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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
It’s been a bit of an ongoing saga, juggling time between being out making photos and spending time in the gallery where folks can peruse the images I make. Volunteers for gallery manning duties are a bit scarce in this busy little town, particularly in the summer when helpers are at a premium.
The good folks at Wings over Whales came up with a perfect solution for me and offered to have the gallery located at their business in the West End. So, after a bit of a drawn out moving process everything is set up in a great location and you don’t have to peer through the windows to see the photographs because no one is manning the shop.
Book a Whale Watch flight while you’re at it, it’s a way cool whale viewing experience.
There is a range of postcards, prints, mounted and framed photography.
A great momento of your time and experiences in Kaikoura.
Drop into the gallery at any time and enjoy viewing the Kaikoura images at your leisure.
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Thursday, January 10th, 2008
Planning is progressing well for a photography tour to Ladakh later in the year. This a great chance for anyone with an interest in photography to have an adventure in an amazing place.
I am fortunate to have a friend of 10 years who has been operating trekking and tours in this region for around 25 years. I visited Ladakh in 2006 and knew I had to share it with fellow photographers. The combination of light, incredible scenery and beautiful people are a great mix for some photography exploration.
The trip will commence in Singapore where we will meet and travel together to Delhi and up to Leh in Ladakh. Numbers will be restricted to around 10 people to ensure a customised and unique experience.
I have planned a workshop outline but this will be fine tuned to the requirements of participants. The goal is to extend your abilities making and presenting your images. Information can be found on the Luminance Ladakh page including the complete itinerary, contact me for further details.
Julley
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
I’m not a compulsive stargazer, but I am fascinated by things celestial. It comes from the days of being a kid brought up in an isolated rural place and the light of the night was the stars. We used to lie on our backs in the grass for hours and fascinate ourselves with the vastness of the universe. I never did get my head around the magnitude of the skys, hence the ongoing interest. I’ve been keeping an eye on this upcoming event for a few weeks. I knew it was the first event like this since 2000 and we could expect the moon to to be lit by some funky shades of red, yellow and orange as scattered sunlight sneaked past the earth. I was a wee bit excited and I got some gear ready to capture the event. I dug out my 400mm lens which hadn’t been used for a few months, plugged the 1.4 extender on to it and connected it all to my 1DsmkII. Not really an astronomers dream setup I know, but I have made some reasonable moon images with this gear in the past and after all, the images aren’t for NASA.
Well, the weather gods weren’t having it! There would be no free show for the folks of Kaikoura tonight, no matter how many times you sneak outside thinking you’ll catch a glimpse and no matter how cold you get in the brisk night air staring into nothing, there will be no seeing the moon tonight. I was a little disappointed I guess, but we live on the fringes of nature here and every image made is a bonus. I’ll wake in the morning and look out my window to a beautiful wild amazing day and anyway I can make some decent photos of this eclipse thing in 2011. At least I got a wee peek.
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