I photographed the reading of the budget in Parliament House yesterday for Bloomberg News. Bill English looked rather happy with his days work.
Brides – a dress-up conversation
The Urban Dream Brokerage presents the event Brides – a dress-up conversation at Bowen House ground floor from April 17-28. Look out for a mob of brides on Lambton Quay 12-12.30 this Wednesday.
The Urban Dream Brokerage presents the event Brides – a dress-up conversation at Bowen House ground floor from April 17-28. Look out for a mob of brides on Lambton Quay 12-12.30 this Wednesday.
Arahura dwarfed by monster cruise ships
The Interislander ferry Arahura looks like a toy boat beside the gigantic cruise ships Queen Mary 2 (rear) and Celebrity Solstice in Wellington today. Even The Caketin looks small.
The Interislander ferry Arahura looks like a toy boat beside the gigantic cruise ships Queen Mary 2 (rear) and Celebrity Solstice in Wellington today. Even The Caketin looks small.
New York Times travel feature – 36 Hours in Auckland
A sellection of images I shot in Auckland a couple of weeks ago for the New York Times travel column “36 hours in …”
A sellection of images I shot in Auckland a couple of weeks ago for the New York Times travel column “36 hours in …”
New York Times travel feature: In Wellington, Filling Up on ‘Lord of the Rings’
Click here to view a slideshow of images I shot in Miramar for the NYT
Click here to view a slideshow of images I shot in Miramar for the NYT
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – World Premier
I photographed the red carpet event at the world premier of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey for Reuters News Agency
Sir Peter Jackson emerges from a Hobbit hole
Martin Freeman
Cate Blanchett
Elijah Wood
Jed Brophy
Andy Serkis aka Gollum
Sylvester McCoy and Mark Hadlow
Richard Armitage and John Callen
James Cameron and wife Suzy Amis and Barry Humphries with wife Lizzie Spender
Sir Peter Jackson and daughter Katie
Brooke Fraser and Petra Bagust
Neil and Liam Finn
Cate Blanchett and Evangeline Lilly
The adoring fans
I photographed the red carpet event at the world premier of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey for Reuters News Agency
Sir Peter Jackson emerges from a Hobbit hole
Martin Freeman
Cate Blanchett
Elijah Wood
Jed Brophy
Andy Serkis aka Gollum
Sylvester McCoy and Mark Hadlow
Richard Armitage and John Callen
James Cameron and wife Suzy Amis and Barry Humphries with wife Lizzie Spender
Sir Peter Jackson and daughter Katie
Brooke Fraser and Petra Bagust
Neil and Liam Finn
Cate Blanchett and Evangeline Lilly
The adoring fans
New GM at Ideas Shop
Marjory Embleton is the new General Manager at Ideas Shop
Marjory Embleton is the new General Manager at Ideas Shop
Council of Trade Unions poster
Photographed the client’s daughter for a CTU Health & Safety poster. Thanks to the ‘Stop/Go’ man in Paekakariki who loaned us his boot for 10 minutes.
Photographed the client’s daughter for a CTU Health & Safety poster. Thanks to the ‘Stop/Go’ man in Paekakariki who loaned us his boot for 10 minutes.
IHC Art Awards
The annual IHC Art Awards were handed out last Thursday at a glam event in The Grand Hall at Massey University Wellington Campus.
The winning artwork is auctioned off at the end of the evening
Finalists and guests before the presentations
Some of the finalists with their coveted certificates
The annual IHC Art Awards were handed out last Thursday at a glam event in The Grand Hall at Massey University Wellington Campus.
The winning artwork is auctioned off at the end of the evening
Finalists and guests before the presentations
Some of the finalists with their coveted certificates
Sea Survivors
I love survival stories so it was a thrill to photograph Rob Hewitt and Dallas Reedy for the NZ Womans Weekly recently. Hewitt survived 3 days in the sea off the Kapiti Coast in 2006, while Reedy was the sole survivor from the Easy Rider sinking in Foveaux Strait where eight people drowned in March this year. He survived 16 hours in the freezing water before being rescued. Quite incredibly, they were in the same class at Te Aute College in Hawke’s Bay 30 years ago and hadn’t seen each other since that time. We met on Wellington’s South Coast where I took these images.
