David St George Photography

Winter Gardens in Summer (Part 2)

2012-01-26T14:35:00.003+13:00

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Winter Gardens in Summer

2012-01-25T16:46:00.003+13:00

Another one of those 'meet a client and then take some photos' afternoons. Lightbox | Purchase | Gallery

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Muriwai 4wd Mission

2012-01-23T22:53:00.000+13:00

A bit of a break from editing wedding photos for me, and a chance for Paul and Alex to do some suitably epic 4wd-ing around Muriwai's surreal northern end.

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Steve and Kendall's Wedding

2012-01-19T00:49:00.001+13:00

Omaha was a bit rainy, but everything else went perfectly for Steve and Kendall's wedding earlier this month. Feel free to click here to go to the gallery index, or scroll down for access to individual galleries.

Pre-Wedding (Ladies) - click here for the Image Gallery

Pre-Wedding (Guys) - click here for the Image Gallery

Wedding Ceremony - click here for the Image Gallery

Poses in the (rainy) backyard - click here for the Image Gallery

Reception, Speeches, Dining, and Dancing - click here for the Image Gallery

Kauri Point Domain

2012-01-12T03:04:00.002+13:00

A pre-wedding shoot recon mission to Kauri Point Domain in Auckland's Birkenhead required a few photos for documentary purposes. Here are a few selections.

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Family Gathering, 2012 Edition

2012-01-09T23:46:00.000+13:00

Ali & Steve hosted the 2012 installment of the annual Gathering of the Clan. Feel free to check out photos from previous years 2011 & 2010, or click below for the smugmug gallery -

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Sheena and Rob's Wedding

2012-01-07T07:35:00.000+13:00

Great times up north at Matakana, Omaha Beach, and Ascension Wine Estate for Sheena and Rob's wedding. Feel free to click here to go through to the Wedding Gallery Index, or click below for individual image galleries.

Girls' Hair and Makeup - click here for the Image Gallery

Guys wrestling with Ties and Waistcoats - click here for the Image Gallery

Wedding Ceremony - click here for the Image Gallery

Post-Ceremony & Family Groups - click here for the Image Gallery

Wedding Party Poses - click here for the Image Gallery

Ascension Wine Estate, Dinner, Cake, & Dance - click here for the Image Gallery

Muriwai has the Wild

2012-01-06T15:36:00.000+13:00

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Muriwai Series +1

2012-01-06T15:32:00.000+13:00

Big swells and a bit of grey weather for the latest visit to Muriwai for some Landscapture and Gannetography.

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Thank Goodness for Good Music

2012-01-06T03:28:00.000+13:00

8 days old and looking quite different to her previous career as a baby bump with a tree and a fox painted on.

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Muriwai Fishing

2012-01-05T03:05:00.003+13:00

Waves crashing into Muriwai's popular fishing spot required a bit of a retreat by the regulars. Groups of tourists didn't seem particularly phased. Lightbox | Purchase | Gallery

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Pretty Much Sums up the New Zealand Summer So Far

2012-01-04T15:12:00.000+13:00

A very rainy Muriwai Beach. Lightbox | Purchase | Gallery

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Peeking at Gannets

2012-01-04T02:32:00.001+13:00

A yobbish teen arrived on the viewing platform, took one look at the Gannet colony and said 'Huh! Peking Duck! Harharhar'. Uh, Gannets aren't Ducks, man. Lightbox | Purchase | Gallery

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New Years Degustation Extravaganza

2012-01-01T17:51:00.001+13:00

Bex and Johnny hosted the exclusive 2011/2012 New Years Degustation Extravaganza, featuring all manner of culinary delights, with matched wines for those who partake in that sort of thing. I'm still full.

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Yes, I noticed that too (Part 6)

2011-12-27T14:07:00.001+13:00

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Yes, I noticed that too (Part 5)

2011-12-27T11:46:00.000+13:00

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Family Christmas, 2011

2011-12-27T02:57:00.000+13:00

A mighty infestation of little monsters for this year's Christmas dinner. Please excuse the over enthusiastic red colour grade if it isn't quite your thing. Merry Christmas everyone!

