As promised, here's a little more on my shoot at a gold mine. Oceana Gold's open cast mine at Macraes flat, to be more precise. They do have underground mines on site too, but this combined stills and video shoot was for my client West-Trak, who were looking for a calendar photo of the Hitachi EX3600 digger and bucket they supply.
The ground at Macraes is hard, quartz-bearing schist, and wears those buckets down quickly, as my guide told me. That hasn't stopped them gouging out a series of massive pits up at Macraes, returning thousands of kilos of gold over the last 23 or so years.
When there's a little more time I'll share more of the story of my visit. Meanwhile, here's a little BTS video for you to enjoy.
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Monday, August 19, 2013
Catching up on work
It has been so long since I posted a regular entry here, I thought it was time I just caught up on what I've been up to in the meantime.
Work! And plenty of it.
Lots of the work has been for my tourism video business, Destination Content, mostly shooting video or stills in Queensland Australia. But there have been some little stills projects back home to keep me busy. For instance...
...a motel shoot, where I had fun mixing light temperature and size of my sources for the interiors...
...a straightforward showroom shoot at an industrial supplier. The challenge with these shoots is to make Kiwi blokes relax in front of camera without every man displaying folded arms and double chins...
...a great little excursion to Stewart Island. More on that to come...
...my first set of prescription glasses, just in time for a portrait session with a local CEO. Wearing glasses to see close up stuff is a pain, but like I say, growing old ain't for sissies...
...a trip to Brisbane to shoot stills and video for a boutique hotel opening...
...an epic road trip and air trip around Queensland, shooting video of 13 golf resorts for Chinese audiences. Sounds fun, but becomes kind a gruelling when you factor in the 12-hour notice I had of doing the shoot, the daily travel, a 110 km/h tyre blowout on a busy motorway, arm injuries and a bit of emergency treatment of a tooth abscess before flying to a resort island...
...a great little crew though, and we had some laughs among it all...
...some shooting for local government candidates, including the incumbent Mayor Dave Cull, and Mrs C herself. She's one of my favourite subjects but also my harshest critic when it comes to her portraits...
...and another little truck shoot. Fun getting real Kiwi blokes to model again...
...especially when I tell them it has to be topless.
So there. Lots of action and variety. Not ignoring you dear audience, just busy. I could go into detail on any of these shoots, but won't, there's too much more to get on with, including helping to teach a new generation of photogs studying at SIT. If you do have any questions though, I'm happy to answer them.
Coming up? A visit to a gold mine. Hope to tell that story in a little more detail soon.
Work! And plenty of it.
Lots of the work has been for my tourism video business, Destination Content, mostly shooting video or stills in Queensland Australia. But there have been some little stills projects back home to keep me busy. For instance...
...a motel shoot, where I had fun mixing light temperature and size of my sources for the interiors......a straightforward showroom shoot at an industrial supplier. The challenge with these shoots is to make Kiwi blokes relax in front of camera without every man displaying folded arms and double chins...
...a great little excursion to Stewart Island. More on that to come...
...my first set of prescription glasses, just in time for a portrait session with a local CEO. Wearing glasses to see close up stuff is a pain, but like I say, growing old ain't for sissies...
...a trip to Brisbane to shoot stills and video for a boutique hotel opening...
...an epic road trip and air trip around Queensland, shooting video of 13 golf resorts for Chinese audiences. Sounds fun, but becomes kind a gruelling when you factor in the 12-hour notice I had of doing the shoot, the daily travel, a 110 km/h tyre blowout on a busy motorway, arm injuries and a bit of emergency treatment of a tooth abscess before flying to a resort island...
...a great little crew though, and we had some laughs among it all...
...some shooting for local government candidates, including the incumbent Mayor Dave Cull, and Mrs C herself. She's one of my favourite subjects but also my harshest critic when it comes to her portraits...
...and another little truck shoot. Fun getting real Kiwi blokes to model again...
...especially when I tell them it has to be topless.
So there. Lots of action and variety. Not ignoring you dear audience, just busy. I could go into detail on any of these shoots, but won't, there's too much more to get on with, including helping to teach a new generation of photogs studying at SIT. If you do have any questions though, I'm happy to answer them.
Coming up? A visit to a gold mine. Hope to tell that story in a little more detail soon.
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