The Daughter of Mother Nature

Guess the title says it all. Presenting an image shot during the closing stages of the chair series.
One more image is needed to complete the project but (and I cant believe I am saying this) I need a rainy weekend to do it.



Unfortunately my model Tasha is off to uni soon so her great images will make fewer appearances here as of 2012. BUGGAR.

Go Baby Go

The classic mustang has always been a ride on my dream hit list so with two hours, me, my camera and a 1967 GT Shelby Cobra, it was a definite step in the right direction.

AWESOME.

Mothers Children.

Portraits with a difference suit my style and allow a high degree of creativity. For those who tire of the standard family photo hanging on the wall, these are sure to be a talking point and yep they are fun to make.

Great day for Mataatua Wharenui.

This little lass should be proud to be the chosen one to cross the threshold of the recently returned Mataatua Wharenui.

One Feather To Many?

Had to share this

Grasshopper

Well it had to happen sooner or later, me the teacher. I have been drifting towards helping those who wish to express themselves through the lens so its great to share as many have shared with me. The main focus is to help with the creative aspect allowing individuals to express themselves through photography.

Wish me luck

The Empty Chair.

Yes it's been a while since my last post and yes I am still alive.

Recently I attended a meeting of local emergency, police and council personal for discussion on a strategy aimed at combating youth drink driving. The police liaison officer had a bit of trouble putting his feelings into words so he placed a chair in the middle of the floor and asked "What is This?" and the reply came back "An Empty Chair". This prompted me to shoot a project, creating a series of pictures based on the personal loss of a loved one. The challenge is to capture a series of pictures depicting the emotion the pain, the effects of time on the healing process and the memories associated with those love ones lost.

As it turns out this is proving to be a bit of a challenge. Trawling through the emotions of past experiences seems to do nothing but yield memories highlighting the confusion of thought at the time. The eyes were open but I saw nothing as the mind struggled to come to terms with what had happened.

The project is well underway but unfortunately I can not share any of these pictures until the project is finished but there will inevitably be a few extra pictures made along the way and the picture below is one such extra.

I cant help but think images reflecting such a serious subject warrant pictures more down to earth, raw and truthful. I wouldn't expect images like that.

Friendships Take 2

My Niece loves to celebrate her friendships with photographs. Having an uncle as a photographer certainly helps to keep the costs down but its a gesture I am all to willing to help her with.

Friendships in this day and age seems to be a concept that is unfortunately taken for granted by a few to many but its enlightening to see such values still held high by those closest to me.

There is a strong symbolic depth to the above picture that one would hope would make the closed minded among us stop and think. I don't believe this warrants an explanation so will let it speak for its self.

As always, your comments are welcome.

Shock for Effect

Accidents may be the least liked aspect of my job but I am glad to say the pics below are mealy part of a mock accident. This provides emergency service with essential training which you may say is obvious but what isn't is this whole exercise is designed to shock risky youth into understanding the potential results of there behavior.

It was all rather to realistic if you ask me.

Relly of Chucky

Saw this and couldn't help myself. There's a bit of chucky revisited here.