A sense of place...

This weeks assignment was to take some shots that provide a sense of place without taking a big wide angle... it needed to be in the detail.


 These two shots were take at Chaffers Marina, near the boat lift.  I think they portray the dreary weather and the marine environment well enough and black and white just adds to that.










Quite like the poetry in the walkway too... a real reflection of Wellington.  I think I'm going to enjoy photography in the capital.

Painting with light

Things are starting to settle down here in the capital and we've had a few more changes than anticipated... a flash new laptop (yippee) and we've traded in the Aurion for something that can squeeze through the Wellington traffic a little easier.  We opted for a VW Jetta - quite zippy!

This morning I dropped friends to the airport at some ungodly hour and had decided to do my 'painting with light' assignment after that.  I'd already planned out in my head what to do so it was reasonably straightforward.  I think you can tell from the shot what painting with light is all about.  I reckon it's pretty cool how I don't show up in the shot even though I was waving the torch around and turning it off and on at the appropriate times.

For those of you who are a into this stuff, I used my 50mm prime on bulb setting for a 34s exposure at f/22, ISO 100.  I must admit it took a few attempts for my brain to get the 'e' round the right way.