11.11.11

I participated in a photo-project that took place on 11.11.11
It seemed easy enough, but that was before I'd considered my capacity to take photos of random strangers without fear or apology. As it turns out, my capacity is not that great. And even though in Tonga, people generally love having their photos taken, it still seemed really weird to just wander around taking pictures of people.

30 day photography challenge - childhood memory

My 30 day photo challenge is kind of stretching out to something more like a 62 day photo challenge, but that's okay because the main thing is I'm enjoying it. What the heck, it could become the 'indefinite number of days photo challenge'.
I'm also getting a little blurry on the subject matter - I prefer to call it 'thinking laterally.' But then, isn't that what good photography is about?
So, 'childhood memory'. A kiwi-feather korowai, made by my grandmother.

30 day photography challenge - portrait

'Continuous Shot' (aka 'Burst' mode) myth, busted! Nailed this shot in 6 frames. The kid wanted weetbix. His sister was a little more cooperative though, but giggled a lot. My theory: work with it! Black backdrop was pinned to the wall, natural light through the window on the left. Pretty happy with the results.

30 day photography challenge - Nature

Turns out these little suckers are REALLY hard to photograph given their tendancy to move and fly around all the time. This photo = total fluke.

what's up

It occurs to me that I haven't posted much here lately, but I have been away, jumping on hilltops with my beloveds in New Zealand.
Coromandel Peninsula. Seriously amazing.

30 day photography challenge - day 1

Day 1 - 30 day photography challenge. Well... more like day 8, but day 1 of actually getting round to posting anything.

'Something Old'. Amazing die-cast "unimog" truck. Found at the fair in Ma'ufanga. It's so cool that it pains me to let my son play (read: "wreck") with it.

Art Challenge 2

"But without 'art', 'earth' would just be 'eh'."
(On The Spot art challenge, Reef Cafe, August 29, 2011)