Nothing will wipe the memories of the day that Christchurch City Centre came tumbling down around me. Those memories were stirred up again last weekend when I returned to the Central City for the first time. Â With two days work planned there I took the advantage of... 
So many times we’ve walked up the Paekakariki Beach and wished we could nip over to Kapiti Island. Â Today we did. Â On one of the finest days of the year we enjoyed one of the finest days out you can enjoy in New Zealand. Â We walked from bottom to top of the... 
Way back in July I buried my head in a sand of despair of photography and it’s taken me months to pull it  out. I learned through this whole self indulgent episode that I was bitten by the photography bug because it pleased me and was not about pleasing others.... I can’t resist photographing bassets on the run. You never quite tell how their wrinkles are going to take a handsome basset into a contorted monster look. Fortnum likes nothing better than running full pelt down hill – see how aerodynamic he can be.... Every time I look at this photograph I roll my eyes and tut to myself.  If only I’d been a little quicker, more focused, yes if only……. It’s the perfectionist in me.  It was frustration with not getting it “right” in my photography course... 
