Photography

Looking past the Lenin Mausoleum at St Basil's Cathedral, Moscow (2006)©

I am adding photos taken with my digital camera to these pages. I have included a portfolio of pictures I took around the historic city of Bruges in Belgium.

Pataua North Beach, Northland (2001)©

I have also started adding some of my photos to the Flickr online photo management and sharing site.

Tram in Geneva, Switzerland (2005)©

Useful photography tools include:

  • Picnik NEW - for on-line photo editing in your browser
  • Paint.NET NEW - for a free basic photo editor download

Interesting photography sites include:

If you are looking to purchase a new digital camera the following sites are useful:

Leica cameras and lenses are renowned for their high quality and Leica Camera AG has information about the latest products.

Reed Memorial Park, Whangarei (2001)©

Kodak includes some useful tips for amateur photographers on its site.

A relevant news group is rec.photo.equipment.35mm.

A very good exhibition of photographs by Lee Miller was shown in Wellington.

The famous photo agency Magnum is online.

When last in New York I visited the International Center of Photography.

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Arrow River near Arrowtown, Otago (2001)©

Corbis has a very large collection of images.

Google Earth has global coverage at varying resolutions and is well worth downloading if you have broadband.

Microsoft TerraServer provides access to a large collection of aerial and satellite photographs of the USA.

Aviation Photography

Kiwi Aircraft Images, put together by Phillip Treweek, has a good collection of photos of the New Zealand aviation scene.

Airbus A319 D-AILD at Munich (2006)©

Other interesting sites with collections of aviation photos include:

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Piper Arrow ZK-EIF at Wellington International (2000)©

Last modified 05 October 2008

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