Style down to the ground

It's difficult to walk past a sleek sports car without checking out
the little details that make up the whole package. A Maserati in the
rain is still a Maserati...

What is it, doctor?

Well, I think you'll be okay, this is a glob from a lava lamp. I used
the old magnifying-glass-in-front-of-the-lens trick again.

Studio shoot

Another occasion where being able to swing the monitor around to
vertical proved to be really helpful. It makes viewing portrait-format
shots so much easier. Now my bro needs to create an application to
allow images to transfer straight from the camera to an iPhone.

Direct Line

To make a change from throwing old shoes over the power/telephone
lines, someone's thrown a phone over these lines near the Mt Vic tunnel.

At the bottom of the garden

This old oak tree usually has a fair number of cicada shells stuck to
it over summer. I shot these ones with a magnifying glass over the
camera lens, but am thinking that the Griffin Clarifi iPhone case
might be good idea, as it has a sliding close-up lens built in.

Getting a fix

Back to Havana for a 'usual' coffee order - a latté & a Forrest Black.
It's become quite well known around town for a certain customer - a short black (or preferably an extraction that's somewhere between a short & a long black), with some hot milk on the side.

Made me smile

I've been wanting to run a gallery of funny/smart/cool T-
shirts I spot on the street...so I'll keep my eyes open & post some faves here.

Old School Cool

I love the revival of scooters in the city - 'specially the classic
Italians. This stylish Vespa is a 1967 50cc. Very simple, very chic.

Summer as, bro'

This scene was outside our kitchen window at about 6pm. Luckily I was
able to get pretty close to the monarch 'cos the lens on the phone
isn't really suited to wildlife photography. I think it's equivalent
to about a 30mm lens, but I haven't tested it yet.

Old rockers never die...

...they just swap the rum & coke for a Church Road Chardonnay. A great
weekend in The Bay - cruised the shops, had some nice food & wine,
found a good place for coffee, loved the concert, and managed to enjoy
the hospitality of some old friends. Rock on.

Papparazzi

Hey, it's okay - the guy with the red hair said it was alright to take
photos! (no, not the best low-light concert camera in the world, but 
I've got a blog to fill...)
I think that he was just chuffed that so many senior citizens
remembered who he was. Still a very polished performer.

Deco Town

The art deco festivities aren't being held till next week but there
was a lot of obvious build up. Now I know which shops to go to for
some spats or a stylish '30's hat.
I spotted a couple of other people pecking at their iPhones around
town, and found some good spots with CafeNet to keep tabs on my
TradeMe auction.

Paper-free check-in

A quick trip to Hawkes Bay & a chance to use the PDF file sent out by
the airline & saved on the phone to help with check-in. Just zoom in
on the barcode image & hold the screen under the scanner... worked
like a charm.

Weather....or not

This isn't right! Maybe in mid-winter, but not mid-February.

....mmmm

Everybody loves cupcakes! Lexie is a bit of a baking maestro - well
deserving of the 'Polarize' effect. Seems a very popular theme all over
the webs - either real Polaroids, or just using the  digital effect.

Monday Morning

The long weekend's over, the golden weather departs (temporarily, I'm sure), the traffic snarls up & I'm multi-tasking at the wheel again.

Kai Moana

What a treat - not only did we get to stay with friends in the 'Naki while on a quick trip north, but we were loaded down with fish for our return journey (well, we didn't actually eat it on the way home).

Very handy to have a friend who's an internationally recognised free diving, spear fishing all-around good guy. Way to go, Patto.

Summer in the City

Classic summer/long weekend in Welly. Oriental Pde given the Lolo (Lomo) treatment with Camerabag.

Waitangi Day '09

A beautiful evening to dine al fresco - here's a shot of Lexie that's had the 'Camerabag' treatment.... Helga style (AKA Holga). Camerabag is my fave app for the iPhone - adds some cool variations to the photos taken - without even firing up Photoshop. Cheers

Hang it all

Lexie & friends set up an exhibition of their NCEA artworks in funky old Thistle Hall. Nice stuff. Ari, freshly returned from Argentina & Michael, looking elegant as usual. 

Stylish Derelict

Hmm...this'd make a pretty cool studio. On the new motorway access road.