“Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing, and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again”.  Henri Cartier-Bresson

The Waiheke Photographers Collective exhibition is showing at Toi Gallery for one more week so pop on in and check it out!  The show is a mix of professional and amateur photographers so is quite varied and well worth a look…

[Thanks to the lovely Linda Young for taking my photo]

I received this lovely email from one of my brides last week… it made my day so I thought I would share it!

I kept meaning to tell you at the wedding – Just after I booked you a year before the wedding, I was in this gorgeous designer bridal store in Dubai called Frost and the Lebanese owner was asking where I was getting married. Long story cut short – when I said New Zealand she said the most stunning wedding photos she had ever seen had been of a bride she sold a dress too who got married in New Zealand, but she couldn’t remember where or any of the details.

Even though I was telling her I’d already booked my photographer (didn’t mention your name) she keep persisting that I find this “amazing photographer” and so she ran off back to her office to find out the details. Mean while I standing there thinking “There’s hundreds maybe even thousands of wedding photographers in New Zealand… what’s the chance…” A few minutes later she appeared with her laptop and a shot of this bride at Mudbrick by Emma Hughes!
I nearly fell over!

Just thought you’d like to know how amazed people are with your photography – worldwide!
Have a great day!
Pepita

Lovely.

And since a post is not really the same without a photo, here is a studio portrait I shot recently of my dear friend Selina Tusitala Marsh…

Selina is an exceptionally talented poet, whose live performances are just amazing; evocative, emotive and downright moving.  She was wonderful to photograph.  This portrait is part of a group exhibition from the Waiheke Photography Collective which opens at Toi Gallery on Waiheke Island this coming Friday at 6pm… all welcome.

Thanks for the patience of those of you who have been trying to reach me for the last week – our family was whisked away on a week long holiday to celebrate my parent’s 40 wedding anniversary… SUCH a lovely holiday and our kids had a ball swimming around and visiting the theme parks of Surfer’s Paradise with their cuzzies.

No sign of the floods where we were although we saw some pics out of Ipswitch in the papers and it all looked very frightening.   Crazy to think we were so close and yet so removed from it.  Lance was actually born in Ipswitch and remembers the 1974 Brisbane floods quite vividly even though he was only three at the time.  Our hearts go out to those in need over there.

OK, am beginning to attack the mountain of emails now…

Yep, I know that I’m a couple of days late but Happy New Year.

As of tomorrow (Friday) you can now pop in and see us at our new location on the corner of Oceanview Rd and Tui Street in Oneroa.  Oneroa is the first little Waiheke township you see to as you come up from the Ferry and the gallery is right on the second roundabout and super close to the bus stop.  Official opening hours are 10:30 – 4pm weekdays and weekends/evenings by appointment.  Come and say “Hi”!  We are still having some teething problems with the phone lines but our new phone number should be active by Monday.  It is a nice, easy number to remember… 372-2444 (or if you say it, 3-7-double two-triple four – see, told you it was easy!).