After Zoe, Aaron, Mark, Rosie and the girls left the island it felt more quiet than ever before. Not many people from the original crowd were left. Nathan, Simon, Simone and I decided to walk around the island. It took us about 3 1/2 hours for walking first to the millenium bure, then more further and after the mangroves down to the beach through the jungle. I arrived first at the beach and went straight into the water. Had done a vision my camera felt down into the water so I went back to the beach to save it. On this way back it happened, the camera dipped into the water. But it was not destroyed, just could not work properly anymore. What a shock! No photos anymore. Hopefully the others send me as much photos back… In the evening was beach party and I saw the first time in my life shooting stars. And about seven! That was very good after the stupid camera accident.

 

Today was Harriet’s birthday. This day was a perfect day for a 19th birthday (wished I could be that young again… The sun was shining and Harriet, Lucie and I went to the beach on the other side, called ‘Oné Beach’. To go there it takes about 20min alongside the sunset hill. The view is amazing since you can see both lagoons. Nananu-I-Ra is such a wonderful paradise. Barely anybody walks along the beautiful back beach.. In the evening everybody was going to watch the sunset at the sunset hill which was one of the best I’ve seen ever.

Nananu-I-Ra – the perfect paradise

Harriet’s birthday

 

 

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This sunday is a real ‘sun-day’. It was so sunny that we decide to drive to my favourite beach – the Karekare Beach with the nice waterfall next to it. I love this waterfall it is a perfect one and really beautiful. This time I done some of my photos with my new tripod. So I trained using it for Fiji. Later on Russell brought me to a nice spot the Te Waha Point between Whites and Piha Beach. We watched a wonderful sunset. But the way to the car uphill was really exhausting.

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Do you remember the famous picture what went around the world once? I knew it from early National Geographic Issues. In Auckland at the end of the world I got the opportunity to meet the famous photographer Steve McCurry. He hosted a lecture in the Art Gallery and I got the chance to go. Russel got two tickets and asked me for coming. I myself tried for two weeks to get tickets – in vain. After he was talking about fascinating adventures he experienced around the globe it was possible to let sign books by him. I actually bought two books, one for me and one for Scott. Strange that they offered a big book signing but excuses later there had only a few books left. So you can’t imagine how quick I was at the little bookshelf buying two of the last four or five books (Only Sanctuary the book about the temples of Angkor in Cambodia). Then I was waiting in the line for letting Steve McCurry sign my books and asking him after a few pictures of the two of us, especially for my blog. He seriously is my biggest inspiration. We had a quick chat where I’m coming from and that he stayed in Berlin in 1989 when the wall came down and all that stuff. Later at home while looking in my signed books I realized that he dated the signings with May 4th 2004.

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Near the place where I live today I had a shooting with Scott. It was for “Living & Giving” again and was located in the nice old villa of Brenda, the woman of Brando the advertisement company. The model arrived too late and so they wanted me to wear a special belt with heaps of funny flowered garden tools. Finally you will not see my head but I was surprised how well done the photos looked like. Later on we shot dishes on a table. You can’t imagine how difficult it sometimes could be to find the right angle for bowls, spoons, glasses, bread and soup. The following impressions I did for giving you a little impression.

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After working on Monday and university on Tuesday (holidays are actually over) I thought I could sleep longer this morning but around 8:00am! I got a TXT message from Russel (www.russellmeek.com) asking for helping him assisting while shooting heaps of bottles full of alcohol. So I tryed to be as fast as possible but took the wrong way to his studio and had to walk at least 1 hour. Belive me – that was exhausting. We had a fun day Russel, the custumer girl, Mandy (friend of Russel) and me. Learned how to set up light for indoors and product shots witch made on special reflecting material like glas and metallic.

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Had breakfast today with Scott and he showed me “One Tree Hill” a famous view point of Auckland. Here I practice doing photos with the new filters for blue sky which Scott borrow me. This hill used to have one tree on the top, that’s where the name came from. But about five years ago some Maori activist killed the tree. Stupid. Now there is only the memorial obelisk on that hill. That’s autum in New Zealand looks like… starts to become colder now.

Later I did new pictures for the collection of strange food / fruit.
Kiwano (horned melon) is picked green, ripened orange, the fruit tastes like a mix of cucumber, lemon, lime and banana.
Tamarillo is also called tree tomato but doesnt taste like tomato.
And I had to take a picture of my favorite burger – Burgerfuel! I don’t use to eat fastfood but there are great!

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Today I went to the Player Magazine office for taking my free samples of the new Player Magazine with the Wynton Rufer Interview in. Looks nice. Later I helped Scott another photographer I work for to prepare a shooting for tomorrow.

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On the way to Gisborne we stopped at the wonderful East Cape were you can visit the lighthouse. It was worth it but you have to climb about 700 stairs up to the top of the hill were the lighthouse is.
Finally the last stop of this trip was Gisborne. A town with big harbor and the most east town of the world. The people here are the first who welcome the new year and of course the new morning.

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Tired at 5:00am in the morning I was looking forward to watch the most beautiful sunrise I had ever seen. It was breath taking. Everything was touched of red sunlight.

At 9:00am I should meet Doug (www.whalesanddolphin.co.nz) for a trip with boat to swim with the dolphins. This was my big wish and I thought this day will be the day. Unfortunately I saw not even one dolphin or whale. Just seals and penguins. But Doug invited me for another try. But all in all the trip was wonderful. The boat was as fast as a speedboat and feels like that when it jumped over the waves.

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