Archive: February, 2009



larissa’s surprise baby shower… 22 feb ’09

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

what a great afternoon: wonderful friends, great food – and a big surprise for larissa! poor larissa had been DYING for joy & jane to organise her a baby shower, but they didn’t seem to be taking the hint, so she decided to take matters into her own hands, and contacted vanessa to organise one for her. unfortunately for larissa, vanessa was in on the whole thing and after MANY hasty background phone calls, it was decided to simply let larissa think her shower was coming in march, and continue organising today’s event!

…and the organisers certainly excelled themselves – the smallest details were all lovingly coordinated and many hours of late-night/early-morning work went into giving larissa a day to remember

here are some favourites: first up, the awesome decorations!

herself, looking and feeling very confused

here, this might help! (no, it isn’t wine!)

the yummy food, prepared & brought by everyone – and cute favours to match the decor

no food for you larissa – baby needs you!

time for some games

the CAKE!!! yes, it did taste as amazing as it looks

pressie time…

can baby fly? perhaps – but can mummy catch?

no harm done! but perhaps better leave this game to daddy after all?

jumping on this bandwagon… 17 feb ’09

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

ok - speaking as both a creative professional, and general internet user for a decade; i am shocked to learn about the details of this new copyright law which will apparrently come into effect at the end of this month - unless the government receives sufficient protest to reconsider its position.

New Zealand's new Copyright Law presumes 'Guilt Upon Accusation' and will Cut Off Internet Connections without a trial. Join the black out protest against it!

since when is justice served by sledgehammer methods like this? even if someone had actually stolen my own work i still wouldn’t want this to be the solution. guilty on accusation is a ridiculous travesty, and i’m adding my voice to the growing dissent.

…why don’t you? (click the ad to find out more)

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two ships passing in the night… 12 feb ’09

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

the brief: get up in the middle of the night & photograph the Cunard cruise liner MS Queen Victoria as she passes by Rangitoto Island – with part of the client’s school in the foreground of the shot. this presented a small logistical problem as the ship was due to arrive over an hour before dawn – which means long exposure needed to see any of the landscape at all - but a moving object like a ship (even at that distance) turns into a set of blurred white lines on any exposure slower than 1/10 seconds.

solution? take two different photos, one of the ship at relatively fast speeds, and another of the scenery without the ship at about 40 seconds exposure, and combine them. and as it turned out, i got two ships for the price of one: because a freighter, dwarfed by the giant cruiser, followed it in to port…


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