Late one evening near dusk we headed up towards the top of the Remarkables. It’s kind of a dangerous spot to take photos because there are steep drop-offs on both sides. The view up there is amazing, though. I think it’s cool to watch the planes land there at the airport from way above. I heard the pilots have to have special training to land here because they have to spiral down between the huge mountains for a unique approach vector.

The Queenstown Approach

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• Date Taken2024-07-21 07:26:57
• CameraILCE-7CR
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time0.8
• Aperture6.3
• ISO250
• Focal Length53.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

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!

An Evening Adventure

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• Date Taken2024-05-03 15:34:02
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My latest New Zealand based photography workshop is underway! It’s great to get back to it after a bunch of delays/postponements due to covid and lockdowns. Today (amongst other things) we’ll have a post-processing session from yesterday’s sunset shoot. For now, here’s one from a previous workshop

Workshop Fun

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• Date Taken2015-12-21 08:42:23
• CameraH5D
• Camera MakeHasselblad
• Exposure Time1/50
• Aperture5.6
• ISO400
• Focal Length35.0 mm
• Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

Next week is my next NZ photography workshop. Can’t wait to head out with a bunch of other photographers and take in the New Zealand autumn colours!

One Week To Go

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• Date Taken2012-06-13 02:39:20
• CameraNIKON D800
• Camera MakeNikon
• Exposure Time1
• Aperture5.6
• ISO100
• Focal Length135.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

When we do my photo workshops in Queenstown, this is an area where we usually begin. We start along the lake and walk for about a mile down to Queenstown Gardens. We always time it to arrive just before sunrise. It’s usually pretty cold, but when the sun pops out, everything is great again!

Morning in Queenstown

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• Date Taken2019-04-23 08:01:16
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time8
• Aperture13
• ISO160
• Focal Length26.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

If you end up coming to my Queenstown Photo Workshop then you’re really gonna love this spot. It’s one of my absolute favorites, and, honestly having a workshop is a pretty good excuse for me to get out here and shoot! The colors are out of this world, and simply walking around the gardens is quite relaxing!

Autumn in Queenstown Gardens

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• Date Taken2014-04-29 09:43:02
• CameraILCE-7R
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/15
• Aperture9.5
• ISO80
• Focal Length70.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
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Here’s a pretty view from when I took a workshop group up here one morning. The lake was like a huge mirror and perfectly still. I think we all walked around it a few times to get every possible angle. If you look over to the left, you can see, of all things, a North Korean prison. It was used for some terrible Disney movie decades ago. It’s since been demolished because people thought it was an eyesore, but I thought it was kinda cool!

Atop Deer Park Heights

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• Date Taken2014-04-30 09:26:57
• CameraILCE-7R
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/60
• Aperture16
• ISO125
• Focal Length24.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias