Posts by Adrienne Rewi
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Capture: Two Tripods, One Night, in reply to Steve Barnes,
I LIKE this approach! Spontaneous, devil-may-care, leaping on luck...... very me. And here's where I confess I've never lugged a tripod out at night ever! In fact, I only bought one recently because my eyesight is failing and *everything* is going blurry. Thought a tripod might steady things a bit. But it's such a bitch of a thing to operate. (Oops! Are we allowed to swear on here?). Have fallen over it's legs twice. We have an uneasy relationship - and, I suspect, an unsteady one, so it may yet be shoved in the cupboard if it doesn't perform better.
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A slight improvement here - Wellington waterfront, 2010, taken on my Nikon DSLR 3000
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And New Year's Eve 2008 - Manchester Street, Christchurch - also now demolished following the earthquakes. Also taken on the small Panasonic Lumix. One of my classic 'mood' shots :-)
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OK So here's SOL Square, New Year's Eve 2007, taken on a small Panasonic Lumix. This *was* the centre of Christchurch's nightlife district. Now it is - or will soon be - demolished following the Christchurch earthquakes. So in that sense, I'm glad I have even this wonky nightime record.
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Aaarrhhh..... the loveliness of night! That time of silky shadows, shimmmering reflections, dingy corners and sparkling highlights - all captured so beautifully here! My night photography tends to be a much more amateurish affair - often a blurry (but pretty) abstraction of light and dark. I tell myself that's fine, that the photo has 'mood' and atmosphere but really, that's just a cover for my ineptitude. I'll post an example later so you can see for yourseldf. Having confessed, I may as well front up with some crappy but pretty images :-)
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Capture: Ngāi Tahu, in reply to Islander,
I've got a bit of a thing about photographing tokotoko. There's something magic about them. The good ones seem to have spirit all their own. As for a wider cross section of photos across all runanga - I see your point but at short notice it came down to the best photos on the day and while II do have files of photos from all 18 runanga, I was selecting these purely on a photographic basis, not a runanga-representative basis. Perhaps another time :-) Although you can see more of other runanga (on an ongoing basis) on the Te Karaka blog at www.tekaraka.co.nz - or in the magazine itself, also online.
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Capture: Ngāi Tahu, in reply to Hebe,
Thanks for your school anecdote - just lovely! :-) It's the small stories that make for a rich multi-cultural life I think.
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Capture: Ngāi Tahu, in reply to Greg Bodnar,
Thanks Greg, Tā Tipene is always a photographer's dream subject and I got some beauties of him on the paepae that day at Rāpaki. I particularly liked the ones of him leaning on his stick.
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Capture: Ngāi Tahu, in reply to Robert Urquhart,
Sorry :-)
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Capture: Ngāi Tahu, in reply to Russell Brown,
I've only read a couple of Kozoil's pieces but fascinating multi-cultural stance. Must source more.
