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  • Through Someones Vintage Eyes – South Africa.

    Ok. Here we go – some more ‘Through Someones Vintage Eyes’. Let’s set the scene (conveniently these slides had a few giveaways). Its 1962. The movie ‘Fate Takes a Hand’ has been released. Kine weekly magazine stated “The pilot story is adequate” (Im not sure that would fly now). Ed, John, Dave, Bob, Ian and…

  • Reflections on my City

    Sometimes when you stroll around with film you run out… but it’s not time to finish. It’s been a little while since I last used my phone creatively to take photos – which is funny really as in good light, mobile phones really do capture all one needs for ‘normal’ life use. This said, I…

  • Pinhole Test 1

    It’s been a little while since I last shot any pinhole cameras. I’ve been eyeing up several on the market. Pinhole cameras are quite literally a light tight box with a hole. So I (yet again) made my own panoramic 35mm camera. Currently I don’t have the right equipment to fully scan the full width…

  • Muriwai – offseason

    A trip out to the West Coast of Auckland paid a visit to Muriwai. Usually, unless you are there to surf or swim, people visit the gannet colony, which I have photographed in the past. However, it’s winter right now in New Zealand and the gannets have flown to warmer climates for a few more…

  • The Fog

    I love shooting in the fog. It’s a tricky environment depending on place and time of day – camera meters can go right out if you meter for scene as the vastness of the frame is a backlit white. The morning in question had me heading out to a few places on the way to…