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High Altitude Sickness over South Canterbury
Sunday, 17 April 2011 00:00 | Written by Brad Macdonald |
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Let me preface this by saying I'm not nansy pansy and am NOT responsible for my body's inability to keep my stomach contents down while being thrown around in the air. Now that we have that out of the way. I popped a few Sea Legs then jumped in the Piper Archer with my friends and began our ascent over South Canterbury. It's been a few years since I have been in a small aircraft and now I remember why I decline such invitations. That being said it was a very enjoyable experience. We flew over the Clandeboye Fonterra site and man is that place big, the yard full of milk tankers looked like match sticks from above. From there we flew over Lake Tekapo via Geraldine, during which I took a few hundred pictures.
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David McPhail
Sunday, 17 April 2011 11:24 | Written by Brad Macdonald |
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As part of a collaborative exhibition held at the Heather Sarin Galerie I followed New Zealand actor, director and writer David McPhail for a few days. We did a shoot at home and a shoot in Wellington while he was rehearsing a play. Here is what artist and fellow collaborator Heather Sarin had to say.
Phill 'Hoops' Hooper
Sunday, 17 April 2011 10:43 | Written by Brad Macdonald |
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PHILL (HOOPS) HOOPER is a local radio hero who wants to make a difference, not just in his community but to his family and their way of life. Interviewing Phill and spending time with his two distinctly opposing work and home personalities made it clear that he takes his job in the community and his family's well-being equally as seriously. Being the sole presenter on Ashburton's Classic Hits station, taking multitasking to a new level requires that 'special touch' of creativity. Phill starts the day at 4.30am and spends the first hour reading the papers, trolling the internet and his email for up-to-the-minute news and information to have on hand for his quick Scorpio mind to put into action. To make the show run seamlessly, Hoops needs to be ready off the cuff to fill in a 40 second gap or make the listeners laugh at a moment's notice.
Lochlain
Sunday, 17 April 2011 10:18 | Written by Brad Macdonald |
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These are a few profile shots taken in a shoot I did of Lochlain, a hair stylist from Christchurch. Incidentally these were taken in SOL Square a few weeks after the September 2010 earthquake...not much chance of getting any more any time soon.
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