Who is Jamie Nicolaou?

That’s the question – Who Am I??

Well I’m nobody in particular, just your average humble guy looking to make an honest living.

I was born and bred in Manjimup, in W.A’s stunning South West region (Who would disagree?). I was raised on the family farm about 15 km west of town, and am still based there, some 34 years later.  I spent some time in Perth in my early 20’s playing some 1st grade cricket, but after 4 years couldn’t handle the city life and headed back to the bush. With vegetable growing our main income (cauliflowers) the sudden impact of China’s stanglehold on the export markets in Singapore and Malaysia forced us to look at a different means of income, which ultimately led me to the construction industry. I moved to Bunbury in August ’05, and picked up a job with CB&I at Worsley near Collie. From there I went to sunny Port Hedland in ’06’ and then Karratha, where I stayed for nearly 3 years. I am now back at home, sort of, working in Bunbury, spending quality time with my beautiful girlfriend Tegan (Brownie points for me 🙂 ) The farm is still a big interest with Avocados, Beef Cattle and Marron being the main focus.

Now you’re probably wondering where photography comes into it. Well it started in the darkroom in high school (get your minds out of the gutter please), back in ’91. I was 15, in year 11 and was just in love with photography, not that I was any good at it, but that’s where it stayed. I left school at the end of year 11 to go work the fields, and then sport, fishing, 4wdriving  among other things took my mind away from it, although I did buy my first camera, a Nikon f801s with a 50mm f1.8 lens.

Now when I got a job in sunny Port Hedland, I suddenly thought it’d be cool to get one of these digtal cameras, and having no idea about them I headed off to the shops. Some 2 hours later I’d bought my first, a Nikon D200, and there it started, and did I hav a clue? Not really!!

It was not until I went to a workshop in Port Heldand where I met Christian Fletcher, Paul Parin and David Bettini, that I really took a serious interest. I thought it was so cool how these guys were all so different in their approach, yet had one thing in common, they’re all awesome photographers. And I wanted to be just like them!!  

So I’m into sport, landscapes and portraits, and am keen to learn as much and more than I need to know.

So here we are today, with a bit of a clue now (just a bit), but with that enthusiasm to capture great images (well I’m going to try).  So please let me know what you think, as it’s the only way for me to learn.

I hope you enjoy having a read and a look, and hope we can all be friends and enjoy the art of photography.

Cheers, Jamie Nicolaou

The Master’s Apprentice!

Photo by Tegan Studsor (definitely my better half)