I’m a Melbourne-based photographer turned programmer, and hobbyist data analyst. I’m looking to start the next stage of my career and life as a developer. If you’d like to learn more about who I am please stick around!
“Jack of all trades, master of none. But oftentimes better than a master of one.”
Small Business Owner
I registered my first business at the age of 19 working for myself as a photographer. I started a business called Prop & Pose Co. in 2015, which became TouchContact during COVID-19.
Photographer & Videographer
For most of my conscious life I’ve had a camera in my hand for fun or for work. I’ve captured events and created video content for businesses and people celebrating the best days of their lives.
Web Developer /SEO
I built the websites for my businesses, and implemented the SEO. I’m a capable Linux User, I’ve setup servers, and even got my photography business to the front page of Google (#3).
Bachelor of Design (Architecture)
Straight out of high school I wanted to become an Architect. I learned a lot of high level design skills and so much more along the journey.
Master of Marketing (Distinction)
I fell in love with marketing during my first degree. I believe marketing is about creating products & services that improve customers’ lives and I love that.
Koala Kids Foundation Volunteer
Koala Kids with children and families going through cancer treatment. They are a small but mighty organisation I’ve worked with since 2016.
Some of the projects I’m working on!
I love learning how things work and I especially love building stuff to solve everyday problems I have. I particularly like looking at data to learn more about myself.
PictureFS
I have a lifetime of photographs and before PictureFS I didn’t have a good way of organising them all. But through sheer determination, exiftool and a bit of Perl I managed to put together a solution!
Perl & ExifTool
Photo Organisation
Shell Scripting
fitport
I used to own a Fitbit but since then I bought an Apple Watch. All my health data lives in the Apple ecosystem and I wanted to figure out a way of migrating all that fitness data from the good old days.
Data Transformation
Health & Fitness
IoT Data Analysis
imessage-db/things-db
Everything is a database! So many services I interact with on a daily basis are just UIs on top of an SQLite database. In these projects I wrote some simple queries to gain insights into my own behaviour.
Data Visualisations
SQLite Databases
Analysis
TESTIMONIALS
My clients have said very nice things about me.
Dan is nothing short of amazing. His skills as a photographer are incredible. We had Dan do our wedding photography in a place where the lighting was absolutely horrible; dark interior and very bright exterior. I was worried that the photographs would feel cold but they perfectly capture the warmth of my ceremony and were of a quality that greatly exceeded expectations. Dan is a highly skilled and very professional photographer, whom I highly recommend.
Siu Lee
Prop & Pose Client
We hired Prop & Pose very last minute and are so glad we did. Dan went above and beyond just taking photos – he made sure we had champagne for toasts, moved the cake and table for photos, and made everyone feel super comfortable with the camera being around all night. The photos looked lovely and we're excited to see the finished product.
Lauren Draper
Prop & Pose Client
Daniel's creative thinking, expertise, positive can-do attitude and drive to make sure his new company Prop and Pose excels made him a pleasure to work with. Daniel is enthusiastic, personable and a brilliant networker. His strengths in staying across issues, pro-actively offering solutions and ideas and being adept at all aspects of communications make him a valuable contributor to any situation or team.
Campbell Jones
LinkedIn
We were planning a wedding from interstate and contacted Dan to book him in for a casual wedding. We received great communication throughout the planning process and leading up to the day. So accommodating, relaxed, creative, fun and professional. You were so helpful throughout the day and loved the moments you captured for us which we will treasure forever. You captured everything we were after and so much more.
Rachael Evans
Prop & Pose Client
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