Hi, I'm Tay, the brains (or lack there of) behind Tay Bassi Creative

I originally studied Visual Arts (Photography Specialisation) at UniSA and Commercial Photography at RMIT. I wanted to be a ✨ fashion photographer ✨
After I graduated, I landed what I thought was a dream job at Pacific Magazines in Sydney. I learnt a lot; fast – and even though I loved having my own studio and working independantly, I quickly became disheartened here too. I felt like I didn’t fit in; there was a vast range of different personalities and questionable ethics around me, and the fast turn around made me feel like work I was proud of went unappreciated. The final straw was when one of my images was used on the cover for a defamation article (feel free to ask me about that if we meet in person/on a call, it’s a real doozy)

So I resigned, travelled for 4 months, feeling at a loss for where I was headed. I was then asked to shoot a wedding by a friend and I realised they asked me for my style, because I sure as hell wasn’t a wedding photographer. I loved it, and now I have a thriving business where I can inject art in to my work, capture things by the moment rather than a shot list, and just generally be around amazing people on their big day. What more could I ask for?

About 8 months after launching in to photography full time, I met Pete. I started to really understand what all these couples felt (gross) which only amplified my desire to shoot more of this crazy little thing called love.

In 2020 I revived a past love for games and cosplay, which led to re-discovering my love for creative portraiture. Since then, I have had the pleasure of working with some incredibly skilled and creative people and continue to do so more often than I could have ever dreamed of!

And that brings us to now – your future photographer just waiting to hear from you 😎

Photo by The Distinctive Creative