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As some of you may have noticed, the accent of my blog has shifted somewhat.... I am really interested in perceptions of what is currently happening and I would love you all to SAY SOMETHING! If you are hungry for gear stuff, I will do my best. If you want the latest Lotto results, well, go to the Lotto site! But some indication would be a big help! Just post a comment/give out you PIN numbers, whatever.
Blueprintx is about to move, probably some time in the next few days. I am currently hard at work rebuilding my website and James, the designer is putting a lot mre functionality into it to enable me to change images, edit text and generally be a lot more hands-on. He is also going to include an e-commerce function, so you can buy images if you wish( Christmas is almost here). When that happens I will send out a bulk email to all of you who have subscribed to the newsletter. If you haven't and want to be kept in the loop, go here and subscribe. I promise I will only do it if it is necessary. Whatever. There will be a notice here letting you now when the last post goes up.
I mentioned a project in which I am involved. You may or may not have heard of Project Hayes. Meridian are planning to build a 176-turbine windfarm down on the Lammermoors to the South of here along the edge of the Old Dunstan road and Rural Art Deco Maniototo, to whom I am contracted, have asked me to document the area before it happens, as a record for the district. If any of you would like to be involved in the project (a perfect excuse for a weekend down here), please let me know. I need a couple of people who might be interested. Could be good material for that APSNZ submission.....
Ka kite ano
Tony
posted by Tony Bridge @ 15:25
10 Comments:
Hi Tony
Pick me, Pick me!
I'm possibly the worst culprit for not posting, I sneak in here every few days knowing full well I'm going to be inspired in some way by the writings of your observations, experiences and thoughts, then I sneak back out hoping you didn't spot me because sometimes it takes me a few hours or days to digest what you've posted. I always have every intention of returning to post the comment I've composed in my head. I get here and you've posted something else for me to digest. You are a prolific writer and I love your words. Your photography bias describes images I've seen and images I want to see. You tease us with your discriptions of the places you go, recently the Maniototo and create an urge for us to want to be there and see these images for ourselves.
I'm enjoying the evolution of your blog, your writing works for me.
Maybe you could throw in the odd comment on the gear you use, or some gear or technique you've seen that's interesting. I don't know, it's your blog and I like it here.
The Best
Andrew
Hi Tony
Pick me, Pick me!
I'm possibly the worst culprit for not posting, I sneak in here every few days knowing full well I'm going to be inspired in some way by the writings of your observations, experiences and thoughts, then I sneak back out hoping you didn't spot me because sometimes it takes me a few hours or days to digest what you've posted. I always have every intention of returning to post the comment I've composed in my head. I get here and you've posted something else for me to digest. You are a prolific writer and I love your words. Your photography bias describes images I've seen and images I want to see. You tease us with your discriptions of the places you go, recently the Maniototo and create an urge for us to want to be there and see these images for ourselves.
I'm enjoying the evolution of your blog, your writing works for me.
Maybe you could throw in the odd comment on the gear you use, or some gear or technique you've seen that's interesting. I don't know, it's your blog and I like it here.
The Best
Andrew
You are picked!
ET(phone home) me and we will talk. Talent like yours needs to be put to good use!
Arohanui e
Tony
Well! Synchronicity or Whatever! I hadn't heard of Project Hayes, at least by name, but what I did do two or three days ago was pick up an old Listener ( July 22 - 28, 2006) and read an article by Bruce Ansley about what he called the Maniototo project. It was headed by a reproduction of Grahame Sydney's "Hinterland II", 1998. And Meridian want to put 176 wind turbines on landscape like that!
Why there? "It's a long way from anywhere else, which, says [Meridian spokesman Alan] Seay, reduces impacts on people and has the collateral benefit of attracting fewer objections."
I've seen a large windfarm overseas and it looked fine, but it was on much-modified rolling green pasture-land and not in sight for very long as we drove through. It wasn't on a grand rolling tussocky upland like the Lammermoors.
There's a dilemma here, of course. We're told we're soon going to have insufficient electricity if we don't have new sources of generation; and we don't want more dams, coal-fired power stations or nuclear power. But there must be other places where windfarms would be more acceptable; and where's the vigorous campaign to conserve electricity - use what we need but not waste?
