Photography
I've always had a passion for photography and capturing images of the world around me. Over the years I've experimented with different styles of photography using a variety of different cameras, from 35mm analogue film cameras to DSLR digital cameras. On my iPhone camera roll alone I currently have over 100,000 photos, so you could say I'm a little obsessed. Below is a small collection of some of the different types of photos I've captured.
35MM Film
I've used a few different film cameras over the years, including the Holga135, the Fisheye, and the Supersampler from Lomography, as well as an Olympus OM10. I grew up using film cameras and there's something quite special about waiting to develop the film before you find out how the shots turned out. I've also enjoyed experimenting with double exposures, and long exposure photography using analogue cameras.
 Reflection |  Tracks |  Funfair ride |
|---|---|---|
 Kelly with Sculptures |  Amsterdam |  The coolest girl I know |
 Flowers |  Perspective |  Lizzy at the airport |
 Shed 10 |  Shiny Object |  Walkway |
 The Dark Side of the Moon |  Lizzy on 90 Mile Beach |  Bay of Islands |
 Ghostly Goat |  Movement |  Dream Boats |
 Sheltering |  Lizzy at Tongariro National Park |  King of the World |
 Gatekeeper |  Summertime |  Palm Trees |
 Ice Cream |  Big Boy |  Giraffe Socks |
 Disneyland |
Digital
I've surpassed 100,000 photos in my iPhone camera roll. I love the challenge of seeking the "perfect" photo, bringing together great lighting, composition, an enigmatic subject, and so on. I mostly just document my day-to-day life, but I especially love chronicling trips abroad, and can easily take several thousand photos during a week-long trip to a new place. Occasionally I'll be inspired to stage a photoshoot, and implement a concept I've come up with, but most of my camera roll is just filled with candid shots.
 Changi Airport Singapore |  Big Ben |  Central Park New York |
|---|---|---|
 The Statue of Liberty |  Miami Beach |  Rotorua Champagne Lake |
 Queenstown View |  Bamburgh Castle |  Through the hole |
 Begonia House Wellington |  New Zealand |  Empire State Building |
 Tower Bridge |  Holocaust Memorial |  Spray Paint |
 Dream Miami |  Angel of the North |  Squid Games Newcastle |
 Ford Mustang |  Nice Sculpture |  Nice Beach |
 Nice France |  I love Nice |  Relaxing in the sun |
 Luxury Stay |  York Statue |  Miami Store |
 Obelisk |  Grand Central Station |  Merlion Sentosa |
 Waterpark |  Waterslide |  New York Architecture |
 Little Island Foundations |  Little Island |  Seaham Beach |
 Rubik's Building |  Washington Square Park |  Rotorua Geyser |
 USA |  Tommy |  Melbourne |
 London Eye |  St Kilda Beach Huts |  NYC Skyline |
 London Skyline |  Lighthouse |  Camden Town Shops |
 Heartstopper |  Roosevelt Island Tramway |  Buckingham Palace |
 Durham Arched Bridge |  Central Park Skyscrapper |  York Minister |
 Andy Warhol |  Manhattan Bridge |  Fight Club |
 Bowes Museum |  Red Arrows |  Peace Sign |
 Octopus Mural |  Dog Shed |  Monaco |
 Monaco Harbour |  Eze |  Eze Village |
 1920s Art Deco Festival |  Napier Art Deco |  Nice France Beach |
 Camden Town Canal Boat |  Stop Wars Mural |  High Up |
 Lemonade Sign |  Walk at Baring Head |  British Museum |
 Summit One Vanderbilt |  Wellington Cathedral |  Brooklyn Bridge |
 Breaker Bay Wellington |  Chinese New Years |  Pandas Dance |
 Flowers |  Empire State Building Rainbow |  Auckland Botanic Gardens |
 NZ Air Force |  That Wanaka Tree |  Queenstown Jet Boat |
 NYC Pride Parade |  NYC |  Pride Month |
 Marina Bay Sands |  Statue of Liberty Framed |  Friends Apartment Building |
 New Zealand Coastline |  Camden Lock |  Auckland Harbour |
 Kayaking |  Brooklyn |  The Palace of Fine Arts |
 Big Ben Clockface |  The Vessel |  Ground Zero |
 Up The Vessel |  Sentosa Island Art |  Fountains Sentosa Island |
 Auckland Sky Tower |  The High Line |  Wellington Inflatable Man |
 Queenstown Bungee |  The Remarkables Queenstown |  Wellington from the air |
 Singapore Supertrees |  Luge Track Rotorua |  Luging |
 Taupo Snow Covered Volcano |  Umbrella Art Installation |  Rockefeller Center |
 Cloud Forest Singapore |  Queenstown Views |  Durham Marketplace Statue |
 Temple |  Petronas Twin Towers |  Breaker Bay |
 Bird |  Singapore View |  Tunnel |
 Dwarfed |  Kuala Lumpur Malaysia |  Sentosa Island Beach |
 Sentosa Island Cable Car |  Supertrees Singapore |  The Escarpment Track |
 Ferns |  San Francisco |  Lumiere Durham |
 A happy accident |  Lombard Street San Francisco |  Sydney Opera House |
 Geometry |  Fire Installation |  Sydney |
 The Golden Gate Bridge |  Sydney Harbour Bridge |  Gardens By The Bay Singapore |
 Wellington Pride Parade |  Trans Rights Are Human Rights |  The Sage Newcastle |
 The Tyne Bridge |  Red Rocks |  Admiring the view |
Products
In one of my former lives, I created content for an American restaurant for use on their website, on social media, and for print materials. I quite enjoy product photography, trying to showcase food in it's best light, to the point you want to reach into the screen and take a bite. It can be challenging working with food, which tends to only look good for a limited time, so you have to plan ahead well, and shoot quick. It's a fun challenge.
 Burger |  Mimosa |  Chicken and Waffles |
|---|---|---|
 Coffee |  Dirty Milkshake |  Philly Cheesesteaks |
 Dessert Waffle |  Cocktail |  Burger and Chips |
 Giant Milkshake |  Ribs |  Milkshake |
 Burgers |  Oreo Waffle |
Light Painting
During my time experimenting with long exposure photography, I've had the pleasure of creating some fun light paintings, from using ignited steel wool spinning from a whisk at the end of a piece of rope, to using different colour torches to write and draw in the air. It's always a good time, and a bit of hit and miss with the results.
 Light Painting 1 |  Light Painting 2 |  Light Painting3 |
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 Light Painting 4 |  Light Painting 5 |  Light Painting 6 |
 Light Painting 7 |  Light Painting 8 |  Light Painting 9 |
 Light Painting 10 |