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Das Ist Mir Auch Aufgefallen (Series)

2011-12-26T04:43:00.000+13:00

An experimental series, utlising the Zeiss 35 f2, Nikkor 105 f2.8 VR, and some funky alien skin exposure settings.

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Yes, I noticed that too (Part 4)

2011-12-26T02:20:00.000+13:00

One cactus, one fly. Lightbox | Purchase | Gallery

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Yes, I noticed that too (Part 3)

2011-12-25T07:48:00.000+13:00

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Yes, I noticed that too (Part 2)

2011-12-24T11:51:00.000+13:00

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Yes, I noticed that too (Part 1)

2011-12-23T22:01:00.000+13:00

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Anna and Aaron's Wedding

2011-12-22T21:03:00.000+13:00

I was greatly honoured to be asked to photograph Anna and Aaron's Wedding at the end of last month. The ceremony and reception were hosted by Fables in Auckland. Click here to go through to the gallery index, or check out the galleries (below) by clicking on the image or the caption.

Hair and Makeup - click here for the Image Gallery

Wedding Ceremony - click here for the Image Gallery

Family and Friends in Groups - click here for the Image Gallery

Winter Gardens - click here for the Image Gallery

Fables Reception - click here for the Image Gallery

Hillary and Jon's Wedding

2011-12-21T21:33:00.000+13:00

Hillary and Jon's Weddding was hosted by Fernz, at Birkenhead. Click here to go to the gallery index, or scroll down and click on the gallery image or caption below.

Hair and Makeup - click here for the Image Gallery

Wedding Ceremony - click here for the Image Gallery

Family and Friends in Groups - click here for the Image Gallery

Kauri Point - click here for the Image Gallery

Reception - click here for the Image Gallery

Auckland Explorations No. 932 (Series)

2011-12-06T00:01:00.000+13:00

Friday featured an interesting talk from Andy Pickering of Pilot Magazine fame at Creative Mornings Auckland (three photos). Walking to the venue and from there to the Matchphotographer's exhibition afforded a few opportunities for some random cityscape imagery. I'm also testing out a new colour grading plugin, which is proving to be quite good. Anyway, click below for the smugmug gallery, if you like this sort of thing...

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The Upside of Walking in Circles

2011-12-05T09:00:00.000+13:00

Huh, good name. Lightbox | Purchase | Gallery

Waterfront cranes. Lightbox | Purchase | Gallery

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If I say 'Untitled' it has to be arty, right?

2011-12-04T14:44:00.001+13:00

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Three Sides of Queen Street

2011-12-03T21:36:00.001+13:00

ABT Church/Hostel Lightbox | Purchase | Gallery

...an ugly apartment wonderland... Lightbox | Purchase | Gallery

...and some sort of Kiwi/Asian grocer complete with a Nun and a bent parking sign. Lightbox | Purchase | Gallery

Fashionista

2011-12-02T12:43:00.001+13:00

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Willow's Baby Bump @ Creative Mischief

2011-12-01T21:12:00.001+13:00

Well, I hadn't seen Willow for something like 15 years, so it was quite a surprise to get an email from her requesting a few pics alongside a baby bump painting session with the talented Erin from Creative Mischief. The baby is due to make an appearance in the next few days, so everyone here at David St George Photography (okay, that's just me) wishes Willow and hubby a straightforward and safe delivery. Click below for the smugmug gallery:

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Popular Airline of the Month

2011-11-26T16:12:00.000+13:00

A Qantas Airbus A330 drifting in to land at Auckland International Airport. Lightbox | Gallery

Boeing 787 Dreamliner @ AKL

2011-11-16T16:05:00.001+13:00

Heat haze pretty much ruined any chance of quality shots, but it's always interesting to see a new plane. Lightbox | Gallery

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Karma in Chaos/ Emma G Band Video Release

2011-11-13T21:23:00.001+13:00

Bands Geoff Rowe, Oslo Brown, Karma in Chaos, and the Emma G band in action, supporting the release of new music videos from both Karma in Chaos and the Emma G Band.

