If there was a prize for the worst Blog!!

Ok so I am rubbish at updating my blog.. I do have a reasonable excuse though!

After spending 6 fun months in Melbourne, Australia with Katie ( my first g/f from the UK ) we found out we were pregnant!!! After a couple of weeks of deliberating over what to do next we finally decided to move back to Auckland, New Zealand as I have my NZ residency and could sponsor Katie for hers. So we settled into life in Auckland after a brief visit in the UK to break our exciting news to our friends and family and on the 5th March 2010 Charlie Grant was born..

What an incredible feeling, as im sure most new fathers would agree, there really aren't words that can describe the first time you get to hold your little baby boy. In fact it still gets me all emotional now just thinking about it 4 mths later. I think I spent the majority of my adult life wondering if I wanted kids and if I would be a good dad or could I support my family? All I can say is the second you set eyes on your son everything changes, all your doubts disappear and nothing else in the world matters more than your little baby boy.

Work wise I have had to hold down a sensible job to pay the bills..
In my spare time I have been working on my new business Real Pics which specialises in real estate marketing solutions, focussing around - Still Photography, 2D and 3D floor plans, High Definition Video Tours and  Elevated or Aerial Photography. You can find more details www.realpics.co.nz

Having spent the last few months doing the ground work Real Pics will be launching in full force over the next few weeks!! It goes without saying - if you know anyone who works in real estate or anyone who is selling their home please get in touch :-)

Ok so that's a really quick update of my life over the last few months. My mid year new year resolution is to update my blog regularly..

Dutch Barge - Interior Pics

I have just taken some pictures of this stunning Dutch Barge! The images are to be used in adverts as this floating luxury home is for sale. This incredible floating palace is based on a traditional Dutch Barge design but has been lovingly hand crafted to incorporate a very contemporary modern feel. With no expense spared, its also fully equipped for trips to sea with the latest navigation technology and huge bow thruster for easy manoeuvrability.

Its very tricky taking half decent pictures in a relatively small environment like a boat but with the help of my wide angle 10-20mm Sigma lens I was able to achieve some satisfactory results. Most of the shots were taken on a tripod using a small aperture and long exposure.

If you like the idea of a luxury home that you can move around then contact ianandjenny@seeper.com for more details..

click here for a slide show of the pictures

Change of Scenery

Nothing like a complete change to keep you on your toes! I have now said good bye to Hong Kong, maybe for good who knows? It certainly wasn't a planned move as such but then spontaneity can be the most exciting side of life, so they say. I will be in sunny England for the next few weeks at least until after the New Year, catching up with friends and family. Looking forward especially to hanging out with my brother in London he runs seeper and has some pretty big names on his books.
After my UK trip I will probably head back to New Zealand for a while until my next adventure comes up unless I get a better offer!! Just in case your wondering what a "better offer" might be it could be a number of things but a couple spring to mind... free beer.. dancing girls... fast cars yeah yeah every guys dreams. Seriously right now the opportunity to travel and take pictures would be a great offer, since I left New Zealand a year ago I have sort of caught the travel bug and I am enjoying my photography more and more. So if anyone is reading this and would like to pay me to take pictures anywhere in the world, please do get in touch!!

Will do my best to post some stuff from the UK I am hoping to have the chance to get out and about and see how a British winter can be captured on camera.

Article for "The Real Deal"

Earlier in the year I took on an assignment from New York based magazine "The Real Deal" they wanted to run a small article based on the property boom in Macau.
It was a slightly rushed job as they needed the pictures within 2 days but I happily dropped everything and hopped on a ferry from Hong Kong to Macau. After a day of walking round in 30degree heat I ended up very happy with the images I took home and had a great time! In particular my favourites were the night shots I did on one of Macau's many bridges. Although balancing my tripod and camera gear on what appeared to be a footpath but was a fraction of the width of what you would expect while buses and cars zoomed past was probably quite dangerous in hindsight!

Click here to see a copy of the the article and here to see some of the images I took. I was surprised by their choice of shots but its always great to see your work in print.

Ok so I have a Blog...What now??

Welcome to my first ever post on my first ever blog!
I figured I must be the only person on the planet without one so I had better join in. So now I have a blog, what exactly do I do with it? As far as I understand the idea is to write about all the amazingly exciting things that happen in your life, then thousands of people subscribe and want to read all about you in a similar way to reality TV but I get to control the content?!?!
Anyway until I work out the exact reason for wanting complete strangers to know all about you I will try and post some interesting and informative ramblings mostly about my photography work and my life living in Hong Kong, China.