Finn 6 Months

I took some shots of my brother on his 6 month day
Hi! I am Isaac Henry, but go by the name of Zak. I am a 21 year old student, studying at Auckland University of Technology, working towards a Bachelor of Creative Technologies. I also work at a biotechnology research company as web application developer
It is a well known fact that electrical devices work because of the smoke inside the case. They cease to function if you let the smoke out
6 days agoJust bought 10,000km of RUC. ouch
6 days agoThat moment when you discover a function that completely revolutionises your method of handling data. #ihasit
1 week agoI have been having really fun dreams lately. Thanks Valve
1 week agoYum, this is like a Viennetta on a stick. Gamble paid off well http://t.co/yfZAB7B6
1 week ago

On a trip to Piha, I was lucky enough to capture a waterspout forming off Karekare Beach, in a timelapse sequence. When I eventually get quicktime pro I will merge the frames into a movie
On Monday I took these photos of Liam and Finn which was one month after Finn's birth.

Liam Holding Finn's Hand

Finn
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A couple of weeks ago I completed the Tongariro crossing.
Here is a few of the images I took, these are all HDR shots which I am having a play with lately:


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I saw this a while ago on flickr, thought I would give it a whirl.
For a twist on the traditional using an actual light/led thingy, I hung my phone which was playing a movie so there would be variation in the colours as it swept around.

I came back yesterday from a trip down to Tongariro National Park camping and taking photos. The region is very diverse from lush forests to arid semi-deserts. My personal favourite was the rugged alpine areas on the flanks of Mt Ruapehu.
The image above is a full 360 degree panorama of from the Turoa face of Ruapehu. It will be more familiar to most covered in snow....
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This is one of the photos I took on my trip down to the central plateau. It is a long (30 minute) exposure of the night sky. I personally like how small it makes me feel to think about the earth rotating about in space.

Went out last night to Maraetai to take some long exposures. Unfortunately the clouds were out so I didn't get the starry shots I was hoping for. Also it was so dark I couldn't work out the focus, so this is a bit out. Going camping in the central plateau this or next week, so hopefully the sky will be light pollution free.

Today I had a photoshoot with Ludwig primarily for the header photo on his soon to be released second revision of the website for WebCreative, his company for freelance web development work. It was also for him to have some nice (hopefully) photos of himself....
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After reading Trey Ratcliff's blog I was very keen to do some HDR photos. For those that don't know HDR stands for high dynamic range, meaning that (ideally) every element of the photo is exposed correctly. For an ordinary photograph the camera meters the scene and recommends the best settings for the exposure (automatic and priority modes). The problem is that for almost every photo there will be significant portions of the photo that are either in shadow or blown out. HDR minimizes this effect by taking many photos of the same scene and only including the parts of each photo that was exposed correctly....
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