For now - a familiar theme, a few photos from Christchurch City. I wonder what the urban landscape will look like in five years time, I wonder if I will still be here?
Showing posts with label SNAPSHOTS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SNAPSHOTS. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Scenes from Christchurch
It has been way too long since my last update, it's amazing how working in a camera shop can dampen your photographic spirit. I've taken lots of photos since October though, there are heaps of great photos from a trip to Asia with my Dad in January, I like so many of them that I wouldn't know where to start if I shared them.
For now - a familiar theme, a few photos from Christchurch City. I wonder what the urban landscape will look like in five years time, I wonder if I will still be here?
For now - a familiar theme, a few photos from Christchurch City. I wonder what the urban landscape will look like in five years time, I wonder if I will still be here?
Friday, October 7, 2011
Impromptu Pictures
Last Sunday morning, before I went to work at the camera shop, I took a stroll along one edge of the city cordon. The centre of town is still closed off because of earthquake damage.
I took a bunch of polaroid photos in my medium format camera.
I took a bunch of polaroid photos in my medium format camera.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
Friday, December 31, 2010
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.
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.
Monday, December 20, 2010
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:
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:
Monday, October 18, 2010
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:
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.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
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.
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.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Competition
Remember a couple of posts ago, when I was talking about my entry into a competition and I said "Unless it is the rare case that an artist will select the winning pictures"?
Surprisingly, that turned out to be the case. And I won the camera!
When asked to judge this competition, I agreed with caution. I'm aware how opinionated the staff at Photo and Video can be and know an undertaking like this is always going to be dangerous. Everyone has an opinion, an aesthetic bias or even some kind of technical criteria on which to evaluate photographs.
Having said all this, it is with great enthusiasm I judge Andy Tan's entry, "Me and the Milkyway," winner of P&V's grand prize. For me, Andy's photograph is a perfect example of what I love about still photography. It is personal and intimate in vision, hints at a broad range of human emotions, and makes me think about the infinite possibilities of the world (and universe?) we live in. In short, the photo affects me. It makes me feel very human.
Congratulations Andy!
It can be hard to organise the ideas that I put into a finished picture. Often I'm not sure what they are. I had a look at the other post below, I mostly talked about the physical process that I used to make the photo, mainly because they're far easier to talk about, and I stayed away from the mental processes. The first night I was out taking photos I had a voice recorder with me, using it to keep myself company, and at one point when I turned my attention to the sky I ran out of intelligible words to describe what I saw. There are many experiences which can make a person feel very small, and I had such an experience. Trying to cram this feeling into an image seemed like an impossible task, so I did what I often do - I approached the subject with a little light-hearted humour.
Here stands a traveller, on Earth, though whether he is an Earthling himself or from another place remains ambiguous. The photo, in my head, sits in an album of travel photographs, and they're all captioned. There's a pride in this collection of interesting places, and each addition brings some satisfaction. This character is a curious fellow. Of course, I can stare at this photo and ponder many different possible meanings, for instance yesterday I was thinking about how we are nothing but visitors even in the places we call home, for we live for such a short time compared to 'our' planet. Would that make every photo a travel photo, then? Perhaps a snapshot from this life to carry into his next.
Anyway, the prize - An Olympus E-P1!
I have been walking around university this week with it and it's fantastic. The last time I used an Olympus digital camera was in 2004, when I would often borrow one from my school, I took that one everywhere (even on holiday). For some reason other digital cameras never seemed as entertaining to use. This new camera has a familiar feeling. I'm starting to wonder if using an Olympus digital camera is an emotional experience.
Surprisingly, that turned out to be the case. And I won the camera!
When asked to judge this competition, I agreed with caution. I'm aware how opinionated the staff at Photo and Video can be and know an undertaking like this is always going to be dangerous. Everyone has an opinion, an aesthetic bias or even some kind of technical criteria on which to evaluate photographs.
Having said all this, it is with great enthusiasm I judge Andy Tan's entry, "Me and the Milkyway," winner of P&V's grand prize. For me, Andy's photograph is a perfect example of what I love about still photography. It is personal and intimate in vision, hints at a broad range of human emotions, and makes me think about the infinite possibilities of the world (and universe?) we live in. In short, the photo affects me. It makes me feel very human.
Congratulations Andy!
It can be hard to organise the ideas that I put into a finished picture. Often I'm not sure what they are. I had a look at the other post below, I mostly talked about the physical process that I used to make the photo, mainly because they're far easier to talk about, and I stayed away from the mental processes. The first night I was out taking photos I had a voice recorder with me, using it to keep myself company, and at one point when I turned my attention to the sky I ran out of intelligible words to describe what I saw. There are many experiences which can make a person feel very small, and I had such an experience. Trying to cram this feeling into an image seemed like an impossible task, so I did what I often do - I approached the subject with a little light-hearted humour.
Here stands a traveller, on Earth, though whether he is an Earthling himself or from another place remains ambiguous. The photo, in my head, sits in an album of travel photographs, and they're all captioned. There's a pride in this collection of interesting places, and each addition brings some satisfaction. This character is a curious fellow. Of course, I can stare at this photo and ponder many different possible meanings, for instance yesterday I was thinking about how we are nothing but visitors even in the places we call home, for we live for such a short time compared to 'our' planet. Would that make every photo a travel photo, then? Perhaps a snapshot from this life to carry into his next.
Anyway, the prize - An Olympus E-P1!
I have been walking around university this week with it and it's fantastic. The last time I used an Olympus digital camera was in 2004, when I would often borrow one from my school, I took that one everywhere (even on holiday). For some reason other digital cameras never seemed as entertaining to use. This new camera has a familiar feeling. I'm starting to wonder if using an Olympus digital camera is an emotional experience.
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