Dunedin's beaches can be sublime on such days, so James down at St Clair Beach Resort asked me to pop down there and get some exteriors. It's a job that suits my natural inclination to portray things with strong saturated colours. What we weren't expecting were the Nor'west gales that blasted the south. Up in the hills, gusts were reaching over 150 kmh. It must have been about then that I was perched with James on top of St Clair Majestic Mansions, trying to get the shot below of the resort and saltwater pool in the background.
I wanted to bracket some exposures so I had the option of some HDR post production, so had the tripod set up with my 14kg camera bag hooked on to help keep it steady. We were like straws in the gale up there. You can see Majestic Mansions just behind and to the right of the resort in the shot below. Funny how the wind doesn't really show but honestly? There were some scary moments.
It would have been nice to go for a little dip at the beach after the shoot, but I didn't fancy having my body sand-blasted. Driving home through wind-blown debris was just as scary. The temperature back home was around 30 C. One of our trees was down, the veggie patch had been hammered, and in the region, fires were burning, power lines were down and roofs were being lifted. In situations like this, there's nothing like the company of a 7 year old and a lawn sprinkler.
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