KELLYVILLE - THE PONDS - MCGRATHS HILL - QUAKERS HILL - BLACKTOWN - ROPES CROSSING - PENRITH - BAULKHAM HILLS - CASTLE HILL - WINDSOR - RICHMOND - ST CLAIR - SEVEN HILLS - SCHOFIELDS -
ROUSE HILL - BELLA VISTA - GLENMORE PARK - MERRYLANDS - ST MARYS - KENHURST - BOX HILL and more
HEATHER
WAYNE
Real Estate Photographers
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About Digital 1
Now Operating From 4 locations:
Acacia Gardens - Kellyville( head office) - St Clair - Soon to Be Wilberforce
Your Property Marketing Team
Wayne Robertson
wayne@digital1.com.au | Phone: 0405 266 366
With camera in hand and a true passion for everything he is involved with, Wayne Robertson loves his work more than most. Spanning over 15 years behind the camera makes him highly experienced and is always trying to re-invent his ideas regarding photographs. He believes that 'composition is king' and places this mantra first and foremost in his mind when taking aim.
Heather Robertson
heather@digital1.com.au | Phone: 0434 379 165
Any great company requires direction and organization. Without Heather at the helm Digital 1 couldn't get much done. Her virtual furniture and floor planning skills are vital to the output of our business. If you've ever called digital 1 for any assistance you've no doubt spoken to Heather for booking in your property photography and marketing.
Damian Shorten
A Solid asset to the Digital 1 team is Damian Shorten. With 1000's of homes now photographed and even more floor plans drawn up, it's no wonder we have him on board. Finding marketable angles and shooting clean images has become his Passion. His genuineness with your clients is fantastic, making them feel relaxed and at ease during the sale process of their home. Keep an eye out for him.
Erin Meally
Meet Erin the newest addition to the photography team at Digital 1. Erinis an experienced photographer with a passion for adventure and the great outdoors. In her free time, she can often be found camping and exploring the wilderness, always with her camera in tow. One of her favorite subjects to photograph are the wild horses of the Australian outback, known as brumbies. We are excited to have Erin on board and can't wait to see the beautiful and unique images she will capture for our clients.
Cameron Cassidy
There are no rules for good filmmakers, only good filmmakers. Cameron Cassidy offers the cinematic flair that every great project deserves. With a keen eye for effortless camera movement and refined well-paced editing, his goal is to always set your product apart from the rest of the pack.
Martin Tran
There are no rules for good filmmakers, only good filmmakers. Cameron Cassidy offers the cinematic flair that every great project deserves. With a keen eye for effortless camera movement and refined well-paced editing, his goal is to always set your product apart from the rest of the pack.
Daniel Chippindall
With photography skills and Photoshop knowledge behind him, Daniel is a key player in Digital 1 success. Years behind the camera have provided him with a firm understanding of what is required to create a great marketable image. If you have ever had something removed from a photograph, chances are he's had something to do with it..
The Digital 1 Group
Wayne Robertson
From Hobby to Profession.
Back in 2000 Heather and I were embarking on creating a website building company with grand ideas on getting everyone's business online. The only problem was that neither of us had a clue how to do that. So we started simply. We knew that as part of building someone's website they needed to show the workshop, product or office space etc on the pages. This required some photos but again we had no camera or any idea what to do with one. We invested a whopping $3500 for a 3.2-megapixel Kodak camera. (point and click) That camera became the beginnings of some life-changing events in both our lives.
Working around with some web pages I had realised a massive problem. Creating graphics and logos for the pages was not something I could fix by throwing money at. I had to learn an editing program. The local computer shop had a woman working there who built websites for clients and she said she was happy for me to learn from her. I thought to myself " If she can do this, why cant I". So every day during my lunch break I would sit with her and watch what I felt then was a wizard at work. Creating logos from scratch, distorting images and making cool graphics. She would type and I would sit, eat my lunch and watch. Then every evening try to remember what I'd seen that day and repeat it on my own computer. Watching Photoshop tutorials became an obsession, to say the least.
After a year or so our little web building business was staggering along with no real prospects but my late nights in front of my monitor were as strong as ever. Photoshop and image editing were now at a better level and my confidence was growing. A trip to Thailand prompted me to buy a better camera and having an interesting subject to photograph I was motivated. I started collecting Camera magazines and would read them cover to cover many times over. Sending in images to the publishers i won several awards for my photographs and started to see some recognition. I continued this process for 3 years and to this day still hold dear my collection of over 100 DVDs and dozens and dozens of books, novels and magazines. What happened next was career changing...
