Nic Duncan

Simon Baker as Sando - Breath stills photographer

Environmental family portrait on the farm

Currently travelling throughout regional and remote Western Australia, I'm a professional photographer who loves telling stories through photographs. Whether you’re after family portraits, photos to promote your station stay or small business, or you know of a fabulous character I should photograph for my personal projects, do get in touch and we can chat. Look forward to hearing from you!

"WA is fortunate to have a photographer the likes of Nic Duncan. A salt-of-the-earth photographer so adept at recording real people in their own environment and telling their story." Fremantle International Portrait Prize

Author Sarah Drummond taken for The Guardian UK weekend magazine

Breath the movie behind the scenes - Simon Baker as Sando

Orca or Killer Whale at Bremer Bay Canyon

Pearl farmer and crayfisher outside her shack at the Abrolhos Islands

Station life - outback boy, "bush chook"

Crayfisher at the Abrolhos Islands Western Australia

Fishing shacks, craypots and old jetty at the Abrolhos Islands Western Australia

Studio lighting - fine art nude portrait

Vintage at Moombaki winery in Denmark WA

Denmark wedding photographer. Winter wedding at Paul Nelson Wines in Denmark WA

Shearing time at Warroora Station, outback Australia

“There is something so deeply affirming and validating to have these parts of me captured in your photographs. I can see myself more clearly. I have tangible reminders of who I am. Thank you Nic, for your skill in capturing my essence and for the safe space you created for me to express it.” Kate Gillett, artist

RECENT PORTRAITS

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Lifestyle family portrait session

We’ve been talking about doing a portrait session for ages and this weekend it was our last chance before Sarah takes down the canvas dome that has been home for her family for the last few years, and relocates it to another piece of land. Sarah made the dome herself, and her children made their own bedrooms…the structure, the windows…everything. I can barely get our kids to make their beds! They’re inspiring to say the least. We made sure we got some photos of Nutmeg, their jersey cow, and Banjo the dog was making sure he was in plenty of photos too.

Keith and Donna {lives well lived portraits}

With both time and health on my side (no weddings booked for this year and now almost fully recovered from pneumonia and legionella), I’m enjoying catching up with a few of Denmark’s locals. I spent the morning with Keith and Donna this week at their home, meeting their much-loved dogs Bella and Chloe, and getting to hear some of Keith and Donna’s story.

Portraits of an artist {a collaboration}

“There is something so deeply affirming and validating to have these parts of me captured in your photographs. I can see myself more clearly. I have tangible reminders of who I am. Thank you Nic, for your skill in capturing my essence and for the safe space you provided for me to express it.” Kate Gillett 2019

Maternity session in the studio

I’d done a couple of mini sessions with Kirsti’s children before so it was a lovely opportunity to do a maternity photo shoot in the studio with her as she prepares to welcome Baby 3 into the family. Get in touch if you’d like to do a maternity session either in the studio, at your home or in the great outdoors.

Breath - movie stills

When Breath, the movie based on Tim Winton's book of the same name, was filmed in my home town of Denmark on the amazing south coast of Western Australia, I was fortunate to be involved in the stills photography.

Weekend magazine photo shoot - Guardian (UK)

This week I combined a rigorous exercise workout with a photo shoot as I hiked to the top of Mt Frankland, near Walpole, Western Australia with all my camera gear, to photograph author Sarah Drummond for The Guardian (UK) Weekend magazine.

Nic Duncan is truly amazing...she has a natural gift and has a way of making everyone feel relaxed, to enable her to capture the perfect memories!! Can't recommend Nic highly enough!
Ang & Silas

TRAVEL JOURNAL 2019

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Apr 22, 2019

Wheatbelt mother and son

Apr 22, 2019

Neighbours to Robin and Robert, Margaret Scally lives in Goodlands, on the northern edge of the Wheatbelt in Western Australia with her two sons. It’s not the easiest place to find but we spotted their ‘mailboxes’ next to the road sign bearing their name. Standing at her back door with views across to ‘the hills’, Mt Singleton and Mt Gibson, Margaret told us of her earliest memory - aged around five, being given the last rites by the priest when she had “the black measles”.

Apr 22, 2019

Wheatbelt father and son portraits

Apr 22, 2019

Now 77, Robin’s life has not always been easy but it’s been full of love. Emerging from the school principal’s office after getting “the cuts” for wolf-whistling at her, Robin first saw his “Princess”, Kaye as she walked across the schoolyard. “You know when you’ve seen an angel” he told me. Knowing he’d got a keeper, Robin asked her father if he could marry her six times before he gained approval…

Apr 22, 2019

Apr 21, 2019

Family portraits in the Wheatbelt

Apr 21, 2019

We’ve had a blast the last few days camping on fellow photographer Jo Ashworth’s family farm on the northern edge of the Wheatbelt. Jo really wanted some portraits of the family that truly reflected them day-to-day so between exploring the farm, photographing some wonderful characters in the district, and sharing stories around their kitchen table and our campfire, we squeezed in this photo session.

Apr 21, 2019

Apr 20, 2019

Koorda farmer, Les McNee

Apr 20, 2019

Lesley McNee was our local contact in Koorda. Thanks to Les I got to spend a morning with the CWA ladies, and she also invited us to camp out on her farm, next to the beautiful old homestead…

Apr 20, 2019

Koorda CWA ladies - meeting and lunch

Apr 20, 2019

By chance I was in Koorda on a special day - the local branch of the CWA was celebrating a birthday. Since its inception 88 years ago, it’s had over five hundred members though currently, with a reduced population throughout Wheatbelt, the members number just 14…

Apr 20, 2019

At home with Mick and Judy in Muka

Apr 20, 2019

If ever there’s a man who seizes the day it’s Mick, and his wife Judy seems more than happy to be going along for the ride…

Apr 20, 2019

If we could give six stars - we would! Nic went above and beyond to make sure we got the photos we wanted, and was both professional and fun in all aspects. We would highly recommend her to anyone seeking a skilled photographer.
Kelly & Jason