So, picture this: Wellington’s iconic 70’s art installation the bucket fountain, in Cuba Mall. A small boy is standing on the edge,…
Inky Thursdays continue
A3 brown paper, opaque white gel pen as well as coloured fine tip markers, 2 1/2 hours. Next week,…
Reaching that part of mind where time doesn’t run to usual rules
This morning was well spent, looking and drawing and looking and trying and failing and nearly succeeding just a bit to…
Emperors of Newtown
Snapshots of Nero, Julius Caesar and the rest, after they decided to ditch the regal togas and move to a more informal neighbourhood.…
After the festival is over . . .
Last week was a wonderful hectic roller-coaster of improv theatre. The New Zealand Improv Festival, 2015 edition. It was sometimes stirring,…
My first wedding shoot, sort of!
One of my favourite NZ Improv Festival 2015 shows was Nelson group Body in Space’s “Do I“. The groom plucked…
My name is Ali and I like to stipple . . .
Where stippling = making an image with tiny dots of ink, recklessly applied to paper for fun. I spent today life…
Quick budget lens review – Tamron 70-300mm
Specifically, the Tamron AF70-300mm F/4-5.6 LD Macro 1:2, Model A17S for Sony. I am waiting for Sony or someone else…
Not yet flash with flash . . .
I’ve just started to experiment with using off camera flash for outside portraits – and I have an uneasy feeling that…
Katydid? No, she didn’t . . .
The perfect model for my experimental use of back lighting flash just happened to land on the back doormat. And I…
A Little Art 