My flirtation with film photography over the past two or three years has recently ended. I got to the stage where I was spending far too much time searching online and in second-hand stores for cameras to add to my collection when I should have been out and about with […]
Landscape
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It was some years ago that I first stumbled on the name of German photographer Andreas Gursky. I was absolutely astounded to discover that he had, back in 2011, had one of his photographs called Rhein II sell at auction for $4.3 million dollars. That’s the sort of earning from […]
Many years ago one of the Rolling Stones described Invercargill – the main, and only city, in Southland – as the “arsehole of the world“. Unfortunately, many New Zealanders feel the same way, not just about Invercargill, but also about the whole Southland region. Does this concern us in Southland? […]
Yesterday, the first of September was the first official day of Spring. The day broke crisp and clear…
Queen’s Park in Invercargill is beautiful all year round – but my favourite time of the year in the park is Autumn.
Gentle juxtaposition On the way back from Dunedin yesterday the juxtaposition of the blue sky and green fields of maize caught my attention. I also like the way the wheel tracks lead into, and out of, the pictures.
The South Island’s West Coast One of the most photographed spots in the South Island would have to be Lake Matheson, just a few kilometres west of Fox Glacier township. Normally the peak of Mt Cook can be seen in the distance – but the day I took the photo […]
With a total length of 80 kilometres, Lake Wakatipu is the longest, but only third largest, lake in New Zealand. The photograph above, taken in early January 2013 from State Highway 6, catches the last of the days rays as the sun settles over the hills that run down […]