Impromptu Pictures

Earlier this month I took some photos for a musical theatre poster, I finally had a look through them today and there are some pretty cool pictures there.  It was a little raunchy.  I might share pictures next year.

I visited Oamaru with my parents and we made these photos:

And last weekend, I decided to run a film through my Holga, which hasn't happened in a while. Parts of town were closed due to some earthquake damage, and they're still pulling down the building that was deemed unsafe after the bigger one in September.

Impromptu Pictures

After I finished working with Canta for the year, I had my exams, and since then I haven't made much of an effort toward photos.  I'll be back at university part time in the first week of January, but there's time before then, and during, and I'll do something.

At some point I plan to head south and take some photos in the historic area of Oamaru.  I should also visit the Ron Mueck exhibition too, while it's in town.

Here is a photo I took on an outing last month:

Canta and Flat-Profile

Canta's last cover for the year (front and back):

I also penned a few words for this issue:

And the usual flat profile (I think this flat encompassed flatness very nicely):

Flat-Profile & Gig

It's been a short while since the last update, and cool things have happened since.  My work in Canta magazine won Best Original Photography at the 2010 Fairfax Aotearoa Student Press Association (ASPA) Awards.  Canta's last issue for this year has been sent to the printers, I'll miss the flat profiles as they were fun.  I'll post some stuff from this issue on Wednesday when it appears around campus.

In a little over two weeks I will have finished my first year of university, it's a scary thought, seeing the huge amount of revision I need to do before exams.  Photography missions over the summer break will be inevitable.

Here are some flat profile pictures:

Also, here are some photos from a gig at university, on Friday. The Naked and Famous are playing.

From the Archives

My life has slowed in its tracks, following the 7.1 earthquake we had last weekend and the hundreds of aftershocks since.  The university break has been extended for two weeks, and I've been spending more time twiddling my thumbs than usual.

Unlike other photographers who have been out with their cameras, I've been quite content to stay at home. Without any new photos, I'll share some self portraits from last year:

(Victoria Park, atop the Port Hills overlooking Christchurch)

Impromptu Pictures

A couple of new photos from Granddad's flat:

Impromptu Pictures

I'm in the mid-semester break from university, and for a short while I am going to ignore the applicable matters at hand (assignments, studying for tests and catching up on lectures I have missed while hurriedly  doing other assignments).  On Tuesday I slept in for quite a while, and had a series of interesting dreams, and while these alternative realities were nice places to be, when I was thinking my experience a short while later in the shower I realised I'm actually quite content with my life.  I was relieved.

This week I snuck into my Granddad's flat and took some pictures.  He hasn't lived here for that long, so the place is by no means "this is Granddad", I just thought it would make some interesting photos.  I got a bit bold with the exposure and overcooked the film, so I'm going to go back another time and be more careful.

Snapshots

Scenes from Christchurch:

I saw someone meditating in the afternoon sun at university.

Food caravans at the Arts Centre (which happens to be the old university campus in the city).  It's all foreign cuisine, and smells delicious.  I'm vegan, which excludes everything here from my diet, but if I wasn't then it would be very hard to pick something to eat.

I was out with my mother and we decided to rest our legs at a cafe.  Again, nothing vegan, but it looked good.

Soy milk to the rescue.  If I have a camera with me I always photograph food and drink before they're touched.

Flat-Profile

What's going on here?

"Eileen is the flat grandmother.  Every flat has to have one.  She does her fair share of the cooking and cleaning, the sober driving.  She's the biggest party animal of all of us; goes for the longest.  We get drunk and sing "Come on, Eileen".

Impromptu Pictures

Last Friday I drove away from the city to take some self portraits.  I started doing these 9 months ago, I'm not sure why, and I don't know what it's all about either, but I enjoy it and the series seems interesting.

I went back to the same place I used for last month's competition, and took some pictures with strobe since I was no longer shooting under the competition's constraints.  It's nice to have some sharp pictures to play with!

Flat-Profile

More photographs from the homes of strangers.