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Wellington did it: new world record holders for the most sandcastles in an hour!

26 Monday Nov 2012

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…. 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!

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The Hobbits are coming… soon

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.

Lit up seaweed

21 Wednesday Nov 2012

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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

Skater boy

19 Monday Nov 2012

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Life is a lot like skateboarding.

Lil Wayne

Pauatahanui Lamb & Calf Day 2012

17 Saturday Nov 2012

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In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.

John Muir

http://www.pauatahanui.school.nz/

The Eclipse

14 Wednesday Nov 2012

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This morning a friend and I watched (through a special $3.50 solar eye piece) the eclipse of the sun from Plimmerton. I decided to see whether my camera could capture the unfolding changes in the light. My camera was definitely not fussed on taking the images pointing into the sun (and the more difficult with me trying not to look directly at the sun), so I tried taking reflections of the eclipse in my friend’s pool (which is needing its seasonal clean). I like the contrasting colours of green and blue.

The Weta

06 Tuesday Nov 2012

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After minding their own business all winter, a family of weta were inadvertently disturbed when we opened the outdoor umbrella for the first time since last summer. The weta family have now been transferred to a more permanent home in amongst wood and undergrowth.

“Weta are incredible looking creatures. They range in size, but with their big bodies, spiny legs, and curved tusks, they are one of New Zealand’s most recognisable creepy-crawlies.” http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/native-animals/invertebrates/weta/

Supporting Plunket

05 Monday Nov 2012

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Bella Photography has been supporting Plunket within Wellington for several years now. Here are a couple of the very publications that Bella Photography has featured in (see the interview with me in the Khandallah Plunket Newsletter September 2012) and advertised within.

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Newsletter September 2012 final

Back dates of newsletters:

http://johnsonvilleplunket.webs.com/publications.htm

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