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Second Page of the NZ Herald

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 12:22:00 +1200

I got an exciting email yesterday, asking if the NZ Herald would be able to use a photo I took last year after the Miss Wellington competition. The photo was of of Jonah Lomu and Loizos Michaels and was to be used to promote the launch of a kickboxing world series. For those that saw the fair go episode several months ago covering the battle between the KO Boxettes and Mr Michaels, this was another article on the same subject matter, but this time with regards to Jonah Lomu being "taken for a ride". If you're interested in the article, pickup a copy of todays NZ Herald, or read it online.

On a seperate note, I found it very interesting that in the past month a totaly of 1,417 hours have been spent by visitors browsing both this website, and Duplico Media.

It's not you, It's me

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:30:00 +1200

Wow. It has been awhile since I've updated my old blog hasn't it! Really have neglected you haven't I? I'm sorry :( It's not you, It's me. Truth is I have been so busy of late that first chance I've had to update this is when I'm bedridden with a severe case of the manflu.

Until recently I have had my reservations for shooting for Wellington's online entertainment magazine, SnapStar. However after several meetings with them, have decided to jump on board! A lot of cool new things coming in the future, so keep an eye out! A lot has happened in the past month, so lets get the ball rolling.

It was nice, for a change, to leave the camera at the office, and attend the Mode Ink Modeling Agency Launch Party @ Red Square purely as a guest! Congrats to Kayla & the girls from Mode Ink for putting on an awesome show, as their launch into the model industry. Check out snapstar's photos.

I also attended the launch of John McGrath's new book titled "Watch this movie". A book reviewing 1100 of John's favorite movies. Make sure you visit John's website to find out where you can pick up a copy, and again SnapStar's photo coverage.

Cuba Street's Good Luck Bar turned seven and invited me and the rest of the SnapStar crew along to get snappy. Check our pics here.

Kayla from Mode Ink & I have been running the Miss V8 Supermodel Search in New Zealand for the past month. All the regional finals have now taken place, and we're now counting down to the NZ final on the 18th September at The Establishment in Wellington. Make sure you come along and checkout New Zealand's finalists battle it out! Checkout SnapStars photos from Heat One, Heat Two, and the Wellington Final.

Lotus' resident DJ's NDA & Rollout mixed up their usual routine and decided to get the crowd pumped on a student night for Fight Night @ Lotus. What was dubbed the "Fight of the Week" by some turned into a giant house-music infused party as Lotus was filled wall-to-wall with a crowd enjoying the amazing beats being dropped. While there was no winner on the night, make sure you checkout Lotus (and Tokyo Teahouse) on Friday & Saturday nights to see two of Wellington's hottest DJ's do what they do best! Check out mine & Max's photos at SnapStar.

Last week I organised the Miss Super GP competition at Coyotes. We scoured the capital to find Wellington's finest. After our MC from the first heat on the 26th partied a little too hard, she lost her voice for the second heat on Friday. MC Brady stood in, and while a bit nervous at first at his MC'ing debut, managed to nail it by the end of the heat! Come along and checkout the final this Wednesday and Coyotes.

On the back of the success of Super Club #3, the organisers decided to throw a special Super Club #4 with P-Money headlining. Me and fellow snapstar shooters hit Shooters and got some awesome photos, and video footage. Check it out here.

A good friend Jitesh approached me wanting to get some sweet pics of his old car so he could chuck it up on TradeMe. We hit the Windy Wellington westcoast to get some sexual pics of his beast. Jitesh also celebrated his birthday at Tokyo's VIP room so I brought the camera out for a bit too :)

I also recently had a quick trip up to Turoa skifield on Mt Ruapehu to get some new photos of Turoa Skifield's happenings on a normal day. Also took the opportunity to catch up on my snowboarding skillz which was mad fun!

Wellington's newest cafe Joes Garage asked me to come along and get some snaps of their opening day & party in the evening, check out these pictures on Duplico's website.

Maya Bar asked me to come get some photos on a busy Saturday night to update their website, so check their site out soon to see them!

