Category Archives: New Zealand

Portraits

Posted on September 21, 2010 by

click on image to enlarge Yep, I love portraits, good ones, they are not easy and i am in practice mode :) all taken with the Leica Tri-Elmar 16mm on an M9. Not that the camera matters :)

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Portraits

Posted on September 16, 2010 by
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Vintage Black & White vs Color via a Leica M9

Posted on August 29, 2010 by

It’s an interesting conundrum, I shot in Vintage B/W and I also shot the same scene in Low Contrast Color, this is all on the M9 with a 50mm 1.4 or a 16/18/21mm lens. None of the images has been … Continue reading →

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Wellington, New Zealand’s One Great City!

Posted on March 2, 2010 by

I was born on the side of Mt Victoria, facing south, toward Antarctica. Today i live somewhat north of the City centre but love to drive over the hill to visit. One day, soon, I may relocate to the city … Continue reading →

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Who Am . . . I

Posted on December 5, 2009 by

In November 2009, Hone Hawawira was asked to repay some travel costs after skipping a taxpayer-funded conference in Brussels to go sightseeing in Paris. “How many times in my lifetime am I going to get to Europe? So I thought, … Continue reading →

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Racist or simply stupid? You decide.

Posted on October 22, 2009 by
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Dear Prime Minister

Posted on February 27, 2009 by

The Honourable John KeyParliament OfficePrivate Bag 18888Parliament BuildingsWellington 6160 New Zealand Dear Prime Minister,It sounds strange writing that, as I have lived overseas for 43 years and for the past 20 years it was always, Mr. President.My reason for writing … Continue reading →

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Are we hurting enough?

Posted on January 20, 2009 by

Just now, listening to our local access radio station, I sat in sadness and disbelief as a local police constable talked of hotels and bars in masterton closing around 1-2:00AM and some 2 to 300 people take to wandering the … Continue reading →

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Winter Blues

Posted on June 29, 2008 by

There is nothing like the cold to make life miserable. When the cold gets into the bones, when the core of my being feels cold, I know I am cold. I have the heat pump going but no fire in … Continue reading →

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A Piece of Paper!

Posted on June 17, 2008 by

1.5 millimetres . . . check! 4 metres . . . check! 50 kmph . . . check! Red Light . . . check! Blue Reflector . . . check! W.O.F. . . . check! Sun Flare . . . … Continue reading →

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