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 been adding some of my photos to the Flickr online photo management and sharing site, and have also started using TwitPic NEW when posting them on Twitter (see my page NEW).

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 18 January 2009

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