Rosey Estachia

11 June

Rosey Estachia is a cinch to photograph and yet somehow I didn’t quite get her. I like the photo above quite a lot but from there I didn’t nail it. This image was taken with the Sony A1 and the Sony 50mm f1.4 at f1.4. The lighting is good, Rosey’s expression is great, the reflection in the window – photographers generally go (a bit too) crazy over reflections and so in general I don’t seek them out, but I like the reflection here, it adds something.

Beautiful environmental portrait of model Rosey Estachia in Melbourne in 2025. Rosey is sitting on a burgundy-coloured couch in pale blue clothing, her red hair and pale skin caught by the golden hour sunlight.

This image of Rosey Estachia would never be a hit on instagram, it would get lost, but it’s a beautiful environmental portrait regardless. This is all artificial lighting with the Harlowe gobo setup. This image and all images here are copyright Campbell Mattinson. This was taken on the Sony A1 with the Sony 24mm f1.4 at f1.4.

Rosey is a classic; I wish I’d taken more images of her.

Moody portrait in high contrast, orange lighting of red headed model Rosey Estachia in 2025. Photograph taken by photographer Campbell Mattinson.

Sometimes I look at this image and think: no, it’s not a keeper. Other times I look and think: it’s got something special. I get an emotion from it. And then I don’t. Rosey isn’t your average portrait subject. This was taken on the Sony A6700 with the 50mm f1.4.

Campbell Mattinson is an honest, trustworthy photographer and journalist. He's based in Williamstown, in Melbourne's western suburbs, and has won multiple awards as a writer, photographer and filmmaker. Campbell specialises in portrait photography and videography: candid, editorial, wedding preparation, intimate, social media, content creation and commercial.

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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.

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