I got a Call from AFP to cover the launching of the ipad in New Zealand , after jumping through many hoops I finally got some details and a place to go and cover .
ipad….iwant….itried….ilike …. igot
September 10th, 2010   | Posted in: apple, canon, canon 1d mark 4, photography, video productionA rather Large Yacht
September 10th, 2010   | Posted in: all, canon 1d mark 4, canon 5d mark2, canon 7d, photography, sailing, super yacht, timelapseOne of the projects that have been working on for the last two years is the recording the making of a rather large 67 meter luxury yacht
A sleepwalker who writes
July 12th, 2010   | Posted in: allMy Good mate Justin Brown has put out another book ¬†called Myth New Zealand , Justin wrote the captions for the pictures in” Bowling though India” ¬†and I suppose he wrote the other bits that filled in the space between the pictures!! ( I keep telling him that no one buys a book to read these days …they only look at the pictures!!!) Read More
“Cold and very wet water”
July 12th, 2010   | Posted in: all, canon 1d mark 4, canon 7d, people, swimmingone of the jobs I have done lately ¬†(and another favorite client) is Surf lifesaving New Zealand . A few weeks back we shot a few picture for a new manual . Surf life saving ¬†the service will start using jet skis a cross the country , to use alongside there IRB ¬†boats .
I have great admiration for these guys they do a great job during the summer and have to deal with more than there fair share of idiots  . Read More
Late nights and Airports
June 25th, 2010   | Posted in: allI’m on Allblack duty for the next few weekends , two tests down so far ¬†one in Dunedin and one in New Plymonth ¬† , and one more ¬†on Sat in Hamilton Read More
wet shoots for Blue Seventy
June 15th, 2010   | Posted in: all, blue seventy, canon, canon 1d mark 4, canon 5d mark2, photography, swimmingA few months back I did a shoot for Blue Seventy , who make Hi end wetsuits , they are one of my favorite Clients and have worked with them for the past 5 years or so . they do great ads and use pictures really well and it always great when you get sent the finished ad that had run in mags all around the world .
here is a sample of two ads from the last shoot with a few more ads still to come  still to come
Qantas Media Awards 2010
June 15th, 2010   | Posted in: AFP, all, qantas awardsQantas Media Awards 2010
I was a finalist in the qantas media again this year in the Sports portfolio section , I was nice I had two finalist last year and won best feature picture last year , its always nice to make the finalists as a freelancer
there is a few of the pictures from the portfolio below
showering of stones and the Rally of New Zealand
May 25th, 2010   | Posted in: AFP, canon, canon 1d mark 4, people, photographyIt has been a very busy few weeks with lots going on so big ¬†lack of blogs ¬†.I have pretty much just going from one job to another ¬†so I’m catching up now . A Couple weeks ago I was covering the Rally of New Zealand for AFP along with Nigel Marple from Reuters , and Ross Land ¬†we all headed off to cover the rally for the three days. Read More
the Tale of Two cups
May 10th, 2010   | Posted in: canon, canon 1d mark 4, canon 5d mark2, canon 7d, people, photography, www.thevc.co.nzsomething happened a few weeks ago that I can’t see I will repeat any time soon, I was hired to shoot the football world cup by Coca cola as it did a world tour and stopped off in New Zealand for a visit , and at the same time our video crew from www.thevc.co.nz ¬†were shooting the rugby world cup in Wellington for a promo for the 500 days for the Rugby world cup ! I cant see the two cups ever being back in New Zealand ¬†at the same time again … unless we win the football world cup that is …¬† Read More
Huge Bugs and wetsuits
April 15th, 2010   | Posted in: blue seventy, canon 1d mark 4, canon 5d mark2, people, photography, swimming, TravelHave just finished ¬†shooting a job in Thailand on the island of Krabi for a client . was a very hot and sticky day with the temp around 36 degrees ¬†, it was a full on day with a 4.30 am start ,the idea was to make most of the morning Light , trouble was it was not that nice a morning .