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Spider Monkey, Interrupted

2011-11-13T20:50:00.001+13:00

Bit of a Spider Monkey glare, there. Lightbox | Gallery

Art in the Dark 2011

2011-11-12T23:59:00.000+13:00

Ponsonby's Western Park transformed into a venue for illuminated art over Friday and Saturday night. Check out Art in the Dark's event website here.

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Kea

2011-11-11T11:11:00.000+13:00

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Impressionism XIII

2011-11-03T07:52:00.000+13:00

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Impressionism XII

2011-11-02T19:42:00.001+13:00

Monet-esque, perhaps. Lightbox | Purchase | Gallery

Auckwood

2011-11-01T01:11:00.000+13:00

Another in an increasingly long series of 'take a few random photos after visiting a client' Lightbox | Purchase

Auckland in the Key of B Sharp (Series)

2011-10-30T21:04:00.002+13:00

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Skytower

2011-10-28T22:34:00.003+13:00

Kindof hard to ignore, isn't it? Lightbox | Purchase | Gallery

Convenient Parking

2011-10-27T22:22:00.000+13:00

Waterfront living at Auckland's Viaduct Harbour. Lightbox | Purchase | Gallery

Family Birthday Session (Series)

2011-10-26T22:16:00.000+13:00

A flurry of September and October birthdays meant a bit of a family birthdaystravaganza was called for. Cupcakes ensued.

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Waterfront Wanderscapes (Series)

2011-10-23T17:08:00.001+13:00

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Viaduct Traffic

2011-10-20T14:26:00.002+13:00

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Cranes over The Cloud

2011-10-20T01:08:00.000+13:00

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Study of Rusty Kiwi on Bench

2011-10-14T14:09:00.000+13:00

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Sculpturescape

2011-10-06T19:35:00.002+13:00

One of the Auckland Botanical Garden Sculpture installations. Lightbox | Purchase

NZL32, Suspended

2011-10-05T14:08:00.003+13:00

New Zealand's 1995 America's Cup Winner, floating in the Maritime Museum. Lightbox

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Suburban Cow

2011-10-04T16:56:00.003+13:00

The Sigma 30mm f1.4 offers a surprisingly characterful rendering on a fullframe sensor - chop off the edges with a 5:4 crop, and you're good to go. Lightbox | Purchase

Studio Magazine @ Creative Mornings AKL (Series)

2011-10-02T20:50:00.000+13:00

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Creative Mornings (Auckland) kicked off its monthly sessions last Friday with a presentation by Zoe, Clem, and Sam from Studio Magazine.

Studio Magazine launched earlier this month after making its first appearance at We Can Create in August. Published quarterly, a selection of design and artist studios from around the world are asked to present a photo essay that explores their work space and gives readers an insight into the environment that inspires the work created there. Issue one features Studio Alexander (Auckland), Landor (Paris), Pentagram (Texas), and Sagmeister Inc. (New York), to name a few. The Designers Institute of New Zealand (DINZ) have supported the project, eager to encourage local design initiatives since the retirement of ProDesign. With a distributor recently secured, Studio looks set to take on the world.

Zoe Ikin, Clem Devine (Alt Group) and Sam Trustrum (Studio Alexander) are the editors and designers behind Studio. On top of the magazine, they are each attracting a lot of buzz around their own side-projects and careers. Zoe has a beautiful range of silver jewellery sold through fashion store World and online design store Endemic; Sam is a judge in this year's Best Awards; and Clem was recently named as one of the ADC Young Guns.

Compositions 1 & F

2011-09-30T21:12:00.000+13:00

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Auckland Greys II

2011-09-30T21:01:00.000+13:00

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Auckland Greys

2011-09-30T01:19:00.001+13:00

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Wynyard Weekday

2011-09-28T19:42:00.002+13:00

Viewing platform at the Viaduct Events Centre. Lightbox | Gallery | Purchase

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Justin Firefly Clarke (Portrait Series)

2011-09-27T19:32:00.000+13:00

Justin (legendary Wellington guitarist) is putting together a website and requested that I comb through the archives and find some bits and pieces from when I was actively shooting the indie-folk music scene. It seemed like a good opportunity to see how well the usual colour grading routines matched with a new black & white photoshop plugin I'm getting quite fond of. Anyway, here are the results.

