Views from the Bay
from the centre of New Zealand: pictures and observations
Posts Tagged ‘photography’
Microstock photos
In: Photographic
3 Jun 2010I came across a discussion which included a thought provoking link on the perils of saving company money by using low-cost images: The article shows how the same image can be used over and over, in a variety of contexts, companies and countries. As long as each ad designer is unaware of the other examples, [...]
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Buller River
In: Photographic
23 May 2010Last week I went out on a photo expedition, determined to get some good shots of a block of larch about 70km south of Nelson. They are looking great right now in their late autumn colours, but I’m running out of time to catch them. So I planned the day quite carefully, using the “Photographers’ [...]
More outdoor art
In: Photographic
13 Feb 2010While on the subject of outdoor art, here’s a few objects from installations in Christchurch’s Hagley Park last year. As a keen sailor, I was very impressed with this steel dinghy dumped upside down on the grass:
Printing fine art papers
In: Photographic
5 Feb 2010This post will be of interest to very few, but it has some good tips for those experiencing problems so I’m posting it anyway. If you don’t print fine art papers then skip it – you’ll be bored to death. I have been using a beautiful paper made by German company Hahnemuhle. It’s an archival [...]
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Printer woes
In: Photographic
29 Jan 2010One of the casualties of our move back to Nelson last year turns out to have been my printer! I use an Epson R800 for high quality printing in colour (not B&W though). Epson printers like this one have the actual printhead in the printer itself, rather than (as in many HP printers) in the [...]
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This blog presents the images and observations of someone who has had a long and successful career, ranging from heavy engineering to environmental sciences, from paper machines to marine biology.
The digital revolution has enabled Graeme Robertson to devote much of his time to a rediscovered passion, photography. His images have won national competitions and been published in magazines and newspapers.
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- Mavis: I hadn't realised that you had pruned the tree again ! but it looks ok doesn't it , and the colour i [...]
- Albatross Encounter: Not sure why I hadn't stumbled upon this before! Love the images and thanks for sharing! It's been [...]
- Mavis: Gorgeous photos, Graeme, and gorgeous roses too. Thanks for putting their names to them. [...]