I purchased a new lens a while back, and have now revisited where I started this suburb stuff but my photos all turned out rather different, as they do a second time around, I don't know why that is, there just seems to be more images the second time around.
Monday 31 December 2012
landscape transformations
I purchased a new lens a while back, and have now revisited where I started this suburb stuff but my photos all turned out rather different, as they do a second time around, I don't know why that is, there just seems to be more images the second time around.
landscape transformations
I purchased a new lens a while back, and have now revisited where I started this suburb stuff but my photos all turned out rather different, as they do a second time around, I don't know why that is, there just seems to be more images the second time around.
Friday 28 December 2012
high on a hill looking down ...
… of houses where some are a bit different and some are more of the same, but I don't know what I'm looking for anyway.
high on a hill looking down ...
… of houses where some are a bit different and some are more of the same, but I don't know what I'm looking for anyway.
Wednesday 26 December 2012
high on a hill looking down
… of houses where some are a bit different and some are more of the same, but I don't know what I'm looking for anyway.
cheap shots of expensive real estate
Up on Silverwood Residential Estate I found a signboard with a box of pamphlets advertising the section lots for sale. They were around the price of the average Wellington home. What I like about image making, whether a pencil and paper or camera, one sort of experiences everything for maybe just the cost of a litre of gasoline.
Friday 21 December 2012
new houses on old hills
Median wages and salaries in New Zealand is $806 per week. Average house prices in the Wellington region is $445,697, which I calculate is around 10 years income. I'm not sure if these statistics have anything to do with these houses, I'm just here to see what it looks like and feels like to be here.
new houses on old hills
Median wages and salaries in New Zealand is $806 per week. Average house prices in the Wellington region is $445,697, which I calculate is around 10 years income. I'm not sure if these statistics have anything to do with these houses, I'm just here to see what it looks like and feels like to be here.
Sunday 16 December 2012
private dwellings ….
… of which there are around 1,450,000 in New Zealand, and according to Statistics New Zealand on the date of October 31, there are 4,444,444 of us living here. The land area of NZ is 268,680 sq km. Which means I will find only 16 people in every square kilometer. Also half of the population lives in Auckland, so I don't have to walk far if I want to be alone._MG_1669
private dwellings ….
… of which there are around 1,450,000 in New Zealand, and according to Statistics New Zealand on the date of October 31, there are 4,444,444 of us living here. The land area of NZ is 268,680 sq km. Which means I will find only 16 people in every square kilometer. Also half of the population lives in Auckland, so I don't have to walk far if I want to be alone._MG_1669
Friday 14 December 2012
homes, hills & paddocks
Here are some places that were once a home for cows, now they are places to walk the dog.
homes, hills & paddocks
Here are some places that were once a home for cows, now they are places to walk the dog.
Sunday 9 December 2012
some old hills with new houses
There are hill sides around Wellington with fine views of the harbour. Some are yet to have houses built, but there are others with impressive new homes. I mentally prepared myself for any shock that may cause me to fall over. I grabbed my camera and went for a look.
some old hills with new houses
There are hill sides around Wellington with fine views of the harbour. Some are yet to have houses built, but there are others with impressive new homes. I mentally prepared myself for any shock that may cause me to fall over. I grabbed my camera and went for a look.
some old hills with new houses
There are hill sides around Wellington with fine views of the harbour. Some are yet to have houses built, but there are others with impressive new homes. I mentally prepared myself for any shock that may cause me to fall over. I grabbed my camera and went for a look.
Thursday 6 December 2012
photos of the simply astonishing and possible normality...
5/5 photos of the simply astonishing and possible normality..., a photo by Lester Ralph Blair on Flickr.
...of a suburb I happened to be in.
photos of the simply astonishing and possible normality...
4/5 photos of the simply astonishing and possible normality..., a photo by Lester Ralph Blair on Flickr.
Sunday 2 December 2012
photos of the simply astonishing and possible normality...
3/5 photos of the simply astonishing and possible normality..., a photo by Lester Ralph Blair on Flickr.
...of a suburb I happened to be in.
Saturday 1 December 2012
photos of the simply astonishing and possible normality...
2/5 photos of the simply astonishing and possible normality..., a photo by Lester Ralph Blair on Flickr.
...of a suburb I happened to be in.
Some things I have been reading lately that seem to reflect some of my photographic intentions.
Taken from page 108 "Robert Adams Tree Line" from an interview in 1980:
"I'll tell you a kind of view in which I am increasingly disinterested - pictures centered on man-made ironies, pictures where the subject is a grotesque juxtaposition unintended by those responsible for it. There are plastic flamingos in everybody's yard, after all, and their presence does not tell us much anymore. We have to include them in pictures because they are everywhere, but they shouldn't be the chief subjects of pictures, at least unless you can redeem them somehow. Fundamentally I think we need to rediscover a non-ironic world"
I have realised I want to describe what I see, what is there in front of me in a straight forward manner.
and Lewis Baltz writes (from "Lewis Baltz Texts" page 34' 'The New West'):
"What distinguishes Adams from most of his photographic contemporaries is the distance he takes from his subject, both literally and figuratively. This distance is essential to Adams project which is to present a record of man's attempt to live on, and occasionally with, the land, a theme reduced to kitschy sentimentality by his immediate predecessors ... It is this forthright and (seemingly) disengaged quality of Adams' vision that permits him to direct our attention to the most squalid and meretricious instances of commercial development without reveling in their Pop vulgarity..."
I know whatever I end up with, will be different, it does provide a sense of direction ....
