I am not target practice!

I think I'm going to sell my house and buy a motorhome. The last week on the road around the South Island has been amazing and I've loved every minute of the 1,500 km trip. You cannot beat the stimulation of fresh places, experiences, views and people on a daily basis.

The assignment was to photograph a number of retail stores around the country outside of opening hours, which meant working at either end of the day and travelling in between to the various locations. It had it's challenges I have to say! For some reason the middle of the road was always the perfect spot for the shots I needed. More than once I had to run away rather swiftly with tripod, camera and a Holden driving hit man hot on my heels! My sprint times are starting to look impressive!

On my travels I managed to get shots of mountains, lakes, beaches, waterfalls, roads, Tuataras, seals and penguins. My face hurts I've been grinning so much... it probably explains some of the strange looks I've been getting!

The job is far from over, with the rest of the country to go over the coming weeks. So if you happen to see a madly grinning photographer standing in the middle of a road junction near you, please don't aim for me!

Travelling light

This week's post comes to you from 30,000 feet. It's been a week of hopping on and off aircraft with more to come! It's a lot of fun, but logistically quite challenging with all the packing/unpacking of gear. It's extremely hard to stay within the weight allowance and not be convinced you've left a vital piece of equipment behind that you're bound to need!

Earlier in the week I had a great two day shoot in Wellington with my good friend Dag from Platform29. A busy shot list saw us shooting in large open plan building interiors, intimate restaurant settings and dark alleys at night! Never a dull moment with Dag! It was a great mix of photography and problem solving with small flashes for speed and portability. Even the Wellington weather, which had promised gales and rain, decided to do an about turn and give us blue skies on the second day. Love it when a plan comes together.

Next week will be a full on seven day road trip covering 1,500 kms to get a variety of retail store shots for a client. I'm hoping the weather gods will smile on me again so I can squeeze in some landscape shots along the way. Well it would be rude not to!