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 a commercial photographer, novelist, wine critic and freelance 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, editorial and architectural photography.

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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