SUE BRYCE Portrait Couture CAMUS WYATT Unobtrusive LEON - f11

Ahead of her visit, we asked Sue to let us into
a few secrets...
f11: Energy, attitude, enthusiasm – where
does it come from and how do you sustain
it?
SB: I have an unquenchable thirst for
knowledge, I am captivated by metaphysics
and quantum mechanics, that thoughts
have power, that you can change anything,
or create anything, if your heart is willing. I
love to experience this, to challenge this, to
become more, to evolve and grow and change.
My parents have this wide-eyed passion for
life, and for each other, which is so rare. They
haven’t been lessened by life’s betrayals but
enriched by them. They are the best role
models. I remind myself daily that everything
in my life is only my perspective and that I can
change that. So it’s my choice to live with vigor
and courage. If this was easy, I wouldn’t have
to remind myself every day.
After doing many business consultations I
realised that people’s businesses run in direct
proportion to ‘where they are at’ in their
personal life. If you want a better business,
change something in your life.
f11: What’s your approach to lighting –
simplify and conquer, or technical tour de
force?
SB: One window, one polystyrene reflector.
Can’t sync a flash, never have, never will.
f11: Where do you turn for influences, do you
seek these out or do they find you?
SB: Movies! I need to go to the movies weekly.
They are so incredibly stimulating visually and
emotionally. I’ll watch anything from art-house
to Transformers. Modern CGI blows my mind.
Film making as a medium is magnificent.
Mikhala 1/100 sec – f/1.6 ISO 320. © Sue Bryce.
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