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I saw this guy in a Saturday market in the gorgeous little village of Matakana north of Auckland.  i walked past him a couple of times before i plucked up enough courage to talk to him.  i could have tried a sneaky shot of him from a distance, but i thought it would be a better image if i could get up close to him.   Also there were a few cars parked behind him so i needed to be slightly lower so they would […]

This fishing point at Muriwai beach is notoriously dangerous, especially as the tide is coming in.  these guys got a wetting and made a hasty retreat before it got really dangerous.  i hope their fish were worth it!

It’s been a busy few months photographically.  i’ve been privileged enough to have images in two recent exhibitions at the Mairangi Bay Arts Centre.   And one of my images appeared on the poster.   I was really proud of that!

I entered a few photos in to this year’s North Shore Salon.  This is one of the most popular and prestigous photo competitions in New Zealand so i was delighted to get four awards – one honours, one highly commended and two accetances. You can see all the results on the North Shore Salon website here.  It’s well worth looking at the galleries to see some amazing images! Here are my winners: Barely There: Honours Summer on the Pier: Highly Commended Photobombing: Acceptance […]

i went on a photowalk with a few friends on Thursday night. it’s great going out with other photographers and seeing how they see the world. i my new lensbaby to do some experimenting. we all came up with quite different images. you can see the full set here  

I love my walk to work.  i deliberately stay on the bus 2 stops so i can walk back along the waterfront to work. i usually do this walk at around 7am.  in summer it’s light and in winter it’s dark.  So, if i time it right, i get to enjoy a range of different scenes as the year goes round. right now, it’s winter in New Zealand and our shortest day will arrive in just a few weeks time.  which means […]

Photography is about capturing a moment: something that happens in a split of a second frozen in time by your camera. Capturing that special moment when everything lines up nicely requires a rare combination of technical skills, prior planning and most importantly luck.  Depending on what the kind of photography, it means being in the right place at the right time.  That might mean getting out of bed early to see a sunrise, or driving across town to a community event which has photo potential. I […]