Long weekend wasn't actually long enough

photos from my Canon film camera with a Macro Lens

It was an epic 6 day adventure that started with 3 ladies on a mission to Auckland from Palmerston North. We stopped in at Hamilton, for a brief relax in the country, including a delicious steak dinner and coffee & chocolate. Also a night on the town, most of which we do not recall, so i'm assuming it was grand.

Then onto Auckland airport to drop off Ayla, ready for her big, exciting trip to England (thanks to which she is currently living her dream). After a 2.5 hour drive starting at 10pm from Auckland, Gen and I arrived in Dargaville in the early hours of the morning, (Gen's home town) and snuck into her parents house, who I had never met before. They fed us delightful food, and even better coffee for the 3 days we spent there. They also have a superb sense of humour.
Gen showed me everything worth seeing. The freshwater lakes (we had a quick dip), Baylys Beach & the friendly people that reside there, she even made me a Mocha at the Funky Fish (her old place of work). We watched the Rugby World Cup at the Dargaville Fire Station, ohh goodness what a nail biter!! And of course I had to get the obligatory tourist photo infront of the Dargaville sign.

Back through Hamilton on the way down, we had pizza at the lake and watched the sun go down, while watching all the other people exercise as we stuffed out faces.

It was a brilliant trip.

in the nude - collection

I shot a lookbook for some stunning clothes that the talented Miss Ayla Bligh has made. They were pastel and pretty and floaty and feminine, and right from the start i wanted to incorporate cherry blossoms. So i "scouted" some models from the UCOL beauty course and we took a bag of Farmbake biscuits to the Palmerston North Esplanade one sunny afternoon. It was so much fun to shoot, the girls were such a laugh, and i'm super pleased with how the images have turned out. Ayla said she was too, so that's even better!!

my apologies

i've been so slack at updating my blog!! and i'm terribly sorry. BUT! i'm planning on updating you on everything this weekend! Because things have been amazing in my life lately and i need to share them with you.

Talk soon x

sometimes i wish things were as simple as shapes

NZFW competition entries

Above are the 15 shots I submitted throughout Fashion Week.
(day 1 at the top -> day 5 at the bottom)
Three a day: Runway, Ambient/Atmosphere & Social/People.
I'm quite pleased with my effort!
Managed to catch all these moments without compromising my style.
I'm still working on the rest of the images i need to submit, but will post them when i've sent the hard copy up to Auckland for Final Judging! The winner will be announced on Wednesday 21st September. Ohhhh i'm so so excited!
It was such a blast, i would do it all over again in a heartbeat!

The start of something

Tonight i photographed these lovely ladies before the World show, at NZ Fashion Week.
It's been super hectic but also amazingly brilliant and a wonderful experience!
I will upload more images when i get the time! Promise!!!
xx