Back in my film days - NZ

[Mad Aussie]

I was just looking through some of my old film shots. I wanted to see what my composition skills were like back then in the days where I had no idea about the Rule of Thirds, leading lines etc, no internet to speak of to help, and I had 1 photography book to my name I think?

I found some shots from a holiday in New Zealand back in May 1996 that we had scanned a few years ago to try to save them from the degradation they were suffering.

It was interesting to me to see the photos and compare them to my work today ... and wish I could go back right now and re-take so many of them with my current equipment and process them with my skills I have now.

Anyhow, I thought maybe some of you might find these interesting as well. I remember that I took 28 rolls of 36 film while on this holiday in NZ in the month we were there. I wish I could remember the camera exactly but I'm not certain. I think it would have been my old Canon T70 http://www.photography.ca/Forums/new...newthread&f=11

So ... here's a few to get started with (I'll probably dig deeper when I get time and find more) in all their glory ... no processing, no cropping, just good old film shots ...

Queenstown church with the Remarkables in the background


My Girls on top of Mt Maunganui


Somewhere in the South Is. I liked the mist rising from the sheeps backs.


These two are from the Milford area of the country




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[Mad Aussie]

Blue & Green Lakes, North Is, NZ


The girls having fun in the snow on the Remarkables. I drove us up there (had to drive around the road closed barriers) before the season kicked off and we played in a bit of snow we found up there.






I shot this one out of a plane window as we left Queenstown headed for Christchurch. That's Skippers Canyon Rd I believe ... a notorious road in NZ.


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[Mad Aussie]

A moss covered section of forest near Mt Egmont (Taranaki)


The girls throw pumice into Lake Taupo. You can see Mt Ruapehu and Mt Tongariro in the background. Lake Taupo is the site of the worlds largest ever eruption.


The NZ Tui


A Manuka Palm at Sunrise


Blown out but this is a cool spot. That's the Tarawera River which comes out of Lake Tarawera and then dives into a big hole in the ground, emerging, kilometres later, right here!


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[Mad Aussie]

Last lot for now ...

A little stream I used to float down on car tubes with my cousin in Kawerau.


Tarawera River


Autumn in NZ.


Setting up the previous shot


I liked this tree.


And that's it for now.

[JAS_Photo]

Cool stuff M.A. Those smiley little girls sure are cute!

[jjeling]

Terrible, terrible, and more terrible. HA! Good stuff MA. I particularly like the one with the sheep in the middle of the road. This is the stuff that makes me want to head to your side of the world.

[EJC]

I’d say your innate photography skills were apparent even then and the girls in your life are naturally photogenic. Thanks for sharing MA!

[Michaelaw]

Wait a minute here...Doesn't this set include the only known face shot of the mad Australian? Nice nostalgic shots MA going way back to 1996.... Man, I seem to feel somehow...Older!

[Bambi]

these are great shots MA. My favs are the sunset and the girls in the leaves.
thanks for sharing!

[Mad Aussie]

Cool stuff M.A. Those smiley little girls sure are cute!

Thanks JAS

Terrible, terrible, and more terrible. HA! Good stuff MA. I particularly like the one with the sheep in the middle of the road. This is the stuff that makes me want to head to your side of the world.

Thanks JJ.
You'd travel halfway around the globe to see hot sheep huh?

I’d say your innate photography skills were apparent even then and the girls in your life are naturally photogenic. Thanks for sharing MA!

Thanks EJC. It is comforting to see I had some grasp of composition back then

Wait a minute here...Doesn't this set include the only known face shot of the mad Australian? Nice nostalgic shots MA going way back to 1996.... Man, I seem to feel somehow...Older!

Actually ... no. I put up another shot from this very trip many moons ago showing me with the girls in their first play in snow. It's here somewhere at ph.ca

these are great shots MA. My favs are the sunset and the girls in the leaves.
thanks for sharing!

Thanks Bambi. That's a sunRISE in that shot with the Manuka Palm and it's one of my favs from back then too. As is the girls in the leaves.


I'm hoping I can find some of the stuff I took from well before 1996 too. I had an old Fujika SLR then from memory and hopefully have some shots from closer to 1990 or earlier. I'll bet they are crap