Bus Fatality Memorial
Last Saturday while I was wandering around I spotted this memorial of flowers on Willis Street… I decided to lean up against the wall of shops and wait for people to interact with the memorial. It turned out to be quite an interesting 20 minutes. There seemed to be an invisible line where people wouldn’t stop if I was too close but didn’t seem to notice me at all if I was behind this line. The difference was only something like 30cm difference.
Unfortunately it started to rain after this and the foot traffic just disappeared…
It turns out that the Tuesday before a woman was hit and killed by a bus here (News article HERE)
This is part of the Manners Mall bus lane change where road layouts have changed and previously one-way streets have been turned into two-way streets for buses.
Addition: Walked past the same spot today and all the flowers are gone… I wonder if the council didn’t like the reminders…
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Man With Eagle Mirror
Maybe he stole it from a bar? Would have been good if I could have got my reflection in it but maybe next time 🙂
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
More Winter Swimming
More kids jumping off the pier at the waterfront, this time while people pose for a photo at the other end…
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Winter In Wellington
Winter has been making its presence felt in Wellington and people are starting to dress for the cooler weather…
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Winter Swim
Last week as Samantha and I were walking along the waterfront (Sam in her push chair not the usual backpack due to my ribs still being painful) we spotted some people about to jump off the pier. Getting into position quickly with a push chair kinda sux so the viewpoint wasnt too good.
It turned out that they were overseas students and this was their last day in Wellington before heading home so they decided to go for a swim… Lets just say it look freaking cold since we are well in the grip of winter here at the moment!
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film ,CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
A Little Photoshop For Amusement
Someone suggested the post would be funnier if it was Pubic rather then Pulic… I don’t usually do much Photoshop on images but it made me smile on this cold and rainy day 🙂
Enjoy
Photoshopped from original… I don’t usually do this being a bit of a purist
Pulic Ownership?
I think someone may need to learn to spell… I Googled it just in case there was some hidden meaning I was missing…But no just a misspelling 🙂
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Sleeper On The Waterfront
This was one of the reasons I wasn’t too worried about getting the Slut Walk (yesterdays post) all confused since I would have missed this sleeper if I had…
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Slut Walk Wellington 2011
On Saturday I endeavored to go and photograph the Wellington Slut Walk. It started at 2 at Waitangi Park… simple enough… Unfortunately as one part of my brain said Waitangi Park the rest of my brain said Frank Kits Park. So I was wandering round going “where is everyone?” and met up with a friend who said he was going to Waitangi Park to photograph the Slut Walk (at this point I’m still hearing Frank Kits Park). So we wander past Frank Kits park and through Civic Square and head along Cuba Street and onto Courtenay Place towards Waitangi park… Halfway there I decide to head back to Frank Kits Park cause that’s where my brain tells me to go… Greg must have thought I was being weird 🙂
Anyway I got back to Frank Kits and of course no-one was there so I wandered round town aimlessly and just as I was heading back to the car I noticed a gathering of people on the steps above Civic Square… I had missed the walk but got to hear the speeches etc… Not the best place to take images, the walk would have been better but you take what you can get.
I’m currently looking for a new brain where the left and right sides don’t get confused while communicating with each other so if you know where to find one going cheap let me know 🙂
You can get more information on the Slut Walk HERE
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Drawing
After yesterdays fantastic weather it seems to be back to raining again today so hopefully I will get some time to develop yesterdays films. On the down side it seems I probably over did it yesterday which I discovered when I tried to get up this morning (at 645 Care of Sam) and found that my ribs were almost back to square one 😦 although I did find that extreme pain is a great way to be fully awake very quickly.
Anyway here is a shot of someone drawing in Civic Square sometime in March…
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Good Days Shooting… And Some Old Stuff
Things finally came together today with a nice day on a Saturday and my body being happy enough to let me carry a camera and bag without causing too much pain and not affecting breathing…
I finished off the roll of film that had been in Rollei for the last three weeks and managed to fill another one as well, which is pretty unprecedented for me. After a slow start to the day I even managed to get a sleeper which all going well should be a good one in a new spot 🙂
Hopefully things should be back to normal in the next couple of weeks.
I still have to develop the film so unfortunately we are still on older shots that I have found on my computer which I have missed or thought “Ill put that up later”…
This was a World Festival held in Civic Square about the middle of March
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Sleeper?
This one is possibly a cheat as I’m not really sure if this guy was asleep or just lying in the sun…
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
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