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May 2024 : Wednesday
May 2024 : Wednesday
Workshopper in the Wild
Daily Photo – Workshopper in the Wild
Here’s one of the workshop attendees from a couple of weeks ago getting right into the sunset action.
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May 2024 : Tuesday
May 2024 : Tuesday
The Hills Around Here
Daily Photo – The Hills Around Here
I’ve shared images from this location before. It’s super easy to get to, just off a road and so many great views in so many directions!
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May 2024 : Monday
May 2024 : Monday
Interesting Tree
Daily Photo – Interesting Tree
Sometimes I stumble across a tree that just feels interesting. This was one such occasion, the week before last.
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May 2024 : Sunday
May 2024 : Sunday
Itchy Ski People
Daily Photo – Itchy Ski People
With it being autumn here in Queenstown there have been a few snow flurries in the last little while. I’m sure everyone who like a bit of the Queenstown winter sports action is starting to get a bit itchy for some action whenever the peaks start to get a covering! This is actually a fun photo from my recent workshop down here in Queenstown. On the last night, I was going to take everyone to my favorite ponds for shooting at dusk, but the driver said, “No, you should come to MY ponds, they are way better!” So, I went with the universe, and, sure enough, they were better! 🙂
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May 2024 : Saturday
May 2024 : Saturday
Sunrise Searching
Daily Photo – Sunrise Searching
Out and about searching for sunrise shots.
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May 2024 : Friday
May 2024 : Friday
An Evening Adventure
Daily Photo – An Evening Adventure
One of the shorter excursions on my photo workshop last week was a little trip out to capture the view above Queenstown. Always a lovely view!
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May 2024 : Thursday
May 2024 : Thursday
The Final Day
Daily Photo – The Final Day
On the last night of the photo workshop, we headed over to this special little place… felt like we were time traveling!
The End of an Era
The time has finally come to move on from my trusty Sony a7R3. It’s been an awesome body and while I’ve flirted with some others over the past few years none of them felt like a useful upgrade, so I always ended up back on the Mark 3. Amongst other things it’s been with me from New York to San Francisco and loads in-between in the US, all over Asia, through Africa including being AWOL in Madagascar for a few days, went from the Portuguese coast to Russia via 9 other cities and more countries. It even survived Burning Man more than once. My companion on a bunch of hikes, including the Camino de Santiago and all-around New Zealand it’s been a phenomenal device.
Its replacement? The a7CR. I’ve been playing with it for a couple of months now and knowing that the Mk.3 with its forever lost eye cup and extremely well worn body was reaching the end during my Scottish adventure last summer, I was looking for something more compact for the next few years which are shaping up to involve a lot of time on the road. This is a great balance of great specs and compact size. The question is… stick with my 24-105 G or go for something a little more compact (and a bit less worn!)?
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February 2024 : Friday
Feb 2024 : Friday
My New Camera
Daily Photo – My New Camera
Been enjoying traveling the South Island of New Zealand with my new Sony a7CR – it’s a great camera! I think I went at least 5 years without getting a new camera, so I decided to treat myself and there are some other more practical reasons too, which I’ll explain in future posts. There are a lot of options on this thing and I’m still figuring it out. Maybe in another life I was a Japanese savant that knows how to use these menus, but not in this one. Here’s one of my early test shots…