I've also just finished two new websites for clients, AJ Photography, and The NZ Leadership Experience. Make sure you check them both out :)

I think that's about all the updates I can cram into one blog! There is heaps more, but they're they main important ones. We've been busy with Duplico Media lately, with it being school ball season and all, so checkout Duplico's website for all those photos.

I will probably have time to fit one more blog in before I leave for England on the 20th September! I have a couple of big events, and weddings before I leave so will do one last update before I go, but will probably end up doing it on my macbook while travelling to be honest.

Super Club '09, St Orans School Ball, and Lauren's 21st

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:13:00 +1200

Wooosh! What a huge weekend! But before I tell you how the previous week has been, let me tell you about the epic SnowTrain trip to Ohakune! It's happening on the 4th-6th September. It includes a train ride form Wellington (or Auckland) to Ohakune, two nights accomodation, one-day mountain pass, and a huge party on the train & on Saturday night in Ohakune. Tickets are selling fast and all the info can be found on this facebook event page.

So the Saturday just gone was pretty event-full. Saturday I had a business meeting with Xquizit Promotions about their introduction to the Wellington promo model & event management industry. Then Saturday night had Lauren Sampson's 21st which I took photos & video for, while this was on my team of photographers was over at the Duxton Hotel shooting the St Orans Ball (check pics here). Then after we'd packed up from the ball, I headed over to cover SuperClub '09 for a Hannah who had organised the event. Check out my full coverage of photos and video here.

Back to the future-istic weekend!

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:31:00 +1200

It's not very often I use my corner of the world wide web to talk about personal stuff. So thought I'd mix it up a bit and personally thank Floyd Morgan and the team for putting on an AMAZING Illuminate Paint Party in Wellington over the weekend. Big ups for hooking me up with a ticket too! So glad I didn't miss out! 1,500 people packed the giant warehouse on Wellington's waterfront dressed from head to toe in white. At 12:30 streams of paint showered onto the crowd covering everything in its path with swirls of UV paint. Giant UV lights turned this party in to a scene previously unseen to Wellington. Fellow photographers Max and Mischa were there capturing the event for Snap Star - So checkout their write-up & photos from the night here. I was lucky enough to borrow their camera for a wee bit and get some sweet photos in the crowd.

Now that the fun weekend is over, back to business. I was up in Auckland last weekend to cover a friends 21st birthday party. Even though she didn't make it to 12pm - Still managed to get several hundred photos and put together a video of the highlights. Check out the photos & video here.

I was asked by Tokyo Teahouse to come along to their ladies only affair on Friday night and cover their "Let there be colour" party. I jumped at the opportunity, and had a great night snapping the colourfully dressed lady-only crowd. Check out these photos here.

Some other recent photo additions to my website have been Wellingtons Wagamama's Restaurant, Wellington From The Air (Recent trip in a helicopter over Wellington City), and Emma Law's Photoshoot in Christchurch.

There always seems to be one weekend every few months that is packed back-to-back with events that it's near to impossible to get around to everything. Normally first-come-first-served, or most-important-first policies would help, but not this weekend. I need to get along to everything and it's going to be one busy saturday night! Super Club 09, Lauren Sampson's turning the big twenty-one, Dan Carter's birthday drinks, KPMG Ball, St Orans School Ball, Xquisit Promotions Launch Meeting & Party, and Jonathan Helix's Birthday Bash! If you see me out and about grab my collar and say hey!

Big Changes (v 4.0)

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:10:00 +1200

If you are a frequent visitor to my humble abode you may notice we've made several small cosmetic changes to this website.

The changes are meant to make your user experience better and make navigation around the different areas of the website easier. The homepage now houses a direct link to the most recent album uploaded (for those people that find themselves coming back to checkout what's new every so often) and also links to a few other services that we offer. Along with the new home page we have also upgraded the portfolio pages to now display one large image for each gallery within that portfolio. We've also updated a few of the fonts throughout the site.

