Tag Archives: light

How cute are these puppies?

Posted on February 18, 2012 by lensaddiction

A friend who used to work with me got herself some puppies recently. We have a lot in common being single professional women, with a mortgage and a couple of cats each. And a thing for gardens, although her house … Continue reading →

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Shooting in the Dark – Chinese Lantern Festival

Posted on February 12, 2012 by lensaddiction

We have a vibrant asian culture in CHCH, which makes for a tasty range of ethnic places to eat and great places to buy produce and supplies. To celebrate Chinese New Year they have a Lantern Festival, have dancing and … Continue reading →

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My first ever Sunrise Shoot at Moeraki Boulders

Posted on June 25, 2011 by lensaddiction

Queens Birthday is a 3 day weekend here in NZ, and its the first weekend in June. 3 days beforehand I crashed my car, but my BFF (DJ) managed to wangle permission to use her work car, and so our … Continue reading →

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Night shooting

Posted on August 26, 2010 by lensaddiction

Yes I am still alive and apologise for my lack of posts. I am about to go on holiday for two weeks starting next week, and even better, during that time I am flitting over to Melbourne for Worldcon! – … Continue reading →

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Hey! they are shooting back!

Posted on April 8, 2010 by lensaddiction

A colleague at work is a fellow photog, and also a keen member of the local Airsoft community. I had seen some of his photos and asked if I would be allowed to come along the next event they had. … Continue reading →

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Whats your Passion?

Posted on April 3, 2010 by lensaddiction

I spend a lot of time these days thinking about photography. Usually its along the lines of ‘something cute or interesting happening and DAMN I wish I had my camera on me’. I think about light, and times of day … Continue reading →

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HDR Experiment #2 – Floral Art

Posted on March 23, 2010 by lensaddiction

A colleague at work knows one of the ladies who did this floral arrangement at Ellerslie Flower Show (on recently) and asked me to take a photo of it. For those who didn’t make it to the truly *huge* marquee … Continue reading →

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HDR first experiment – Sunset

Posted on March 22, 2010 by lensaddiction

As previously posted, I enjoyed the Photowalk and subsequent talk by Trey Ratcliff of Stuck in Customs fame, and it gave me a new appreciation of what HDR can do or could be used for. I enjoy taking photos of … Continue reading →

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Colour Management and Monitor Calibration

Posted on January 23, 2010 by lensaddiction

I started researching this topic over the Xmas hols – as I was getting frustrated with the limitations of working with only one monitor.  I have a venerable old CRT which works fine but is only 19″ and its hard … Continue reading →

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ZOOM!

Posted on January 10, 2010 by lensaddiction

There was a talk and presentation at my Photography Club a couple of months ago about composition and playing with your camera to achieve different artistic effects ‘in camera’ (ie not in software post processing) One of them was to … Continue reading →

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