Exposure: Oli Sansom

Driving a friend to work, this is a snap of him pointing at something while under the bridge at Hoddle Street and Swan Street in Melbourne.

He's an interesting dude with a curiously odd sock collection — that's part of another set I'm working on. Like most of my favourite shots, and certainly those from this series, this was candid and wasn't part of the morning's plan.

Exposure: 1/1000, f/1.4, ISO 160, 35mm

This one is cropped from a much larger image. I try to compose in-camera always, but I liked how this worked out; as far as Anastacia taking the frame, with James gazing from the corner.

Exposure: 1/320, f/1.4, ISO 500, 35mm

I shot the talented Cheryl Lin (or, to her legion of blog fans, BusiChic) at a great warehouse space in Richmond.

Exposure: 1/5000, f/1.6, ISO 400, 35mm

This is Jill. Carrying a chair. Jill was the first of my friends stuck with a 7am shoot. It was my first attempt at a "low key" shoot and, in the two months since starting to think about light more critically, I've learned more than the last two years.

Exposure: 1/320, f/1.2, ISO 100, 50mm

Remember that chair? Here it is again, being lowered. I kind of like pairing images of simple "before and after" moments. Simple human moments — and sinks — are two of my favourite things to shoot. Stuff gets really awesome when someone is buttering toast in front of a sink. I'm glad I get excited by the small stuff.

Exposure: 1/320, f/1.2, ISO 100, 50mm

A little earlier on, in the same couples set with Anastacia and James. People doing ordinary routine things in beautiful light — just how I like it.

Exposure: 1/400, f/1.4, ISO 400, 35mm

At Jill's shoot, I wanted to get a little more creative with vantage points.

Exposure: 1/320, f/1.2, ISO 100, 50mm

This was at a wedding reception. I love the loop of the parents looking at their boy pining after the perfectly-posed girl at the front. I got pretty lucky with this catch, and had to move like a maniac to get it.

Exposure: 1/800, f/1.4, ISO 100, 35mm

I wanted to get a sequence of more intimate shots, these guys handled the camera up close, pretty well.

Exposure: 1/1000, f/1.4, ISO 160, 35mm

I was going for something a little more old-school and dramatic here. Quote: "Oli, you've made James look like a sex god!" I sense another career angle here.

Exposure: 1/3200, f/1.4, ISO 320, 35mm

This is probably my favourite bride shot yet, and maybe the biggest reason why I'll miss my 70-200 when I get rid of it. Being able to catch moments like this, is one of the biggest reasons I do weddings.

Exposure: 1/500, f/2.8, ISO 125, 200mm

I love the chair colour and texture, then Jill's hand in the corner.

Exposure: 1/125, f/1.4, ISO 125, 35mm

I haven't shown much of it here, but I love shooting the backs of people's heads. Removing the distraction of a face makes you think much more about their own context, and the rest of the frame on its own merit.

Exposure: 1/500, f/1.4, ISO 640, 35mm

Anyone that hasn't been to Underground Cinema, needs to get down there. This old-school taxi was a prop at one of their amazing events. Talking to people and putting up the hand to shoot anything and everything, can get you into a bunch of interesting places.

Exposure: 1/1600, f/1.2, ISO 3200, 50mm

My pal Max was another target for my morning shoot set. This is him trying to wake himself up. A lot of homes around Fitzroy are filled with amazing texture and light.

Exposure: 1/125, f/1.4, ISO 640, 35mm

My mate doing some car park sprints. Some kind of lighting would've been handy here, to drop the ISO.

Exposure: 1/400, f/1.4, ISO 1600, 35mm

Just playing with staggering them, in the same way as the banners.

Exposure: 1/60, f/1.4, ISO 500, 35mm