As we upgraded the website, we also updated all the portfolios with the most up-to-date photo albums too, so make sure you check out all the portfolios, they're all filled with new goodness. Make sure you checkout Emma Laws Photoshoot, The Xquizit Promotion's Photoshoot, Andy Florkowski's Photoshoot, Alice Latham's Photoshoot, Fanny's Photoshoot, Some photos from a recent helicopter trip over Wellington City, Wellingtons Wagamama's Restaurant, and the Midnight Youth Concert!

In unrelated website news I've been bed-ridden this week and have mountains of work pilled up for me to tackle this week. I'm up to Auckland on Thursday to meet with a few new clients, newly engaged couples that would like me to capture their weddings, a few photoshoots, and catch up with a few good friends. I've just received my final University marks back for my degree, and have successfully completed my Bachelor of Commerce at Victoria University.

Also here's a short video from my recent helicopter trip around Wellington of us landing on Wellington's west coast.

Mail Male Shoot with Andy

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:43:00 +1200

Over the weekend I got together with Andy Florkowski to update his portfolio. Was very relaxed and casual, which came through in the photos nicely - which is what we both wanted. This was my first male shoot, and there are a few more on the cards for the near future. So ladies, make sure you join my mailing list to be kept in the loop with my latest photos.

Emma Law Photoshoot

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:50:00 +1200

I've just spent the weekend down in Christchurch to do a photo shoot with Emma Law. Straight off the bat of winning SkyTV's show "Girl Racers". Congrats to Emma for winning the competition! We were fortunate enough to be allowed access to shoot in the amazing Huntley House. This accommodation is just amazing with no expense spared in making the venue for the photo shoot breathtaking. Thank you to Vanessa & the team at Huntley House for letting us use this for the shoot. All the lingerie in the photos was also provided by MellyPop Lingerie. So big ups to them too for letting us borrow some gear for the shoot.

Here are five of our favorites from the shoot =) With more to come later this week.

Lots of bloggyness

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:35:00 +1200

This wont be quick. So go make yourself a cuppa and get comfy. If you're wanting a news-flash, you might be mildly disappointed as there's quite a bit to cover, so let's push on.

Sacha Photoshoot

Several months ago I organised and ran the Ralph Swimsuit Model competition in Wellington, and part of the loot for coming first place was a free photoshoot with myself. The stunning Sacha Zaloumis took out the competition, and we had the photoshoot on Saturday. Here are just a couple of our favourites from the shoot. I will be putting up several more onto my glamour portfolio page this week.

Feminine Objects manipulated as Female Clothing

As you may know I have just finished my final trimester at Victoria University of Wellington, and as part of my final project for my photography paper we had to produce a series of four photographs that had been digitally manipulated and merged to include at least four images within the final image. Here are my four final images for the series "Feminine Objects manipulated as Female Clothing"

To view the photos from this please click here.

Christchurch Photoshoot

I am off to Christchurch this weekend to spend some time with a few friends. While down there I am taking the opportunity to do a photoshoot with one of the Ralph runner-ups, and TV star of the show "Girl Racers", Emma Law. Check back next week for a peek at the photos from this shoot.

Auckland Photoshoots

Early next month I am up in Auckland shooting three models up there, and also a friends 21st birthday party. Will be a great opportunity working in unfamiliar locations and seeing what magic I can pull out on the spot without scouting locations prior to the shoots. I'm also catching up with a few newly-engaged couples up there that are thinking of booking me in for their upcoming weddings.

Europe Trip

I have been asked to cover a wedding in England mid-September, so am heading over to Europe early September for this. While over there will also be traveling around a bit taking in the sights Europe has to offer. On the Itinerary so far is Dublin, Rome, England, Scotland, Germany, Amsterdam and Denmark. No doubt I will have heaps of great opportunities for some amazing photos so can't wait to get over there.

Tim Pointers Twenty-First Birthday

I was invited to a friends 21st birthday bash at Wellington's Lotus Bar last Saturday. With an excessive tab on the bar, things got out of hand rather quickly. Here are just a couple of my favourites from Tim's B'day.

