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Allely House | Kumeu Auckland Wedding Film

admin — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 04:25:42 +0000

Kat and Paul’s awesome wedding at Allely House in Kumeu Auckland. Enjoy.

Jeremy & Courteney’s Wedding Video | Lido Cinema | Hamilton Gardens

admin — Tue, 25 May 2010 01:53:46 +0000

Jeremy and Courteney’s wedding video shot and edited by Eiko. Music “Reasons to love” by Meiko.

If you’re interested in us shooting a video for you get in touch with us via. our contact form.

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Jeremy & Courteney | Hamilton Garden’s Wedding | Hamilton | New Zealand | Saturday 1 May 2010

Hayley & Ben’s Wedding | Ohariu Farm | Wellington New Zealand | Film

admin — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:13:13 +0000

We’re back and had a great time in Wellington. We photographed some really fun engagement sessions and a beautiful wedding at Ohariu Farm in Wellington. The film is slowly trickling in and we’re in the process of working on everything so look out for a couple of big blog posts next week. For now though we have another movie that we shot at the wedding of Hayley and Ben (this is the short version). If you are interested in us shooting something for you please get in touch with us for our price list. Music used without permission – “Love and some versus” by Iron & Wine

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Hayley & Ben | Ohariu Farm Wedding | Wellington | New Zealand | Saturday 10 April 2010

Kylie & Kea | Engagement Session

admin — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 23:46:40 +0000

We had an awesome time photographing and videoing Kylie and Kea’s engagement session. We can’t wait to get the film back! Eiko put together an amazing little movie to show how we do our engagement sessions and how much fun we have. Get in touch with us if you’d like something similar. Let us know what you think! Music used without permission – “With Whiskey by Tunng”

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Kylie & Kea | Scorching Bay | Wellington | New Zealand | Saturday 3 April 2010

Hasselblad 500 CM

admin — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:24:38 +0000

So, a couple of weeks ago I finally got my own Hasselblad. I ended up getting a Hasselblad 500 CM in black, Zeiss 80mm Planar T* f/2.8, 120 and 220 film backs, and polaroid 100 back. So far it has been a lot of fun using it, and a lot different to the medium format Contax 645 I have. I will be getting the first rolls of film back tonight taken with the Hasselblad. I never use any of my cameras with tripods, everything is hand held so I have free movement when I work.

Compared to the Contax the Hasselblad’s construction is of a lot higher standard and made in Sweden. The body is all metal and the smaller dimensions make it a bit lighter to use also. Most of the body is covered in a leatherette covering compared to the Contax’s plastic / rubber combination. I do however find the Contax a lot easier to shoot and get critical focus due to the auto focus and prism finder. The Hasselblad definitely wins in the handling and shooting experience. Taking a photo with it is a completely different feeling to any other camera I have and the sound of the shutter is very unique, kind of a ” KA CHUNK” sound. It’s definitely louder compared to my other cameras, especially the Leica M7′s whisper quiet shutter.

For those of you are thinking “How much, how much?” I picked it up on ebay for $750 US, then bought an original lens cap and 220 back which gives me 24 photos per roll at 6×6 (the famous square format). If you’re interested to see what this combo produces then check back here over the next week or so.

Photo taken with a Leica M8 and Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f/1.1 @ f/1.8