Festival of the Elements, Waitangi Day, Porirua City, February 6, 2012.
Here are some of my favorite shots from the day which featured a wealth of experiences – the second largest Waitangi Day event in the country according to Nick Legget who opened the event. I really liked the skateboarding competition which drew huge crowds with young and old alike watching intently. Click on any of [...]
Rugby Sevens Parade, Wellington Central February 2, 2012
Here are some favorites from the Parade through the central city today as the start of the Seven’s weekend festivities. Central Wellington, February 2, 2012.
Life Flight Trust Westpac Rescue Helicopter winch training
On Saturday January 14, 2011, I stopped by the Life Flight Trust as there was mention that they were going to be doing some winch training. This training is a regular occurrence to keep the paramedics up to date and current with being lowered from the helicopter to a moving vessel at sea. They were able [...]
Editorial shoot: Cold Chisel concert
On Friday, December 2, 2011 Cold Chisel played TSB Bank Arena. I was allowed into the venue for the first 3 songs, right up the front of the security barriers. It was potentially challenging to get great shots, but then again – plenty enough time to get a sense of the concert. Jimmy Barnes was [...]
Editorial: Life Flight Trust rescue work
I have been commissioned to photograph the work done by the Life Flight Trust. The Life Flight Trust is a charity providing nationwide air ambulance services and the Wellington-based Westpac Rescue Helicopter. As I write this post, I am sitting in a spare office at the Trust, which located at the airport, with the hangars opening [...]
Dowse Art Museum Opening of Wallace and Scott Eady Exhibition’s, Saturday October 29, 2011.
On Saturday I went and photographed the opening of the exhibits for the Dowse. It was a great blend between the high brow art world of the Wallace Art Awards in conjunction with the Fullbright Association and Scott Eady’s 100 Bikes Project which had kids from ages 3-8 taking part. This is one of the [...]
What did you think about the Meatloaf concert?
On the night, I was with the Domion Post photographer Ross Giblin and two other photographers for the Groove Guide and Under the Radar. I was shooting for the venue owners to get shots of the space decked out with the full theatre lighting and stage show. Our restriction was 3 songs, shooting from the [...]
Rugby World Cup – Ireland v Wales October 8, 2011
It was great to see in the after party event on Courtenay Place where they had closed the streets to make a massive fan zone, Kiwi revelers that were not intoxicated causing problems for authorities. Despite media attention on local hooligans causing the most trouble for police – there were plenty of examples of Kiwis doing us [...]
Strong Families March, September 14, 2011
The march started at Elim Christian Centre with the school groups dressed in the 20 teams participating in the Rugby World Cup. They then paraded through the central business district in Porirua through to the Te Rauparaha Arena for entertainment and lunch for the kids. All the photos are posted here: Porirua Strong Families March. September [...]
Photographed the Fijian rugby team training
Last night after 3 attempts at getting access, was allowed onto the grounds at Porirua Park to photograph the Fijian rugby team training. First I heard was that 2:30 was the training time, then on the site, it was changed to 6pm. When I went, security told me it was delayed till 7:15 at the [...]
Summer City Photos on Council Website
A fun thing I found while browsing on the Wellington City Council’s website today was a bunch of my photos in their Summer City Photo Gallery. Here are some of the shots I really like from the events I shot this summer:
Coast to Coast article runs in September edition of NEXT magazine
The article Anna and I worked on has come out in NEXT magazine. We are both thrilled with the results, and have had good feedback from Kylie who featured in the article. It was great to take a copy of the magazine over and deliver it to her, along with a copy of the photos [...]
Tri Nations Rugby – All Blacks v South Africa, 30 July 2011
Here is a mug shot of me outside the Westpac Stadium ready to start photographing the Tri Nations Rugby Union Test Match. All Blacks v South Africa. Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand on Saturday 30 July 2011. A Slideshow of 30 selects from the shoot (link to all below): To view all the images shot- [...]
Booksellers ‘Meet the Winners’ Author Event, 2011
Hey Guys On Thursday, following the New Zealand Post Book Awards, there was a “meet the authors” event at Te Papa, the Museum of New Zealand. The winning authors who spoke were: New Zealand Post Book of the Year and General Non-fiction Award & The Peoples Choice Award winner Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn [...]
All Blacks Training Camp #2
I went out again and braved Wellington’s southerly blast this morning to shoot the second in a series of training camps for the All Blacks squad. Despite the harsh conditions, there were some great plays and many chances for met to get shots. TV, radio and the print media were all there again. This time [...]
All Blacks Training Camp
This afternoon, I was lucky enough to get accreditation to photograph the All Blacks Training Camp. I shot alongside Phil Reid from the Dominion Post, Ross Setford (NZPA/ Setford News Photo Agency), Hagen Hopkins from Getty Images as well as TV1, 3 and Maori TV. Also cool to see was a producer from Stuff.com shooting [...]
Wellington’s mid winter swim
Today I photographed Wellington’s mid winter swim at Freyberg Beach in Oriental Bay. The morning started at 6:30am, struggling out of bed and getting down to the beach by 7am. I met with the organizer Barbara Watson from triandswimfit.ning.com. To my amazement, people actually showed up. There were about 25 hardy souls who assembled wearing [...]
Photo of Jackson Garden-Bashop runs in the Dominion Post today
One of my photos, taken during a recent Scots College vs. Wellington College rugby game was used with an article outlining Scots progress in division 1 schoolboy rugby. It was great to see one of the shots from the game get picked up, the team and in particular the player featured, Jackson Garden-Bachop are going [...]
Pre filming Cocktail Function at Pataka Art Gallery for “It’s in the Bag”
A great kiwi TV institution with Selwyn Toogood as the host has been revived by Maori Television. The season finale was shot in Porirua on June 9, 2011. I was there at the VIP cocktail function to document the pre-drinks hosted by the Office of the Mayor, Nick Leggett . Here is a slideshow of [...]
Volunteers recognized for Christchurch relief efforts
On Thursday 2 June, I went to the Council Chambers and photographed the Christchurch Thank You reception for volunteers who were involved with the Christchurch earthquake relief efforts.
Scots College Brass Band on board the California Maritime Academy training ship T.S. Golden Bear.
A visit in New Zealand waters of any type of US military ship is always a somewhat historic event. It has been over 20 years since the California Maritime Academy has been here. It had been bounced around for a few days the idea of me attending and photographing the formal reception with the US [...]
Trust Porirua City Brass Band
A recent fun shoot was the Trust Porirua City Brass band. The band plays a special concert each year much like the “Night at the Proms” events in England. I checked out some footage on You Tube before the shoot, watching footage of the massive stadium filling events that happen in the UK. The Kiwi [...]
Wellington Pacific Forum held at Te Papa
On Tuesday, I photographed the Pacific Forum, an initiate put together with the help of the Wellington City Council and the Pacific Advisory Group members. It was held at Te Papa (The Museum of New Zealand) in the Telstra Clear room on the 4th floor. The community attending were made up from a lot of [...]
Dancing Dogs
Here are some images from a lifestyle shoot of a Dog Trainer, Marika Bell from Dancing Dogs. The brief was to photograph her with a dog and if possible show a little of what she does. Apparently Marika is an expert in animal behavior and can work miracles with dogs. She told me that she [...]