Friday 30 November 2012
photos while walking in the suburbs
I felt a need to refresh my vision, to see places with lots of space, where I imagined the sound of lawnmowers, barking dogs and larks over distant fields.
photos of places between dark damp hills
I took a few photos in daylight too, just to get a sense of this place… you can see more detail HERE
Sunday 25 November 2012
photos of places between dark damp hills
I continued on with my search for life in the secluded dark streets of Mitchelltown, Wellington. Some times I heard voices and footsteps but mostly I saw lights from various windows. I imagined there might be someone watching television or listening to a familiar tune on an old gramophone.
photos of places between dark damp hills
I continued on with my search for life in the secluded dark streets of Mitchelltown, Wellington. Some times I heard voices and footsteps but mostly I saw lights from various windows. I imagined there might be someone watching television or listening to a familiar tune on an old gramophone.
photos of places between dark damp hills
I continued on with my search for life in the secluded dark streets of Mitchelltown, Wellington. Some times I heard voices and footsteps but mostly I saw lights from various windows. I imagined there might be someone watching television or listening to a familiar tune on an old gramophone.
photos of places between dark damp hills
I continued on with my search for life in the secluded dark streets of Mitchelltown, Wellington. Some times I heard voices and footsteps but mostly I saw lights from various windows. I imagined there might be someone watching television or listening to a familiar tune on an old gramophone.
photos of dark winding streets
This weekend I reacquainted myself with the streets over Aro Valley where the sun does hardly shine and at night one can hear the hooting of owls (we call them moreporks) as well as the whining sound of cars in low gears
photos of dark winding streets
This weekend I reacquainted myself with the streets over Aro Valley where the sun does hardly shine and at night one can hear the hooting of owls (we call them moreporks) as well as the whining sound of cars in low gears
photos of dark winding streets
This weekend I reacquainted myself with the streets over Aro Valley where the sun does hardly shine and at night one can hear the hooting of owls (we call them moreporks) as well as the whining sound of cars in low gears
photos of dark winding streets
This weekend I reacquainted myself with the streets over Aro Valley where the sun does hardly shine and at night one can hear the hooting of owls (we call them moreporks) as well as the whining sound of cars in low gears
Saturday 24 November 2012
photos of a typical wellington suburb
After a week away from flickr I knew it was time to refresh myself by going a little further in my hunt for photographs. So I got into the car and went over to Newtown to see if it looked any different to my own neighborhood
photos of a typical wellington suburb
After a week away from flickr I knew it was time to refresh myself by going a little further in my hunt for photographs. So I got into the car and went over to Newtown to see if it looked any different to my own neighborhood
photos of a typical wellington suburb
After a week away from flickr I knew it was time to refresh myself by going a little further in my hunt for photographs. So I got into the car and went over to Newtown to see if it looked any different to my own neighborhood
photos to see how things look at various times of the day
5/5 photos to see how things look at various times of the day, a photo by Lester Ralph Blair on Flickr.
I don't even know why I take photographs, maybe they are small markers that will possibly stick with me of places and things that I see and wonder about. night is best on black
photos to see how things look at various times of the day
1/5 photos to see how things look at various times of the day, a photo by Lester Ralph Blair on Flickr.
I don't even know why I take photographs, maybe they are small markers that will possibly stick with me of places and things that I see and wonder about.
B sides photos
The weekend consisted of continuous horizontal rain. The only opportunity for a walk with the camera was when the rain stopped briefly on Sunday night So the postings this week are some B sides, photos that I felt unsure of plus some from Sunday night.
B sides photos
The weekend consisted of continuous horizontal rain. The only opportunity for a walk with the camera was when the rain stopped briefly on Sunday night So the postings this week are some B sides, photos that I felt unsure of plus some from Sunday night.
B sides photos
The weekend consisted of continuous horizontal rain. The only opportunity for a walk with the camera was when the rain stopped briefly on Sunday night So the postings this week are some B sides, photos that I felt unsure of plus some from Sunday night.
testing my boundaries of good taste
This weeks selection of photos with inappropriate iso settings, wrong focus, shooting into the sun and other errors of judgement. maybe check it out in lightbox
and for your convenience here is the super BIG size,
some lessons I'm trying to learn on making bad photos
5/5 of some lessons I'm trying to learn on making bad photos, a photo by Lester Ralph Blair on Flickr.
Some years back when I was around 23 years old I purchased a Polaroid camera and took a photo of my cat on the lawn. The photo came out of the front of the camera and a picture of a blurry grey blob on a background of green slowly appeared. I was charmed by the result. Soon after I purchased an SLR camera and darkroom equipment. I then proceeded to try and make sharp detailed prints. I have started to think what is the point of this…. lightbox is tops for B&W
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some lessons I'm trying to learn on making bad photos
4/5 of some lessons I'm trying to learn on making bad photos, a photo by Lester Ralph Blair on Flickr.
Some years back when I was around 23 years old I purchased a Polaroid camera and took a photo of my cat on the lawn. The photo came out of the front of the camera and a picture of a blurry grey blob on a background of green slowly appeared. I was charmed by the result. Soon after I purchased an SLR camera and darkroom equipment. I then proceeded to try and make sharp detailed prints. I have started to think what is the point of this…. lightbox is tops for B&W
ongoing night time explorations
Just to see what goes on when I'm usually at home in my armchair.
give yourself a break and go straight to lightbox
or try the supersize
ongoing night time explorations
Just to see what goes on when I'm usually at home in my armchair.
give yourself a break and go straight to lightbox
or try the supersize
wandering at night in wet weather
I could of stayed home but I am always happier if I get a few photos and it's been a while since I took a photo in the rain. on black in lightbox is good
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