Street life

Street life

Although cameras are common place these days posse of photographers on the street can still attract attention.  Last Saturday our photography class was on assignment out on the streets of Wellington. Almost immediately my classmates and I split from each other to...
Rolling mists

Rolling mists

After all the excitement of spending a day in the city yesterday it was lovely to be back into our usual weekend routing of a ramble out with the hounds in the country.  We thought we’d get out reasonably early and beat the rush of visitors to the Rimutaka Rail...
Confrontation

Confrontation

I’ve been out today in Wellington with my documentary photography class learning the difference between picture-taking and picture-making.    The former is where you literally take what you see and snap.  The later is about making a picture by taking what...
Technicolour start

Technicolour start

The sky looked like a fireball this morning – or perhaps a blood orange or perhaps a sunburned mackerel. It’s hard to decide. It was rubbish timing for me to stop and photograph the full fire burning effect as his lordship needed to catch his train but I...
Seasonal confusion

Seasonal confusion

The garden is very confused.  Things are springing into life when they shouldn’t really be.  This unseasonably warm weather broke ranks today and a wintery southerly blew in.  I fear the worst for my magnolia trees.  Temperatures tonight have plummeted to...