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My joint new venture with my partner, Two Dusty Lenses, is a travel blog aimed at other adventurous photographers and videographers. To inaugurate the blog, we took a weekend trip to the Coromandel and surrounding areas, following our 2-day itinerary.
The first stop on the short roadtrip was the Karangahake Gorge. Unfortunately it was a very cloudy day, but even so it was a worthwhile stop. My favourite part was photographing the Owharoa Falls, both from the land and from the air. Enjoy!
The final stop on our North Island Roadtrip was Hobbiton, the movie set used in the Lord of the Rings trilogy (and subsequently in The Hobbit trilogy) directed by Peter Jackson.
As a huge Tolkien fan, this was something I was incredibly excited about. Walking through Hobbiton was a magical experience, taking me right back to the fantastical stories of Middle Earth. The tour (the only way to visit this location) was unfortunately very rushed and not particularly interesting (I didn't learn much), so I wish I could have visited of my own accord or at least had longer to walk through the scenery.
Even so, I did come out of it with some lovely photos.
On the way back up from Tongaporutu, we stayed in Hamilton. We visited the Te Waihou Walkway. Never before had I seen such a brightly coloured green and blue landscape. The luscious forest, cut by the river with one of the purest waters in New Zealand, was a surreal sight.
The aerial images really showcase the beauty of this location which, understandably, is sacred to the Maori people.
Upon returning to Auckland from New Caledonia (see my blog post on it here), I paid a visit to both One Tree Hill on Cornwall Park, and the Auckland Zoo. The images below include my favourite images from the air, as well as portraits of some of the zoo animals I encountered on my visit.
As some of you may have noticed, my website has been down for a couple of months. I just recently moved from the UK to New Zealand, where I am now undertaking a doctoral degree at the University of Auckland. Together with this huge change in my life, I have also decided it was time for a few major changes to my business, starting with my website.
I have modified and overhauled the design and flow of the website, and added brand new images from my most recent work. There are also more new interesting features coming up over the next year. As with my domain, I will also be changing my business cards to include my new domain at .com rather than .co.uk.
There will be new travel blog posts coming up soon in place of the old ones, which as usual I will be linking to from my facebook page. So far, travel plans for this year are mostly research-driven, but should be incredible nonetheless: I will be spending a couple of months in Christchurch, in the South Island of New Zealand, followed by a few more months in New Caledonia.
In the meantime, I hope you enjoy the brand new images and design on here! Let me know if you have any suggestions or comments as well.
