Avene, also known as Glenn from Sydney Austrlia is a music video director, cinematographer, sound designer, digital illustrator, photographer and music composer or producer recording mostly instrumental hip hop based tracks. Sometimes with more of an electronic or experimental edge, but never boring. Started recording at age 13 mixing sounds from a portable tape player with music played from an old record player through a cheap Tandy mixer whilst applying pause button edits to the end result. Moved on to proper turntables, drum machines, samplers, synths and sequencing after leaving school at age 16. Recognised as one of the earliest artists to have released instrumental hip hop tracks in Australia. Has also worked with numerous hip hop acts and other artists from around Sydney and overseas, either as engineer or in some cases producer. Solely handles all facets of music production including sound design, composing, recording, mixing, mastering, and of course music videos. Also moving slowly into the realm of movie making in the hope of one day completing a feature length film on a close to zero budget. Queenscliff Bridge fixed using Picnik - From Yesterday?s Walk This is a photo I took yesterday on my walk to Manly around Queenscliff Lagoon. I’d originally tweaked the photo using Picasa, but then checked the properties of a Flickr contact’s photo that I liked which it appeared had been edited using something called Picnik. So I did a search and found the site. Picnik [...] Publ.Date : Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:37:32 +0000 Blue - Up on the balcony by Avene Here’s a photo I took last night that I think came out quite nice. This was just a zoom shot of the balcony at a hotel in Manly. Some yobbo joint, haha. I’m really impressed with the quality of the photos I’ve been taking using this little Ricoh Caplio R7 camera. I’d definitely recommend [...] Publ.Date : Thu, 05 Feb 2009 07:03:24 +0000 Manly at night. Feb 03, 2009 This is a photo I took last night at Manly to test the night shooting capabilities of my new Ricoh Caplio R7 camera that Lydia bought for my birthday. It’s actually quite decent. This is one of my favourites out of those photos I took. Publ.Date : Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:58:11 +0000 A quick January Avene update I’ve just started posting all my old videos on YouTube. Thankfully you can upload about 10 at a time, so I don’t have to wait for each to load before loading the next. To have a look, here’s the link - My Avene YouTube channel. The good thing is, they finally support HD videos. Plus, their [...] Publ.Date : Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:56:02 +0000 Fairy light shrubs 2 Another Christmas photo from the other night. Lydia took this one and it turned out quite nice. I’ll try and grab some more tonight. Publ.Date : Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:23:14 +0000 Our House & Christmas Lights 1 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! I bought more Christmas lights today. Well, 4 sets, all really cheap too. First time I’ve had lights on the little shrubs at the front. It looks a lot better in real life of course. Publ.Date : Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:19:43 +0000 Vegan Sausage Rolls by Lydia from 2006 I remember eating these and they were really nice. I think we’ve only ever had them once since. The sausage part was made from these frozen vegie burger things you can buy at Woolies. Publ.Date : Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:37:53 +0000 Avene Website Updated Just a quick post about updates I’ve made to this site. These include updated details and a photo of my wife Lydia and myself on the ‘About Me’ page. I’ve also added a ‘Services’ page there too. Nothing exciting, just a jpeg ad kind of thing. I’ll fix that up when I get a chance [...] Publ.Date : Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:22:27 +0000 Canberra Sunset in June 2008 from ?Losing The Sun? Video Canberra on my wifes Birthday, June 14, 2008. A still from my losing The Sun Video. As always, shot on the HV20 with SGPro 35mm adapter. Publ.Date : Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:47:41 +0000 A Fly On a Flower Taken at Bells Beach Victoria in October 2007 Publ.Date : Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:08:34 +0000 A Bit Dusty Taken during the drive back from Melbourne in October 2007. Publ.Date : Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:04:53 +0000 Darling Harbour December 2007 This was taken on my old Ricoh GRD that died on Christmas Eve not long after. Publ.Date : Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:01:26 +0000 Avene - Harbour Bridge Walkway Another Harbour Bridge photo from Friday night. Publ.Date : Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:44:33 +0000