James Bade

Written By Campbell Mattinson

James Bade Limited Edition print. Copyright Campbell Mattinson.

I spent two hours with James Bade in Melbourne. There was a period during this shoot when all the pics were ordinary-to-bad, and then a great period where everything was gold. This is the creative process. The trick is, when things start going good, to really go with it, and to mine it for all it’s worth. James Bade was great at doing that. It’s of no surprise to me that James Bade, subsequent to this shoot, has attracted an enormous number of Instagram followers and fans; he has a magnetic personality, and a good heart. I shot with James at my studio in Footscray.

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, founder of The Winefront and mattinson, and former chief editor of Halliday.

When you pick up a wine book and see thousands of top-scoring wines, it’s hard to know which wine to choose. Mattinson guides you through this maze, giving you an honest view of the best Australian wines, the best wine stories, the best wine producers, the best value wines and simply, the best tasting wines. Importantly, Mattinson will tell you about the top-rated wines and also about the underrated wines. In short, Mattinson knows Australian wines inside and out.

Mattinson has been a photo-journalist since 1987. For the past 25 years he’s been a voice that you can trust when you’re looking for the best wines. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award, and is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter. He’s not afraid to put a score beside a wine. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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