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Queenstown Stars
Last winter in Queenstown I spent a few nights under the stars. It’s a pretty good place to view them if you head out of town away from the ambient light.
I made a dolly with things around the house that was pretty rickety. I ended up using an old Lego set to make a gear box that would slow down the dolly to run over three hours. The stars were shot with a 1.4 24mm on a Canon 5DmII.
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January 17th, 2012 | Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
The Hmong People
The Hmong people still live very simply, away from technology and what we would consider life as normal. It was really refreshing to spend time in their villages and I really love the friendly laid back vibe.
Here are a few more images from along the way.
A young boy dries off on the end of a fishing boat on the Mekong river.
A young girl playing outside her family’s shack.
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December 22nd, 2011 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Laos Adventures
The last week I have been travelling around Laos. It’s been an amazing adventure and a real eye opener. I have been on the road and river with Kearrin Simms who has been based here doing research for the last nine months.
Most of the trip has been spent with locals in the more remote villages and away from the main tourist trail which has been great for genuine photo opportunities and some ...read more
December 4th, 2011 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Capture – The Annual
Every year Capture Magazine (Australia’s top-selling Pro Photography Magazine) releases an Annual Edition with some of the best professional photography for the year featured throughout its pages. Over 2,100 photographs were submitted and less than 130 made the final print edition. I was stoked to have two images selected and printed in this issue. One image was selected in Advertising and the ...read more
November 14th, 2011 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
NZ Geographic and the X100
Last week NZ Geographic magazine announced the winners of the 2011 Photographer on the Year competition. Is was great to see the other finalists’ work and I received a Highly Commended in the landscape category. They printed a shot in the Nov/Dec magazine alongside the other finalists and the local paper decided to do a little profile. I also got the latest addition to my mounting camera ...read more
November 1st, 2011 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
The Tale Of Two
Below are a few images from a shoot I did for fashion designer Maddie Lawson
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October 24th, 2011 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Moon
An old image I came across while editing today, man and the moon.
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October 18th, 2011 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
NIN’S BIN
It was a gloomy drive north up the east cost of the South Island. I drive past this iconic little crayfish hut every year. It sits alone just out of Kaikoura – their way of life around here seems to move at its own very slow pace. Looks like the fisherman had a sleep in this day.
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October 11th, 2011 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Changing times
Hi all
I have found myself a little tied up with different photography ventures lately and it’s been hard finding time to post blogs. I’m going to be making some changes to my website over the next few months reflecting developments in my work. I will start posting an image every now and then with a little description/story so check back regularly to see what’s been going on.
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October 5th, 2011 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Pushing for Results
There is always a lot going on in Queenstown at this time of the year. It’s the competition month and lots of international crew come in for a few weeks to compete and check out what NZ has to offer. Unfortunately we haven’t had fresh snow in a few weeks and a few of my jobs have had to be called off. There has still been plenty of work though and we have been pushing to get results. The ...read more
August 12th, 2011 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »