News from the Studio, New Locations and Project Updates
Underwater Portfolio Presentation
This morning I presented my Underwater Portfolio to Dieneke Jansen (Photographer & Senior Lecturer at AUT) as part of the 2013 Festival of Photography. The sessions were one on one for 20 minutes held at the NorthArt Gallery in Northcote. I didn't know what to...
Presenting my first Portfolio
The Auckland Festival of Photography started this week and there are some amazing events - and portfolios on show. On Saturday the 8th of June, I will be presenting my portfolio for review at the NorthArt Gallery in Northcote. Portfolio Reviews: Meet the experts and...
Four Seasons in One Day
Auckland's weather is often a topic of conversation. It rains. A lot. And the weather often changes two, three or even four times during the day. Yesterday was one of those days. Our morning was lovely and bright and even sunny. Then things got very very very dark and...
How to Time Lapse – Nikon D300 and iMovie
On Sunday night it was rather a nice evening so I decided to try and process a time lapse. I had a tripod with me and I haven't done one of these before and I wanted to know what was involved. Nikon D300 Shooting Menu Select Interval timer shooting and set interval to...
Very Vintage Day Out
The 2013 Very Vintage Day Out was held on Saturday 13th April at Alexandra Park Raceway. And it was a gorgeous day - not only weather wise. Firstly, I must confess that I am not a vintage fanatic. I wouldn't know where to start with the style! I'm definitely more of...
Travel Diary: Likuliku Bay, Fiji
Likuliku Bay will always be special to me. Octopus Resort is in Likuliku Bay on Waya Island at the bottom of Fiji's Yasawa Island's chain. And this is where I first tried scuba diving. And kava but that's a whole other story. I have already blogged about my learning...
Travel Diary: New Orleans
Only a few weeks before Hurricane Katrina, I went to a conference in New Orleans. This was my first 'big' overseas trip. I didn't take a travel diary with me, I wasn't keeping up with my blog at that time, I had a little point and shoot camera however I still remember...
Travel Diary: Isla del Sol
Tuesday 23 October 2007 We had left Peru behind us and entered Bolivia. We decided to stay in Copacabana for a couple of days before heading to La Paz. Copacabana is on the shores of Lake Titicaca, which is the largest lake in South America. Copacabana is also where...
Not Giving In
When the weight of the thoughts in my head start to make me droop, I normally turn to music for a kick in the pants. And this is the track that is doing it for me right now. So if you hear me blasting it, I probably need a wee thumbs up. Or a high five in the face....
Lights of Christmas
For quite some time, the lead up to Christmas has been a pretty lonely time for me. I didn't bother with a Christmas tree, or any decorations for that matter, shopping was a very small list and very quickly achieved and I worked up until the last minute and then...
9 on 9 : Sunday in the Life
If the rest of summer could be like today, I would be a very very very happy girl. Cate and I went out to brunch reasonably early for a Sunday - my tummy wanted bacon ... and real coffee. Then we wandered in to the Takapuna Markets and picked up a few things. I got a...
2012 New Plymouth Tattoo Festival
How awesome was it of the New Zealand Tattoo and Art Festival to schedule everything for the weekend just before my birthday? I KNOW!! Thanks guys! The last post I wrote was partly inspired by this last weekend - the photograph was taken on the west coast shores of...
11 on 11 : Sunday In the Life
I had a brunch date so I left my bed a little earlier than I would have preferred ... had the lure of bacon and eggs and hugs with Cate not been an option. Using Apple Maps for fun - turns out it knew a faster way to Mt Eden than I would have taken. One more coffee...
Being Dive Mistress – Fiji 2012
Some of you may know that I write more than one blog - my alter ego is Dive Mistress .. a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer, technical diver, underwater photographer and very enthusiastic traveler. In the last couple of weeks, I've been living my days and nights as this...
Netflix in New Zealand
Whilst you cannot sign up for Netflix directly in New Zealand there are ways and means. I looked at my Sky Television account getting bigger and bigger every few months and when I thought about how often I actually watched movies and full shows, I just couldn't...
Let’s Walk and Talk
For nearly two weeks I've been house sitting, dog sitting, cat sitting in Hamilton. This shaggy face above is my fur-nephew Norman (a Shih Tzu who seems happy with everything and anything that goes on). This weekend we took him out walking both days - on Saturday we...
Photo Friday – Luminance
This weeks Photo Friday: "Luminance" I have chosen this photo this week for the lighting and the exposure. I've tried a few times to photograph a portrait similar to this but I haven't created anything I like as much. Camera - Nikon D300 Exposure - 0.033 sec (1/30)...
Riding for the Elephants and the Rhinos
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is a small charity that honours the work that David Sheldrick started in the Tsavo Wildlife Refuge in Kenya. The Trust pioneered the raising of orphan elephants and rhinoceros and their release back in to the wild. Team "Tusk and...