Tuesday 30 April 2013

Spice of Life

My choice from a week's work at Hawke's Bay Today J

Belt, handbags, shoes, boots, jewellery - product, Lolita, Middle Rd, Havelock North photograph
Fashion @ Lolita - Cla1030027-01
 
Susan McDade, new manager, Hastings City Business Association, pictured in the CBD, Hastings Mall, Hastings photograph
 CBD boss - HBT131430-04
 
Blue sky, clouds, cloudy weather, changing weather, not raining, not sunny - pictured from Ruahapia Rd, Ruahapia, Hastings photograph
Weather watch - HBT130122-13

Chix on Byx, a patch worn by Sky Haley, Fielding - Hot rod clubs joined the Hawke's Bay branch of Ulysses Club for their annual Anzac Day charity motorcycle run, raising money for St John Ambulance. They gathered near the National Aquarium of New Zealand, Marine Parade, Napier, before setting off for a tour around Hawke's Bay, finishing up at the Duke of Gloucester, Taradale, Napier photograph
Chix on Byx - Luv it :-) - HBT131436-07

Ben Dobbie, Invercargill, perfecting The Caterpillar, Circus Skills Class, annual National Youth Drama School, Havelock North High School, Havelock North photograph
Circus Skills Caterpillar - HBT131438-01

Monday 29 April 2013

Saturday 27 April 2013

My World

Complementary Colours - lots of red apples on green trees photograph
Complementary colours, Abundance of apples
A twice-weekly series of photographs from around Hawke's Bay

Thursday 25 April 2013

My World

Mushrooms in Autumn
A twice-weekly series of photographs from around Hawke's Bay

Tuesday 23 April 2013

Love my job :-)

Last week I was interviewed about my job as a press photographer, on Radio Kidnappers, hosted by Janice Klinkhamer.

How'd it come about, you ask? I was out on a shoot, and stopped to have a chat with a couple of guys, and happened to mention that I love my job, because I do! Turned out that was just the right turn of phrase, as he then explained that Love That Job was the name of his wife's radio show, and would I be interested in taking part... You never do know who you're gonna bump into - Enjoy  J

Spice of Life

My choice from a week's work at Hawke's Bay Today J

Tim Whittaker, Tim Whittaker Photography, Hastings, with his multi-rotor Photodrone photograph
Tim's Photodrone - HBT130113-01
 
Chicken Abondigas, traditional chicken meatballs, by Zana Price, chef, Deliciosa Tapa and Wine, Havelock North
 Zana's Chicken Abondigas - HBT130118-02
 
David George, Napier, researcher about accomodation and tourism, pictured in front of the Inner Harbour and Hospital Hill, Ahuriri, Napier, believes Napier should be promoted as a destination, rather than the Bay-wide approach of Hawke's Bay Tourism photograph
David George, researcher - HBT131416-01

John Bary, trainer, Timoti Farms, Pakipaki, Hastings, with Survived, a horse running in this weekend's races photograph
Survived and Won - HBT131415-02
 
Hawke's Bay Today Photo Sales

Monday 22 April 2013

Quips & Quotes

Anonymous: Good can be found in everything. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Sunday 21 April 2013

My World

Late afternoon sun streaming through the clouds, seen from Clive photograph
Late afternoon sun, seen from Clive
A twice-weekly series of photographs from around Hawke's Bay

Thursday 18 April 2013

My World

The (far too) common cockroach photograph
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...
(I wonder what happened to its other antenna)
 
A cockroach's brain is situated near its stomach,
and the way to a man's heart is through his stomach - hmmm,
draw your own conclusion J
 
(other than the fact my wife hates them...)
 
A weekly series of photographs from around Hawke's Bay

Tuesday 16 April 2013

Spice of Life

My choice from a week's work at Hawke's Bay Today J
 
Remember a few months ago I photographed a leucistic blackbird? This week I got a tip about an unusual seagull in Akina Park, Hastings
 
Leucistic too? A young black-backed gull in Hastings photograph
Leucistic? A young black-backed seagull in Hastings - HBT131395-01

In flight, revealing the colour under its wings, a white and tan black-backed gull in Hastings photograph
In flight, revealing the colour under its wings - HBT131395-02

One of its mates, a black-backed gull, aka kelp gull, aka Karoro photograph
One of its mates, also a black-backed gull, aka kelp gull, aka Karoro - HBT131395-03
 
(see more comment on BirdingNZ.net)
 
Mary-anne Scott, author, Havelock North, pictured at the "very supportive" Poppies Bookshop, Treachers Lane, Havelock North. Her book, Snakes and Ladders, received a nomination in the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards photograph
Happy author - HBT131392-01

Ted Hill, Percival Rd, Hastings, tending a rubbish fire on the first day the Prohibited Fire Season (Total Fire Ban) was lifted and replaced with a Restricted Fire Season photograph
Happy orchardist - HBT131394-02

 

Monday 15 April 2013

Quips & Quotes

Anonymous:  The best way to keep good intentions from dying is to execute them.

Sunday 14 April 2013

My World

Pumpkin crop, Mangateretere photograph
Pumpkin crop, Mangateretere
A twice-weekly series of photographs from around Hawke's Bay

Thursday 11 April 2013

My World

School Daze - school uniform fabric photograph
School Daze
A twice-weekly series of photographs from around Hawke's Bay

Tuesday 9 April 2013

Spice of Life

My choice from a week's work at Hawke's Bay Today J

Linsay May, tuning up for a piping event at the Hawke's Bay Easter Highland Games, Lindisfarne College, Hastings photograph
Tuning up - HBT130102-05
 
HannahWilson, Palmerston North - Jazz Impromptu 14 years and over - Napier Performing Arts Competitions Society Inc  105th Easter Festival 2013, Napier Municipal Theatre, Napier photograph
Jazz Impromptu - HBT130103-02

Fire service, police and St John Ambulance attended an incident on the beach near the Tukituki Rivermouth, Haumoana, where a 13 year-old boy was injured when a trike, three-wheeler tipped up backwards. photograph
Local heroes - HBT131349-04
 
Posed pic of a cyclist without lights, helmet or hi-viz jacket, riding at night, in Hastings photograph
Carefree cyclist
(don't worry, it was a posed pic for a story about cycle [lack of] safety) - HBT130008-05

Monday 8 April 2013

Sunday 7 April 2013

My World

Apples on a tree in an orchard in Pakowhai Rd, Hastings photograph
Bumper apple harvest expected J
A twice-weekly series of photographs from around Hawke's Bay

Thursday 4 April 2013

My World

Pigeon on a fence photograph
Pigeon on a pole
A twice-weekly series of photographs from around Hawke's Bay

Tuesday 2 April 2013

Spice of Life

My choice from a week's work at Hawke's Bay Today J

Laura Halligan, music therapist, pictured at Cranford Hospice, Hastings photograph
Laura Halligan, music therapist at Cranford Hospice - HBT131321-02

 
Stan Walker, a Kiwi,winner of Australian Idol, turns it on for his McLean Park crowd photograph
 Stan Walker at McLean Park, Napier - HBT130100-14

Monday 1 April 2013

Quips & Quotes

Winston Churchill: Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.