This is part of a promotion for photographer Jimmy Malecki.
Photographer Jimmy Malecki is the kind of photographer who can shoot a dramatic landscape pic or an intimate portrait of coastal emus playing in the long grass.
He sees the world differently and is able to capture moments that others would miss.
He’s not afraid to get close to get that shot of a wallaby or spot a barking owl or go high with his drone to film a bushfire on the horizon.
Jimmy tackles his photographic projects with vigour and precision.
No need to hire a crew for a shoot, Jimmy can do the filming, the sound and set up to three cameras to capture different angles.
Then he spends hours editing the footage for a short film or commercial or your event is something you will want to watch, share and use to promote your business or cause.
Jimmy has done a lot of environment work for Landcare and other organisations including filming the endangered coastal emu and he did a detailed photographic examination of the waterways for Southern Cross University and Rous.
When Jimmy was seven, he’d help his father in the darkroom. His father was a photographer in the army.
“I helped my dad agitate the trays in the darkroom,” he said.
This was in Seattle and when he was 10 he got a Brownie camera.
His first career was teaching scuba in Seattle, the Cayman Islands and South Florida. Then he became an ambulance driver and when someone told him he should be a photographer as they liked his work, he decided to do just that.
His photography business started to build when he got a freelance job for Microsoft and was made a preferred vendor.
This opened doors to the film industry and by the time he came to Australia, it was photography that became his full time career.
“My first job in Australia was at the Brisbane Film Festival,” Jimmy said.
He’s shot commercials, music videos and filmed the stars including Stephen King, Sarah Snook and Olivia Newton-John.
He can adapt to photograph corporate events, personal events, portraits and the landscape.
Jimmy’s strongest differentiator is the combination of high-end production experience (Microsoft, MTV, major film sets) with genuine environmental advocacy—something few regional competitors can match.
He is talented, observant and has the technical know-how.
“I’ve spent years on TV sets,” he said.
“I learned how to light and compose a scene from some amazing photographers and filmmakers.”
These skills were crucial when he filmed and edited Tinnie Heroes – a 20-minute documentary about the 2022 floods.
He worked on the film for a year while personally going through flood recovery at his home.
Tinnie Heroes went on to win the Audience Prize at the Bangalow Flickerfest in 2023.
No job is too big or small for Jimmy. If you have a photographic project talk to Jimmy about what is involved and how much it will cost.
“I’ve been editing for 15 years,” Jimmy said.
“I have high production value with low cost.”
Find out more and contact Jimmy through his website here.