This is also a nice reminder if you have any events coming up that you need a photographer make sure you check out our events page.

That's all for now. Have lots of work planned in the woodwork for the next few weeks so will have plenty to update you on. Until then, good-bye.

Missed me?

Tue, 19 May 2009 16:38:00 +1200

Have you missed me as much as I've missed you? I hope so. It's not that I've neglected you like a smelly sister. It's just I've been so busy I've hardly had time to spill the goss on everything that's had me so busy.

As you might know, May is the month for the New Zealand International Comedy Festival. I was lucky enough to get two media passes to cover every show in the festival. Every night of May I've been out and about laughing my head off, and have thoroughly enjoyed it! Everything from Wayne Brady, Dylan Moran, and Steve Wrigley, through to the shows with a handful of comedians all doing their thing. If you haven't been to any of the festival this year, I strongly recommend that you get along to the Best of the Fest shows, which are the best comedians playing in Wellington that week, all in one show, late on a Thursday Night at San Fran. Or the Late Laughs show which is pretty similar to Best of the Fest, and this is on the Friday night.

Check out the Comedy Festival website for all the details, prices, and ticketing info. And check out Duplico Media for all the photos I've been taking.

Asides from the comedy festival keeping me super busy, I'm also just finishing off my final year at Victoria University, and have been mega busy finishing my final photography assignments for this. Have a look at my latest project, Faces of Wellington. Which is going to be very exciting!

This weekend I took some photos for Wagamama on Wellington's waterfront. Not only is it a beautiful restaurant with one whole wall of the building being the kitchen, but the food was amazing too! Make sure you check them out, they're on Wellington's Waterfront. Here's just a couple of photos that I took for them that I can share with you.

That's all from me, for now. But I'll try and not be so distant in the future. I really like the way things are going between you and I.

Alice's Photoshoot

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:45:00 +1200

Alice recently turned 21 and for her birthday her friend brought her a voucher for a photoshoot with me.

Alice just wanted some nice photos of herself to look back on in years to come, which is what a lot of my clients like about their photoshoots. We did the photoshoot last weekend, but have been flat out editing photos from the four weddings I've had for the last four weekends. Have a look at the few photos below, and I will be sharing more on my glamour portfolio page in the near future.

Janet & Sam's Wedding Day

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:45:00 +1200

Janet and Sam celebrated their love for each other on Saturday on Wellington's waterfront at The Boatshed. The ceremony took place indoors before we ventured outside for bridal party photos around Wellington. For all of the group photos with friends and family we used the beautiful doors of The Boatshed, before heading down to Parliament for the Bridal Party photos. We then returned and used the winter garden and other areas around the lagoon by The Boatshed.

It was an honour being a part of their special day, and I warmly wish them all the best for their future together.

The newlyweds are currently on their honeymoon, so I will share some more photos on my site once I have sat down and shared the photos with them first.

Just a quick update on a few other things. We had the first ball of the 2009 season for Duplico Media last week for Chilton St James. Make sure you check out our website for all of the photos (and video). I also had a photo shoot on Sunday, which I'll be sharing with my blog sometime this week.

Sue & Howard's Wedding

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:03:00 +1200

I was invited along to capture the official joining of Sue and Howards lives at Murdoch James Estate in Martinborough on Saturday. The ceremony was set amongst the Blue Rock vineyard of the Estate, before the celebrations were moved in to the restaurant for the remainder of the day. The newly weds couldn't have asked for a better day with blue skies throughout, and a slight breeze in the air. I wish Sue & Howard all the best for the future.

Here are just a couple of the photos ready to share, I will be uploading a new album to my wedding page in the coming weeks.

First wedding video

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:53:00 +1300

I have just uploaded a video that I produced for a wedding that I was the photographer/videographer for in Taupo in January. I have removed the vows and speeches to respect the newly weds privacy, and to shorten the clip a bit. It's a good video at showing how the video and photos can work together to produce a great video. Looking forward to my next wedding this weekend. And the three weekends after that.

