11 December 2016
Wedding party stalker? Sounds rather ominous and the potential to ruin a good day or evening. Check out my previous blogs to get a background into this guy. Be afraid, be very afraid. I use to specialize in incriminating and embarassing photos in my past. And the photos weren’t of me either.
Sally and I had the honour of being invited to our good friends , Sons wedding. Got that?
Justin is from Hong Kong and his new wife Cheryl is from Singapore.
Normally as I was the guest and not the photographer I wasn’t planning on bringing a “decent” camera to Hong Kong, probably just my point and shoot. However because I was buying a big lens (see previous blog) I thought it best to bring a SLR to test the lens before purchasing. To keep the weight down I brought 2 prime lenses. My Nikon 35mm f1.8 and the Nikon 85mm f1.8.
So at the church I brought the 2 lenses plus my newly acquired wild life lens (Nikon 300mm). Definitely not the best lens for weddings unless you want to examine the teeth….. At the reception at the Grand Hyatt I took the two prime lenses only and was only going to whip them out if I saw something (or someone) interesting. Well you can see by the photos the camera was out alot! I have a weakness for beautiful women.
So what does a wedding party stalker do when he is actually invited to partake rather than shoot from the outside. Well as the title of the movie says, get “Up Close and Personal”. It wasn’t that hard in my case and quite a pleasure. No doubt helped by the fine French champagne and the New Zealand riesling. At least I was in good company. The wine and I come from the same town-Blenheim. The wine? Fromm Spatlese Riesling. We came on the same plane.
The company, food , wine, music and service was also excellent at the Grand Hyatt. (Did I mention that before?)
Hopefully you may find I managed to capture the atmosphere of the occasion at the …. Did you know its a 5 star hotel?
Congratulations Justin and Cheryl on your marriage and I hope you have lots of happy memorable occasions ahead of you both.
ps I don’t do baby photos…….
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7. Me, Joseph (Justins Dad)
Sally Elizabeth (Justins Mum)
8. Joseph and his two Sons, Jonathan and Justin
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11 December2016
Time we had some Babes on my website. A bit like the page 3 girl in british tabloids, except more asian and sophisticated.
I was invited to Cheryls wedding in Hong Kong at a beautiful hotel called the Grand Hyatt. Notice the name dropping. It so happens I brought my camera along……..
See the Blog for my interpretation of events…..
5 November 2016 Nikon D750 iso 6400 85mm f2.8 1/125sec Nikon 85mm f1.8
Bird Photography in Hong Kong
5 February 2015
Bird photography is not really my thing. I don’t have the long lenses to get in close or the patience to sit a wait. Then, when a feathered friend takes flight, spray and pray as the camera fires up at nine frames per sec. Some photographers accumulate well over a 1000 shots in one session, then spending all the time in the evening sorting out the shots.
However where I stay in Hong Kong is next door to some wet lands and a favourite bird photographers spot, attracting people from China and Hong Kong. Here are a few photos taken with my puny 200mm lens -compared to the NZ$14,000, 600mm f4 which is the de rigueur for serious birdies. Oops I forgot the 1.5x extender as well!)
Also I have included photos from my good friend James Fung who also lives in Sallys village and drove us around various sites in Hong Kong on our last visit. James is a passionate photographer and a very good bird photographer. He is a good example of what can be done with Sony cameras and old Minolta lenses. James’s photos are in the Guest section.
1. 29 December 2013 Ho Sheung Heung Nikon D3s iso200 200mm f4.0 1/750sec Nikon 70-200mm f4
2. 29 December 2013 Ho Sheung Heung Nikon D3s iso200 200mm f4.0 1/1000sec Nikon 70-200mm f4
3. 22 March 2013 Ho Sheung Heung Nikon D3s iso800 200mm f4.0 1/500sec Nikon 70-200mm f4
4. 29 December 2013 Nikon D3s iso 200 190mm f4.0 1/750sec Nikon 70-200mm f4.0
5. 5 January 2014 Tsing Yi nature trail Nikon D3s iso 1600 200mm f5.6 1/500sec Nikon 70-200mm f4
6. 29 December 2013 Ho Sheung Heung iso 200 200mm f5.6 1/500sec Nikon 70-200mmf4
7. 29 December 2013 Ho Sheung Heung Nikon D3s iso 200 14mm f11 1/250sec Nikon 14-24mm f2.8