Stairs
Going up or going down?
WW2 Antiaircraft Enplacement
Misty afternoon looking out to where the Anti Aircraft Gun was mounted.
These are scattered all over Wellington
Nikon F5 19-35mm Lens, Ilford Delta 400ISO Film
Motorcycle Protest Rally
A couple of months ago there was a big protest about the government putting the ACC levy up for motorcyclists.
I thought this would be a good time to go snap off some shots although when I got there it was a bit intimidating to say the least.
When I asked the guy on the left said cool but the guy on right wasnt in to it so I snapped the shot and left quickly. I especially liked all the gun club badges on the jackets… Possibly not people to mess with.
Really bad lighting on this one but once again I asked and one of them said cool. After I had taken the shot they asked me which paper I was working for 🙂 . Sometimes my Nikon F5 gives me some serious street cred.
Mostly I just liked this guys helmet which looked alot more fashionable than protective, also cool bike.
All images shot on Nikon F5 with 50mm f1.8 between f8 and f11 with Ilford Delta 400 ISO film. Sunlight was directly overhead with no clouds which made for very contrasty images.
Wrights Hill Fortress Tunnels
Today (25th April) in New Zealand is ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) Day, Where we honor all the people who fought and died in the various wars.
In honor of the occasion here are some shots of the tunnels beneath Wrights Hill Fortress which was built for WW2 to protect agains a Japanese invasion.
The fortress is currently being restored by volunteers and open on public holidays (like today)
All these shots were hand held in very low light so sorry if they are a bit blurry
Nikon F5 50mm f1.8 at f1.8, Ilford Delta 400 ISO film
4×5 Flowers
A shot of some decomposing flowers from a while ago.
Who needs a Lens Baby when you have a 4×5 monorail.
Linhof 4×5 Camera 210mm lens f11 at 1/60th second, Bowens lights, softbox directly above and another in from the right. Fuji Velvia 50ISO
Zombies and Wookies
Not usually seen togeather… Can wookies actually become Zombies? Were these infact Zombie Wookies?
Must have been the Rugby Sevens
Nikon F5 ,50mm f1.8, Ilford Delta 400 ISO film
Water Bike Jump
Shot at an X-Air in Wellington a couple of years back
Nikon F5 Â 80-200mm, f2.8 Lens, Ilford HP5 400 ISO film
Random Shop windows
A couple of random shop window shots from London
The trick with shooting through windows is to place the front of the lens directly against the window so you dont get any reflections and it also means you can use slow shutter speeds.
Nikon F5 19-35mm lens Fuji Velvia 50 ISO film
More Painting with Light
Island Bay Skatepark on a cloudy but moonlit night.
In order to get the desired effect I had to do alot of running around. It took nearly exactly 30 seconds to run a curcuit of the skate park at full speed.
I was glad there was no one around to see me running round in the middle of the night at a skate park with a torch.
The gold coloured light came from the sodium street lamps running beside the road next to the park.
Nikon F5 Tokina 19-35mm lens, Fuji Velvia 50 Film, f5.6 for 30 seconds, 10W bike light used for painting.
Fatherhood Friday 4 Sam only eats things that are small and round
Crap forgot that it was Friday today… Bout sums up my week…Better late than never.
This week Emily is starting to get excited because her birthday is not too far away.
She has been feeling a bit attention starved since Samantha has had a bit of a grumpy week.
Samantha has started refusing all food that she cant feed to her self and current favourites are peas and blueberrys.
Has been constantly grumpy and a little unsettled this week which included a half hour screaming session when she woke early one night and Amanda was out swimming… Probably due to more teeth and Daylight Savings.
Lets hope for a better week next week.
All things going well I will finally have a couple of days to concentrate on photography next week and scoping of rentable darkroom may be on the cards.
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