Tracey & Theo's Wedding

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:26:00 +1300

I have been so flat out this week that the first chance I've found time to share a few photos from Tracey & Theo's wedding over the weekend, happens to be at 2am in the morning. So I'll keep it short. Here are five of my favorite photos from their special day - and I will be sharing more once I've had the chance to sit down with the bride and groom to go through all the shots.

Last week I was asked to shoot the Winter & Autum Collection Launch for Daniel Carter's clothing Brand GAS. Here are a few shots from the night also.

Will be a busy wee man for a while to come - Have several more weddings booked in over the next few weeks, so watch out as I will be sharing plenty more photos shortly.

Week of epic proportion!

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:05:00 +1300

I hardly know where to begin with this blog. Have a lot to cover, as a lot has happened over the last week or so. So i'll just jump straight in, and save the witty introduction for another time.

Ralph Swimsuit Comp

For the past three weeks I have been organising the Ralph Swimsuit Model Search in Wellington. Was my job to find the models and advertise as much as possible to ensure the place was packed. And boy was it packed alright! Heat One and Heat Two brought in huge crowds, with the final of a similar level, maybe slightly quieter due to Homegrown the following morning (more on that soon). With two extremely close heats in the previous week, the final saw the hottest of the hottest battling it out on the catwalk.

The competition was fierce and the girls had to wear casual wear, eveningwear and then you got it... swimwear. The standard of the girls was extremely high and the judges went way over their time limit to make a decision.

In the end Sacha Zaloumis took out first place with Emma Law in second place, and third place taken out by Isa Lewell-Phillips.

On the Friday night before the competition I decided to have a quick photoshoot with all the finalists down at Oriental Bay.

Check out the rest of the photos here - There is also an awesome video on this page of me shooting the models, check this out!

Homegrown

On Saturday I had the privilege of photographing the Vodafone Homegrown musical festival in Wellington.

Check out the article I wrote and the rest of the pictures here.

Angelique's Photoshoot

On Sunday I had a photoshoot with Angelique so she could update her portfolio with some new images.

Check out the rest of these photos here.

Bill & Karen's Wedding

Last weekend I wrote a blog about Bill & Karen's wedding and shared a few photos there. I've now updated my wedding portfolio with a few more images from their special day.

Typical Wellington Weathered Wedding

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:28:00 +1300

On Saturday I had the pleasure of capturing the special moment between Bill and Karen. The venue for their special day was on Wellington's finest vessel 'Sweet Georgia'.

While the original plan would have included a calm day, with the sun reflecting off the still waters around Wellington harbour, this was not to be, after a heavy front passed over Wellington drenching everything in its path. The boat provided enough cover that the wedding could still continue, and with little wind around, the harbour was fairly calm. We tucked in behind Ward Island for a bit of shelter where Bill and Karen shared their vows, and made official their love for each other.

It was an honour being their photographer for the day, and I wish them all the best for the future.

Here are just a small handful of the photos from the day. I will be uploading a lot more to my wedding albums once I've had time to sort through them all. I also recorded a lot of the wedding day, so will be putting together a short video of this too.

Top Gear Live & Updated Wedding Albums

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:08:00 +1300

I have just updated my wedding page with two weddings I have recently done. The first is Aimee & Bam's wedding in Auckland at the end of last year, and the second is Mel & Carl's Wedding from Taupo a few weeks ago. Enjoy.

Last Friday I flew up to Auckland for the day, to attend the Top Gear Live show. Was a very awesome show, much like you'd expect from the TV show, but obviously live in front of you. While it was a bit choreographed at times, and was obvious the show had been performed many times prior, it was still exciting! Here are some of the photos I took at the show.

I also recorded a great deal of the show with my new camera, so have put together this twenty minute video from the show.

