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I thought I would take this opportunity to tell you a little bit more about me…

Who is Rob Williams, Director of Vidcom Digital Media?

Rob first became interested in photography as a child. He clearly remembers sitting in the stand at the old Gabba in Brisbane, looking through his dad’s vintage binoculars in wonder at how much detail he could see. To Rob it looked just like the photos in the cricket books given to him some years earlier As he continued to look through the lenses he would pretend to shoot images of what was happening on the pitch. Alas, a love of photography was born.

It took Rob a few more years to get his hands on the type of gear that would allow him to fulfil his dream, but when he did there was no stopping him. He started shooting sports photographs for the weekly Satellite newspaper on weekends while working a day job for Australia Post. This quickly turned into an all-round affair of sport and people images, and a passion for more than just photographs, he loved telling stories.

Rob quickly built an impressive folio of images which caught the eye of the team at daily Ipswich newspaper, The Queensland Times, and in March 2007, he joined the team as a cadet photographer.

13 years at the newspaper fueled Rob’s love of his town, and the people in it. Along the way, his Facebook page, The Ipswich Photographer was born, and along with it, his own photography business www.theipswichphotographer.com. In 2013 he launched his first exhibition, Faces of Ipswich, a series of portraits of famous Ipswich identities including Ash Barty and Allan Langer.

Rob loved learning on the job. And the changing face of news media, and how it was delivered and consumed meant more reliance on video, and a new range of skills to learn, to hone and get better at. Something he is still doing to this day.

2020 was tough for many people. Rob and hundreds of other people across the country were shown the door, with newspapers closing their doors for the last time. The end of Rob’s newspaper career coincided with the end of an era for a newspaper that printed its first edition in 1859.

Rob’s time away from photography and videography in 2020 taught him a valuable lesson about his passion and the fact that he was lost when he wasn’t telling stories with his camera. If Rob is looking through a camera and telling the stories of passionate business owners and entrepreneurs he is at peace, and he is closer to his career quintessence.

Below is a small part of a video series I did in PNG in 2023 with QUT, where I travelled to the most rural school in the country to see how education impacts the lives of students and teachers alike. It was a great moment for a person who is still the young kid at the Gabba pretending to shoot images of the players on the field.

Thanks again for taking the step to get in touch. I will get back to you soon. I look forward to creating something special with you in the very near future.

Regards,

Rob Williams - Vidcom Digital Media