Stefan White
Stefan hasn’t always been a creative, a skilled photographer and videographer now, his journey into the creative world was anything but a-typical and he uses his experiences outside of the creative world utilising unique work experience as well as extensively travelling to approach his work from a unique perspective.
His approach is shaped by a decade-long journey in the social sector. Beginning as a support worker, he worked across various management roles in the child protection and disability sectors, including running youth homelessness shelters. These positions combining with his experiences overseas saw him work closely with immigrants from non-English speaking backgrounds to navigate settling into Australian life.
Stefan brings a unique eye and understanding to his work and client experience. Recognising the overlap of creativity and capturing real and captivating stories that portray the experience of those who he works with. He understands the importance of connecting meaningful human experience with brand centred messaging.
Stefan’s first experience of the world of production happened in 2013 when he was given an interesting opportunity to take part in a reality-TV show. Filming took place in Asia, driving tuk-tuks for a month across Thailand, Cambodia and Laos with 15 other travellers & a robust production team documenting the entire adventure. The show went on to air in 50+ countries including screening on networks such as MTV, SBS & RTL Extreme.
This was the catalyst for a significant shift in career. Watching the production team work on the show was the big take-away from the experience and although the on-camera role was fun, it was behind the camera that his focus shifted to. Stefan stepped in to work alongside the team in the post-production process and after this he was completely hooked.
How it all started
Coming from this background has developed his interest in capturing the story and the experience of people. Passionate about human behaviour and psychology it’s always been about understanding the underlying motivations of people and what makes them tick. This human-centric focus remains the backbone of his approach to each project, trying to really dig deep, connect with clients, understand them and turn each project into something meaningful.
When asked what his most important ethos are for his work Stefan lists “working collaboratively & respectfully, healthy communication, no ego’s on set & always coming back to the story that’s being told, to listen, ask questions and to above all else always remain curious”.
Stefan’s work consists mostly of interview focused projects with a range of different companies, brands and people. Stefan and his team focus on brand story videos, testimonial projects, event / conference capture & workplace culture videos. Stefan has also worked in a variety of roles on film and TV projects including creative producer & production coordinator roles.