Beach Footy & Botanical Gardens Concert

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:06:00 +1300

On Saturday night with little planned, I decided to pop up and see what all the talk was about at the ASB Gardens Magic Concert Series that has been going on every night in January at the Botanical Gardens. Also for the month of January they have placed heaps of amazing colourful lights in all the trees in the main garden, so was a perfect chance to get some great photos before they were taken down on the Sunday.

Also over Saturday and Sunday I was down at Oriental Bay capturing all the action of the Beach Footy competition going on. Saturday was a scorcher, with the beach so packed there was little room left for those wanting to soak up the rays on the sand. Sunday the weather turned a bit sour, but that didn't dampen the spirits of the teams as they battled it out.

I am still sorting through the 3,000+ photos captured over the weekend, so will pop up a link of all the beach footy ones when they're finished and up on Duplico Media.

First wedding of 09

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:50:00 +1300

Wow. That is about the only word that can describe how I feel about the latest piece of camera gear to grace my camera bag. My new Canon 5D body is unlike any camera I have ever touched before, as you will see from the images I'm sharing below how mind blowing they are.

Note all these photos are straight from the camera with no touching in photoshop.

I was very excited to be using my new camera for my first wedding of the year, both for its photo ability, but more so, for its video ability. I was going to be using the camera to capture small video clips through out the wedding, so excited to see how the camera handled itself. Can't wait to share the footage I shot as its quality is mind blowing, as it should at 1080p high-def broadcast quality!

We set off for Taupo on Friday morning to get up there with plenty of time to catch up with the bride and groom, Mel and Carl. After visiting the grounds for the wedding, I knew the photos were going to be amazing. Set in the native forest covered hills of Whakamoenga Point each part of the wedding was set in a separate area of the secluded resort. With no expense spared, every aspect of the wedding was presented perfectly proving to be one of the most beautifully set weddings I have had the pleasure of capturing.

Here are a few photos I have pulled out of the 1,000+ photos from the day to share. Will be uploading a full albums worth once I have had time to sort through them all with the bride and groom once they return from their honeymoon in ten days.

The wedding cake

View from one of the private villas in The Point

Carl (Groom) and three groomsmen

Mel (Bride) and her three bridesmaids

Mel and Carl signing their wedding certificate

Guests and bridal party waiting under cherry trees while taking group photos

Mel and Carl looking out across Lake Taupo

Mel and Carl sharing a kiss on the rocks on the edge of Lake Taupo

Matt, lead singer from Zubric - the band that played some sweet tunes into the night

The marquee

Mel waiting the back of her London taxi to whisk her and Carl away for their honeymoon

Mel and Carl looking out the back of the London cab as it pulls of.

To view more photos please click here.

Also while I was up in Taupo we nipped over to Napier for a night to spend some time with my parents and sisters who are on holiday up there, here are a few photos where we stayed, and of the road tripping around.

Huka Falls in Taupo

Mika standing in front of Huka Falls in Taupo

Driving from Taupo to Napier

The outside dining area at the place we stayed at in Napier

The pool in Napier

Friend's son Blake chillin' by the pool

Blake at the pool again

Taylor in the pool

Big smiles from Taylor

The hills on the drive back to Wellington

Hills again

Old building on the horizon

Driving back to Wellington

It's been a long time coming: Canon 5D & Mode Ink Party

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:03:00 +1300

I have finally received by new Canon 5D Mark II from Canon. Have been on a waiting list for more than half a year, and the day I got the phone call to inform me it had arrived in the country I was ecstatic! 22MP goodness, 1080P High-Def Broadcast Quality Videos, and the most amazing quality sensor ever to grace a camera.

It hasn't left my hands since I picked it up, and have been jumping on every opportunity to get out there and use it since last week. I was lucky enough to be asked to shoot the Mode Ink Modelling Agency Christmas Party and the Official After Party at Wellington's hottest bar, Tokyo Teahouse, on Tuesday night. As the SnapStar article says best, I was there to "capture all the action as Tokyo Tea House decked the halls with belles of hotties."

Here are a few of my favorite photos from the nights events - But make sure you jump over to SnapStar to check out all the action.