True art takes note not merely of form but also of what lies behind. 14th Dalai Lama Kia ora tatou: Why do we photograph? What do our photographs mean to us and to others? What is their power and their significance? What did William Henry Fox Talbot start all those years ago when he [...]
In photography, Light is everything. A storm was coming. I knew it as I picked my way up the Pigroot. I could feel the tension rising within me. The northerly was picking up steam and beginning to flex its muscles. Wisps of cloud were clinging to the underside of the sky. Somehow I knew the [...]
Kia ora tatou: It had to happen…spammmers find blogs. I have had a number of offers which relate to health and virility issues ( which I do not believe I have!). For that reason I intend to enable moderation for all comments. This will mean a delay between you submitting and your comments appearing on [...]
In December I wrote a post decrying the proposed windfarm on the Lammermoors above Ranfurly. I talked of the visual pollution that would result from erecting 170+ wind turbines in a place that is relatively visually pristine. I commented on the need to clutter the landscape with windfarms, when other measures, such as active [...]