A phone call from a friend's friend stating that he would like me to photograph his wedding day. My mind went blank. There was no way of photographing a wedding, with so many people and so many things happening. It just wasn't something I could successfully cover. Only professionals did that sort of thing...
Then I thought to myself, " If they can do this, why cant I". That night was a particularly late one, with image searching and equipment pricing... I didn't even own a flash. Just a reasonable point and click camera.
The very next week we went out and spent $6500 on camera equipment to photograph a wedding. The groom asked me 'how much will it cost' and I said 'I will do you a fair price seeing that it was my first wedding' ( out of fear that I did not know what I was doing )
Just to show how early in the digital age we were at, we shot the wedding on 512MB cards. I turned up at the bride's house at 7 am and I and Heather shot all day till 11 pm. We had charged $200 for our efforts. something we hadn't planned for was the editing of all the photographs for the weeks that followed. $200 doesn't sound like much but if you can photograph 1 wedding you should be able to photograph another and then another.
In 2004 we photographed 1 wedding, in 2005 we chased up another 6. By 2006 we had successfully covered 31 weddings in a calendar year and when 2007 rolled in we were at 40 per year. Most of these weddings were referred to us through the many couples we had serviced. Holding down a day job and shooting weddings on the weekends and editing during the nights was exhausting work but to think we could have 'one work day' per week and the rest of the time at homemade us hungrier and gave us the energy we needed.
In August of 2007, Heather and I both retired from our daytime employment and became small business owners and operators of the 'weddings by Wayne' label. 2008 saw us become involved on a weekly basis with over 50 weddings per year. It was then I had another friend call me to ask me a question. " hey I'm selling my house'. can you take some photos for me?'. 5000 houses later I am still loving finding the best angles for homeowners and contracted agents. Everything from run-down renovators to very high-end Multi-million dollar luxury homes.
The last few years have seen us take fewer weddings onboard and concentrate more toward the commercial area of our photography. However many families are still contacting us for family shoots and events etc.
The Digital 1 Group
Damian Shorten
From Salesman to a Showman
Coming soon!
The Digital 1 Group
Daniel Chippindall
From a Kid to a King.
Coming Soon!
The Digital 1 Group
Cameron Cassidy
If you don't ask, you don't get.
In May of 2018 Digital 1 was commissioned to photograph and draw up floorplans for a well known local realtor. Upon the arrival of the property, the real estate agent did inform me that there was a young kid about to ask me if he could follow me a watch what I was doing with regards to the photography. I didn't think much of it at the time and so went about my business. The young man was the owner's son which made it difficult to say no.
The property was a large rural block with a beautiful home sitting on it. Stunning pool and gardens surrounded it. As I worked away photographing areas that I knew would help sell the property I would show Cameron (Digital 1's now videographer) each photo and how they worked compositionally.
He was sharp on the uptake and absorbed every detail of what I showed.
The time that was spent at this lovely home was around 2.5 hours and the twilight photos at the end of the shoot required lights on throughout the house. Cameron busily rushed from room to room making sure the house lit up well so that his families home might bring a good price and attract all possible buyers.
This young man knew instantly how a great image can be the difference between plenty of interest in a product or none at all. I remember chatting about the Macdonalds hamburger and how a $4 product probably had hours spent on the photoshoot and thousands of dollars of time to get it just right. He understood completely.
His last 2 years were spent attending film school and learning the art of videography and that impressed me to some degree. How many kids attend 2 years of anything these days to learn something they are passionate about?
After leaving the property and meeting Cameron's family, I didn't think much beyond that. Until one day I came upon a challenge to have a slideshow created in a program I knew nothing about. Young Cameron came to mind. He knew this program from his learning years and so I sourced his details and called him. Cameron jumped onto the job instantly and returned it perfectly. It was obvious to me I had found a valuable source of knowledge in him.
2 years on and the experience across both commercial and real estate productions, Cameron continues to innovate and challenge the possibilities of high-end videography. All of Digital 1's clients love what he creates visually and we here at Digital 1 appreciate his reinvention ideas on all things video. When you challenge yourself you'll always stay ahead of the crowd.
If Cameron had never asked to follow a photographer around while he worked, Digital 1 would be without a very creative element within our business today. Thank you Cameron, for being without fear and tackling everything we throw at you.