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More photos from our GTC event 2019! Models: Sam Moredo and Hayley Awhina Deanna MUA: Kayleigh Cotterall and Mickey Patterson Fashion and Butterflies: Maggie Mabon Location: Staglands Wildlife Reserve
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A calm day on Wellington's South Coast. No storm, no rain (at that moment at least), just walking around enjoying nature and getting a few snaps... This year's event was moved indoors to some extent, due to recent events and safety concerns. Still, Cuba Street was buzzing with activity, music, food, dance and perfect weather... I was around for about 8 hours, taking photos in and out, many thanks to the 888 Band, Chooky's Pub & Pantry, Eva Beva, Cuba Barbers, Jack Hacket's and all of Cuba Dupa in general! Here a few of my favorite Behind the Scenes (BTS) shots from our recent GTC event... Hannah St Clair in between shots and before MU Kay See, MU Erin Kelly and Janey Meiring, MU Kayleigh Cotterall Location: Staglands Wildlife Reserve & Cafe I love BTS ... Some photos are best without commenting. I like this one just as it is!  Since three years I'm part of the Fashion Creative, which is quite a large group of very creative photographers, models, makeup artists, hair designers and fashion/costume designers. Every year we have an event called GTC (Great Trentham Collaboration). Many people coming together to do some awesome photoshooting, in very professional environment, often like on some big fashion event - only, we do it for fun and to learn. Every photographer gets a team of models, makeup artists etc. assigned to them, they develop concepts of what they would like to try and then dress up, shoot, edit... The last two years we were shooting in Trentham, two days full of work. This year was different, only one day of work, two models per photographer and a location we didn't know before actually meeting up in Trentham - Which made it rather difficult to decide on a concept! The only thing we knew was, there's lots of greenery! The destination was Staglands Wildlife Reserve, and it was pretty awesome working there. Even though it was open to the public, on a warm Saturday, we managed to get our work done without colliding too much with other people... I guess they found us as interesting as the farm animals around... Here my first photos! Models: Sam Moredo and Hayley Awhina Deanna MUA: Kayleigh Cotterall and Mickey Patterson Fashion and Butterflies: Maggie Mabon I recently had the pleasure to do a Single cover for Blue River Baby Band It's been fun to shoot this, thanks to my awesome model Jessica Muller New tune "WALK OF SHAME" - available on 31/03/19 This stonking tune takes you on crazy night out around Wellington, looking for a good time in all the wrong places. You'll be able to stream and download both the (Radio Edit) and (Deluxe version) We'll also let you know what stations and shows to tune into once the full playlists come in.  Actually, last Thursday, I was going out to catch a sunset on the South Coast. But out the door I realized, there's no clouds over the sea. The only cloud, rapidly turning orange, were over Wellington. So I headed down to town, aiming for the Lagoon or Chaffer's Marina. Parking was a challenge, so the clouds were turning back to grey, and the sea wasn't flat anymore. BUT, the space around Te Papa caught my eye, with it's green light between its support beams. So I decided to stay there a while. Looking at the images I got, I think it was well worth it. It's not all about planning and intentions. More often than not, it's about flexibility... This is a piece of work from mid-2015, recently sold as a big print in Art for Art's Sake Wellington, my partner for national sales. The panorama is stitched together from 63 HDR (bracketed) images in 3 rows of 21 images. Each of these 63 HDR images is composed of 3 single photos in 3 different exposures. This makes a total of 189 photos to create this panorama, some 85 megapixel, 43 megabyte all in all. Why the effort? - Well, first, this shows a view angle of about 180 degrees, from City center towards the sunrise east of Lower Hutt. Second, this sort of lighting is very difficult, the city just getting the first sun rays, the bright sun in the East, and deep shadows in the foreground. Best solution to me seemed HDR bracketing, to even out the light and make it look like, for the onlooker, really standing on Mount Vic at sunrise.  |
