Photographing a French Gentleman

It isn’t often you get the chance to enter a professional kitchen, and watch a world-famous chef chop, dice and flambé vegetables, and fillet delicious-smelling cured salmon for the camera. Yesterday, we took two Slattery Media photographers, Lachlan Cunningham and Michael Willson, down to The Brasserie by Philippe Mouchel to snap the French chef in action. Action, that is, before the day’s service had started, so we would not get in the way of frantic perfection. It was a hot, windy day, but for the shots outside (with the city as his background), Mouchel was the perfect subject, smiling for the camera, toque (chef’s hat) on his head, sun in his eyes. His first book, a collection of life stories and recipes from his life with food, is beginning to take early shape, and is on track for release late next year.

New AFL season, new photos website

Footy's back, at last! Just in time for tonight's game, marking the start of 2010's NAB Cup, The Slattery Media Group relaunches photography website, AFLphotos.com.au. With a new design, improved format for viewing images of AFL games, players, personalities and events, and over 130,000 images in our archives, the new site allows fans the choice to view images in a gallery or sorted by clubs, the latest events and most popular.

Check it out at aflphotos.com.au. We'd love to hear what you think; let us know by emailing askus@slatterymedia.com.

Geelong Cats, True Champions

Today The Slattery Media Group published Geelong Cats, True Champions, a 100-page souvenir publication celebrating Geelong’s 2009 premiership win. The book captures all the moments from an epic Grand Final that was as hard fought as any in recent memory.

Geelong Cats, True Champions features action and celebration photos of every Geelong player on Grand Final Day, a quarter-by-quarter analysis of the big game, a detailed match review and report; match day statistics, and all the greatest moments from the 2009 season. Plus, a round-by-round season review, and revealing essays, including:

• Winning two premierships in three years: what it took for the Geelong Cats to rebuild from last year’s loss to claim its eighth Premiership.
• Norm Smith medallist Paul Chapman and his influence on the 2009 Grand Final.
• How coach Mark Thompson has crafted two premiership wins from what history will remember as one of the greatest teams of all.

This tribute publication will provide a lasting memory of the Geelong Cats’ victorious win – it is a must-have souvenir for all Geelong fans.

It is also a remarkable publishing feat – to produce a 100-page book, featuring 80 pages of stories and photos from the big game and have it on sale in Geelong by midday the day after the Grand Final. The Slattery Media Group CEO Geoff Slattery said: “I remember producing a similar publication when Collingwood won the 1990 premiership. We had that on sale by the following Sunday – eight days after the Grand Final – and we thought that was a remarkable achievement. There are few publishing companies in the country who would not only attempt such a project, but do it with such detail and excellence. More than 30 people worked on the book. It is a credit to their work ethic and commitment.”

Geelong Cats, True Champions will be available at the Supporters’ Day at Kardinia Park, the Herald Sun Shop and online at slatterymedia.com/books from 12pm on Sunday 27th September. It will be on sale in newsagents, bookstores, The Cats Shop and AFL Stores from Monday September 28th. RRP $15