I love survival stories so it was a thrill to photograph Rob Hewitt and Dallas Reedy for the NZ Womans Weekly recently. Hewitt survived 3 days in the sea off the Kapiti Coast in 2006, while Reedy was the sole survivor from the Easy Rider sinking in Foveaux Strait where eight people drowned in March this year. He survived 16 hours in the freezing water before being rescued. Quite incredibly, they were in the same class at Te Aute College in Hawke’s Bay 30 years ago and hadn’t seen each other since that time. We met on Wellington’s South Coast where I took these images.
Bastille Day
People waiting for the Bastille Day fireworks on the bank of The Rhone in Tournon, France.
People waiting for the Bastille Day fireworks on the bank of The Rhone in Tournon, France.
Street art, Arles
Arles is the beautiful city in southern France where Vincent van Gogh arrived in 1888 from Paris and knocked out 186 paintings in the following 16 months. There is a festival of photography currently running here until September with 60 exhibitions and 50 workshops. Art abounds and you need look no further than the walls in the old town.
Arles is the beautiful city in southern France where Vincent van Gogh arrived in 1888 from Paris and knocked out 186 paintings in the following 16 months. There is a festival of photography currently running here until September with 60 exhibitions and 50 workshops. Art abounds and you need look no further than the walls in the old town.
Olargues, France
Today I returned to Olargues, a small village in southern France where I spent 6 weeks picking cherries in 1987. Not a lot had changed.
Today I returned to Olargues, a small village in southern France where I spent 6 weeks picking cherries in 1987. Not a lot had changed.
Fantail #2
Fantail in my garden this afternoon
Fantail in my garden this afternoon
SH1 Terrace Tunnel official opening
The Terrace Tunnel was officially opened on Sunday evening following a major upgrade. 8 new 90kW jet fans were installed in the roof and 1100 new high pressure sodium lights were fitted. In addition, a deluge system designed to suppress a fire in the tunnel was installed. It is capable of delivering Wellington’s annual rainfall in just over 3 minutes. A public walk through followed the opening which 5000 people turned out for. Not bad for a Sunday night.
The Terrace Tunnel was officially opened on Sunday evening following a major upgrade. 8 new 90kW jet fans were installed in the roof and 1100 new high pressure sodium lights were fitted. In addition, a deluge system designed to suppress a fire in the tunnel was installed. It is capable of delivering Wellington’s annual rainfall in just over 3 minutes. A public walk through followed the opening which 5000 people turned out for. Not bad for a Sunday night.
Backlit passion vine hoppers
I went into my garden today with my Leica D-Lux 4 looking to get a macro image of a cicada. This is what I shot instead.
I went into my garden today with my Leica D-Lux 4 looking to get a macro image of a cicada. This is what I shot instead.
IHC youth visit Zeal
Highlight from last week was photographing 8 IHC young people visiting ZEAL at their purpose-built youth facility on Ghuznee Street in Wellington
Highlight from last week was photographing 8 IHC young people visiting ZEAL at their purpose-built youth facility on Ghuznee Street in Wellington
Worlds biggest boat trailer?
I had the privilege of photograhing Ed and Kristen’s wedding yesterday. It was held at Ngawi on the South Wairarapa Coast, a fishing village with bulldozers and boat trailers lined up on the beach. We spotted this one during our location shoot which must be a contender for biggest boat trailer in the world.
I had the privilege of photograhing Ed and Kristen’s wedding yesterday. It was held at Ngawi on the South Wairarapa Coast, a fishing village with bulldozers and boat trailers lined up on the beach. We spotted this one during our location shoot which must be a contender for biggest boat trailer in the world.