Arctic Landscape, Lapland, Sweden
TweetArctic landscape illuminated by the winter sun, Lapland, Sweden. Tweet
Cantagalo Favelas, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
TweetThe favelas of Cantagalo are in sharp contrast with the expanse of luxury hotels located at the nearby Copacabana beach in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Tweet
Tribal Customs, Vanuatu
TweetVillagers wearing woven pandanus clothing performing tribal customs, Efate island, Vanuatu. Tweet
Sony’s New Full-frame Digital SLR: Alpha 850, US $2000
TweetWith today”s announcement of the US $2000 full-frame Sony Alpha 850 digital SLR, the pressure is on the other photography players, Canon and Nikon, to offer competitively priced full-frame cameras. For only a few hundred dollars less than Sony’s flagship A900, the Alpha 850 is a 24+ million pixel full-frame digital SLR offers practically all the features of [...]
Speaking At NZIPP INFOCUS 2009
TweetOn August 23 and 24, I was invited by the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography (NZIPP) to present my photographic and digital visual effects work, at the ‘INFOCUS 2009′ conference in Wellington. I presented an overview of digital visual effects and illustrated their use with several video clips from films I worked on. A particular emphasis was [...]
Taipa Bridge, Macau
TweetAlso known as 'Ponte Governador Nobre de Carvalho', the 2.56 Km long Macau-Taipa bridge was built under portuguese rule, from 1970 to 1974. The bridge links the Macau peninsula to the island of Taipa. Tweet
Royal Abode, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
TweetThe Cambodian Palace of Kings, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. 'Preah Barom Reachea Vaeng Chaktomuk' is a complex comprised of three buildings built in the mid 1800s: Silver Pagoda, Khemarin Palace and the Throne Hall. Tweet
Tien Shan Mountains, Xinjiang, China
TweetAerial view of the Tien Shan Mountain Range, Xinjiang, China. Tweet
Rising Sun, Taranaki, New Zealand
TweetThe sun rises behind a layer of clouds, Taranaki, New Zealand. Tweet
More Wellington Images With The Mamiya Super 23
TweetIt seems spring is almost here and with it, a series of sunny, cloudless days. I took advantage of the beautiful light and went to the top of Mt Victoria to shoot a few more images of Wellington with the Mamiya Super 23 camera. First and third images are shot on Agfa Optima 200, the [...]
Back to blog!
TweetAfter a long silence, it’s time to get blogging again! In the past few months, I’ve been busy with many projects. One of them – ‘Avatar’ – is a film directed by James Cameron (The Abyss, Terminator, Aliens, Titanic…). The story goes like this: A paraplegic ex-marine war veteran is unwillingly sent to establish a human settlement [...]
Wellington With The Mamiya Super 23
TweetWith some time away from Avatar , I went for an evening stroll last sunday, with my Mamiya Super 23 camera. It’s a relatively old film cameras which was popular with photojournalists about 40 years ago. Several lenses can be used with the Mamiya Super 23, the most common one being the 100mm f/3.5. As [...]