Kiwi Travel Writer talks food, travel, and tips
Heather Hapeta lives in Aotearoa-New Zealand: real travel, real adventures, real stories, real photos. Recent destinations Vietnam, Cambodia, Taiwan and Hong Kong – now NZ destinations due to COVID travel restrictions
Near Palmerston North.
Come for a drive in the countryside with me. April 2016. Dairy farm … grass fed stock
Toi toi
Ponga
Windfarm
Sheep farm
Old homestead
I meet sheep on the road
Down into the valley
Cattle look tiny
Self evident
Rural mail boxes
Old shearing shed and yards
Green swampland. Vital to the region.
The ‘old post office’ as we used to call the main building in this photos is still in “the square’ in Christchurch, New Zealand.
The building with the dome .. the Regent movie theatre.. has been demolished after the quake, and the large hotel is still operating and is a handy place to stay while in the city. I took this photo from the top of the cathedral which is still under threat of being demolished by the Anglican church despite most locals wanting it to be restored.
Cute as!
Street photography & Henri Cartier-Bresson’s “decisive moment.”
Henri Cartier-Bresson always had his camera with him “even when I don’t plan to take photos” he is reported to have said. I love authentic street photography – candid, life as it is, interesting, real.
I know many like to ‘photo-shop’ or use some other digital technology to manipulate, or enhance their photos in some way to make them more pleasing to their eye. I prefer to show you exactly what I see – including dull skies, power-lines, and other unwanted objects. I want to portray what’s in front of me – as a travel writer I believe that’s my duty: to tell you the truth about what I see and experience so when you go there, you will not be surprised.
So like Cartier-Bresson (but without his skills) I love to ‘walk and shoot.’Â This sometimes means I will wait for someone to walk into a frame .. most people don’t know I have taken the photo even though I get as close to the action as possible. When it’s not possible, telephoto lens are wonderful for those candid, unnoticed pics.
So carry your camera, be observant, be patient, and recognise the decisive moment to push the shutter – after all, in photography the smallest thing can be a great subject. No wonder I’m excited to be traveling to somewhere new soon (Borneo) – where I’ll have lots of new, not posed, candid subjects to photograph – and no electronic manipulation.
As my tagline says,” real travel, real stories, real photos”
Kiwi Travel Writer talks food, travel, and tips 