Tag: New Zealand

Wellington

Wellington, New Zealand, 2007: From the Wellington monument atop Mt Victoria, overlooking Evans bay to the airport.  The Ricoh FF1 has a similar design as the famous “Minox”, the lens folds back into the camera when not in use. Its 35mm f2.8 Rikenon lens is damn sharp!    Ricoh FF1

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Kingdom Come… and gone…

Mirimar peninsular, Wellington, 2010: The rotting set for the beleaguered film “Kingdom Come” has been dismantled. The $180 million dollar feature about the life of Jesus was scheduled to be shot in 2009, but ran into financial difficulty soon after… It seems we may have been saved- at least for now- from another Jesus epic…  […]

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Graffiti point

Wellington, NZ, 2011: Shot some pictures a few nights ago up above Wellington Airport… Simon from Darkhalide had been here before… a slightly dodgy area of Strathmore… an abandoned WW2 era radio relay station/defence bunker network that had been blitzed with graffiti…..                Canon EOS 30D / Canon 18-55is

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Devaster

Wellington, New Zealand, 2010/2011: This is what happens when you botch-up developing black and white film.  I struggled with loading the film onto the spool, got my fingerprints all over it in the process, couldn’t load the entire roll on the reel, and stuffed up the developing time.  A bit of a “devaster”-  but with […]

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Stairway to WSKY

Wellington, New Zealand, 2009: At an abandoned ex MOD (WWII) gun defence emplacement. We were’nt supposed to be there, a wild southerly wind was blowing; our nerves gave up soon after and we bailed …                  Canon EOS 30D/Canon 17-40 f4 L

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light-haus

Wellington, New Zealand, 2009: The Point Halswell Lighthouse on the Miramar peninsular…    Canon EOS 30D / Canon 17-40 f4 L

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