Time to get off the soapbox before I start foaming at the mouth. Good photographing, Tony, to you and Andrew and whoever else joins you in documenting the Lammermoors. Andrew's enthusiasm is wonderfully infectious. I want to shout "Pick me! Pick me!" too, but even if you did I couldn't go, alas. And is the windfarm definite yet? At the time Bruce Ansley wrote his article Meridian hadn't actually lodged consent applications although they had signed agreements with farmers whose land is involved.
As to your recent posts. I love reading them. They're so verbally visual. Keep them coming. But I'd like something weighted a bit more towards the practical side of photography from time to time, too. It was interesting to read in "Maniototo Station Road" how you watched and waited for the light that would bring out the textures. It's hard sometimes to restrain that itchy shutter-button finger when the light isn't right.
Looking forward to more posts of all kinds, and best wishes with the move to your website.
Hi Tony
Sarah Quigley had an interesting article in last Saturday's Press - about blogs - and her comment was that a blog is an online diary where your inner thoughts percolate to the surface and are published for all to see - and sometimes turn into real hard copy publications! For that reason, i.e inner thoughts, blogs are very valuable although you are exposing yourself to the world at large. If that is what you want to do, will you still be able to do that with a "proper" website - i.e. be interactive and for all to see - or have you moved on from that ????
Continue to photograph the landscape at large - and hope that your images might help save some of NZ's wonderful space
Best wishes
BB
Hi Tony,
Im with Andrew - I sneak in here all the time, seek inspiration and then sneak out again.
You keep saying "is there anyone out there?" and Im worried that you might stop talking if we dont talk back.
My major thankyou is for when you tell us how you think out an image. "On Maniototo road" is a perfect example. I dont really care which camera/lens/f stop etc you used but I love to hear how you thought it out.
I recently found a stunning book by Charlie Waite (I was hiding in Paper Plus while my wife and daughter were clothes shopping)called "the story of my favourite photographs". He presents 50 passionate landscapes and tells the stories of frosty mornings, sudden inspirations and favourite trees which make the images. Its a photographers book without the technical stuff.
Perhaps you could put your version in the queue after "country lives".
In the mean time pleeeeese keep this stuff up - I love it.
Ian
(the hi flyer)
Thanks guys:
keep those comments coming. If the rest of you want something else, you'd better speak up or forever.....
Ka kite ano
Hi BB:
no, nothing is going to change- I am really heartened by your comments. I am just trying to bring my Internet presence under one roof:website,blog, digital archive etc.
I will still continue blogging-it's just that it will be in a different place. What I have found happening is a drawing together of text and image. I shot the tree-in-the forest image as a response to the piece i wrote; the text for maniototo station road came from reflecting on making the picture.
keep up the comments- i love hearing from you all.
Hi Tony
I partially agree with the guys on the no techno mumbo jumbo posts, but thinking digital, which is where we are all obviously going to end up, there is still a lot of potholes in the road. I agree there is a gazillion gear forums on the web which are full of self appointed experts on any field of photography topics, but I like to know what real people do with their pictures after the shutter has fired. As much as I am constantly learning to see, I think it is important for me to also continually develop my digital workflow. Gear (both hardware & software) figures in picture making more than ever and if you can't get your head around a productive workflow using these components you end up pulling your hair out. I'd love to know what you've seen lately that could be useful or hear some comments from you on where we may be heading with this digital journey. Is Adobe's Lightroom going to be any good, what about Aperture or the latest DXO Optics Pro? What will eventually be the be all and end all digital file processor and what type of file will we use. How does you workflow go Tony? As an every day working photographer I'll do anything I can to learn any new trick to make my production faster and easier, a bit of commentry here can only be good.
What do you think guys? Just a thought.
Andrew
As you know, I am not great on the comments all the time. I watch out for your postings nearly every day. I do perceive a change in your postings now; I hear the wistful person who is reliving the good old days from years gone by. I hope sincerely you do find all that you left behind all those years ago. I hope you also can bring into your search all the wisdom gained after a lifetime away, and can apply that to what you will find. The wisdom gained will add a new dimension to the memories you are obviously reliving.
Keep up the postings, I really do enjoy them! I am seeing a side of you that I knew existed, but you kept well and truely under wraps!
As to the assignment you are offering, Yes, I did get the APSNZ hint; so count me in!!
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