Today in New Zealand and Australia is ANZAC (Australia and New Zealand Army Corps) day, a day that commemorates the men and women that fought and died in war. It is celebrated today as it is the anniversary of when the ANZAC troops landed on...
Following on from the photos that I have ben taking recently I had a dancer in for a shoot. I found this to be a bit more challenging as I was unsure what to expect and had less control over how she was going to...
After publishing the portraits that I have been doing lately on my blog, I got an offer to photograph Carmela and her mouton bike and I jumped at the chance. New Plymouth has some good mountain biking just out of town and this was a...
Taranaki has some great surfing spots, this is one of the local surfers that I shot in another of my series of portraits of people and their activities. I am continuing to hunt down ordinary people and photograph them out doing the activities that they...
This is the latest shoot in my portrait series capturing people doing the things that they love. This is a golfing friend on mine and I shot portraits of him as well as some action shots. As i was using a wide angle lens for...
I have been wanting to work on some sports based portraits for a while and this week I have been able to shoot the first of them. This is a shot of a young sailor and her yacht at a New Plymouth beach.I am happy...
Now that summer is here again we are getting some great light. We had a long spell of great weather and a construction company asked me to shoot a house for them and then it rained. After postponing the shoot due to the weather we finally...
During these spring storms that we have been having over the last couple of weeks I went searching out some quietness. So this morning I walked along the Tapuae river looking for some inspiration and I came across these Arum Lilies. Unfortunately they were beyond...
Today I heard that there was a heavy swell warning for Taranaki, so I had to go and check it out. I arrived at the coast with a heavy sea and a strong wind blowing. A fast shutter speed to freeze the waves crashing against...
With today's post I have posted every day for one month, the first day of daily posts was on August 5. Tomorrow I am off to Tauranga for a shoot on friday so I may not post daily from now on as I am sure...