28 Thursday Feb 2013
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Bella Photography, creative, Epiphany and the Blessing of the Waters, event, family, Inspiration, Photo, Photography, Portrait, Rachel Binning, Summer 2013
A volunteer from the Greek Community of Wellington dives into Wellington Harbour for cross blessed by Father Demetrios and Archbishop Amfilochios Tsoukos as part of the celebration of the Epiphany and the Blessing of the Waters.
28 Thursday Feb 2013
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Bella Photography, family, Inspiration, Music, Photo, Photography, Portrait, Rachel Binning, Summer 2013, tongue- in-cheek
Long beautiful warm days are my only excuse not to have blogged over summer. Tomorrow is March and officially ends ‘summer’, not that I think the weather is going to change in a huge hurry… Here’s a wee taster of some of the things I got up to over summer. Still so many places and people I have been around and still many stories to tell, if only for Mr Time !
11 Tuesday Dec 2012
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Better to light the candle than curse the darkness
These locals characters weren’t cursing the darkness (or complaining about life) – they were enjoying their day and were happy to tell me about themselves.
07 Friday Dec 2012
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Bella Photography, children, creative, family, Inspiration, love, Music, Personalised, Photo, Photography, Portrait, Rachel Binning
If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.
Turgeneu
28 Wednesday Nov 2012
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Adventure Wellington, Bella Photography, creative, event, Inspiration, Photo, Rachel Binning, The Hobbit
Today is the premier of Peter Jackson’s first installment of ‘The Hobbit: an unexpected journey’ in downtown Wellington. I took a brief look (as time allows when you have small people) at the set up and the red carpet this morning before the madness this afternoon. Some pretty keen diehard fans had been camped out overnight to get the best viewing spot of the stars.
26 Monday Nov 2012
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Adventure Wellington, Bella Photography, children, event, family, Guinness World Record, Neonatal Trust, Photo, Photography, Rachel Binning, sandcastles
…. although still to be confirmed by the good folks at Guinness World Records.
Last Sunday, 25 November 2012, armed with my 50mm lens, I took my family along to Lyall Bay Beach, Wellington, to see Adventure Wellington (www.adventurewellington.co.nz), with support from the important people and associates from Weta Workshop, set out to break the Guinness World Record for the most sandcastles built in one hour. Over 3000 people came together on sunny Lyall Bay Beach to break the record and it looks like they did it with 1523 sandcastles passing the required grade. Yay Wellington. A very enjoyable event for my family, friends and I – thank you.
Importantly, the Neonatal Trust (www.neonataltrust.org.nz) got to raise funds from this event to support the neonatal units around New Zealand. A fantastic cause!
21 Wednesday Nov 2012
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Bella Photography, creative, litter, Personalised, Photo, Photography, quirky, Rachel Binning, Safe sex, tongue- in-cheek
Warning! I maybe being a bit controversial and in-your-face here. There are so many thoughts this lone used apparatus brings to mind – safe sex, litter, passion, intimacy, abandonment, waste, birth control, religion, STIs… 
21 Wednesday Nov 2012
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A week out and preparations are well underway for ‘The Hobbit: an unexpected journey’ movie’s red carpet affair in Wellington.
Hobbit: noun (google)
A member of an imaginary race similar to humans of small size and with hairy feet, in stories by J.R.R. Tolkien.
21 Wednesday Nov 2012
I was pleasantly surprised at how this photo turned out of the sunlight playing on the incoming tide and this piece of seaweed during a seaside visit with my boys to Whitirea Park last week. I thought I would enhance the image, but still prefer the original.
Words today are like the shells and rope of seaweed which a child brings home glistening from the beach and which in an hour have lost their luster.
Cyril Connolly
19 Monday Nov 2012
Life is a lot like skateboarding.
Lil Wayne
