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About

Sarah is a Sydney-based photographer, filmmaker and highly qualified educator who has a passion for travel and adventure and a strong curiosity about the world and different cultures. 

Working as a creative content producer, she has over twenty years of experience with still and moving image creation and production and is also a licensed drone operator (RePL). She enjoys collaborating with other creatives, being challenged with new projects and pushing herself to learn new skills in order to further develop her own creative practice.

Sarah provides unique and tailored services to companies and individuals seeking fresh and engaging visual content to promote their products and services. She likes to work one-on-one with her clients, ensuring that the production process is personalised, collaborative, and engaging, with the goal of achieving an authentic finished product.

From 2018 to 2020, Sarah produced a series of 12 short films for Australian Convict Sites World Heritage Property, combining her passion for storytelling, filmmaking and history.

Sarah has also had an active role in curating, exhibiting and producing shows for key industry and cultural events such Parramatta Laneways Festival and Head On Photo Festival.

INDUSTRY 

2025 (Current): Cinematic Film Production – Muse Storytelling, Online

2024 (Aug): AI Masterclass for Filmmakers – Muse Storytelling, Online

2021- 22: Color Grading Academy For Adobe Premiere – Color Grading Central, Online

2021 (May): Remote Pilot License (RePL) – DroneIt, Online + Practical, Sydney

2019 (Feb): Cert IV in Training & Assessing Upgrade – TAEASS502 & TAELLN411 , Sydney

2018 (March): Participant – Melbourne Art Book Fair, Melbourne

2017 (Oct): Participant – Videomaking 101 Workshop at AFTRS, Sydney

2017 (Aug): Exhibitor – Self Made: Zine and Artist Books at State Library Victoria, Melbourne

2017 (May): Participant – Find Your Vision Video Workshop with Michaela Skovranova, Sydney

2017 (May): Curator/ Exhibitor – Unseen Exhibition at Head On Photo Festival, Sydney

2017 (March): Participant – Melbourne Art Book Fair, Melbourne

2016 (Oct): Curator – Parramatta Seen Exhibition at Parramatta Laneways Festival, Parramatta

2016 (June): Participant – MCA Zine Fair, Sydney

2015 (Sept): Participant – Volume Art Book Fair, Sydney

2015 (July): Attendee – Storytelling with Heart Seminar with Stillmotion, Sydney