Nyk Sykes' photostream

I am a Fashion and Event photographer based in Sydney Australia.

I have won international recognition for my work:
* Silver, Fashion, London Photographic Association Awards 2009
* Bronze, Beauty, Paris Photography Prize (3XP) 2010
* Semi-finalist, Hasselblad Masters Award 2008

In Australia my photography has been published by Cream, Cosmopolitan, the Sunday Telegraph and the Sydney Morning Herald.

I have been an accredited photographer at 12 Fashion Weeks in Sydney, Melbourne and Bali.

I have clients in the USA, Hong Kong and New Zealand as well as Australia.

My equipment:
Nikon D300
Tamron 17-50mm f2.8
Nikon 35mm f2.0
Nikon 50mm f1.8
Sigma 50-150mm f2.8
Nikon Speedlight SB800 and SB600


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Artistically, I am also a poet and so have expressed my view of photography in the following poem:

VAST VISION
By Nyk Sykes

The trick with photography, Is to find the stillness of the soul
This is our discipline 1/125th of a second, 1/60th of a second, 1/30th.
Growing from Amateur, to Professional, to Master
The low slow light so they will see clearly.

To the curves of the catwalk, through the glamour of the game.
In the blinding noise of battle, we must be still
As we waltz through the wedding, scrum the red carpet, run with the riot.
We must move, and be still.

We hold in our hands, the site of our seeing.
We hold in our sight, the heart of our vision.

As the light fades, the stillness grows.
So still the soul takes us, out of sharp sight, into vast vision.