• Exploring Arrowtown New Zealand | Nikon D850 120FPS

    September 21, 2019 /

    Arrowtown is an awesome old gold mining town just outside Queenstown in New Zealand. It’s surrounded by beautiful hills and mountains, the Arrow river and is also home to a Chinese settlement which was built during the Otago gold rush in the 1860’s. The small remaining huts (some of which are ingeniously built into a rocky hillside) are heritage listed and show the cramped and harsh living conditions of the day. As an experiment, I created this small film using the Nikon D850 entirely at 120 frames per second. The lens I used is the Nikon 16-35mm F4 VR. It was done handheld (no gimbal), stabilised in Premiere Pro using…

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  • Day 7 Queenstown

    July 14, 2013 /

    Well, it had to happen and today was the day.  Snow!  Yes, I awoke to beautiful snow showers sprinkling across Lake Wakatipu and The Remarkables.  The whole of the town took on this magical glow.  I live in a tropical climate so experiencing snow for me is special.   After a huge breakfast I headed out to Arrowtown, about 20 minutes away from Queenstown.  Here I found early settler houses and a main street filled with incredible character.  There’s the old Chinese settlement from the gold rush days, with huts so small you WOULD hit a cat if you did swing it!  Goodness knows how they survived in those tiny huts during…

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