{"id":116,"date":"2024-02-09T05:11:24","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T05:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/momentsinlight.com.au\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2024-03-09T04:18:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T04:18:03","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/momentsinlight.com.au\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hi I&#8217;m Justin,<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/momentsinlight.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/headshot-final.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-435\" style=\"width:359px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/momentsinlight.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/headshot-final.jpg 800w, https:\/\/momentsinlight.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/headshot-final-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/momentsinlight.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/headshot-final-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/momentsinlight.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/headshot-final-500x625.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>My journey into photography began in the mid 90\u2019s after leaving the Defence Force. Once spellbound, I decided to learn the industry formally. Completing a degree in photography through James Cook University in Townsville. I studied a Bachelor of Visual Arts, majoring in &#8216;Photography&#8217;. This was done during the transition between film and digital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whilst studying I worked part time for an independent newspaper as well as an assistant for John De Rooy, a renowned wedding a portrait photographer in North Queensland. He mentored and upskilled me under his tutelage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I spent an additional year of \u2018Honours\u2019 specialising in individual inspired figure photography. This culminated in a solo exhibition of nude form portraits. This same year I became an active photographer for John De Rooy\u2019s taking on weddings and commercial work as a primary shooter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have been fortunate to work for some of the best studios in different regional cities. Between 2001 and 2009 I had the privilege of working for INFOCUS the premier studio. A true inspiration working for Michael McRostie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have accomplished hundreds of events, ceremonies, portraits and a wide variety of commercial work, and pride myself on consistent and high standard of imagery for clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I love the artistic side so I am always up for something new and challenging. I am always learning and expanding my repertoire. The only limitation is your imagination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I welcome you to join on this creative journey, I look forward to meeting you and capturing your special \u2018Moments in Light\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi I&#8217;m Justin, My journey into photography began in the mid 90\u2019s after leaving the Defence Force. Once spellbound, I decided to learn the industry formally. Completing a degree in<span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/momentsinlight.com.au\/index.php\/about\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About Me<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-116","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsinlight.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsinlight.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsinlight.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsinlight.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsinlight.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/momentsinlight.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":453,"href":"https:\/\/momentsinlight.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116\/revisions\/453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsinlight.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}