News from the Studio, New Locations and Project Updates
WordPress: 2010 in Review
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here's a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was...
Tell Me About … 2010
I can't believe I didn't post my 2010 summary post! I should have my access to the internet removed, my password to my blog changed and not provided to me, my staff mobile data account deleted .. tis bad internetting! There were a bunch of questions I was planning on...
Thieving Bastards
in my own driveway. you Bastards. However the support that I have received from my friends and work and neighbours is amazing. I've been offered dive gear, lifts whereever I need to go, my neighbours lent me a car, work couriered me a laptop to use while I wait (still...
Vegan vs Carnivore
its time!
.... that time of the year. The most wonderful time of the year. And its not even Christmas. Thats right. Its my birthday week. The week in which I try and treat myself - and do the things I want. And I get presents! I LOVE PRESENTS! Mom's box of goodies arrived at...
Antipodean Holly
Meandering along the street this morning to the bus stop, I was staring at my feet whilst I was getting my iPod out of my bag. For the first time, I noticed all the bright red stamens that have coloured the footpaths in our street bright red. This means two things in...
I’m on a Bus
Take a good hard look cos I'm riding on a Bus. And there is an express to the City bus stop not 50m from my house. The stop is just at the bottom of the path leading up to work. This has got to be the most relaxing ride to work ever!
Time Out
I need a Time Out. NOT as in I need to be sent to the Naughty Chair ... I have been a very good girl. Well kinda. Life has just been super crazy for about the last month - or two. I had one day off on Saturday ... well really I had half a day off as the other half...
Today – Boys are Dumb
this is how i feel today. that is all.
365 Day Project || Day 5 : The Pen is Mightier
Equipment: Nikon D300 Aperture: f4.5 Shutter Speed: 1/13 As the lights go down in the city, the lighting in our office does not appear so harsh. After choosing the topic "From the Ground Up" for the rest of October 2010, I looked at my desk and at the pile of work...
365 Day Project || Day 3 : Hanging Out
Equipment: Nikon D300, AF-S Micro Nikkor 60mm f/2.8G ED lens, Ikelite DS50 strobe, Ikelite housing Aperture: f3.2 Shutter Speed: 1/60 After taking this photograph, I read some more of the manual and discovered that the D300 has more than one AF sensor mode. Instead of...
365 Day Project || Day 2 : Focus on the Eye
There are plenty of large Moray eels to be found around New Zealand waters and they are relatively well behaved. Instead of sticking to Starfish all weekend, I decided to branch out and try to also work with keeping the Moray eels eyes in focus. Equipment: Nikon D300,...
365 Day Project || Day 1 : Just Don’t Move!
The first semi in focus photograph taken. Firebrick Starfish hardly move, if at all, so they are an easy subject to start with. Equipment: Nikon D300, AF-S Micro Nikkor 60mm f/2.8G ED lens, Ikelite DS50 strobe, Ikelite housing Aperture: f5 Shutter Speed: 1/50 Strobe...
The 365 Day Project
Yesterday I picked up my birthday/Christmas present to myself. I have waited a long time to upgrade my Nikon D80 to a Nikon D300 ... and to house it for underwater photography. The Nikon D300 is a big step up for me, not just in terms of its specifications and...
Big Kids Camera Club
Camera Kit : Nikon D300 lenses on order - 60mm Macro, Tokina 10-17mm Fish-Eye Ikelite D300 Housing Macro flat port Wide Angle dome port Ikelite DS50 Strobe I'll update the photo to something a little clearer - other than an iPhone snap taken in the back of my car....
30 Days Of Me – Day Thirty
Day 30- Your favorite song. Aren't you glad thats all over?
30 Days Of Me – Day Twenty Nine
Day 29- In this past month, what have you learned This month I finally learned how to tie a piece of cave line around my torch so that it, and therefore the clip does not come off and I don't lose my torch. Thanks Leigh and Tom!
All in a Day’s Work
Saturday 4th September 2010 ... 5:10am and my mobile starts going nuts with text alerts coming in to tell me that various elements of our network were not working correctly and there were audios being scheduled. Rubbing my eyes, I grab my glasses and realised that...