Angel Lamesa

Written By Campbell Mattinson

The job was to take portrait images of Angel Lamesa in Melbourne. It was a brief session with a low strike-rate, for various reasons, but the above image is good and the below image is a personal favourite. The light through the frosted window, the wistful pose, the plain elegance of it. I like the light. The vibe. The calm. I was using the 85mm Sigma f1.4 DG DN lens on a Sony full-frame body, but I stood a ways back to get a wider impression. It worked here but I wished that I bought a 35mm.

Caption: Portraits (above and below) of Melbourne actor Angel Lamesa, taken by Melbourne portrait photographer Campbell Mattinson.

This is a portrait of Angel Lamesa. This image is copyright Campbell Mattinson.

This is an example of the Angel Lamesa print. This image is copyright Campbell Mattinson.

Image of Angel Lamesa (above and below) displayed solo and as a wall print.

Angel Lamesa by photographer Campbell Mattinson.

Angel Lamesa by photographer Campbell Mattinson.

Campbell Mattinson

This post was written by Campbell Mattinson. Mattinson is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of The Winefront business. He is the author of five books on wine – four of which were bestsellers (The Wine Hunter, the Big Red Wine Book 2008, the Big Red Wine Book 2009, and the Big Red Wine Book 2010).

Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. 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 national Best Australian Sports Writing Award. In 2026 three of his photographs were short-listed for the World Food Photography Awards.

Campbell Mattinson, who is 100% independent, has tasted between 5000 and 10,000 wines each and every year for the past 25 years. He tastes blind, in comparative brackets, as often as is practicable.

Campbell Mattinson is a journalist, a photographer, a filmmaker and a wine critic. In all of these mediums his prime motive is to tell people's stories.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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