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Taranaki

21 Aug A bit of drama

Posted at 05:57h in chris Hill Photographer, landscape, new plymouth, photography, Taranaki, Uncategorized by Chris Hill 0 Comments

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One of the things about living in a provincial city is that its not far to some rural country side where I can explore the landscape. Yesterday while driving out of town I noticed some dramatic light, I was able to pull to the side...

20 Aug New discoveries

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Today I went for a drive, a bit aimless but off I went. I found a new gravel road that I didn't know existed, so I drove down it and found new landscapes that I had never seen before. I found this stand of trees...

19 Aug Layers

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Today on my drive home I noticed the sun heading towards the horizon, all day there have been layers of cloud and the position of the sun added to the layered effect. To emphasise the layers in the clouds I needed a simple foreground that...

18 Aug Keeping it simple

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One of the challenges in landscape photography is keeping it simple, we see so much that we want to get it all in, when sometimes the shot is in the details.Like this tree, it caught my eye as I was driving back to town. The...

17 Aug Reflections

Posted at 07:16h in architecture, chris Hill Photographer, Commercial photography, new plymouth, NZIPP Iris Awards, photography, Taranaki, Uncategorized by Chris Hill 0 Comments

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Any one who knows me knows that I am a sucker for reflections, always looking for reflections in my photographs. Reflecting on my own work is also important, this is the reason that I enter the NZIPP awards and try to get to the awards...

16 Aug Let there be light

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Photography is about light and I love chasing spectacular light. While I was on the beach the other day the sun went down behind some clearing rain clouds and the sun burst through around the clouds. Some people say to me that I am lucky to...

15 Aug Monotone

Posted at 05:15h in black and white, chris Hill Photographer, landscape, new plymouth, photography, Taranaki, Uncategorized by Chris Hill 0 Comments

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In my pre digital days there was nothing that pleased me more than working with my 4x5 inch large format camera, shooting black and white film and developing it in my darkroom. Since changing to digital I have worked mainly in colour and when colleagues...

13 Aug Getting told off

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I have been exploring a new piece of coastline, for me anyway as it has always been there. As I was clambering over rocks to get the the spot that I wanted to take a photo I heard a loud scrapping sound, thinking that it...

12 Aug An image revisited

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The thing about photography is that you are always learning. Photography is about seeing both what is in front of you and also the image you want to make. There are times when I want to reinterpret an image that I have previously taken.The image...

11 Aug The un-expected angles

Posted at 07:33h in architecture, chris Hill Photographer, Commercial photography, new plymouth, photography, Taranaki, Uncategorized by Chris Hill 0 Comments

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When I am photographing a job I am always looking for an element of design, often an abstract shape or angle for something different. On a recent architectural job I was trying to look at some stairs from an unusual angle. I got this shot...