2922m above sea level to see one of the most spectacular sunrises above a sea of clouds. This area is easily a landscape and…

Banaue Rice Terraces (Batad) Philippines 2011

Banaue Rice Terraces located in the Ifugao province of the Philippines is believed to be around 2000 years old and carved by the ancestors of the indigenous people. They are fed water by an ancient irrigation system from the rainforests above the terraces which can be seen by zooming into the photo. This image was…