A recent addition to my collection of work horses. A 1958 Leica M2 and Voigtlander Nokton 35mm f/1.4. Check out the weight! It’s a featherweight compared to a DSLR. Compared to the Canon 5D I had a long time ago it’s about 1/4 of the weight. Shooting rangefinder and medium format cameras has been the...
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Tags: camera, equipment, I shoot film but also some digital, Leica M2, Leica M8, New Zealand, New Zealand Wedding Photographer, Party, Rangefinder photography, Voigtlander Nokton 35mm f/1.4, Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f/1.1
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Posted in portrait
I can’t believe how great the food is here in New Zealand, I’ve seriously been missing out! I’ve eaten like a king the last few days, been privileged to shoot an amazing wedding, and been able to catch up with friends and family. It looks like I won’t get the scans from the wedding until...
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I don’t think I’ve written anything about cameras for a while so I thought I’d post some of my thoughts from recently changing from shooting mostly digital to film. As some of you may know I have a Leica M8 also and recently tried my hand at shooting film. I started out with Canons, L...
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Thursday, November 12, 2009 Posted in portrait
Just got some film scans back and have some great stuff to post over the next couple of weeks. These were shot around where we are living in Tokyo, only 8 weeks left until I will be back in New Zealand and shooting the first hopefully of many weddings to come. Hope you enjoy these...
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Tags: digital scan, film, Film is not dead, film revival, Fuji Pro 400H, images, japan, Leica M8, Mamiya Sekor 80mm f/2.8, medium format, New Zealand, photography, photos, scan, Shinjuku, TLR, tokyo, twin lens reflex, Victoria University Design and Architecture School Wellington New Zealand, Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f/1.1, wedding
Been having fun with my Mamiya C330 Professional f twin lens reflex recently. It has the Mamiya Sekor 80mm f/2.8 lens and so far has been so much fun to use. I’ve shot a couple of rolls so they will be getting developed this weekend and I’ll post some of photos next week. I’m really...
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Tags: digital, film, Film is not dead, film revival, Fuji Pro 400, images, japan, Leica M8, Mamiya Sekor 80mm f/2.8, medium format, New Zealand, photography, photos, scan, Shinjuku, TLR, tokyo, twin lens reflex, Victoria University Design and Architecture School Wellington New Zealand, Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f/1.1, wedding
Here’s a few shots of our new but old Contax 645 medium format camera. We are really looking forward to shooting this in our weddings and portrait sessions. Some people believe that film is dead and that digital is the only way to go. I personally am looking forward to combining medium format film with...
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Tags: 35mm, back, Contax 645, digital, film, Hasselblad 503CW, images, japan, Leica M8, Leica Summicron 90mm f/2, medium format, New Zealand, overview, photography, photos, portrait, review, tokyo, Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f/1.1, wedding, Zeiss Planar T* 80mm f/2
Sunday, October 4, 2009 Posted in personal
Tags: Auckland portrait photography, Auckland wedding photography, black and white, destination, Girl, Hamilton portrait photography, Hamilton wedding photography, japan, Japanese, Leica Elmarit 28mm f/2.8, Leica M8, Little India, Marina Bay, New Zealand wedding photography, park, People, photography, Portraits, professional photographer, Rangefinder, Singapore, Singapore Flyer, Singer, st clair, Street markets, tokyo, Travel photography, Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f/1.1, Voigtlander Super Wide Heliar f/4.5, Wellington Portrait photography, Wellington wedding photographer
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 Posted in personal
Here’s a handful more of our trip to Singapore. It was great to catch up with our Flickr buddies DOVEVADER and Miss Maomao (second photo). Who would have known that Singapore has beaches… They were actually not too bad except for the dirty water… I’m not sure I’m a fan of plastic drink bottles when...
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Tags: Auckland portrait photography, Auckland wedding photography, black and white, China Town, destination, DoveVader, Girl, Hamilton portrait photography, Hamilton wedding photography, japan, Japanese, Leica Elmarit 28mm f/2.8, Leica M8, Little India, Marina Bay, Merlion, Miss Maomao, New Zealand wedding photography, park, People, photography, Portraits, professional photographer, Rangefinder, Singapore, Singapore Flyer, Singer, st clair, Street markets, tokyo, Travel photography, Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f/1.1, Voigtlander Super Wide Heliar f/4.5, Wellington Portrait photography, Wellington wedding photographer
Sunday, September 27, 2009 Posted in personal
Some more holiday photos from Singapore. These show the Singapore Flyer and some of the amazing views that can be seen from it. A couple of photos also show the area down by the “Merlion” statue. On another note yesterday we bought a Contax 645 Medium Format camera which I have been shooting all day...
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Tags: Auckland portrait photography, Auckland wedding photography, Australian, black and white, Bossa Nova, China Town, Chinese Australian girl, destination, Emilinha, Emily Tam, Girl, Hamilton portrait photography, Hamilton wedding photography, japan, Japanese, Leica Elmarit 28mm f/2.8, Leica M8, Little India, Marina Bay, Merlion, New Zealand wedding photography, park, People, photography, Portraits, professional photographer, Rangefinder, Singapore, Singapore Flyer, Singer, st clair, Street markets, tokyo, Travel photography, Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f/1.1, Voigtlander Super Wide Heliar f/4.5, Wellington Portrait photography, Wellington wedding photographer
Saturday, September 26, 2009 Posted in personal
We just returned from an amazing but lightening quick trip to Singapore. It was amazing and I loved what I saw. I only wish we could have spent more time there. The thing I loved most about it was as a New Zealander I really appreciated the diversity of cultures there. This post contains a...
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Tags: Auckland portrait photography, Auckland wedding photography, Australian, black and white, Bossa Nova, China Town, Chinese Australian girl, destination, Emilinha, Emily Tam, Girl, Hamilton portrait photography, Hamilton wedding photography, japan, Japanese, Leica Elmarit 28mm f/2.8, Leica M8, Little India, New Zealand wedding photography, park, People, photography, Portraits, professional photographer, Rangefinder, Singapore, Singer, st clair, Street markets, tokyo, Travel photography, Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f/1.1, Voigtlander Super Wide Heliar f/4.5, Wellington Portrait photography, Wellington wedding photographer
