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, former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of the highly respected The Winefront site.

Mattinson has been an independent wine critic and photo-journalist since 1987. 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; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the prized Best Australian Sports Writing Award.

Mattinson, who is 100% independent, puts a score out of 100 on every wine that he reviews. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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