Nicholas Schwaiger
(Photographer)
(Photographer)
Nicholas Schwaiger is a freelance photographer whose career in photography began in 2013 as a product photographer for the Melbourne-based millinery company, House of Adorn. As a shift in photography genre, he joined EC English Melbourne, an internationally recognised language school, as a student activities photographer. Since then, Nicholas has broadened his scope to include event photography such as weddings and functions, both corporate and informal, as well as portrait photography in the fields of dance, maternity and pets. He also has a strong background in Adobe Suite digital editing with previous experience in graphic design and the creation of digital art.
Nicholas enjoys travelling and has captured his experiences from countries such as Iceland and Japan in the form of landscape and urban street photography. You can find some of his favourite edits available as prints in the 'Art Prints' section of our gallery.
A strict perfectionist with an emphasis on 'art', it is his aim to capture feelings, emotions and atmosphere and share his perception of your world in his own unique editing style.
Yuki Ide
(Dance Photography Choreographer)
(Dance Photography Choreographer)
Yuki Ide began ballet at the age of 8. She trained at Sumino Ballet under Chikahisa Natsuyama, a former principal dancer of the Tokyo Ballet Company. In 2008 she studied the Russian method at the Vaganova Ballet Academy intensive in Japan. Yuki has participated in ballet competitions in Japan and received various prizes for her results and achievements. In 2017 she joined the winter intensive at Melbourne City Ballet. She trained at the Australian Conservatoire of Ballet, again under the Russian method, and achieved an Advanced Diploma of Dance as well as attained Senior level status in Ballet Conservatoire under Christine Walsh in 2019.
Currently, Yuki is dancing with The Victorian State Ballet. With a keen eye for form and technique, she also assists us with our dance clients, choreographing poses and advising corrections whilst on shoot.
Yuki and some of our photos can be found on Instagram at: DanceWithYuki