The Society and Victoria Park

After a two week lay off the Society got back together lastnight and went on a little tiki tour of Victoria Park.

Around this time the place is swarming with cricketers finishing up their practise sessions and gym folk heading home to eat their slice of tuna with a hearty helping of scent of a carbohydrate :P

Grabbed a shot of a bus patron in a sea of passing car lights, a building full of people getting their meeting on, some Oak trees and a pretty cool playground made even cooler by my fisheye lens - ooooh yeeeah!

The offer is still there for those keen to come along on the Society's regular wanderings. Zeah zeah zeah - that's TMD talk :)

View from my chair

So, I'm sitting in Borders on Queen Street in Auckland waiting for the Foo Fighters concert and I'm wondering - what to do, what to do....

I grabbed this shot of what's around me, zoomed in a bit to see what others were reading and then looked over the rail to see what was on sale. I get concentration from one corner - consternation from the cover of a magazine that another patron is reading (I think it was echoing the feelings of said patron who reacted when the camera went "click") and curiosity from the customers below.

The Society and the Fig Tree

So the Society got together lastnight and we tried something different and setup some studio strobes on front lawn at one of our homes. Now what to do with strobes, clowns and a fig tree - I know! Let's try some jumping :)

Aside from the core group of five we were joined by Jono and Phil - shot to have you guys back!!!

Next week we take a break from jumping and get back into wandering the backstreets of Auckland. Hit me up on 021 585151 or rimoni@orcon.net.nz if you want to come along.

Two Hands get their Charity gig on

So I spotted something on Facebook lastweek announcing that Two Hands tattoo studio on Ponsonby Road in Auckland were going to be puttin on a charity tattoo session with all proceeds going to help the good folk in Christchurch. Sounded like something a Brotographer should go along and check out - and go along I did :)

First off I have to they have one of the coolest locations and the setup of the shop is pretty unique with plenty of natural light and styley flash art by the artists, something nice for the clients to stare at while the needles do their work.

I got there pretty late into the afternoon but there was still a steady stream of clients keen to take up the offer and give with the gift money in exchange for some fine line work and inky goodness. I walk into Josh's studio and who should I find grinning and bearing it in the hot seat but brother Mark Barber - the Man! His tattoo of choice was a sweet little tea cup and saucer job and as this was getting put on we caught up and nattered on about all things Christchurchian and photgraphic.

In their other studio spaces I caught up with Capilli and got a chance to admire his beautiful collection of Americana styled illustrations - so cool to meet a Samoan tattooist that has branched into a filed of tattooing not normally associated with Poly artists......I might me coming back to see him about some work MUAHAHAHAH!

I love hanging around tattoo parlours/studios and this was a blast.

Much thanks to Stefan, Josh, Capilli and Emma for letting me loose in there!

Check them out if you at:

127a PONSONBY RD, AUCKLAND