January 2011 Wallpapers
Happy New Year! Wishing you the very best for 2011. January wallpapers are now here in both 2560×1600 and 1280×800. Photographed in Milford Sound, South Island, New Zealand just before the skies opened and drenched us all. We spent the evening hiding from Sandflies in the RV, but oh, is Milford Sound gorgeous. The drive there is breathtaking. The smaller …
Another Postcard from Jamaica
One last full day here in Jamaica. The sun finally came out and I traded my sweater for swim trunks and my snorkelling gear. Stumbled across Tony who took me out to shoot some staged dive shots while I tried to get on top of the learning curve with underwater shooting. I’ve learned so much over the last week, though …
Postcard From Jamaica
Runaway Bay, Jamaica, 2010 Merry Christmas from Jamaica. Spent today chilling. And swimming, And then, uh, swimming with a horse. Lovely here. I’m not really a resort kind of person, so when Robert came by offering rides I ran into the water with the camera. I think he was a little confused when I told him I just wanted to …
New Zealand
Nikon D3s, Sigma 24-70/2.8EX, 1/80 @ f/18, ISO 800 Before I send you off for the holidays and abandon you for Jamaica, I wanted to tell you about the New Zealand trip while it’s fresh in my mind. I went to New Zealand with a hodge podge of impressions garnered from various sources: photographs, stories, and the tourism videos to …
Final Postcard from New Zealand
Curio Bay, South Island, New Zealand, 2010 Sitting at the Christchurch airport waiting for an outbound flight to Auckland. From there it’s a straight shot home and I’ve got 3 days to turn it all around and head to Jamaica for the holidays. What a trip this has been. Very relaxing, and a chance to shoot more landscapes and seascapes …
Postcard From New Zealand – Doubtful Sound
Doubtful Sound, South Island, New Zealand A quick one tonight to say hello before heading to bed. We spent the last two days kayaking Doubtful Sound and had a spectacular time. Doubtful Sound is a fjord, not an actual sound, and is full of all the corresponding majesty and drama. Simply spectacular. I strapped my 5D and Aquatech housing to …
Postcard from New Zealand – Milford Sound
Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand, 2010 (Click the thumbnail to make it larger) A quick postcard to say hello. I suspect this might be the last one as internet’s getting harder and harder to come by conventiently. I’m sitting in a rained-out Milford Sound after a fantastic evening on a boat. Can’t even tell you how amazing this …
Postcard From New Zealand – Glenorchy
The Legendary H on the wharf at Glenorchy. A quick hello on the way out of Queenstown. Spent last night at Glenorchy at the end of what the Lonely Planet calls an “achingly beautiful” road and what Trey Ratcliff calls “the most beautiful road in the world.” Now on to Milford Sound and Fjordland. Yesterday was Bungy jumping – way …
Postcard From Cape Foulwind
Sitting in the RV after what was close to the perfect evening. Fantastic pasta dinner overlooking what might now be my favourite beach in the world, with a bottle of Pepperjack Shiraz, and waiting for the sun to drop. Then two perfect hours with cameras, lenses, tripod, and hopping from rock to rock, exploring caves and arches, and (though there …
More Postcards from New Zealand
Photographing in Golden Bay earlier this evening, waiting for that rare miracle when you find something that captivates your interest and the light goes all magical. It was windy and moody earlier today and I was expecting dramatic skies but got calm and serene instead. Made photographs for a couple hours, waited for the light, played with my 15mm fisheye …