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Justin Firefly Clarke (Retrospective Portraits)

2011-09-26T22:25:00.001+13:00

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Party Central

2011-09-23T19:55:00.001+12:00

'The Cloud' on the Auckland Waterfront, hosting celebrations around the 2011 edition of the Rugby World Cup. Lightbox | Purchase

Tuis in the Trees (Series)

2011-09-20T23:41:00.000+12:00

The full series of Tui images from last week:

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Tui Trapeze

2011-09-12T14:42:00.002+12:00

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Janice & Oliver @ Takapuna Beach

2011-09-11T14:52:00.000+12:00

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Koru Fern

2011-09-10T17:28:00.002+12:00

Cliché! Lightbox | Purchase

Wynyard Quarter (Series)

2011-09-09T16:30:00.000+12:00

In between sessions of shooting at 'The Sculpture Plinth' I took a quick wander around Wynyard Quarter with my first ever dslr lens - the handy Nikon 18-70mm.

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Piano Lady

2011-09-07T08:44:00.000+12:00

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2011-09-06T11:12:00.000+12:00

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Wellington (Series)

2011-09-05T23:00:00.000+12:00

A series of images from a quick wander around Wellington's waterfront, and the Botanical Gardens.

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Under the Bridge

2011-09-05T14:35:00.004+12:00

Busy times here at David St George Photography! Today's composition comes to you from Wellington's waterfront.Lightbox | Purchase | Gallery

Old Bank Sunshine

2011-08-31T20:17:00.002+12:00

Old Bank Shopping Arcade in Wellington's CBD
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Bees and Goblins

2011-08-30T16:31:00.002+12:00

Wellington's iconic Beehive
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...and the equally iconic, if a little less well known
Goblin Trees
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Lyall Bay

2011-08-29T21:41:00.001+12:00

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The Road to Lyall Bay

2011-08-28T20:44:00.001+12:00

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Wellington Zoo Meanderance (Series)

2011-08-28T20:35:00.003+12:00

I took a few hours out to check out Wellington Zoo - not sure I picked the right day as visitors the following day probably got some great photos as the snow came down. Anyway, for fans of feathers and fur:

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Has it G..G..Gone?

2011-08-27T14:17:00.001+12:00

Malayan Sun Bears Sean and Sasa at Wellington Zoo. Lightbox | Gallery

The Ostrich's Trousers

2011-08-26T14:18:00.000+12:00

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Chiara's Wellyversary (Series)

2011-08-26T14:10:00.000+12:00

The full series of images from Chiara's 5 year anniversary party. Bar Medusa was an excellent host, with hula hoop services provided by Ernestynne, contortionism by Taryn, Winter Boyfriend performance by Chiara and Jez, and motown musical styles by Sophie and the Realistic Expectations.

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Chiara & Jez perform 'Winter Boyfriend'

2011-08-25T17:31:00.001+12:00

Quick sound checks before the inaugural performance of the break through first single from this duo. Lightbox | Gallery

Quite the crowd. Lightbox | Gallery

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Taryn the Contortionist

2011-08-25T17:19:00.003+12:00

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Ernestynne & the Illuminated Hula Hoops

2011-08-25T00:57:00.000+12:00

Light-up Hula Hoops! I didn't even know such a thing existed. Lightbox | Gallery

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Sophie and the Realistic Expectations

2011-08-24T00:48:00.000+12:00

Motown-style at Bar Medusa on the occasion of Chiara's Wellyversary celebration. Lightbox | Gallery

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Enlight Basement Session (Series)

2011-08-22T13:59:00.000+12:00

Enlight Photo kindly organised a bit of an equipment and photography session in Auckland last Saturday. I was keen to go along and try out some of the camera hardware on display from both Nikon and Canon - and finally got to try the Nikon D3s + 200mm f2 VR combination that I've been hopelessly lusting after for quite a while. Anyway, photographic opportunities abounded thanks to a couple of models and a bunch of skaters who attended, solely for the purpose of being photographic subjects - the antics of the photography enthusiasts swarming around the models was quite a sight to behold...

