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Facebook: www.facebook.com/
MySpace: www.myspace.com/bbbbenrichards
Flash Gallery: www.yesterdayslife.com/photofront/BigBADBenny
PMA Australia 2007 Invite: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6gzY-cfgcg
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyujSekNfsg
ABC News USA Nightline (@51 seconds) www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxSqBeYCuOc
ABC Inside Business : www.abc.net.au/reslib/200611/r116513_368625.asx
CSIRO Nanotech : www.csiro.au/scope/clips/e53c02.htm
@ MacWorld San Francisco '07: www.panoramas.dk/newspanos/2007/macworld-aussiebag.html

Always available for your personal edification and esteem...




Crumpler's crazed trade show professional, actor, photographer, all round gregariously ebullient bag buff - BEWARE!

I'm contactable at ben(at)crumpler.com.au and I'm available for all types of freelance work, including charities.

Fashion and lingerie lovers can see some more pics I made at my wifey's websites:
www.sexiaz.com.au www.troopa.com.au



Crumpler could be described as the world's best advertising agency, who have but one client: ourselves and the awesome bags we produce!



All this is reflected in the Partner's deepest wish: that their company would be a FUN enterprise, first and foremost.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyujSekNfsg
www.smh.com.au/news/style--grooming/crumple-zone/2007/03/...

I'm honoured to represent Crumpler at all of the tradeshows we attend, mainly in the USA at the moment.
In order these are:
MacWorld San Francisco,
Outdoor Retailer Winter Market Salt Lake City,
Photgraphic Marketing Asscociation Show Orlando (Vegas in '07),
Outdoor RetaiIer Summer Market Salt Lake City,
Interbike Las Vegas
These are the tradeshow BIGtime, amongst other events like the Crumpler Beer for Bags Sales and retailers' own in-house tradeshows and also for my wife's businesses.

We put a lot of effort into our tradeshow presentations, and this is reflected by the way we stand out from the crowd at these shows and in recognition from the tradeshow industry. Click and scroll down to the EXHIBIT DESIGN Urban Scrawl link for the Exhibitor Magazine article on the "Chalkboard Jungle" Booth, for which Crumpler and the design and construction team won an award:

www.exhibitoronline.com/exhibitormagazine/article.asp?ID=997
www.exhibitoronline.com/exhibitormagazine/mag_months/Augu...

In the article you can also find the contact details for the architect and construction teams involved in this project.

I'm in some of Crumpler's "corporate" videos too. I collaborate, creating characters and performances in many adventures, with Will Miller, auteur extreme! :
Crumpler's Beer for Bags New York City
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxJ8TkInKbg
Crumpler's Beer for Bags Party New York City
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxLzFACZwUE
Crumpler Beer for Bags New York City Trailer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueHviaQmuJE
Crumpler's Bag Rider
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQagDExlaX8
Crumpler's How Big is the Universe?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7YzaLmrlwE
Crumpler at Macworld
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8pU5qd8ZUU
Crumpler Chalk Board concept wins best booth
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok3qevHT2wo

or see all of Will Miller's Crumpler videos here:
www.youtube.com/profile?user=willmillercrumpler

I'm an aspiring actor, behind or in front of the camera, I'm not fazed. Myself and sometimes my kids have appeared in three TVC's, to date, both shot on dreamy film: Arriflex + ultrafast Zeiss prime lens kit - that's primetime, baby!

I've been photographing consciously and continuously since high school - I got really into it when I was 13 or thereabouts, and I've been getting deeper and deeper since. I love it, it's very karmic, a photographer is channelling many tumuluous forces when making pictures.

Between studying fine art/photography at Victoria College in Prahran in the late 80's and working as a bike messenger in London and Melbourne throughout the 90's I have been exploring making photos.

Since getting right back into photography around the turn of the century and going the versatile 35mm slr + lenses way (as opposed to the discipline imposed by my beloved old Rollei TLR) I have worked for newspapers, magazines, film & tv stills and in events and reportage. Getting my first serious D-SLR last year was a relevation! And what a learning curve...

I'm now photographing product and events for Crumpler and keeping my eye in shooting whatever moves or moves me!

So far I have visted these States in the good 'ol US of A:

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These pics were made with my comprehensive mainly Nikon kit, always upgraded!!!
Hoodman 4GB RAW CF Card (simply the best!)
Hoodman 4 & 2GB Professional Performance Only CF Cards,
Nikon D2X, F100/MB15, F4,
Voigtlaender Bessa L,
Nikon 10.5mm AFDX,
Voigtlaender 12mm f5.6 Heliar,
Nikon 14mm f2.8D
Sigma 15mm f2.8,
Nikon 17-35mm f2.8 AFS (formerly 20-35mm f2.8 AFD),
Lensbaby 3 (formerly Lensbaby 1), Lensbaby Creative Apeture Kit!
Nikon 55mm f1.2,
Nikon 70-200mm AFS VR (formerly 80-200mm f2.8 AFS),
Nikon 400mm 2.8 AF-I,
Nikon TC14EII, TC20EII (formerly TC14E, TC20E),
Nikon SU-800, SB-800 x 2, SB-600 x 3, SB-26, SB-24, SB-22
Manfrotto 190, 679B & amp; 243 camera supports,
Manfrotto 303SPH
Kaidan Kiwi Pano Mount & Quicktilt Leveler 1

Yes I like using the best equipment but they're just tools - a means to an end, as such:
"If you can't do it with that, you probably can't do it! :-)"
And also: "Too much is never enough!" :-)

Wish list:
~Leica M8
~Lenscoats in sand camo for ALL my lenses and tripods:-)
~A complete camera support kit inc. 2 tripods, monopod, gimbal, spherical pano mount and QR plates.
~8 core Mac Pro. 2 TB, 16GB ram! :-)

And I have visited these parts of the World and I'm hangin' to see the rest!

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