Apes Crew Gear

I had the honor of designing the Crew gear for Apes!  The movie is coming out soon!  Woowoo!

I'm still here...

 just sleep-blogging

honk honk

Sky Blue looking surprisingly photogenic...

Seatoun Cafe

Lunch today, Tim, Ryan, and I went for a hike instead of the usual routine...got to shake it up a bit, it's been a long stretch...

finally, not a iPhone photo

First DSLR shot post in quite awhile...

Lunch club packing on the pounds

 John

 Anders

 Ryan

I have the perfect head for this...I'm half-way there already

If you have an iPhone, "Fatbooth" is the best dollar you will ever spend in your life...

Finally

I can catch the Tour this year!  Haven't seen it in 4 years!

So long Dan

My buddy Dan's last lunch in NZ...

Hey, Where'd I go?

Sorry folks, final push on Apes, and not much time to update this blog...the light is at the end of the tunnel!

I like

Saw this beautiful "old" Vespa parked outside of the Weta Miniatures Building (Weta miniature from King Kong).  I like this person...whoever you are

Anders' GoPro Camera

Anders has been holding out on me!  He has a GoPro camera, which I want to get someday.  They shoot full HD video, are under $300, and as you can tell, are quite small.  Or maybe I have a giant hand?  Example footage

auto oddity #5

Original Mini

Not so much an oddity, but I like...

Rainy Day Off

This week's Sunday trip got rained out...hard.  Small side trip to Mt. Victoria

Sunday nights rock

Literally the only dinner I don't eat at work - Sunday night pizza.  While getting the hook up with free laundry machines, Modern Family, Wipeout:Australia,  and The Simpsons.  I love Sunday nights

Nature Rules, OK? - just as long as we're on the same page

Sky Blue parked at Hotel

Riveting content, I know

day trip

How could you have a picture blog about NZ and not have any out-of-focus sheep pics?

our day trip Guide

This is Holly, she literally met us as we parked our car, and followed/led us the entire time we walked around.  I have no idea who she actually was with, but she loved us, and we loved her!

day trip

Castle Point

(l to r) Anders, Me, Ryan - day trip to Castle Point on Sunday...more pics to come

This is what a ketchup bottle looks like in a restaurant in NZ, and that is what a Dan Naughton looks like in a restaurant in NZ

New Music Toy!

I thought I could go the months I am over here without any of my instruments, I was severely mistaken.  Within the first couple weeks, I was itching for some audio action.  I picked up this little bad boy and thought I would share a little tune...ENJOY!

On approach

After work one night - think this was taken over more than a minute of exposure time...stars got a little blurry, as my cheap tripod is no match for Wellington's extreme wind.

and THAT is a lunch

Polo cafe

Polarizing Filter test

Before I left the states, I bought a cheap Polarizing filter for my 50mm lens, and here is a comparison frame.  Pretty cool results for the price, the filter basically cuts the reflection of the sky on the water, and you can see unda-wata (technical term).

Now THIS is a proper day off

Couldn't resist...
Rentals - O'neill 4/3 and 8' board
Lyall Bay - water temp 13° C - air temp 13° C

For Liz and Ralph

Whoa...

Barefoot in the grocery store...and how 'bout my sneaky iphone photo work?

by the way...

It is quite common for "Kiwis" (native New Zealanders), to not wear shoes.  I will show proof tomorrow...

auto oddity #4

Honda Accord Wagon

Had the pleasure of stumbling across the "Wellington Shake 'em on Downers" at the waterfront, a very tight dixieland jazz band...I want in!!!!

For Ian...

My choice NZ brew...

(By the way, the NZ native bird, "Tui", is awesome!  They have the coolest bird calls)

Chicken chips?

Lighters out to lunch

Half of this table also worked at Disney with me..."it's a small world" (pun stolen from Karen Ryan)

*and yes, I ate something other than those fries!

Wattie's trying to trick ya

Wow, pretty gutsy to rip off a trademark shape when you know your bottle is going to be right next to the original...

You're driving?!

still doing double-takes at kids sitting on the left side of the car...

auto oddity #3

Toyota WiLL VS

After some internet sleuthing, Toyota WiLL VS, is the over-seas version of the Scion re-brand...I think the US got the bum end of that deal, this is way cooler...You could drive this car backwards and it would almost look like it was the front of the car...