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Natvia Promo @ The Food Show Auckland (Series)

2011-08-22T08:48:00.000+12:00

Model Jaimee, body art by Erin from Creative Mischief, for Natvia at The Food Show, Auckland.

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Huia Dam

2011-08-21T00:41:00.000+12:00

Huia Dam, in West Auckland. Lightbox | Purchase

Footprints, Whatipu

2011-08-20T00:33:00.000+12:00

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River on the Beach, Whatipu

2011-08-12T17:29:00.001+12:00

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Ninepin Rock, Whatipu

2011-08-11T18:49:00.003+12:00

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Shadow the Dog

2011-08-07T17:03:00.002+12:00

A recent addition to Rob and Patty's mini zoo. Lightbox | Gallery

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Adelaide's Christening (Series)

2011-08-06T20:01:00.000+12:00

Adelaide's Christening at St Joseph's Church in Helensville (combined with JJ's birthday) provided much needed ceremony, cake, and photos of pigs last weekend.

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Beaufort Scale

2011-08-05T17:06:00.000+12:00

Force 6. Lightbox | Purchase | Gallery

Brrrrrr

2011-07-25T22:35:00.001+12:00

Cold enough for Happy Feet to take a swim, I reckon. Lightbox | Purchase

Rugrat Highlights

2011-07-20T15:28:00.002+12:00

A few images with amusing little unscripted compositional syncronicities in the latest series. Lightbox | Gallery

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Rugrats (Series)

2011-07-19T21:41:00.001+12:00

Combined visits from an aunt and brother provided some rugrat photography opportunities this afternoon. The older the kids get, the more they pose, so I had to resort to hiding behind all sorts of things to catch a few photos.

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Muriwai Blue III

2011-07-15T00:09:00.001+12:00

A rather drawn out bridal portrait session was happening on the rocks below, complete with off-camera flash and a lot of shouted instructions & minute adjustments. Lightbox | Purchase | Gallery

The lens flare on the Tokina at 16mm is impossible to fix. So, I've decided to not care. This is quite a useful strategy for dealing with problems and I intend to apply it to many more things. Lightbox | Purchase | Gallery

Vicki's Baby Bump Painted @ Creative Mischief

2011-07-13T03:00:00.002+12:00

This is the second shoot in a series of collaborations with Creative Mishief bodypaint artist and creative director Erin. Vicki was the lucky canvas, with a design depicting an egg, butterfly, and a pacific theme. A few days later Vicki produced a healthy baby girl, and David St George Photography wishes mother, father, baby & family happy sprouting.

Check out Creative Mischief's facebook page & website.

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Muriwai Blue II

2011-07-12T00:07:00.001+12:00

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Muriwai Blue

2011-07-11T01:44:00.000+12:00

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Muriwai Surfers

2011-07-09T20:10:00.002+12:00

Maori Bay Surfer. Lightbox | Purchase | Gallery

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Terminal velocity! Lightbox | Purchase | Gallery

Auckland Urban-Scapes

2011-07-03T21:13:00.001+12:00

A mini-series exploring notions of being caught in the rain with your camera. Funnily enough, that's exactly what happened... Lightbox | Purchase | Gallery

Remnants of Autumn standing in defiant contrapositional distinction to the underlying metaphor of a wet, wintery city, and a general lack of a raincoat. Lightbox | Purchase | Gallery

One thing Auckland does well - hideously ugly apartment buildings. Lightbox | Purchase | Gallery

No right turn. Lightbox | Purchase | Gallery

Auckland City Impressionist

2011-07-02T20:50:00.000+12:00

A (probably) one-off experiment with the grad filter and some longish handheld exposures of various waterfront features in Auckland's CBD. Lightbox | Purchase | Gallery

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Green Zone (Series)

2011-07-01T20:47:00.000+12:00

Albert Park and the University of Auckland grounds provided some slightly rainy greenery for image compositional purposes...

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Green Zone II

2011-06-29T23:51:00.001+12:00

Auckland's Albert Park, home of photogenic trees. Lightbox | Purchase | Gallery

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